IT IS difficult to imagine more drama being packed into a day than in the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League's Twenty20 finals day at Pudsey St Lawrence.

For starters, Bradford & Bingley and the hosts needed a super over – the first in the competition's eight-year history – to decide the first semi-final after both teams had finished on 139-8.

Then, after Bingley had won that tie-breaker 12-7, Hanging Heaton defeated Methley in the second semi-final with just four balls to spare.

As if this was not enough excitement, B&B then won the final off the last ball on a day of lower scores, closely-fought matches and a sprinkling of rain – as opposed to the big scores and six-hitting that have been the order of the day previously.

Yassir Abbas (35) and Charlie Best (30) were the top scorers for Bradford & Bingley in their semi-final but they faltered in mid-innings to the spin of Chris Marsden (3-27) and Tom Hudson (3-37).

James Smith (43) and Marsden (31) led the St Lawrence reply but the repeated loss of wickets at key times was their undoing and, with three needed from the last ball, Callam Goldthorp could only get two.

For the super over, each side had to choose three batsmen and one bowler.

Saints backed young Charlie Parker as their bowler and his over yielded 12 runs, with Noman Ali crucially hitting a big six.

St Lawrence started well, with Smith sweeping Ali for four, but from then on things went wrong.

After a single from the second ball, Mark Robertshaw was run out. Marsden then took a single but when Smith missed the fifth ball, the game was up. One final single was mere consolation and Bingley had won 12-7.

Methley batted first in the second semi-final and found it hard to lift the tempo of their innings until the closing overs, opener Marcus Walmsley's 32 being the top score in 134-7.

Yet Methley showed great determination in defending that score, with Sohail Raz returning the day's best figures of 4-10.

Just when it looked as if Methley would make it to the final, Nick Connolly made an unbeaten 42 to see his side home with four balls to spare, although it was pleasing to see 13-year-old spinner Harry Sullivan bowl two overs.

The final produced the first half-centuries of the day.

Gary Fellows, the top league run-scorer with 609, played with good sense to make 58 as the Bradford & Bingley bowlers kept things tight. All of them were rewarded with two wickets apiece, Jack Hartley (2-18) being the best.

Bradford & Bingley's reply was dominated by 20-year-old left-handed opener Jack Edgar.

The close-season recruit from Great Harwood looks a real find and he showed considerable maturity and good sense as wickets fell around him.

He struck two sixes and nine fours in a well-paced innings of 80 not out.

Hanging Heaton kept chipping away but ultimately the excellence of Edgar and the concession of 23 extras killed off their hopes of winning the cup for the first time.