HEADLINING a generous list of outstanding individual batting performances on Saturday was a superb 134 by Miles Barnard for LGCC 1st XI during a 94-run home win over St. Albans.

Compiled in just less than two hours from 101 balls, Barnard put on 207 for the first wicket with Lewis Koch (80) as Green amassed a giant 324-3 from their 50 overs - thanks also to a quick-fire 70 not out from Kris Jadeja.

Phil Caley, batting at No. 7 for the visitors, matched Barnard's 134 but 20 was the next highest score for St. Albans who were all out in the final over well short of the target to earn Levy a fourth straight win in Division 2A of the Saracens Herts Cricket League.

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JUST as emphatic a triumph saw Levy 2s chase down Hertingfordbury's 224-8 for the loss of just two wickets.

Thirty parsimonious overs from slow bowlers Ali Khan (3-37), Lee Littlejohn (2-35) and Ian Wallis (1-27)  took the heat out of Bury's blistering start and kept the victory target to five runs an over.

Green openers Ben Parkes (46) and Nick Merrett (33) set about the chase with gusto, adding 78 in quick time for the first wicket.

However No.'s 3 & 4 stole the limelight. Sam Revell hit 73 not out and Luke Weston an unbeaten 56 as the pair put on an unbroken stand of 134 to see Levy home with eight wickets and nearly 12 overs in hand.

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GREEN 3rd XI made short work of Abbots Langley III at Parmiter's School, recording a convincing nine-wicket success.

It was the 'Pond & Puddle' show with the bat for Levy, as Matt Lake (35 not out) and Dan Lake (37 not out) put on an unbeaten 66 to reach the 89 runs required for the win.

Earlier in the day, Karl Turner's 3-11 from his 10 overs was at the forefront of Abbots' demise. All five bowlers claimed at least one victim as the visitors were bowled out for a meagre 88.

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SIX junior cricketers under the age of 15 played their part in Levy 4th XI's gallant effort away to a strong West Herts IV.

There was a dismissal for Herts League debutant Jake Klosterman and one wicket apiece for Luke Carl and Becky Tyson as they dovetailed with the more experienced trio of Roger Wallis, Andy Welch and Derrick Sheldon to help restrict the hosts to 173 from their 45 overs.

In reply, opener Welch struck 32 and Wasim Saleem - at No. 3 - fired off two sixes in his 23 during a second-wicket partnership of 43.

The 4s were all out around 50 runs short of victory, but more great experience for the next band of junior cricketers bidding to join the senior ranks in the next few years.