A fifth weekend of club cricket fixtures across Wales saw some impressive performances from Glamorgan players in their allocated clubs, along with some major changes in the table, particularly the South Wales Premier.
Zain ul Hassan, who became Sam Northeast’s go-to back-up bowler in the Rothesay County Championship, picked up two wickets in a highly economical spell. Salman Saeed’s 7 wickets for Newport CC helped the Spytty Park side beat Ammanford CC by 8 wickets to go up to second in the table.
Ben Morris picked up 3 wickets for only 18 runs in his 7-over spell for Abergavenny CC against his former club Pontarddulais CC, albeit in a losing cause. Callum Nicholls got off to a good start for St. Fagans CC, scoring 37 runs against local rivals Cardiff CC, with significant contributions from former Glamorgan players Jeremy Lawlor and Owen Morgan, as St. Fagans CC beat Cardiff CC to go up the top of the league.
Billy Root impressed in Usk CC’s win over Bridgend Town CC, but with the ball, as the batting all-rounder picked up two wickets for only 32 ruins in a 9-over opening spell.
With no women’s Premier League club cricket being taken place in Wales this weekend, here is the score round-up from the men’s North & South Wales Premier Cricket League.
South Wales Men’s Premier Cricket League:
Newport CC 98/2 (C MacMillan 40*, H Friend 30*) beat Ammanford CC 94 (S Saeed 7/27) by 8 wickets.
Pontarddulais CC 144/4 (C Herring 55; B Morris 3/18) beat Abergavenny CC 142 (K Leathley 48; R Grant 5/27, T Edwards 3/28) by 6 wickets.
St Fagans CC 217/6 (J Lawlor 58, S Reingold 45, C Nicholls 37; S Swingwood 4/39) beat Cardiff CC 168 (S Evison 38, T Phillips 34, S Swingwood 30; O Morgan 3/25) by 52 runs (DLS).
Usk CC 126/9 (I Jones 33) beat Bridgend Town CC 123 (O Rayner 3/26) by 1 wicket.
Ynystawe CC 228/7 (A Singh 118, T Morgan 33) beat Swansea CC 149 (A Haider 38, T Moses 30; T Morgan 4/27, A Singh 3/36) by 79 runs.
North Wales Men’s Premier Cricket League:
Gwersyllt Park CC 223/5 (K Stoute 110, I de Silva 36) beat Denbigh CC 220/8 (G Lyall 63, H Jones 55, A Clarke 31; N Pearson 4/43) by 5 wickets.
Menai Bridge CC 290/6 (A Verma 101, D Holden 56, J Gower 49, E Gadsby 32) beat Conwy CC 125 (D Holden 3/36, P Glover 3/45) by 165 runs.
Mochdre CC 325 (W Evans 117, M Mangiameli 60, A Campion 50, J French 30; S Thapa 3/73) beat Bethesda CC 196/8 (D Oshyer 52*, T Davies 51, B Parker 37; M Humphreys 3/45) by 101 runs (DLS).
Northop CC 150/7 (A Oates 43*, E Colclough 36, T Hughes 30) beat Bangor CC 148 (F Kasner 52, N Rehman 38; B Ryan-Beswick 6/18) by 3 wickets.
St Asaph CC 184/0 (D Midgley 94*, K Williams 75*) beat Brymbo CC 183/9 (J Norman 42; D Ryan 3/30, D Evans 3/40) by 10 wickets.