Bedworth carry on fine start with run-heavy win
BEDWORTH’S promising start to the season continued with a high-scoring 28-run win over Bablake who are yet to break their seasonal duck.
Finn Haynes (82), Kyle Taylor (62) and Max Page (56) laid the base for the hosts before Josh Thomas blasted 48 from 19 balls to take them to 313.
Josh Bains took 4-36 for the visitors whose 285 was led by a Haaris Azam half-century, but with brothers Indy and Juggy Nandra sharing seven wickets Bedworth held firm. Wes Landsdale’s unbeaten 109 plus 50no from George Mackenzie saw third-placed Rugby post 251 against Solihull Municipal. Despite a half-century from Muni’s Jonathan Stanley this proved enough to deliver a 53-run success.
Defending champions Stratford are closing on the leading group after a battling two-wicket win at Coventry for whom Nathan Biggs top-scored with 48. Chasing 188, Stratford owed plenty to overseas pro Tyler Scroop’s 75 as they scrambled home in the last over. Biggs and Taran Toor shared six wickets for the hosts.
Sutton Coldfield’s Thomason brothers have been dominant figures in the season’s opening weeks and former Bear Aaron again produced the goods with a fluent 75 in the table-toppers’ 27-run home win over Moseley Ashfield. With Raul Ram contributing 81 and Amir Shabir 56 the visitors were set 277, then despite nine batters reaching double figures none reached 50 as a fine spell from Graham Clark (4-46) held Ashfield to 250.
Aston Manor are Sutton’s closest challengers following a Hamza Nadeem and Shakeel Janjuainspired
28-run win over visitors Walmley. The pair both made halfcenturies with Janjua lashing six sixes in his 29-ball 63. This enabled the hosts to recover from 58 for four to 235 before the duo shared five wickets to just hold off a visiting side who looked threatening while skipper Jono Newis (40) was at the crease.
Attock’s last pair added the seven runs required for them to claim a one-wicket home win over Olton. Half-centuries for Kevin Mcclean and Gary Hawkins (71) saw the visitors to 234 for seven before Haydn Burke grabbed 4-24 as the hosts scrambled to the finish line following opener Omar Ali’s 49-ball 58.