North Wales Cricket Premier: Victories for St Asaph, Brymbo, Menai Bridge, Mold and Denbigh

Matty Ryan hit a ton for leadership St Asaph

NORTH WALES CRICKET LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION REPORTS – SATURDAY, AUGUST 22

With three rounds of matches remaining St Asaph remain just a point ahead at Brymbo at the Premier Division peak.

Both the top pair still have third-place Menai Bridge to face in the run-in, so the Anglesey side could have a crucial say in who finishes up champions.

St Asaph Played 15 Points 266

To play
Aug 29: Menai Bridge (away)
Sep 5: Hawarden Park (a)
Sep 12: Denbigh (home)

Brymbo Played 15 Points 265

To play
Aug 29: Northop (away)
Sep 5: Menai Bridge (h)
Sep 12: Hawarden Park (a)

St Asaph (18) 322-5 Mochdre (7) 234-10

Matty Ryan’s third century of the season played a vital role in leaders St Asaph’s latest victory on Saturday.
Saints maintained their one-point lead over Brymbo after seeing off Mochdre by 88 runs at Elwy Park Grove.
Put into bat, Asaph piled up 322-5 off 50 overs, number three Ryan hitting 13 fours and a six in his 107, William Norman adding 70 and opener Kyle Williams 60.
Williams and Ryan put on 100 for the second wicket, then Norman and Ryan added another 94 for the third.
In reply, Mochdre were bowled out for 234, Matty Humphreys posting 83 and Gareth Goodson 43, Robbie Prior 3-34, Matty Ryan 3-39 and Jack Griffiths 2-40 for the hosts.

Brymbo (18) 319-5 Bangor (5) 187-10

Another big total from title hopefuls Brymbo left champions Bangor without a prayer at the SSC.
Opener Chris Taylor continued his run-packed season by hitting 75 off just 43 balls, smashing 10 fours and four sixes and putting on 85 for the opening wicket with Sam Aplin.
Teenager Aplin went on to score 100 exactly, with skipper Jason Underwood cracking 77 off 54 deliveries – five boundaries and five maximums – as the Steelmen set 319-5.
Bangor were bowled out for 187, Nadeem Rehman 53, Francois Mostert 39 and Smit Parekh 34, Taylor notching 4-32, Daniel Parry 2-22 and Dikshant Vairagi 2-35 for the hosts.

Denbigh (18) 202-6 Northop (7) 201-8

Shaun Nash struck a priceless unbeaten 81 to lead Denbigh to victory at Ystrad Road.
Winning the toss and electing to bat, Northop made 201-8 off 50 overs, Sion Morris 55 not out and Elliot Colclough 44, Joe Lewis 3-53 and Nash 2-26 for the home team.
Nash then led the way as Denbigh made it ti 202-6 off 45.5, skipper Harrison Jones adding 30, Andy Poyynton 2-27 for the losing side.

Hawarden Park (6) 179-10 Menai Bridge (18) 252-7

Jack Gower hit a season’s best 125 and Gethin Hodgkinson claimed a remarkable 7-31 which inspired third-place Menai Bridge to an emphatic win at Moor Lane.
Opener Gower struck 15 fours in his dominant knock, Bridge setting 252-7 after opting to bat, Ayush Verma adding 42, Robert Goodwin 3-81, Jac Williams 2-33 and Jacob Duker 2-46 for the hosts.
Hawarden were dismissed for 175 having been 124-0.
Duker made a maiden ton, posting 104 in an opening stand of 124 with Campbell Marr (44).
No-one else made double figures for the Flintshire side, while Hodgkinson was far and away the most prominent bowler for the islanders.

Mold (18) 161-8 Gwersyllt Park (8) 142-10

David Graham (51) and Isaac Allen (34) helped Mold produce a winning score of 161-8 at Chester Road.
Cai Pearson took 2-19, Ted Pearson 2-22 and Daniel Jones 2-26 for Gwersyllt Park, who were then bowled out for 142, Cai Pearson 32, Munowar Samsodien 3-27 for victorious Mold.