There were six century-makers on the opening day of the new Bradford Mutual Sunday School League season as fine weather gave batsmen the edge.

Mohammed Ilyas of Salem Athletic led the way with 195 not out, while other tons came from James Barley (Mayfield, 122), Paul Cuthbertson (Odsal Pheonix, 121), Jerar Agha (Great Horton Church, 112no), Steven Broadbent (Muff Field, 109no) and Bilal Moghal (Cross Roads & Daisy Hill, 102no).

The new clubs in GROUP A had mixed fortunes, with Allerton completing a five-wicket win over defending champions champions BPR (118) as Asif Sheikh took 7-28.

But Girlington lost to Yorkshire LPS by 22 runs, despite the best efforts of M Shah (7-56) and M Azad (86no).

Cambing, last season’s runners-up, made a winning start as they beat Omar by 37 runs.

Fazal Wazir (84) and Mohammad Khan (57) led Cambing to 255, before Amir Shah (4-57) and Hameed Khan (5-65) dismissed Omars for 218.

Bradford Gymkhana defeated promoted Hallfield (179-9) by six wickets thanks to key knocks from Mohammed Sheraz (61) and Shezad Khalid (58no).

The battle of the Heaton stablemates saw the A team come out on top by 41 runs.

Matloob Hussain (62) and Kamran Mir (61) led the A team to 200, with the B side all out for 159 (Haaris Hussian 42) in reply.

Salem Athletic made the day’s top score with 347-8 in GROUP B, Ilyas finishing five runs short of a double century. Mandhata were skittled for 75 all out in reply.

Great Horton Church were not far behind on 316-5 against Mayfield, who held out for a draw on 216-8.

Agha’s unbeaten ton for Church was backed up by Adnan Ghafoor (62) and Imran Yousef (52), before Barley held the Mayfield reply together.

Cuthbertson’s century steered Odsal to 243-6 against Great Horton Meths, who were all out for just 38. Keith Holdsworth, the oldest man on the field at 70, took two stunning catches to claim the fielding point for Meths.

Muff Field logged a narrow five-run win over Bradford Gymkhana B (205-8) thanks in the main to Broadbent’s unbeaten ton. Istiaq Ahmed (60) top-scored for Gym.