All hail Buckley – 2025 Division Two champions!
Another fine win for the Lane End club last Saturday, coupled with Corwen’s loss on Sunday, meant the Bucks are uncatchable at the summit with two rounds of matches remaining.
Facing a tricky test at Carmel last weekend, the Flintshire side were invited to bat and posted 169-5 off 40 overs, Chris Geary top-scoring with 47 not out.
Set a revised target of 145 due to rain, Carmel were 82-3 when the weather caused an abandonment, Maneesha Ayomal Nissanka on 47 no.
An emphatic win on Anglesey kept Abergele’s promotion bid bang on course.
After putting the hosts in, Gele restricted Menai Bridge seconds to 161-8 off a reduced 37 overs, Matt Bixby 43, David Moulson 2-11 from eight, Rana Das 2-14 and Sanjo Kuttan 2-38.
The visitors comfortably reached 162-1 of 28.3, Gwil Lloyd Jones (62 no) and Edward Rooney (58 no) concocting an unbroken stand of 134 for the second wicket.
Set a revised target of 160 to win off 28 overs, Marchwiel and Wrexham achieved their aim in a ridiculous 15.2!
Calling the coin correctly and batting, Saints set a very respectable 204 all out off 35.5, Richard Aram 41, Ankush Upadhyaya and skipper Andy Mearns both 32, Gareth Jones 30.
Luke Davies grabbed 4-36 and George Forgrave 3-56 for the travellers.
In reply, Marchwiel and Wrexham raced to 160-2, skipper Sam Shoemark 52 and Gareth Evans 44, that opening pair putting on 88, and Forgrave cracked 37 off just 14 deliveries.
Mike Wright (42), David Phennah (38 no) and Jacob Roberts (37) all made key contributions to Llay’s winning total of 203-7 in this Sunday affair, William Pooler with 5-27 for Corwen, who collapsed to 144 all out in reply, Will Roberts 43, Nathan Humphreys 3-12 off eight and Roberts 2-14.
Michael Griffiths claimed 5-34 and Ben Griffiths 3-6 as Gwersyllt Park seconds dismissed Abergele seconds for just 89, Bibin John 35 for the hosts.
Park needed only 16 overs to reach a winning 94-1, Ethan McCarthy 33 and skipper Ben Griffiths 30 no.
Denbigh seconds are confirmed as Division Three champions after a big 10-wicket triumph over Bethesda seconds.
Asked to bat, Pesda were dismissed for 58 off 37.2 painstaking overs, David Kitching 3-15, Sam Kitching 2-8 off eight and Ciaran Lucas 2-10 for the hosts, who breezed to 62 without loss 6.5, Andy Thomas 37 not out.
Ajay Dhawan hit a second career highest 121 as Llandudno seconds won a high-scoring encounter at Clappers Lane.
Dhawan, whose best knock was 129 at The Oval last September, notched a fourth career century in Tudno’s total of 257-4 off 40, fellow opener David Barlow adding 73, Oliver Jones bagging 2-45 for the hosts.
Gresford made a real go of it in reply, but finished narrowly short on 243-3, opener Sam Burke a maiden century and career-best 118 not out, James Griffin 84 and Gez Jones 30, Cai Gwynne scooping 2-45 for the visitors.
In a game cut to 30 overs per side because of the weather, Conwy seconds posted 148-6, Tom Wllson 3-18 and Owen Ford 2-27 for the hosts, who were then limited to 136-9, Chris Brooks 38, Philip Davies 2-12, Subhan Khan 2-16, Callum Davies 2-21 and Bailey Davies 2-29 for the victors.
Bersham needed just FIVE overs to reach a winning score of 72-2.
Llanrwst seconds were bowled out for 70, skipper Aled Hughes 42, Dereck Dineshan 5-9 for the hosts, who sped to 72-2.
Promotion hopefuls Brymbo thirds rattled up 238-4, Gareth Parry 64 not out, Charlie Croasdale 45, Aled Edwards 40 and then sent Mynydd Isa and Maeshafn packing for 170, the visitors having been set an amended target of 198 off 30 overs.
Deepak Loguchetty Deenadayalu made a fine 95 and Umang Desai 46, Harri Davies 3-33, Trinesh Fernando 3-39 and Luca Brooks 2-36 for the Steelmen.
Jonathan Fisher made 35 out of Carmel’s modest 115-8, Jake Chare 3-13 and Hashmat Safi 3-23 for the hosts, who eased to 116-1 in 16.4 to record a 15-0 points success, Safi 51 and Cole Hooson 47 not out.
Nick Husbands made 100 not out in Marchwiel and Wrexham;s winning total of 215-5, Zahid Sharif 39 and Mike Lee 38, then Bala, set a revised 160 off 26, were restricted to 106-5, Dan Williams 30, Ed Greening 2-31 for the dominant hosts.
Dan Longhurst’s 68 helped Ruthin seconds chalk up a decent 158-8, Gareth Thomas 2-22 and Sam Hamilton 2-23 for the visitors, who hit back with 119-3, facing a revised task of scoring 116 from 28 to win.
Gareth Thomas made 34 at Halkyn reached their target in 19.4 and sit a handy fourth in the table.
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