Lions flash their teeth

Lions CC, who last season came through unbeaten in Division One, showed their intent by posting a huge total of 191-4 in their allotted 16 overs.

Nazakat Khan (62) and Syed Toqeer Shah (58) led the way with Rahim Azim’s 3-30 the pick of the Haiderys attack.

The chase didn’t go according to plan as, although Jibran Hussain (81) and Hassan (39) gave Haiderys hope, amazing figures of 4-7 from Rasib Khan saw Lions restrict their opponents to 151-8 as they won by 40 runs.

Another newly promoted side, Luton CC, were involved in a high scoring game as they smashed 154-4 against last year’s runners-up Luton Pakistanis. Saghir Nazir hit 58 against his former club, with Sailesh Patel (37) and Saeed Ahmed’s 35 not out, useful contributions.

Pakistanis made light work of their target, reaching it in the 13th over, with 58 from Haroon Ahmed.

A low scoring game at Lower Wardown Park saw Luton Cricketers make 93-8, but Hawks won by seven wickets, with Naeem Ahmed smashing a couple of sixes.

In Division One, AKXI will be looking to bounce back to the Premier Division and made light work of Challney CC who totalled 113.

AKXI took only 13 overs to reach their target with Masood Mahmood hitting an unbeaten 54.

The newly formed Haidery Tigers were involved in an exciting match with Luton Majestics. Tigers piled up 141-7 with Farooq Azim scoring 36 not out and Liaqat Hussain 26, while Owais Shah took 4-25.

Majestics fell seven runs short as Raza Iqbal hit 39 and Asif Younis 26, with Abid Hussain taking 3-21.

Kingsway CC recorded their first ever win over Shaheen CC as they scored 138-4 thanks to 48 from Assad Hussain, 31 by Atif Ali, with Omraiz Khan also hitting a 16-run cameo.

Shaheen got off to a flyer thanks to Shahzad Darr’s 26, but only Waqas Mahmood (23) contributed, while Gurdeep Jandu 3-10 and Umar Afzal 2-13 did the damage.

Luton Saracens posted 128-8 with Tanveer Moghul getting 25, while The Saracens finished on 114-9 with only Tariq Mahmood 36 putting up a fight.