AKCC facing relegation after Pakistanis defeat

They had looked on course to beat Luton Pakistanis when Jatinder Chouhan hit 49 as they reached 130-2 despite Jilani Kabir picking up 2-19.

In reply, Pakistanis, who were in positive mood after beating Luton Haiderys in the Cup semi-final, raced to their target inside 12 overs thanks to Tasawar Hussain who blasted 60.

AKCC now must beat relegated Kingsway CC in their last game and hope other results go their way to stay up.

Lions CC moved out of the relegation zone with a comfortable win over Kingsway.

The bottom side got off to a superb start thanks to Gurdeep Jandu (36) and Atif Ali (28), before Lions’ bowlers restricted them to 111-8 as Zafar Iqbal took 3-24 and Umar Masood claimed 2-10.

A slow starting reply for Lions was given impetus as Hamad Kiyani hammered an unbeaten 56, while Sohail Wajid scored 38 to guide the team to a much-needed success.

Luton Hawks remain third from bottom and level on points with AKCC after they lost to Luton Majestics who posted 119-7, before bowling well to restrict Hawks to 112-5.

Division One champions LU Stars suffered a shocker as they lost their first league game of the season against relegated AKXI.

Batting first, Stars hammered 157-7 with openers Idrees Butt (42) and Abdul Hameed (40) leading the way, while Masood Mehmood picked up three wickets. In reply, AKXI lost a few early wickets to Shezad, 4-27, but a remarkable run-chase ensued as Harmain Arif (26), Sulemam Mohammed (31) and Ansar Shezad (28) led their team to an unbelievable win.

Luton Saracens kept the race for second spot in Division One alive as Tavir Ahmed claimed 3-9 to restrict Luton Cricketers to a mere 68-8.

Saracens needed just 7.1 overs to reach their target and are three points behind Shaheen who had their game called off as Kashmir Cavaliers conceded.