The city-based works' team are determined to make sure their final season a winning one.

They are being forced to vacate the Perkins Sports Field at the end of the summer.

Shahzad Amir was the star of yesterday's show with a beautifully struck 90 in a team total of 227.

Tas Ahmed (35) and skipper Usman Sadiq (33) also made handy contributions.

Buckminster lost early wickets and did well in the end to reach 175.

Irfan Sadiq and Kamran Hamayun each took three wickets for Perkins.

Oundle could be the team to beat at the top this season and they maintained an unbeaten start with a four-wicket win at Wisbech.

Michael Outar bagged four wickets including that of top scorer Dave Wood (42) as Wisbech reached 188.

And Outar also top scored with 34 as Oundle achieved victory on the back of a consistent batting effort.

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Scorecards: RUTLAND LEAGUE

Division One

PERKINS beat BUCKMINSTER by 52 runs

Perkins
T. Ahmed c b Allen 35
I. Khan b Allen 0
U. Sadiq c b Berry 33
R. Mahmood b Stafford 1
S. Amir c b Stafford 90
S. Ali lbw Stafford 0
K. Hamayun b Morgan 24
Z. Bashir b Stafford 4
M. Tayab b Stafford 0
M. Nadeem b Allen 2
G. Ali not out 0
Extras 29
TOTAL 227
Bowling: D. Allen 9-1-37-3; A. Sears 7-1-57-0; J. Stafford 11.5-2-48-5; J. Berry 6-0-41-1; P. Morgan 5-0-35-1.

Buckminster
M. Walker b Nadeem 10
A. Murdoch b Nadeem 13
J. Morgan c b Bashir 1
J. Redmile b Bashir 9
A. Roberts b Hamayun 41
A. Sears c U. Sadiq b I. Sadiq 7
D. Allen not out 44
J. Berry b Hamayun 9
S. Allen c U. Sadiq b Tayab 0
D. Stafford b Hamayun 6
C. Corby b I. Sadiq 1
Extras 34
TOTAL 175
Bowling: Z. Bashir 7-1-30-1; M. Nadeem 7-2-15-2; I. Sadiq 4.1-1-15-3; U. Sadiq 7-0-29-0; K. Humuyan 10-0-23-3; S. Ali 1-0-11-0; I. Khan 3-0-6-0; M. Tayab 4-0-30-1.


WISBECH lost to OUNDLE by 4 wkts
Wisbech
D. Wood ht wkt b Outar 42
D. Boniface c and b Van Der Merwe 8
S. Darlow c Foster b Campbell 1
R. Harris b Van Der Merwe 3
B. Apted run out 11
I. Burgess c Van Der Merwe b Adams 19
S. Freear c Van Der Merwe b Foster 21
M. Parrin jnr b Outar 25
C. Johnson b Outar 6
C. Baxter c Rose b Outar 25
M. Parrin snr not out 0
Extras 27
TOTAL 188
Bowling: P. Campbell 7-1-39-1; M. Van Der Merwe 11-1-26-2; P. Adams 7-0-30-1; D. Foster 10-1-43-0; M. Outar 7.2-2-33-4.

Oundle
M. Van Der Merwe c Wood b Baxter 23
N. Fox c and b Apted 22
M. Outar c Boniface b Burgess 34
M. Hodgson st Boniface b Johnson 6
P. Adams lbw Johnson 23
S. Brooks not out 37
B. Weatherington b Parrin jnr 13
N. Worthington not out 7
Extras 29
TOTAL (6 wkts) 191
Bowling: C. Baxter 6-0-31-1; I. Burgess 7-0-70-1; B. Apted 12-1-33-1; C. Johnson 12-5-22-2; M. Parrin jnr 3.3-0-21-1; M. Parrin snr 2-0-10-0.