RICHMONDSHIRE FURTHERED their case to be crowned North Yorkshire & South Durham champions after an eight-wicket win over Stokesley took them 45 points clear at the top of the table.
The 2023 runners-up cruised to a target of 102 after bowling out Stokesley for just 101 inside 28 overs.
Veteran Gary Pratt led the way with the bat for Richmondshire with an unbeaten 40 from 32 balls while former Afghanistan Under-19s spinner Shafiqullah Ghafari took 5-24.
Pratt, now 42, has been a stellar performer for Richmondshire for a number of years and at the time of writing has scored 476 le...