RUGBY CC suffered a heavy 110-run defeat against league leaders Aston Manor after posting 139 all out in reply to the away side’s total.
No Rugby batter managed to score more than 30 runs with the home side all out for just 139 in 43.4 overs at Webb Ellis Road.
That came after leaders Aston Manor posted 249-5 at the end of their 50 overs as Shakeel Janjua and Waqar Ali Ahmed finished on unbeaten half-centuries.
The result means Rugby sit sixth in the Warwickshire County League Premier Division table.
Rugby won the toss and elected to field as Aston Manor openers Lovish Dhir (48) and Qundeel Haider (44) put on 99 runs for the first wicket.
Alex Watson (2-31) eventually broke up the partnership with the wicket of Dhir who fell just two runs short of a half-century.
And Ash Cutts (2-42) trapped Haider LBW soon after before Watson returned to remove Zia Ul Haq Parwani (9).
Cutts claimed a second wicket with the scalp of Mehrab Khan (11) and Darshan Desai (1-26) quickly removed Saad Waseem (1) to leave Aston Manor on 143-5.
However, Ahmed (55 not out) and Janjua (68 not out), the latter’s coming from just 59 balls, propelled the league leaders to 249-5 at the end of their innings.
Rugby made a slow start in reply at Waseem (2-25) bowled opener Jeevan Barhey (6) while Waqar Dad (1-29) trapped Desai (17) LBW.
Danny De Souza (22) and Tyrese Karelse (12) looked to rebuild the innings only for Kuldeep Diwan (4-27) to account for both Karelse and Ishan Fernando (0) in consecutive balls.
Janjua (1-13) removed De Souza while Diwan bowled Rugby captain Owen Edwards (5) and Haider (2-16) took the wicket of Suhas Thyagaraj (4).
Rugby continued to struggle with the bat as Diwan trapped Noah Massey (1) LBW as Rugby slumped to 95-8.
Both Watson (26) and Darshin Solanki (10) showed resistance with the bat but could not prevent the hosts from slipping to a 110-run defeat.
