Cricket round-up: Newtown suffer their 10th successive defeat

Newtown remain rooted to the bottom of the Premier Division, after losing at home to Shelton by seven wickets in the Shropshire County Cricket League.

Sam Cooke (26), Nathan Smith (24) and John Anthony (23) were among the standout scorers for Newtown, who were bowled out for just 121.

Navindu Vithanage propelled Shelton into the driving seat with unbeaten 61, while Saleh Ahmed (27 not out) and Pabel Saha (25) helped guide them to a match-winning 124/3.

Newtown have lost 10 games in a row since winning their opening game against Ludlow and sit 28 points adrift of safety.

Montgomery’s struggles also continued as they sit rock bottom of Division One, after losing by 50 runs at Newport.

Jamie Prew high-scored for Newport and was assisted by Nadeem Chohan (29 not out) - as they signed off on 201/9.

Rob Bennett attempted to lead the comeback charge with 38, but Montgomery were ultimately bowled out for 151.

Guilsfield retained their 16-point cushion at the top of Division Three with a three-wicket victory over Wellington.

Mark Woodbridge (29) and Daniel Pitchford (22) led the way for Wellington, who were caught for just 126, thanks in large part to Sajeev Mable and Dave Jones taking three wickets apiece.

Twinkle Jose (58) and Nasir Uddin (28) made comfortable work of Guilsfield’s response, as they finished 127/7.

Third-placed Welshpool emerged with a losing draw at Wem seconds, as they fell further behind frontrunners Guilsfield and Condover.

Welshpool bowled out Wem for 197, but fell short of their target with 168/8.

Llanidloes sit top of Division Four after emerging with a home victory over Cound seconds by 10 wickets.

James Denham took six wickets as Llanidloes bowled out Cound for 81, before hitting an undefeated 52 alongside Eogan Jones’ 24 (also not out) to reach 83 without conceding a wicket.

Newtown seconds are in second-place, after they had to settle for a winning draw at Iscoyd & Fenns Bank, while Welshpool seconds were left second-bottom in Division Five following a 91-run defeat against Wroxeter & Uppington seconds.

Montgomery seconds climbed into eighth in Division Six, after beating Calverhall by seven wickets to register back-to-back wins.

Rob Yewdall bowled out Calverhall for 99, before Elwyn Turner (50 not out) and Tom Corfield (39) propelled Montgomery on to 103/3.

Elsewhere, Second-bottom Guilsfield seconds lost at Wellington fours by 96 wins.