The 13th weekend of Premier League club cricket concluded in Wales, with the men's North Wales Premier League returning after a month-long break, and the continuation of the men's and women's South Wales Premier Leagues.
South Wales men's Premier League table-toppers Newport CC won a low-scoring thriller against Usk CC, managing to defend 168 thanks to some quality spin bowling from Tomos Barry and Salman Saeed. St. Fagans CC continued their spirited effort in defending their league title, with a 202-run thrashing of Ammanford CC, with former Glamorgan One-Day Cup winner Steven Reingold hitting a century, backed up with the ball by Andy Gorvin who gave away only 14 runs, picking up two wickets in the process, in his 7-over spell. Glamorgan U18 regular Zac Williams and former Glamorgan player Owen Morgan picked up 3-fers to dismantle the Tom Bevan-led Ammanforf CC batting line-up.
Former Sri Lanka U19 all-rounder Caniston Gunaratnam, now studying at the University of South Wales and playing for Pontarddulais CC, scored a century for his club in a 7-wicket win against Cardiff CC. The men's North Wales Premier League returned after a month-long break, with Menai Bridge CC recording the biggest win, by a margin of 188 runs against Bethesda CC. Smit Parekh's 6-25 helped Bangor CC beat Conwy CC by 154 runs. Brymbo CC recorded a thrilling 4-run over Denbigh CC, while Mochdre CC continued their ascend in the table.
Over in the women's South Wales Premier League, young keeper-batter Elizabeth Cox scored a hundred for The Panthers in their 104-run win against Radyr CC, while Pembroke CC beat Newport CC by 35 runs. In the men's Welsh Cup quarter-final, holders St. Fagans CC were knocked out by Clydach CC, thanks to a great display of fast-bowling from the Swansea valley club's Pakistani overseas Ahmed Bashir.
South Wales Men’s Premier League
Abergavenny CC 318/6 (R Avery 137, J Ryan 118, M Bevans 43*; O Webber 4/87) beat Swansea CC 213 (A Haider 51; O Harris 3/58) by 105 runs.
Bridgend Town CC 203/8 (S Wood 76*, L Humphries 30; T Morgan 4/33, A Fletcher 3/52) beat Ynystawe CC 202/8 (A Singh 64, T Blake 53; A Davies 3/24) by 2 wickets.
Newport CC 168 (C MacMillan 48, K Sahabdeen 34; O Rayner 4/35) beat Usk CC 153 (E Doyle 56; T Barry 3/9, S Saeed 3/21) by 15 runs.
Pontarddulais CC 230/3 (C Gunaratnam 115*, C Herring 80*) beat Cardiff CC 226/7 (S Wyatt 88, B Garrett 39, S Swingwood 35; R Grant 4/41) by 7 wickets.
St Fagans CC 319/7 (S Reingold 137, O Morgan 85; J Kenchington 3/52) beat Ammanford CC 117 (D Driscoll 36, T Bevan 33; Z Williams 3/26, O Morgan 3/34) by 202 runs.
North Wales Men’s Premier League
Bangor CC 281/9 (N Scott 110, L McCann 38, F Kasner 37, N Rehman 37; Lalmon TV 4/30) beat Conwy CC 127 (Lalmon TV 33, L Tawhai 30*; S Parekh 6/25) by 154 runs.
Brymbo CC 271/4 (J Claybrook 63*, C Taylor 56, J Barnard 54, S Aplin 50) beat Denbigh CC 267/7 (I Jones 65*, H Jones 63, G Lyall 60; R Deniz 3/51) by 4 runs.
Menai Bridge CC 269/9 (J Gower 82, G Roberts 69) beat Bethesda CC 81 (A Wood 3/4, P Glover 3/34) by 188 runs.
Mochdre CC 95/7 (I de Silva 4/13) beat Gwersyllt Park CC 91 (A Campion 3/7) by 3 wickets.
Northop CC 199/5 (J Evans 83, E Colclough 61; M Ryan 3/12) beat St Asaph CC 195/9 (W Ryan 43, W Norman 32; M Mullarkey 4/52) by 5 wickets.
Men’s Welsh Cup Quarter-Finals
Clydach CC 132/4 (J Hubschmid 76) beat St Fagans CC 167/7 (O Morgan 72; A Bashir 3/22) by 6 wickets (DLS).
South Wales Women’s Premier League
Pembroke CC 184 (A Westwood 3/32) beat Newport CC 149 (S Mohammed 45, S Williams 43) by 35 runs.
The Panthers CC 256/6 (E Cox 111*, D Barnfield 31) beat Radyr CC 154 (A Poole 38; I Thorndike 4/13) by 102 runs.