CCA Senior Division Two Ely/ Haddenham 291 Hardwick/ Shepreth 162 Ely/ Haddenham won by 129 runs BANGLADESHI Syfil Nury made a stunning return to the Ely side, smashing a century to help get their season off to a dream start. Nury, who took last season of

CCA Senior Division Two

Ely/ Haddenham 291 Hardwick/ Shepreth 162

Ely/ Haddenham won by 129 runs

BANGLADESHI Syfil Nury made a stunning return to the Ely side, smashing a century to help get their season off to a dream start.

Nury, who took last season off Saturday cricket for work commitments, raced to his 100 in 51 balls before he was bowled by M. Clivered.

Nury came in at No 4 to add to a fine start which saw openers Kevin Wells (46) and Andrew Smith (53) put them in a commanding position, before No. 3 Mark Hatcher went out for a duck.

New skipper Mark Abbott was the other chief run-maker, with 43.

He said: I've been trying to persuade Syfil to play for us for a while and it's great to have him back in the team."

Foster took his fine form into the bowling, taking three wickets in his seven overs at a cost of just 29 runs.

Hatcher made amends for his duck with a fine display of leg-spinning and became Ely's chief wicket-taker with four wickets. Sixteen-year-old Luke Emson made a strong claim for a regular place in the side, taking two wickets, and wicket-keeper Michael Tickner took two good stumps.

Abbott said: "It was a cracking all-round performance against a decent team who came down from division one last year.

"If we carry on like that and have good availability of players, we should be aiming for promotion."

CCA Senior Division 3

Little Downham 178-5 Wilbrahams 177

Little Downham won by five wickets

DEVASTAING bowling ensured that Little Downham started the season with a win. After scoring a decent 178-5, thanks mainly to opener C Heaps, who reached 73, J White (3-34), P Baker (2-33) and R Duffield (2-46) ripped through the batsmenfor a five wicket victory.

CCA Division 2NA

Fenstanton 63 Witcham 212-4

Witcham won by 149 runs

NIGEL Pate scored one more than a century and Nick Jones took seven wickets for 10 runs to ensure a comfortable opening day victory for Witcham. Jones (53) and Jamie Lawrence (25 not out) were Witcham's other impressive batsmen, with A Taylor (26) in the middle order the only Fenstanton player to come close to making an impact.

CCA Division 3NA

Wilburton 236-8 Sutton II 109-7

Wilburton won by 127 runs

WILBURTON opened the season with a win over nine-man Sutton II.

Stuart Norman and Ian Jacobs added 155 in 72 minutes for Wilburton, after which six wickets fell for the addition of 40 runs, with Steve Day enjoying a spell of three wickets for four balls and Tom Newton taking three for 41 runs.

Chris Robinson was Sutton's highest scorer with 30 and Steve Day scored 19 not out in a 43 run stand at the seventh wicket.

CCA Division 4NB

Witcham II 77-1 Burwell IV 76

Witcham won by nine wickets

PHIL Howells took four wickets for eight runs as Witcham made light work of Burwell on Saturday. Graham Rolph was the home side's top scorer with 34 runs, while Andy Badcock took three wickets and Tyler Philips two.