AT last with weather befitting the cricket season, and the sun on their backs, Bromsgrove second XI took fellow relegatees apart on Saturday.

Travelling to Worceste-r, the home team elected to field first on a drying pitch. Town lost opener Hansell early on, but with first team exile Julian Court continuing where he left off last week, and Keyte keen to impress his ex-team mates, the Boars got off to a flier with 50 off the first 11 overs.

The pair continued pressing on, particularly Court, putting the home attack to the sword. The momentum was maintained with Bennison replacing Keyte (26), until Court made his first mistake (79) having put Bromsgrove in the driving seat at 140 for 3 after 33 overs.

Worcester took this opportunity to regroup, and tight bowling from Weston, and Franklin, caused the visitors to get bogged down.

Perseverance paid off, as Bennison eventually found the middle of the bat, and with good support from the reliable Walker (15), and a clean hitting cameo from Keyte (jnr, 19) saw Bromsgrove to 212 for 7 in their 50 overs.

Worcester's reply never materialised. With Lawton charging in at one end, Paul Husbands restored to strengthen the bowling at the other, wickets out paced both overs and runs.

At 5 for 5, the contest was over, with Worcester battling to restore some pride. The opener Jew hung on well, and when joined by skipper Weston, at last the scoreboard began to move.

Having done the damage Lawton was given a breather, finishing with 5 for 11 off his 7 overs. However, the introduction of leg spinner Mortlock added a further dimension to the attack, prizing out the anchor man Jew.

Oakley then joined his skipper, and with some clean hitting, began to drag the home team towards respectability. Mortlock (4 for 8 in 5.2 overs) had other ideas, his flight and guile encouraging loose attacking stroke play, the excellent Bromsgrove ground fielding doing the rest. Worcester paid the price subsiding to 61 all out.

Back to back wins fills the Boars full of confidence, and looking forward to next week's return at home.