North Wales Cricket Premier – derby joy for Bangor, Saints move 19 points clear

ICON SPORTS NORTH WALES CRICKET LEAGUE

PREMIER DIVISION – SATURDAY, JULY 24

MENAI BRIDGE (3) 186-7 BANGOR (12) 190-7

Crucial middle order knocks from skipper Matthew Haswell (49) and Idrees Ijaz (35) helped Bangor to a three-wicket win which put a dent in Menai Bridge’s title hopes.

Bridge won the toss and elected to bat, Robbie Jones top-scoring with 35 in a total of 186-7 off 50 overs.

Muhummad Ashfaq claimed 3-33 for the visitors, Jonny Wells a brilliant 2-20 off 12 and Gareth Edwards 2-37.

Bangor made it to 190-7 with two balls to spare, Haswell and Ijaz the standout batsmen, Tomos Davies with a vital 20 not out at the end.

Ashley Wood claimed 2-42 and Patrick Glover 2-61 for the hosts.

Obviously the defeat hit the home club deep as they did not put the match scorecard on line until 7 pm on Sunday.

Not just a disappointment for the sports reporters eager to write the latest about the Premier title race, but also the many cricket followers who wanted to find out how the game of the day went.

Poor show from Menai Bridge CC.

LLANDUDNO (4) 167-10 ST ASAPH (11) 168-8

It was nervy stuff at The Oval where St Asaph eked out the win which moved them 19 points clear at the Premier summit.

Calling the coin correctly and choosing to bat, Llandudno were all out for 167, despite good early knocks from Jack Rimmington (36), Dan Evans (33) and Jamie Grimshaw (30).

Right-arm medium pacer Danny Ryan bowled superbly for Saints, taking 5-32 off 12.

In reply, Asaph lost wickets regularly, but opener Mathew Ryan hit an heroic 88 not out, carrying his bat to see the leaders to 168-8 in 40.5 overs.

Ryan and Duncan Midgley (20) put on 58 for the first wicket, but no-one else was able to make a decent score for the visitors, who nonetheless did enough to win.

Grimshaw scooped 4-38, Evans 2-35 and Tom Thornton 2-48 for Tudno.

GRESFORD (13) 204-4 DENBIGH (2) 203-10

Matthew Thompson’s decisive 86 led Gresford to a six-wicket success over bottom side Denbigh.

The visitors were all out for 203 in 50 overs, opener Gerallt Lyall an impressive 52, Stuart Griffiths 48 and Andy Thomas 32 no, Cam Evans 2-28 and Simon Perry 2-33 for the hosts.

Thompson’s 86 and 47 not out from skipper Daniel Williams helped Gresford to 204-4 in 35 overs for a 13-2 points victory.

MOCHDRE (13) 132-5 BRYMBO (2) 131-10

New ball pairing Owen Davies and Kyle Brown did most to keep Brymbo down to a very getable score at Swan Road.

Davies grabbed 5-37 and Brown 3-29 as the Steelmen, who chose to bat, were sent packing for 131, Daniel Parry best with 34.

Mochdre reached 132-5 in 36.4, Alex Davies 40 and skipper Matthew Humphreys a patient 37 not out, Gareth Boys 3-31 for Brymbo.

NORTHOP (13) 144-4 LLAY WELFARE (2) 141-10

Thomas Hughes’ unbeaten half-century helped Northop across the winning line against Llay.

Welfare were dismissed for 141, openers Joe Howell (42) and David Phennah (31) the chief contributors, Ben Beaver 2-12 and Hughes 2-13 for the hosts.

Northop took 38.3 overs to make 144-4, Hughes the outstanding performer on 62 not out.

PWLLHELI (15) 70-1 CLWB CRICED CONWY (0) 69-10

After bowling Conwy out for just 69, Pwllheli had this game well and truly in the bag.

The visitors actually won the toss and elected to bat, but crawled to their low total in 39.1 painstaking overs.

Jason Underwood collected 4-31 for the home side, Syed Kaleem Aslam 2-9 and Michael Hughes 2-10.

Pwllheli eased to 70-1 in just 9.2 overs, Christopher Taylor 29 not out and Craig Edwards 28.