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DIVISION Two leaders Croesyceiliog were stunned by losing to bottom side Newport Fugitives at High Cross.
The Fugitives had first knock and a third-wicket stand of 105 by Nigel Pryce (80) and James Didcote (89) helped them to reach 252-8 with Chris Bridges also getting 24. Ex-Pentwyn all-rounder Sam Saunders took 3-56 off 10 overs for previously unbeaten Croesy.
Tom Kear got 33 in the Croesyceiliog innings, Lewis Pheasant 30 and Saunders 25 but they were dismissed for 214 in the 49th over.
Fugitives captain Roy Emmott bowled a mix of left arm swing and spin to take 4-50 off 10 overs, Tim Barnes had 2-40 and Richard Jones 2-44.
Creigiau were put in by Malpas at Bettws Lane and set a target of 254-6 in which, Alex Moore made 94, Tom Lloyd 57, Tom Innes 43 and Adam Jones 20 not out. Rez Hassan took 2-47 for Malpas.
Malpas almost made it as Dave Martin made 57, Peter Mason 40, Craig Margetts 26, Christian Rose 24 not out and Leighton Watts 23 but they finished on 232-9.
Seth Griffiths took 3-46 for Creigiau and Lloyd 2-40.
Miskin Manor batted first at home to Brecon and an opening partnership of 184 by Huw Beaverstock (105) and Steve Meaden (75) took them to 276-6. Roy Hudman took 4-78 for Brecon.
Brecon looked like getting the runs as captain Steve Kenchington scored 67 and John Morgan 42 but they ended up five runs short on 271-6.
Chris Owen took 3-55 for Miskin Manor and stand-in wicket keeper Glen Newberry made three stumpings and then broke a finger.
Vale lost to Barry at Corntown after going in first and making 122 all out. Nick Hogben scored 37 and Matthew Williams 31 as Peter Hellyar had 4-24 for Barry, Steve Jones 2-31 off 10 overs and Billy Uswald 2-4.
Nathan Baker (65) then steered Barry to a comfortable seven wicket victory.
Radyr reached 281-5 at home to Ebbw Vale with veteran Dave Skirrow getting 65, Rhys Lloyd 53, Amir Brohi 35, Chris Van Os 34, Howard Stone 32 and Nick O’Neill 29 not out.
Ebbw Vale never looked like reaching that but Dave Windross scored 45, Nick Pepper 23 and Robson Blake 21 in their total of 155 all out. John Corden took 3-41 for Radyr, Rhys Lloyd 2-19 and Brohi 2-38.
Pontymister stretched their lead at the top of Division Three by beating Pencoed while Lisvane were losing at Ponthir.
Pencoed managed 214-9 off their 50 overs with Paul Morgan (42no), Rhys Thomas (23) and James Smith (20) the best of their batsmen as Amanullah Armani returned 10-2-40-4 for Pontymister, Abbas Ashraf 4-1-14-2 and Zulfi Ali 8-0-38-2.
Pontymister chased down the total in 34 overs with Lewis Tovey scoring 67, Daniel Jones (57) making his maiden half-century for the club and Ali getting 32.
Lisvane went in first at Ponthir and closed on 136-9 with Sree Reddivari making 59 and John Lee Yella 34. Matt Dennehy took 3-36 for Ponthir, John Price 2-34 and Jamie Evans 2-36.
Lewis Spinetti (58), Jack Norman (43) and Gareth Bartlett (41no) then led Ponthir to a three wicket win with Alex Curry taking 3-35 for Lisvane and Chris Kyriakou 2-47.
Rugby international Geraint Lewis helped Llantwit Fardre to beat Whitchurch Heath. Lewis made 70, Matthew Walsh 49 and Stuart Clarke 42 as Fardre set a target of 261-8. Chris Rogers took 3-49 for Heath and Danni Zaman 2-31
Raheem Ali made 51 and Alex Webb 38 but Heath could only get 208-9 as Neilson Smith took 3-28 for Fardre, Lewis 2-30 and Clarke 2-51.
Former Newport batsman Rhydian Knox top scored with 35 as Machen were dismissed for 144 by visitors Dinas Powis for whom, swing bowler Nathan Piddock took 6-33.
Dinas Powis got the runs for two wickets as Gordon Hannah made 69 and Brychan Tudor 36.
Cardiff Gymkhana amassed 297-0 at Monmouth with Tanuj Singh scoring 81, Imran Jaura 47, Majid Karim 37, Tehmoor Tariq 28 and Adil Raja 24 while Richard Shaw took 3-33, Jonathan Jones 20-60 and Ben Turner 2-61.
Monmouth managed 211 all out with Ian Morgan making 63 and Dave Croudace 44 as Murad Mughal took 3-30 for Gymkhana, Karim 2-29 and Mansoor Ali 2-39.
