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CRICKET: North Wales League Premier Division: Bangor thrash Bridge, Northop crash, Mochdre back on top form

Bangor CC were in ruthless form at Menai Bridge last Saturday

NORTH WALES CRICKET LEAGUE REPORTS – AUG 10, 2024

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PREMIER DIVISION

Menai Bridge (0) 154-10 Bangor (15) 157-1

The most emphatic win in memory for Bangor over local rivals Menai Bridge took place at Tyn-y-Caeau Drive last Saturday.

Set 155 to win, the Citizens smashed their way to 157-1 in just 18.5 overs.

Winning the toss and electing to bat, Bridge were all out for 154 in 46.1 overs, extras the top contributor with 26.

Franco Kasner claimed 4-20 off 8.1, Smit Parekh 2-21 and Owen Reilly 2-32.

In reply, Parekh and Cian Williams (34) put on 72 for the first wicket before the latter became the only batsman dismissed.

Parekh made 64 off 55 balls, including eight fours and three sixes, and Kasner posted 45 not out from 20 deliveries with four boundaries and four maximums, putting together an unbroken stand of 82 as the visitors romped to a nine-wicket, 15-0 victory.

Northop (3) 124-10 Gwersyllt Park (12) 157-9

Lewis Cole

Title hopefuls Northop suffered a big setback when they were well beaten by a Gwersyllt Park side struggling at the lower end of the Premier.

The Wrexham outfit won the toss and batted, setting 157-9 off a reduced 40 overs, Lewis Cole leading the chart on 48 not out, Ashraf Nawab scooping 3-34 for the hosts.

Northop collapsed tp 124 all out, Peet Pienaar 39, Neil Pearson a brilliant 5-26 for Park, his best return of the season, while Jake James collected 2-23.

Points: 12-3.

Denbigh (1) 112-10 Mochdre (14) 116-3

Well bowled Matty Humphreys

After suffering their first league loss of the season the previous weekend, Mochdre bounced back in style to win at a very useful Denbigh team.

Joe Chaplin’s side moved 29 points clear at the summit after a seven-wicket success at Ystrad Road.

Mochdre put the opposition in and had them in all sorts of trouble at 48-8 as new-ball bowlers Matty Humphreys and Chaplin ripped through the line-up.

Opener James Du Toit survived the carnage and helped steady the ship with a defiant 53 before he was ninth out with the score on 90. Denbigh were eventually all out for 112 off 37.1.

Wales NC North all-rounder Humphreys claimed 5-32 and skipper Chaplin 3-15 from 10 miserly overs.

Mochdre coasted to 116-1 off 27.1. Humphreys 37, Adam Campion (29 no) and Chaplin (20 no) forming an unbroken partnership of 50 for the fourth wicket.

Brymbo (14) 142-2 Llandudno (1) 139-9

The remarkable Jason Underwood. Picture: DANIEL PURDIE

Jason Underwood blazed Brymbo to victory with an eye-catching 87 not out off just 46 balls in a largely one-sided encounter.

Tudno opted to bat and set 139-9, Divya Pratap Singh notching a fourth league half-ton of 2024 with 60, Connor Davies and Richard Deniz both 3-23 for the Steelmen, Daniel Parry 2-23.

In response, Brymbo slipped to 23-2 before Underwood took centre stage, blasting eight fours and six sixes in his unbeaten effort, putting on 119 for the third wicket with George Deniz (28 no).

St Asaph (13) 216-10 Gresford (2) 146-10

Dan Evans claimed a career best 6-24 in St Asaph’s victory

Openers Mathew Ryan (58) and Duncan Midgley (39) laid the foundations for a Saints victory with a stand of 108.

Asaph set 216 all out off 42.2 overs having chosen to take first knock, Gresford’s Toby Bellis bagging 3-34 and Matthew Thompson 2-22.

The visitors were bowled out for 146, skipper Thompson a stoic 55, Dan Evans snapping up a career best 6-24 for the home side, Ryan Dunning 3-28.

FIXTURES – SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 (12 pm starts)

Bangor v Northop
Gwersyllt Park v Denbigh
Llandudno v St Asaph
Menai Bridge v Brymbo
Mochdre v Gresford

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