With two rounds of matches remaining in the North Wales Cricket League Premier Division, pole position lies with table-topping Bangor, who hold a 10-point lead after Saturday’s matches.
Just two games were played – Bangor winning away at Northop and Mochdre victorious in a short-lived encounter at Bethesda.
The other three fixtures were abandoned, so the likes of Brymbo and St Asaph potentially lost crucial points in the title race.
Bangor: Played 16 Points 260
Brymbo: Played 16 Points 250
Mochdre: Played 16 Points 242
St Asaph: Played 16 Points 236
Menai Bridge: Played 16 Points 230
Bangor: Sep 6 – Gwersyllt Park (home); Sep 13 – St Asaph (away)
Brymbo: Sep 6 – Menai Bridge (a); Sep 13 – Conwy (h)
Mochdre: Sep 6 – Conwy (h); Sep 13 – Northop (a)
St Asaph: Sep 6 – Denbigh (h); Sep 13 – Bangor (h)
Menai Bridge: Sep 6 – Brymbo (h); Sep 13 – Denbigh (a)
Spin bowlers Franco Kasner and Nadeem Rehman shared seven wickets as Bangor crushed Northop by 66 runs to land a big blow in the title race.
Put into bat, the Citizens started badly, losing openers Nathanael Scott and Rehman for 0 and 1 respectively, but skipper Kasner (48), Smit Parekh (47), Jamie Grimshaw (37) and Cian Williams (31) all produced vital scores as the hosts made 190 al out.
For the hosts, Bart Ryan-Beswick took 4-32 and Andy Poynton 3-22 off 10.
In reply, the Flintshire side collapsed to 124 all out, losing their last four wickets for 0 runs.
Venumadhav Peram was the main contributor with a defiant 43.
Kasner claimed 4-28 off 9.3, while Rehman picked up 3-20 to seal an away win.
On a day where the weather was always likely to result in incomplete matches Mochdre had the right idea – get the job done as quickly as possible!
The champions scooped maximum points and kept their hopes of retaining the title alive with a win at Bethesda which took just a little more than 40 overs in total to achieve.
Pesda were put into bat and bowled out for 86 in 31.5, Adam Campion taking 4-31, Matty Humphreys 2-3 and Andrew Swarbrick 2-18.
Mochdre then raced to 92-1 in just nine overs, Alex Davies 49 not out off just 29 balls, including six fours and a six.
Dan Evans was 52 not out and Matty Ryan made 40 as St Asaph reached 164-8 off 46 overs before rain caused an abandonment, Jack Williams 4-43 and Chris Taylor 3-15 off 10 for the Steelmen.
Ayush Verma was 111 not out with Bridge 246-6 off 43 overs before the weather produced a permanent intervention.
Iroshan De Silva had claimed 6-25 for the home side before the heavens opened and play was abandoned with Denbigh 146-8 off 38.2 overs.
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