Sixth time lucky for AK 11, sixth form student cracks 179 for Oundle Town, Sham smashes it for Pak Azad
It was a case of sixth time lucky for AK 11 in Peterborough Midweek League Cup Finals.
In each of the previous five seasons AK had reached either the Killingsworth T20 Final or the John Bigham T20 Plate Final and lost them all.
But they finally stopped the rot with a 53-run win over Peterborough Champs in the Plate Final at Orton Park CC thanks to a terric all-round display.
Peterborough City CC retained the Killingsworth 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.
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).
In Rutland Division Four sixth form student Alfie Sullivan smacked 179 from just 116 balls (18 4s, 5 6s ) to set up Oundle Town’s 166-run win over Uffington 2nds on Sunday, while Sham Ali smacked 101 for Pak Azad as they made short work of an imposing 251 scored by Northampton Saints. The city side are involved in a three-way tussle for top spot with local rivals United Sports and Orton Park.
Orton were without a fixture yesterday, but United Sports went down by five wickets at Werrington to reduce their lead over Pak Azad to five points. Usman Hanif (76) dominated Werrington’s score of 136-5.
In Division One Newborough extended their lead at the top to 38 points. As they were seeing off Ufford Park by 74 runs, second-placed City CC were losing by four wickets at Peterborough Town. Josh Stokes (78) and Sam Malton (67) scored best in Newborough’s 207-6.
In Hunts Division One next-to-bottom Adidda boosted their hopes of avoiding relegation with a big 213-run win over Southill Park 2nds. Chaitanya Dave (98) top scored in Adidda’s 343-8.
The top two in Division Two Sawtry & Alconbury Weald and Nassington both won. Lucas Marshall (5-11) was the star of the former’s 111-run win at Elstow as the home side were shot out for just 81, while Asaf Ali (62) was the main man in Nassington’s high-scoring 73-run success against Werrington.
In Division Three there was a misstep from second-placed Peterborough Town 3rds ahead of their big game at home to leaders Barnack 2nds next weekend. Town went down by 72 runs at Ickwell 2nds, while 119 not out from Yaseen Muhammad and Tas Ahmed saw Barnack to a nine-wicket win against Little Paxton.
Town 4ths had better fortunes in Division Four as an innings of 82 from Janardhan Aravind proved crucial in a one-wicket win over King’s Keys.