NORTHANTS PREMIER DIVISION: Young guns see Town to a nervy Northants League win

David Sayer took 3-26 and scored 23 not out as Peterborough Town won at Brixworth.

Town made hard work of passing their hosts 163-8, but eventually scrambled home with three wickets to spare to keep alive their faint hopes of mounting a title challenge.

Reigning champions Rushden are next up for the city side who will need to perform considerably better to beat a team crammed with star players.

At least teenagers David Sayer and Mohammed Danyaal will approach the game in good spirits, as will another youngster, Kieran Judd who played well on his debut for 34.

Mohammed Danyaal claimed 2-40 for Peterborough Town at Brixworth.

Sayer bowled with hostile pace to return figures of 3-26 from 10 overs, while Danyaal picked up 2-40 from his eight overs. Both then combined to put on 27 for the eighth wicket to see Town home with Sayer finishing unbeaten on 23.

Town looked set for an easy win when reaching 105-2, but the departure of star man Asim Butt for 42 prompted a middle order collapse.

Judd stood firm striking six boundaries in his 60-ball knock.

Unsurprisingly the top four in the Premier Division all won again so Town remain 44 points behind leaders Old Northamptonians with six games to go.

Ben Graves scored 72 for Oundle against Finedon.

Scores

Brixworth

A. Lacey c Dawborn b Danyaal 12

A. Shulver b Sayer 6

M. Bell c Mitchell b Bruce 28

T. Worthington run out 33

J. Bowers c Clarke b Sayer 18

P. Caunt c Milner b Sayer 20

A. Starmer c Clarke b Dawborn 7

M. Kemp not out 11

R. Mclean b Danyaal 11

J. Ferdinand not out 1

Extras 16

TOTAL (8 wkts) 163

Bowling: D. Sayer 10-3-26-3; J. Dawborn 13-2-32-1; M. Danyaal 8-0-40-2; R. Kendall 9-2-34-0; L. Bruce 10-2-26-1.

Town

A. Butt c Worthington b Starmer 42

D. Clarke c Caunt b Ferdinand 9

A. Mitchell c Caunt b Napier 12

K. Judd c Caunt b Ferdinand 34

L. Bruvce c Caunt b Ferdinand 4

M. Howard c Lacey b Ferdinand 7

D. Sayer not out 23

C. Milner run out 2

M. Danyaal not out 10

Extras 24

TOTAL (7 wkts) 167

Bowling: J. Ferdinand 12-2-45-4; R. Mclean 11.1-4-37-0; G. Napier 11-2-33-1; A. Starmer 7-0-32-1; A. Lacey 4-0-15-0.

There’s a huge game at the bottom of the Premier Division table next Saturday (August 13) when bottom two Wellingborough and Oundle Town square off.

Oundle are just 14 points clear of Wellingborough after both suffered heavy defeats today.

Oundle were crushed by 10 wickets by third-placed Finedon at Milton Road despite posting a respectable 50-over score of 187-7. Ben Graves smacked an impressive 72 from 82 balls as Oundle piled up 66 in the final eight overs.

But Finedon openers Callum Berrill and Sean Davis race to victory in just 32 overs without being parted. Berrill finished unbeaten on 94 from 92 balls.

Scores

FINEDON beat OUNDLE by 10 wkts

Oundle 187-7 (B. Graves 72, P. Foster 32, B. Hussain 20no)

Finedon 189-0 (C. Berrill 94no, S. Davis 75no).