Peterborough Town end losing streak as 14 year-old debutant shines, Oundle Town's good form continued, Midweek League Cup Final results

Left-arm slow bowler DJ Sivaganeshan has made eyebrows raise with some impressive spells for Town seconds in Division One and was handed his first-team debut at bottom club Loddington & Mawsley yesterday.

Town were seeking to end a four-game losing streak and they managed it after Sivaganeshan bagged 4-40 from nine overs and five balls. His first victim was top-scoring opener George Denton for 52 which prompted a rush of dismissals as the home side were dismissed for 147. Off-spinner Raturaj Kale, who is just 16, Bash Hussain and Nick Green each claimed two wickets. Hussain conceded just 25 runs in his 15 overs.

Town also found runs hard to come by, but they recovered from 95-5 to win by four wickets. Zeeshan Manzoor (44no) steered them home after opener Chris Milner had contributed 40. The city side, who are fourth, host Overstone Park at Bretton Gate next Saturday (August 1, 11am).

Oundle Town’s excellent form continued. It’s now five wins and a draw since they were docked 50 points for a minor rules infringement after Old Northamptonians were despatched by 72 runs at Milton Road.

Conor Craig, Mark Hodgson and Josh Smith all posted scores in the 40s as Oundle were dismissed for 241. Harrison Craig picked up three wickets as the visitors were bowled out for 169 and Oundle, who are up to fifth, next head to relegation threatened Rushden & Higham.

In Division One former Peterborough Town first team skipper Lewis Bruce rolled back the years for the club’s second team in a huge 194-run win over Barby at Bretton Gate. Bruce stroked an unbeaten 117 in his side’s 293-3 and bagged 3-8 as the visitors crumbled to 99 all out. Captain Balaji Ganesan (96) added 201 with Bruce for the second wicket for a Town team that’s won their last five games to climb up to fifth.

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Another former Peterborough Town skipper Ajaz Akhtar has led Cambs into the knockout rounds of the ECB Over 50s competition. They sealed top spot in the group with a 163-run win over Hunts at Fitzwilliam College.

Akhtar struck 97 of Cambs’ 45-over total of 317-5.

Peterborough City CC retained the Peterborough Midweek League’s Killingsworth T20 Cup with a three-wicket final win over Werrington in front of over 200 fans at Orton Park CC. Usman Hanif (6-27 & 34) had an outstanding game for Werrington.

AK 11 made it sixth time lucky in a final by beating Peterborough Champs by 53 runs in the John Bigham T20 Plate decider at the same venue. AK 11 had lost five Midweek League Finals in the previous five years.

Scores: AK11 201-4 (A. Ahmed 38, A. Hussain 36, H. Bashir 2-26) beat Peterborough Champs 148 (T. Zamir 41, M. Ur Rehman 4-19, S. Mazhar 2-30).

Peterborough City 183-7 (H. Jarral 36, KP Singh 35, U. Hanif 6-27) beat Werrington 182-5 (M. Shafiq 35, M. Shahzad 35, U,. Hanif 34).