South retain NJCL title

South Manchester Maccabi retained the Northern Jewish Cricket League title after beating Leeds by eight wickets.

Victory leaves them on 188 points, 64 points clear of second place Bury with one match remaining.

Only four batsmen reached double figures as Leeds, who elected to bat, were dismissed for 103.

On a damp wicket, openers Sullivan (15) and Goldsborough (13) laid solid foundations with 25 on the board before the fall of the first wicket

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Gersun shines as depleted Vale draw

Friendly: LMV 2nd XI v Southgate 2nd XI

In another week when London Maccabi Vale had more withdrawals than the average Icelandic Bank, they managed to turn up with 11 men, having been down to as low as eight on Sunday morning.

Unusually Southgate opted for a timed match. Won the toss yet again and with a bowling attack built for defence not offence, LMV duly inserted the opposition, convinced that our strong batting line up could score one more than Southgate.

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Traub keeps MAL on course for title No. 2

MAL consolidated their position at the top of the Maccabi Sunday League, with a three-wicket against Belmont & Edgware.

Lively spells from Yoav Lebens and Tony Wise accounted for Alex Ziff and Simon Durban. Daniel Geey joined Warren Averbuch with the score on 16-2, and set about a rebuilding job.

Geey (33) was removed by left-arm spinner Grant Traub but several overs of carnage from master blaster Richie Weinburg kept BECC in the game. His innings of 62 came from only 27 balls, featuring five sixes and four boundaries.

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Men against boys as Vale romp home

London Maccabi Vale 2nd cruised to a 10-wicket victory as they demolished London Marshes Select at Chaseville CC.

After moving the stumps to and fro between two very unkempt wickets, the LMS captain decided on using the least dusty of the pitches. With LMV bowling first,it was obvious from the first ball that a) the wicket was poor and b) the opposition were even poorer.

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NJCL Round-up

South Manchester look set to retain the NJCL title after a second demolition of Sedgley Park this season.

After last week’s cup exit to Maccabi, their only challengers for the title, South return to form in style.

Excellent bowling by Maccabiah bound Huddy Lieberman (4-3) and Jonny Lieberman (3-7) effectively ended the contest before it began.

An excellent of legspin from Sam Hassan (2-1) and a wicket for Rabinovitz ended the Sedgley innings on just 23 all out.

South took just four overs to reach their target and claim maximum points, retaining their unbeaten league season.

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Maturing colts ready to feel the heat out in the middle

The Team GB Youth cricket squad lost their final warm-up match against a more experienced side put out by Radlett Cricket Club. Radlett scored 235-7 in their 40 overs with Steven Allweis taking 3-44 and skipper Seb Schusman, Jake Reza Andrew Greenwall-Cohen and Daniel Cohen bagging a wicket apiece.

GB scored 183-6 with Jake Reza 44 not out and Alex Ziff 32 top-scoring. Joseph Greenwall-Cohen (31) and Scott Gerard made contributions.

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