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PENTYRCH restricted third-placed St Fagans to 186-7 when they went in first at Ynysangharad Park in Division One Second XI.
Joe O’Gorman got 72 not out and Pat Keane 46 while Dave Tallis took 3-25 for Pentyrch.
Tallis then got 30 not out after Hywel John (66) and Huw Morgan (35) had set the foundation for victory. Hareth Lennon took 4-23 for the Saints.
Penarth got revenge for their first team’s defeat by overcoming Sudbrook at the Deepweir.
Andrew Simms made 73 and Andy Jones 53 as Penarth totalled 189-6. Veteran Gordon Voke took 3-25 for Sudbrook and John Clements 2-27 off eight overs.
Matt Spencer (44) and Robert Voke (26) almost got Sudbrook there but their last wicket fell 11 runs short of the Penarth total. Simms took 2-33 for Penarth.
Tom Brooks (70), George Lewis (45) and Richie Morris (42) led Usk to 248-4 against Tondu at Bryn Road.
David Rees (78no) and Paul Grabham (38no) put up the shutters to salvage batting bonus points after Tondu were in trouble of losing.
Dominic Rees took 3-20 for Usk and Pat Rodden 3-23 which included a hat-trick in his first over. Brian Dickinson scored 90, Scott Bailey 63, Tuhin Gavand 55and Paul Bennett 45 as Chepstow piled up 297-5 against Welsh Asians at Llandaff.
Etisham Malik made 66 and Majid Awan 40 but the Asians’ reply stuttered to 220-7. Dan Price had 2-25 for Chepstow.
Barry did the double over Vale with a convincing victory over their visitors in Division Two Second XI.
Craig Brock badgered his way to 106 when Barry batted and Aaron Malpas made 49. Luke John took 3-36 for Vale and Lee Jones 3-45.
Tom Johnson (33no) and Carl Brookes (32) battled hard but Vale were dismissed for 143. Martin Baker took 4-21 for Barry and Kieron Ferriday 2-22.
Brecon were well beaten by Miskin Manor and Croesyceiliog lost to Newport Fugitives.
James Scarborough (64) celebrated his first senior half-century for Croesy, Adrian Webber made 49 and Huw Kear 39 all in vain as the Fugitives chased it down.
Stuart Drury took 4-20 and Gwyn Bowen 3-24 as Blackwood were bowled out for 87 at Lisvane who got the runs without losing a wicket.
CARDIFF Gymkhana dismissed visitors Monmouth for 135 at Llanrumney in Division Three Second XI with Dave Wilding getting 44 and Steve Morgan 40 as Paul Franklin took 3-9 and Ismail Saqib 3-17.
Ibran Mian then made 61 as Gymkhana jumped to an eight-wicket win.
Dinas Powis made 183-8 against Machen with Mike O’Donovan getting 71, and Andy Ford 26. Dan Fussell took 4-42 for Machen.
Simon Keane then led Machen to victory with 64 not out and Miguel Nurse scored 39. Gareth Marks took 2-29 for Dinas Powis, Gareth Evans had 2-40 and Will Mardell 2-43.
Nayeem Islam scored 49 not out and Ryan Morgan 38 as Ebbw Vale reached 170-6 against Ponthir at Eugene Cross Park. Matthew Woodward had 9-3-20-2 for Ponthir and Jordan Thomas 4-1-10-2.
Ponthir got the runs for six wickets with Alan Burkitt scoring 56 not out, Woodward 37 and Cian Morey 23. Nayeem Islam took 9-2-21-3 for Ebbw Vale and David Clarke 9-1-39-2.
Leaders Pontymister piled up 352-9 at Pencoed with Gareth Price scoring a magnificent 147, D Akhtar 71, G Razan 25 and Alan Hughes 24. For the overworked Pencoed attack, Tony Kennett had 3-76 and Ryan Bater 3-99 from eight overs.
Pencoed then collapsed to 76 all out, helped by 42 extras and the best with the bat was Alistair Waterhouse with 12. D Naval had 5-25 for Pontymister and H Ali 2-11.
David Lewis cracked two sixes and five fours in a rapid 50, Mike Maguire hit six fours in 35 and Gareth John 22 as Llantwit Fardre reached 164-8 against Whitchurch Heath. Dave Reynolds took 4-26 and Jacob Pakinathan 2-28
Gareth Lucey then hit a six and 10 fours in his 78, Huw Owen two sixes and two fours in 31 and Tony Coombs was 30 not out when Heath got the winning runs. Matthew Ball took 2-24 for Fardre.
