Home Counties Premier Division 1
WOKINGHAM climbed into third place after they triumphed away at Buckingham Town.
The Oaks’ opening pair built a solid foundation for the team to build on with 136 runs on the board before the first wicket fell.
Conrad Louth hit 84, while Imran Malik totalled 59 and later in the order Andy Rishton scored 68 as Wokingham finished on 251 before they declared.
Three wickets each from Max Uttley and Andy Rishton ensured Buckingham were all out on 137 which secured a 114-run win for Wokingham.
FINCHAMPSTEAD moved into second after they earned a convincing win over Datchet.
Opening batsman Ben Moffat scored highest for Finch with 71 which saw them finish with 216.
After 22 overs, Datchet’s hope of catching the target ended after a clinical bowling performance from Lewis Sharp (5-50) and Matt Gilkes (3-29) which helped Finch to a 101-run victory.
Home Counties Division 2
WARGRAVE dropped down to third after they lost out away at Thame Town.
Wargrave could only set a first innings total of 88 after they were skittled all out after 34.4 overs.
Thame dropped just two wickets on their way to surpassing the chase.
BCM Championship
WEST READING fell down to third after they were defeated at home to Holmer Green.
Hafeez Ul-Wahab took three wickets for Reading but that didn’t stop Holmer from totalling a big score of 294.
Holmer then bowled Reading all out on 93 to confirm their win.
SHINFIELD lost out by six wickets away at Penn & Tylers Green.
42 from Abhishek Chatterjee helped Shinfield to total 145, but Penn surpassed the chase after dropping just four wickets.
CROWTHORNE & CROWN WOOD lost by four wickets in their home match against Ley Hill.
Gerhard Kruger top scored for Crows with 70, while James Whitehurst hit a half century as they ended on 214, but Ley Hill got past the target with four wickets left.
CMB Premiership
EMMBROOK AND BEARWOOD picked up 21 points in a draw against Pinkneys Green.
Andy Lazenbury was just two runs shy of completing a century for Emmbrook, while solid innings from Ollie Williams (30) and Joe Smart (40) contributed to see the Bears finish with 253.
Richard Cole collected four wickets in the second innings but the match was drawn after Pinkneys finished on 152-6.
Chilterns Division Two
EMMBROOK AND BEARWOOD 2s won on their travels to The Lee 2s.
A half century from Matt Booth saw the Bears finish their innings with 181.
Toby Morgan and Charlie Sawyer both took three wickets as The Lee were all out on 98 which sealed a 83-run success for Emmbrook.
BCL Premier Division
FARLEY HILL are top of the tree after they got the better of Stratfield Turgis.
Ali Jalil (41) and Matt Jones (44*) batted strongly to help Farley to 185 from 40 overs.
Kashif Ali (4-32) and Adeel Razaq (3-18) were in fine form to help confirm a 28-run win for Farley to give them a healthy lead at the top.
SHINFIELD 2s earned a comfortable victory at home to Mortimer West End.
A half century from Sandeep Garg saw Shinfield amass 243 runs from 40 overs.
Arun Jumar picked up four wickets which helped to bowl Mortimer all out on 184.
SANDHURST collected 37 points in their home success over Woodcote.
A strong opening pair of Adam Birch (56) and Savir Sharma (78*) saw Sandhurst record 223 runs.
Woodcote were all out on 171 to confirm a 52-run win for the hosts.
WEST READING 2s took the spoils with a six-wicket win away at Welford Park.
Ashan Iqbal and Jawal Ahmad both took three wickets each, while Mahad Ahmad (64) and Mehdi Harees (60*) saw West Reading over the line to victory.
BCL Division 1A
READING LIONS moved up to third in the table with a home win over Peppard Stoke Row 2s.
Keerthi Prakash totalled a half century for the Lions which helped them to total 222 after being bowled all out and they were confirmed as winners when Peppard finished their 40 overs 49-runs short of the target.
BERKSHIRE ROYALS overtook EARLEY in the standings after claiming an away win.
Asitha Rangana top scored for Berkshire with 59 as Berkshire totalled a strong first innings of 258.
Earley were all out on 156 as Berkshire earned a convincing win.
BCL Division 1B
RANGERS climbed up to second in the table after they beat Stallions by six wickets.
54 not out from Arun Kumar Manoharan helped Rangers to surpass the chase after they hit 118 from 17.4 overs and only dropped four wickets in the process.
WOODLEY moved up to third with an away success at FARLEY HILL 2s.
A half century from Chris Garrod saw Farley finish with 203 as Tajdar Jawaid took four wickets for Woodley.
Asad Imam top scored for Woodley with 57 which saw them win the match with five wickets left.
EARLEY put 35 points on the board on their trip to SHINFIELD.
Michael Page batted strongly and hit 87 which helped Shinfield total 197 as Waqas Jadoon picked up four wickets.
But Earley made light work of reaching the chase as a century from Venkat Bandlamudi saw them win the game, losing just one wicket.
