Cricket round-up: Hay-on-Wye win huge top-end battle, as Presteigne ease to victory
The latest round-up from the Worcestershire County Cricket League.
Hay-on-Wye moved level on points with second-placed Ross on Wye in Division Eight (South) - after beating them by six wickets in the Worcestershire County Cricket League.
Muhammed Fazaludeen appeared to propel Ross on Wye into the driving seat with a staggering 122 runs from 91 balls.
But Hay on Wye could only amass 22, before Hay-on-Wye bowled them out - with John Sly taking four wickets.
Sly then produced an undefeated century (100), while Gareth Grant (41) and Tim Masters (25) helped lead them to a 207/4.
Both teams are now locked on 202 points, with Hay-on-Wye just 12 points adrift of the summit.
Presteigne eased to a home victory over Moccas by nine wickets, after Edward Rees and William Barthalomew took three wickets apiece to bowl their visitors out for 78.
In response, Craig Piggott produced an undefeated 47 and Charlie Sankey weighed in with 31 to lead Presteigne to 82/1.
Division Nine (North Herefordshire) leaders Builth Wells seconds beat Luctonians, after reaching their target of 147 inside 20 overs.
Fourth-placed Kington seconds sunk to back-to-back defeats, after they lost by four wickets at home to Tenbury Wells seconds.
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