Farooq blasts 80 in LPCC victory

Batting first, LPCC racked up 175-6 thanks to Farooq’s knock, as he then took 2-22 from four overs as Lions fell short at 125-9.

Eagles earned a narrow 10-run win over Luton CC.

Abdul Rahim made an undefeated 11 for Eagles in their 107-7, but it was with the ball where he really impressed.

He took two wickets in one over to claim 2-16, as Luton could only reach 98-7.

Haiderys were comfortable beaten by Shaheen, losing by six wickets.

The hosts made 117-7 from 16 overs thanks to Shadrack Brown (38), Tanveer Hussain (20no) and Zawar Shah (17), while Naeem Shahzad took 3-10 and Mohammed Irshad 2-19.

Naeem Khan top scored with 61 not out in Shaheen’s 121-4, with Naeem Shahzad scoring 19.

In Division One, AKXI lost to AKCC by eight wickets after only making 98-7 with the bat.

Star man Jeetu Singh then hit an unbeaten 53 for AKXI as they reached 99-2.

Saracens fell to a five wicket defeat against K Cavaliers.

Batting first, Saracens made 120-8 from 16 overs, before Cavaliers reached 121-5 in reply, Kashif Ali top-scoring with 39.

A Specialist eased to an excellent 47-run win over Hawks. Star man Abrar Hussain scored 56 for Specialists as they made 145-3 from 16 overs.

Hawks only replied with 98-7 to fall well short.

In Division Two, Majestic went down by four wickets against H Tigers.

Majestic had first go of the pitch and totalled 130-7 as Majid Khan finished with 2-16 from his four overs.

Khan then made an undefeated 36 as Tigers reached 134-6 in the final over.

Hatters were 23-run winners over Kingsway in their clash.

Batting first, Hatters made 138-5 as Naseer top-scored with 50.

Kingsway were then indebted to a fine 50 from 15-year-old Ali Hasan, but they could only end on 115-7 as Naseer finished with 2-18 from four overs.

Cricketers edged past Challney by six runs.

The hosts batted first and made 106-7 from 16 overs as Zahir Raja scored 17 runs.

Challney then were restricted to 100-8 in their 16 overs as Raja starred once more, taking four wickets.