USK 1st XI went top of South Wales Premier One after beating Swansea CC by three wickets in a nailbiting last-ball finish on Saturday, in one of the only games to beat the weather.

Ben Jones and Glamorgan’s Billy Root struck to dismiss both openers for ducks, with the former then taking the next two as well to leave the visitors reeling at 13-4.

Swansea then recovered to post 168 all out in 43.4 overs, but not before Jones dismissed the last man for a duck to finish with 5-28, backed by Matthew Marriott and Matthew Williams with two apiece.

Set a rain-hit target of 140 from 31 overs, the hosts then squeezed home with Matt Hancock scoring two off the last ball.

Opener Hugo Caldicott scored 21 and Root 43 before Hancock with 22 not out and Matthew Marriott 18 not out saw them home in an unbeaten 44-run stand.

A magnificent 105 off 81 balls from former Qatar skipper Tamoor Zafar also helped fire Usk to a 26-run home win over Panteg in Sunday's Senior Welsh Cup match.

Zafar shared a match-winning 154-run fourth-wicket partnership with Sidharth Ramesh who scored 57, with skipper Elliott Doyle also scoring 38 and Harawal Ahmed Wassam 22.

Williams then took 4-38-7, backed by Sam Crisp with 2-32-6.2 and single strikes for Zafar, Jones and Paul Murphy as they dismissed Panteg for 223.

Usk's table-topping Big Smash League team also beat Newport Royals by 32 runs at home in midweek after reaching 165-2 in 18 overs.

Ollie Rayner cracked 50 off 28 balls, including seven fours and a six, before retiring 50 not out, while fellow opener Hancock scored 45 off 43 balls, Julian Sanders 30 not out and Ryan Jones 23 not out.

Royals were then rolled out in 17.4 overs for 139, England star Joe Root's brother Billy taking 4-22-3, Greg Peacock 3-23-3 and Ramesh 2-21-2.4.