SPORT NEWS
Third title in row for ‘South’

WINNERS AND LOSERS: South Manchester (above) and Manchester Maccabi (below)

SOUTH Manchester were crowned Northern Jewish Cricket League champions on Sunday — for the third year in a row.

They beat Manchester Maccabi at St Pauls playing fields, Salford, by nine wickets to wrap up the championship.

Put in to bat, Maccabi had no answer to the pace of Akiva Lieberman and the guile of David Glick.

Both finished with impressive figures of three for 11 and four for 13 respectively.

Wickets came and went at regular intervals with only Avi Barr putting up any resistance, scoring 15.

Lieberman also took a stunning full- length diving catch to dismiss Wayne Doyle.

Jonny Lieberman finished with figures of two for two as Avrom Topperman wrapped up the innings.

Maccabi finished on a paltry 39 all out.

South encountered no real problems knocking off the runs as Shaia Rabinowitz reached the target for the loss of one wicket.

South took maximum points, ensuring that the title is theirs again.

Salford claimed a 50-run victory over Leeds Maccabi.

Simon Williams (92) and Daniel Goldsbrough (88) helped Salford finish the first innings on 220-4, with the race for second place hotting up.

Daniel Paul (54) and Elliot Koffman (45) kept Salford in the game but they closed on 170-9.


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