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Budapest Falcons win title off last over!

With the very last ball of the season Budapest Falcons secured a 1-wicket victory over their nearest rivals Baggy Blues International to be crowned champions. A big ninth-wicket partnership between Haroon and Habib took them close, but when Habib was out the Baggies were confident again - but Haroon smashed 17 off the last over to win it. He

September results
11	Budapest Falcons	169-9	beat	Baggy Blues International	165 a/o	by 1 wkt	card
11	With the very last ball of the season Budapest Falcons secured a 1-wicket victory over their nearest rivals Baggy Blues International (for whom captain Andrew Leckonby scored 62) to be crowned champions...
11	Debrecen Falcons		beat	Phoenix
11	A huge victory for Debrecen Falcons helped them leapfrog Phoenix to finish fourth in their debut season
10	Spartans	159-4	beat	Dunabogdany	155-7	by 6 wkts	card
10	Spartans finally got their first victory of the season (their other points came from a walkover) and in beating Dunabogdany by 6 wickets they leapfrog DCC, who now get the wooden spoon...
4	Baggy Blues International	118-9	beat	Challengers	116-9 a/o	by 1 wkt	card
4	James held his nerve to take BBI to a dramatic last-wicket victory over Challengers to keep their title hopes alive - the season now all comes down to the final match between BBI and Budapest Falcons on Sunday 11 September...
4	Budapest Falcons	131-1	beat	Dunabogdany	130-9	by 9 wkts	card
4	Safi Zahir continued his superb form with an unbeaten 89 to almost single-handedly reach the low target set by DCC in just 12 overs
3	Spartans		beat	Phoenix		by walkover
3	Unfortunately Phoenix could not field a team so Spartans picked up their first points of the season

August results
14	Challengers	103 a/o	beat	Spartans	60 a/o	by 43 runs	card
14	Challengers defended a small total to strengthen their grip on third place
14	Budapest Falcons	180 a/o	beat	Debrecen Falcons	118 a/o	by 62 runs
14	A fantastic all-round display from Abhishek (62 runs, then 6-12 - the best bowling figures of the season so far) helped Budapest Falcons overcome their Debrecen namesakes by 62 runs
13	Baggy Blues International	41-2	beat	Dunabogdany	40 a/o	by 8 wkts	card
13	Muhammad took 5-13 to crush DCC
7	Baggy Blues International	255-7	beat	Phoenix	54 a/o	by 201 runs	card
7	Guru smashed a new Hungarian record score of 142 not out at the GB Oval (with its long boundaries!) and then Phoenix collapsed to an embarrassing record defeat
7	Challengers	212-9 a/o	beat	Dunabogdany	122 a/o	by 90 runs	card
7	Challengers moved up to third with a victory over Dunabogdany thanks to Mark Ahuja's knock of 86
6	Debrecen Falcons	176 a/o	beat	Spartans	94 a/o	by 82 runs	card
6	The first-ever match at Szodliget! And history was made with a run out off the very first ball, although it didn't help Spartans in their quest for a first-ever victory

July results
31	Phoenix vs Dunabogdany				match cancelled
31	Due to bad weather the match was cancelled and a No Result declared - both teams get 2 points
31	Budapest Falcons	175 a/o	beat	Challengers	55 a/o	by 120 runs
31	Abhishek hit 57 to help Budapest Falcons to 175, which proved way too many for Challengers thanks to Zahir and Rehan taking three wickets each
24	Challengers	111-5	beat	Debrecen Falcons	107 a/o	by 5 wkts	card
24	Marc Ahuja starred with both ball and bat to take Challengers past Debrecen Falcons. He took 4-29 and then hit an unbeaten 38 to seal the 5-wicket victory
23	Baggy Blues International	93-7	beat	Spartans	90 a/o	by 3 wkts	card
23	Andrew Leckonby took 3-6 and Matyas Balogh took 3-25 to demolish Spartans for 90 all out, then Guru helped BBI get home with just three wickets left in the 25th over
17	Challengers	288 a/o	beat	Phoenix	120 a/o	by 168 runs	card
17	Sufiyan hit 75 and Ian hit 70 to help Challengers gain a surprise bonus-point victory over Phoenix
17	Budapest Falcons	278-9	beat	Spartans	238-6	by 40 runs	card
17	Spartans put in a great performance, but ran out of overs in their run chase
16	Baggy Blues International	90-6	beat	Debrecen Falcons	89 a/o	by 4 wkts	card
16	Andrew Leckonby took 5-17 to skittle out Debrecen Falcons for just 89, but his BBI team made hard work of the chase and only reached it in the 26th over with four wickets left
10	Debrecen Falcons	282 a/o	beat	Dunabogdany	83 a/o	by 199 runs	card
10	Half-centuries from Faizullah and Asad led Debrecen Falcons to a massive victory over Dunabogdany, with Gul Zar taking 4-17
10	Budapest Falcons	149-6	beat	Phoenix	148 a/o	by 4 wkts
10	Zahir scored 74 to help Budapest Falcons leapfrog Phoenix at the top of the table. Abhishek scored 34 and Syed Ibrahim scored 25, but the Phoenix total was chased down in the 23rd over
9	Challengers	144-3	beat	Spartans	140 a/o	by 7 wkts	card
9	Spartans completed their unfortunate first round duck, having now lost to each of the other teams
3	Baggy Blues International	155-5	beat	Challengers	65 a/o	by 90 runs	card
3	Half-centuries for Ed Allnutt (52) and Alex Johnson (61) helped BBI rack up 155 runs from their 35 overs, which the Challengers never got close to despite Marc Ahuja's 35. Sanjay took 3-22 for Challengers, Greg took 3-6 (from 7 overs!) for BBI
3	Budapest Falcons	227-9 a/o	beat	Dunabogdany	69 a/o	by 158 runs	card
3	Canadey hit 56, Zahir 43 and Adnan 32 in an imposing total that proved far too big for Dunabogdany. Kushal took 3 wickets for DCC, but Zahir outdid him with 4 to help Budapest Falcons pick up their first bonus point of the season
2	Phoenix	117 a/o	beat	Debrecen Falcons	113 a/o	by 4 runs	report
2	Abhishek put in a man-of-the-match performance, taking 5-31 from his 7 overs and making a brilliant, stunning match-turning catch, to give Phoenix victory by a very narrow margin

June results
26	Baggy Blues International	194-7	beat	Dunabogdany	87 a/o	by 107 runs	card
26	Baggy Blues International hammered Dunabogdany to reclaim 3rd spot in the MPI35 league table
25	Debrecen Falcons	104 a/o	beat	Spartans	92 a/o	by 12 runs	card
25	Rajvir took 5 for 33 to limit Debrecen Falcons to just 104, but that total proved to be enough as Spartans could only muster 92 runs, thanks in no small part to two direct hit run-outs
19	Challengers	84-4	beat	Debrecen Falcons	83 a/o	by 6 wkts
19	Ian took 4-20 to set up an easy victory target for Challengers over Debrecen Falcons, which they reached in the 15th over to secure a bonus-point victory thanks to Mark Ahuja's 25
19	Budapest Falcons	151-7	beat	Baggy Blues International	150-8	by 3 wkts	card
19	Zahir hit 78 to take Budapest Falcons to a close victory over BBI, despite 5-28 from Andrew Leckonby. Ed Allnutt had scored 52 and Dean Marshel-Courte 38 in BBI's 150 (with Khaibar taking 4-17), but it wasn't to be enough
18	Phoenix	244-?	beat	Spartans	76 a/o	by 168 runs	card
18	Phoenix tightened their grip on first place in the MPI35 league with a crushing bonus-point victory over Spartans - Syed hit 40 in Phoenix's total of 244, then Dinesh took 5 wickets
12	Phoenix	69-5	beat	Challengers	68 a/o	by 5 wkts	card
12	Fiaz picked up 4 wickets, while Abhishek took 3-15 and then hit 27 not out to ease Phoenix to a bonus-point victory over Challengers in just 10 overs - the win takes Phoenix to the top of the league...
5	Budapest Falcons	188 a/o	beat	Challengers	147 a/o	by 41 runs	card
5	A great all-round display by Khaibar Deldar (38 runs, 3 wickets) helped Budapest Falcons see off their opponents' challenge, despite Mark Ahuja top-scoring with 43
5	Phoenix	146-7	beat	Baggy Blues International	106 a/o	by 40 runs	card
5	Syed Ibrahim took 4-10 as BBI collapsed to a 40-run defeat to Phoenix, with Dinesh Rheddy hitting 30 to better BBI's Dom Ward's 29
4	Dunabogdany	91-5	beat	Spartans	90 a/o	by 5 wkts	card + report
4	Shobhit Gupta took 5 wickets and Kevin Johnson took 3 plus a blinding one-hand slip catch to skittle out Spartans for just 90, then Alexis Latham's 25 helped Dunabogdany to a bonus-point victory in just 12.3 overs

May results
14	Challengers	192 a/o	beat	Dunabogdany	135 a/o	by 57 runs	card + report
15	Budapest Falcons	227-9	beat	Spartans	155 a/o	by 72 runs	card
15	Baggy Blues International	129-1	beat	Debrecen Falcons	128 a/o	by 9 wkts	card
21	Debrecen Falcons	242 a/o	beat	Dunabogdany	102 a/o	by 140 runs	card
21	Kushal took 6 wickets, but Debrecen Falcons still racked up 242 (thanks to half centuries from Sami and Hakim) before skittling out Dunabogdany cheaply
22	Budapest Falcons	239-7	beat	Phoenix	198-7	by 41 runs	card + report
22	Adnan's 90 runs helped Budapest Falcons defeat Phoenix, despite 87 not out from Robin Sperling and 4 wickets for Abhishek
28	Phoenix	188 a/o	beat	Dunabogdany	21 a/o	by 167 runs	card + report
28	Phoenix recovered from 91-8 to post 188 all out before Abhishek (6-13) and Dinesh (4-7) blew Dunabogdany away for only 21 runs
29	Baggy Blues International	98-6	beat	Spartans	97 a/o	by 4 wkts	card
29	Guru's 39 steered BBI to a fairly comfortable win over Spartans
29	Debrecen Falcons	145 a/o	beat	Budapest Falcons	119 a/o	by 26 runs
29	Debrecen won the battle of the Falcons by 26 runs