Stoneywood and Gordonians lead the way with 100% records

Then there were two. After Saturday’s third week of Strathmore and Perthshire NEC, two clubs remain at the top of the table with 100% records.

Stoneywood Dyce travelled to take on Kinloch at a dreich St Andrews and won comfortably to stay joint top of the league.

S/D batted first and reached 1787, with Jack Mitchell the main contributor, hitting 57, before Kinloch struggled to come to terms with the Stoneyewood bowling. Again it was Mitchell with 3-35 and then Liam Lindsay with 3-21 who saw the home side all out for 109.

Forfarshire seconds are still without a win and really never looked like changing that against current title holders Arrowdawn Gordonians.

Forfarshire batted first and though Richard Rennie and Craig McConnachie stuck around for a stubborn 33 and 30 respectively, no one really came in to back them up and 152 was a very catchable target for the Aberdeen outfit with Aman Arora taking 4-18.

Catch it they did and in less than 29 overs for the loss of only three wickets, with Himanshu Sarasawat and Hamza Arshad both unbeaten on 47 and 46 respectively.

That win keeps Gordonians joint top with Stoneywood Dyce.

Meigle’s 100% record disappeared when they failed to catch Strathmore’s 196-6, although when they reached 70-3 the match was finely poised.

Things went downhill rapidly from there but the only thing which went down at Dalnacraig was the fixture.

Dundee HSFP were scheduled to take on Perth Doo’cot but the rain prevented a ball being bowled and it became the only match from the opening three weeks not to go ahead.

Things certainly went ahead at Lochlands and what a cracker of a game Arbroath United and Mannofield produced.

Arbroath posted an impressive 248-8, with Bryce Carnagie adding to last week’s 75 with a knock of 115 and was ably backed up by Darryl Sinclair who hit 75 in a stand of 131.

Mannofield took up the challenge in no uncertain terms and came nail-bitingly close but the last wicket fell with 10 runs still needed and five balls remaining.