It is Newport CC vs. St. Fagans for the title in the final round of the fixtures of the South Wales Men's Premier Cricket League, with the winner of the fixture at Spytty Park claiming the league title.
St. Fagans CC and Newport CC won their penultimate games of the league season to make a final mouth-watering fixture on Saturday 30 August at Spytty Park in Newport, as the winners of the game between Newport CC and St. Fagans CC would claim the prestigious South Wales Premier Cricket League title.
Another major news from the weekend's Premier League cricket was that Cardiff CC have secured their survival in the top division, beating relegation-rivals Ynystawe CC by 84 runs, as Glamorgan batter Henry Hurle and former Glamorgan pro Tegid Phillips scored fifties for the Whitchurch-based club. Bridgend Town CC registered a big against already-relegated Swansea CC by 9 wickets, as St. Helen's Ground saw its last-ever game of Premier League club cricket.
Ammanford CC beat Abergavenny CC by 16 runs despite Glamorgan U18's Jack Ryan's 66. Former Glamorgan One-Day Cup winner Steven Reingold hit yet another hundred for St. Fagans CC, as the defending champions beat Usk CC by 8 wickets, with a quick-fire fifty by former pro Jeremy Lawlor. Newport CC's Salman Saeed and Mujeid Ilyas took 7 wickets between them to give the leaders a 48-run win at Pontarddulais.
Brief scores from the men's North & South Wales and women's South Wales Premier League:
South Wales Men’s Premier League
Ammanford CC 226/9 (F Jefferies 53, G Owen 48; S Clarke 3/30) beat Abergavenny CC 210/9 (J Ryan 66, L Sharp 30; J Davies 3/40) by 16 runs.
Bridgend Town CC 79/1 (S Wood 38*) beat Swansea CC 75 (T Pearce 3/0, A Davies 3/9) by 9 wickets.
Cardiff CC 218/9 (T Phillips 59, H Hurle 53; A Singh 4/26) beat Ynystawe CC 134 (M Blake 44; S Swingwood 4/17, T Phillips 3/23) by 84 runs.
Newport CC 163 (M Clayden 40, I Hassan 32; O Rogers 3/41) beat Pontarddulais CC 115 (M Fisher 69; S Saeed 4/28, M Ilyas 3/28) by 48 runs.
St Fagans CC 235/2 (S Reingold 114*, J Lawlor 75*) beat Usk CC 232 (H Wassam 86, O Rayner 50) by 8 wickets.
Glamorgan Staff Performances:
Tom Bevan 8 (12) & 0/10 (1) for Ammanford.
Henry Hurle 53 (85) for Cardiff.
Alex Horton 24 (45) for Ynystawe.
Callum Nicholls 18 (34) for St Fagans.
North Wales Men’s Premier League
Bangor CC 90/4 (P Jones 32*) beat Bethesda CC 89 (J Grimshaw 5/21) by 6 wickets.
Denbigh CC 209 (R Abeysinghe 55, S Lewis 41; B Ryan-Beswick 4/43) beat Northop CC 149 (R Walker 52; I Jones 3/21, J Lewis 3/38) by 60 runs.
Gwersyllt Park CC 150/6 (I de Silva 70, J James 45) beat Brymbo CC 147 (M Jayman 51; J Billington 4/34, K Stoute 3/30) by 4 wickets.
Mochdre CC 195 (S Davies 37, W Evans 35, A Kelly 30; D Holden 3/28, G Roberts 3/43) beat Menai Bridge CC 171 (J Gower 39, P Glover 30; A Swarbick 4/43, G Goodson 3/20) by 24 runs.
St Asaph CC 251/5 (D Evans 70*, W Ryan 65, M Ryan 35) beat Conwy CC 205 (Lalmon TV 54, J Davies 38, S Davies 36, E Williams 31; R Dunning 4/35) by 46 runs.
South Wales Women’s Premier League
The Panthers CC 97/1 (E Cox 54*) beat Pembroke CC 93 (J Walker 4/15) by 9 wickets.