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WELSH Asians won at Vale to stay top of Division Two while Croesyceiliog thumped visitors Creigiau and Miskin Manor just held off Radyr.
Stuart Roden scored 48 and Will Davey 28 not out in a last-wicket stand in excess of 50 with Luke Kear, as Croesy reached 169 all out with Tom Lloyd taking 3-22 and Dave Martin 3-28. Creigiau were then bowled out for 63 as Kear’s brother Tom took 4-22 and Rhys Jones 3-9.
Miskin Manor made 260-6 thanks mainly to Steve Meaden (52), Ben Edwards (51) and Carl Whitely (41) while Nick O’Neill took 3-57 for Radyr.
Rhodri Lloyd scored 91 and Howard Stone 40 but in a tight finish, Radyr ended five runs short. Jonno Edwards took 2-46 for Miskin Manor.
At Bettws Lane, Ebbw Vale reached 153 all out with Jamie Nancarrow top scoring on 47 as Roger Panting took 3-17 off 8.4 overs for Malpas, David Griffiths 3-42 off 10 and James Francis 2-8 off 10.
That turned out to be enough despite a battling 40 by Francis, 23 from Greg Simmons and 21 by Dave Martin and Malpas were dismissed for 124.
Paul Morgan took 3-30 for Ebbw Vale, Nancarrow 2-6 off four overs and Daryl Blake 2-12 off 10.
Brecon batted first at Newbridge and managed 133 all out with Gwyn Phillips getting 60 and next best was Sam Williams (19).
James Morgan took 3-13 for Newbridge, Tom Kinsey 3-19 off seven overs and Cael Jones 2-24.
David Fortune scored 51 when Newbridge replied, Morgan 33 and Ryan Watkins was 27 not out when they closed on 134-2 off 24 overs.
Newport Fugitives are still looking for their first win of the season after losing to Barry at High Cross.
Dave Adams scored a fine 86 with 12 fours and a six and captain Roy Emmott had 32 as the Fugitives reached 202-8 off their 50 overs.
Billy Usswald took 2-24 for Barry, John Gee 2-32 and Shae Ellis 2-42.
Opener Lee Morgan had to retire hurt when Barry batted but Gavin White made 88 with 15 boundaries and Nathan Baker got 82 not out with 12 fours and two sixes.
They put on 128 for the second wicket and led Barry to 203-1 from 33 overs.
In Division Three, Llantwit Fardre lost at home to Dinas Powis
The visitors reached 270-6 with Ian Southwell continuing his rich vein of form with a fine 107 and he was supported by Gordon Hannah with 54.
Fardre gave it a go and skipper Stuart Clarke got 78 and John Bluett 40 but Dinas Powis held them to 226 all out.
Nathan Piddock took 4-32, Lewis Clarke 2-40 and Josh Clogg 2-39.
Machen went down at home to Cardiff Gymkhana. Jack Dunn made 28 and Gareth Jones 22 in the Machen total of 168 all out with Mansoor Tariq taking 4-30 off 10 overs for Gymkhana and Murad Mughal 3-29.
Gymkhana chased down the total for the loss of five wickets with Aamir Sheikh getting 31, Tehmoor Tariq 30 and Usman Jaura 30. Gareth Harris took 2-21 for Machen and Michael Fussell 2-35.
Wayne Etheridge made a marvellous 114 for Monmouth and with support from Paul Swingwood (33) and Josh Grey (24), they closed on 243-6 at home to Lisvane.
That wasn’t quite enough, however, as Sree Reddivari made 109 not out and Ali Waldron 50 to take Lisvane to 244-9 in the last over. Henry Breeze took 3-40 for Monmouth.
Jack Harman (49), Jonathan Price (44), Lewis Spinetti (33) and Matt Dennehy (31) all chipped in as Ponthir reached 220 all out at home to Pencoed.
Rhys Morgan took 3-35 off eight overs for Pencoed, Richard J Gregory 2-32 off eight and Gareth Hendry 2-37 off 10.
Gavin Davies made 63 when Pencoed went in and Gregory 36 and they got the runs with one wicket left. Mark Crook took 3-16 off 10 tight overs for Ponthir and Price 2-59.
Whitchurch Heath had first knock at Pontymister and scored 162 all out with Alex Webb and Mark Salisbury getting 38 and Richard Hopcraft 17.
Iftikhar Ahmed took 3-41 off 10 overs for Pontymister and Mo Asif returned a splendid 8-4-11-1.
Dan Jones made 29 early in the Pontymister innings and Zulfi Ali was 59 not out when they reached 166-5 off 37 overs.
Ali Bhargava took 2-37 off six overs for Heath and Mike Richards deserved better then 0-31 from his 10 overs.
