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North Wales Cricket League Premier: Mochdre ever closer to title after beating champions

Mochdre’s batting heroes Adam Campion (left) and Joe Chaplin celebrate a great win. Picture: RAY HIBBS – cheers Ray

NORTH WALES CRICKET LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION REPORTS – AUGUST 24

St Asaph (2) 184-9 Mochdre (13) 185-4

Robbie Prior bowls for St Asaph. Picture: RAY HIBBS

With three rounds of matches left and a 32-point lead at the summit, Mochdre are tantalisingly close to a first-ever Premier title.

Today the table-toppers produced a performance worthy of league winners-to-be as they saw off the challenge of current champions St Asaph at Elwy Grove Park.

Mochdre lose an early wicket. Picture: RAY HIBBS

Put into bat, Saints were limited to 184-9 off their 50 allotted overs, Robbie Prior making 39, Dan Evans 37 and Nathanael Scott 30, Owen Davies taking 3-34, Adam Campion 2-30 and captain Joe Chaplin 2-40 for the visitors.

In reply, Mochdre nosedived to 19-3 before Chaplin (77) and Campion (76 not out) turned the game with a magnificent fourth-wicket stand of 157.

The visitors finished on 185-4 with almost seven overs to spare to seal a 13-2 points verdict, Prior claiming 2-14 for the hosts.

Northop (1) 208-10 Brymbo (14) 211-3

The unstoppable Jason Underwood. Picture: DANIEL PURDIE

An unbroken fourth-wicket partnership of 149 between Jason Underwood and Mohamed Nilam Jayman guided Brymbo to a big win at Flint Road.

Northop were invited to bat and were dismissed for 208 off 49 overs, Peet Pienaar making 77 and Thomas Hughes 56, Chris Taylor bagging 6-44 for the Steelmen,

In response, Brymbo were 62-3 (Taylor 37) before Underwood cracked 90 not out off 78 balls which included eight fours and six sixes, while Jayman finished 52 no.

Denbigh (11) 155-8 Bangor (4) 154-10

Bangor in bat at Denbigh. Cian Williams plays a shot off Andy Clarke. Picture: RAY HIBBS

Joe Clayton and Joe Lewis put on a vital unbeaten stand of 32 for the ninth-wicket to see Denbigh to a thrilling victory over an in-form Bangor on a five-match winning streak.

Inserted by the hosts, the Citizens were in big trouble on 79-7 before Owen Reilly’s determined 59 helped the visitors reach 154 all out.

Sam Lewis pocketed 3-16 for the Vale of Clwyd side, Andy Lewis and Andy Clarke both 2-22 and Harrison Jones 2-26.

Opener Ranija Abeysinghe’s excellent 64 held together the Denbigh response, but the hosts dipped to 123-8 before Clayton (19 no) and Lewis (14 no) edged them home in the final over, James Du Toit contributing 23.

Smit Parekh notched 4-20 off 10 and Joe Maltby 2-22 for battling Bangor.

Gresford (4) 172-10 Gwersyllt Park (11) 197-10

Iroshan De Silva batted soundly for Gwersyllt Park

Gwersyllt widened the gap between themselves and the bottom two with a hard-fought win at Clappers Lane.

Park were invited to bat and chalked up 197 all out, skipper Iroshan De Silva making 38, Ethan McCarthy and Maneesha Nisanka 31 apiece, Simon Perry 4-40 and Patrick Richards 2-19 for Gresford.

The hosts were sent packing for 172 in reply, Joe Benson 36 and Daniel Williams 31, Neil Pearson 4-33 and Daniel Jones 3-28 for the away side.

Menai Bridge (13) 197-4 Llandudno (2) 196-10

Dion Holden helped inspire Menai Bridge to victory

A fairly comfortable six-wicket success for the Bridge at home to bottom side Llandudno.

Llandudno were put in and concocted a useful total of 196 all out, Divya Pratap Singh passing 500 league runs for the season with 62, Kai Page posting 55 and Sam Rimmington 45, Liam Bibby an impressive 2-12 off eight for the hosts, Ashley Wood 2-33.

Opening bat Dion Holden then stood out with an unbeaten 66 as the islanders made it to 197-4, Robbie Jones 40. Holden and Jones put on 109 for the fourth wicket, Singh 2-37 for Tudno.

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