Worcester continue to shine at top of table with 100 per cent winning record

At Eastnor their efficient attack restricted the home side to 180 and they then knocked off the runs with nine overs to spare.

Henry Lewis scored 66 not out for Worcester with three wickets each for Andy Hill, Chris Steele and Jabran Khalid.

Cookley kept up the chase and won a similar match at home to Burghill, Tillington and Weobley.

Burghill skipper Ben Owens put up stern resistance in scoring 103 but this was in vain as Jaimen Rudd then cracked an undefeated 97 to steer Cookley home.

They remain just 10 points behind Worcester.

Bewdley and Hagley both benefitted from Eastnor’s defeat.

Bewdley’s good teamwork resulted in a win over Droitwich which takes them to third five points behind Cookley.

Hagley climbed to fourth with Joe Lennon scoring 85 as his side made 237-8 in their 50 overs despite Colwall’s Ancil Nedd taking 5-67.

Then Amjad Ali restricted the visiting side to 179 all out in under 32 overs with Ben Wheeler’s 96 in vain.

Feckenham completed the top half after they beat Stourport and the bottom three, now the only ones without a win, look destined to provide the relegation sides for this year.

The final match saw a crushing defeat for Pedmore with Waqas Ali of Redditch taking 6-34 as a sustained spell of accurate bowling dismissed the hosts for 106 which was surpassed in just over 20 overs.

Division Two leaders Bredon bounced back with a fine win over Bromyard and still lead Evesham by 11 points.

Evesham have wrestled second spot from Chaddesley Corbett after winning at home against Coombs Wood despite Alex Chappell’s fine spell of 6-33 for the visitors.

They now lead Chaddesley by seven points following the latter’s winning draw with Wormelow who are in the top half despite being the only side yet to win a match.

Enville stay fourth, beating Oldswinford and Stourbridge Social thanks to Spencer Mann’s 105.

Old Vigornians won at Lye to climb to fifth ahead of Wormelow and Belbroughton in joint sixth.

Belbroughton’s revival continued with a win at home to bottom side Harborne thanks to a captain’s example from Tom Oliver who scored 118 and took 4-33.

In Division Three the Kempsey bandwagon was once again driven firmly by the O’Neill brothers in their big win at home to Rushwick.

Zak scored 81 not out in the home side’s 223-7 and then his brother Sam weighed in with 7-28 to send Rushwick crashing to 66 all out.

In second place after just six rounds Bartestree are almost two wins behind Kempsey but did record their own fourth victory, beating Himley.

They are three points ahead of Himbleton who had a narrow but conclusive victory over Avoncroft by 33 runs with 21 overs left.

Alvechurch and Hopwood are fourth but slipped back thanks to an eight-wicket defeat inflicted by Five Ways Old Edwardians who have jumped up two places.

Malvern won their first match of the campaign beating Netherton by seven runs and Martley and Astwood Bank shared the spoils.

Martley got the winning draw despite Dave Price scoring 88 and taking 5-27 for Bank.

In Division Four West Malvern stormed onwards winning at Claverley and Kidderminster kept pace 32 points behind with a victory at Alveley which took them to second place.

Bromsgrove beat Hanley Castle and Upton to grab third spot after their opponents slipped from second to fourth just ahead of Claverley.

Tenbury thrashed Hallow who were dismissed for 66 thanks to Rob Farrar’s 5-24 and Old Elizabethans had a comfortable win over visiting Halesowen.

Stourport’s 10-wicket win over bottom side Worcester saw openers Bevan Neill and Jim Cook score 69 and 70 respectively in under 19 overs to secure a third win.

The Division Five top four are all Birmingham League third XIs as Stourbridge remained top with a win over third-placed Pershore who were beaten for the first time.

Barnt Green had a big win over Oldswinford and Stourbridge Social with Ben Dunn taking 6-20 in the process.

Old Hill defeated winless Droitwich comfortably.

Enville are firmly at the bottom after they lost at home to Harborne and Redditch remain one place higher following a convincing winning draw at Romsley with Stefan Jagielski making 98.

RESULTS - FIRST XI DIVISION ONE

Bewdley 252-5 24 C.Franklin 53*, N.Wilkinson 52, Droitwich 170 ao 3 M.Davies 73, J.Mills 4-49, A.Platt 4-57. Bewdley won by 82 runs.

Burghill, Tillington & Weobley 184-7 3 B.Owens 103, Cookley 187-3 20 J.Rudd 97*. Cookley won by 7 wkts.

Eastnor 180 ao 3 J.Madyembwa 62, Worcester 181-4 20 H.Lewis 66. Worcester won by 6 wkts.

Feckenham 253 ao 24, Stourport 216 ao 7. Feckenham won by 37 runs.

Hagley 237-8 24 J.Lennon 85, A.Nedd 5-67, Colwall 179 ao 5 B.Wheeler 96, A.Ali 4-30. Hagley won by 58 runs.

Pedmore 106 ao 1 W.Ali 6-34, Redditch 108-4 20 . Redditch won by 6 wkts.

DIVISION TWO

Belbroughton 267-8 24 T.Oliver 118, D.Tuohey 5-61, Harborne 183 ao 5 T.Oliver 4-33, J.Hawk 4-78. Belbroughton won by 84 runs.

Bredon 263-8 24 C.Fenney 58, Bromyard 152 ao 4 G.Leighton 51. Bredon won by 111 runs.

Chaddesley Corbett 254-9 15, Wormelow 208-8 9 . Chaddesley winning draw.

Oldswinford & Stour Social 241-6 5 J.Sidaway 74*, Enville 242-4 20 S.Mann 105, J.Smith 73. Enville won by 6 wkts.

Evesham 171 ao 24 N.Mehnood 65*, A.Chappell 6-33, Coombs Wood 101 ao 4 F.Maan 4-16. Evesham won by 70 runs.

Lye 168 ao 2 A.Parker 4-46, D.Lee 4-53, Old Vigornians 171-3 24 O.Fiaz 54. Old Vigornians won by 7 wkts.

DIVISION THREE

Alvechurch & Hopwood 179 ao 2, Five Ways Old Edwardians 181-2 20. Five Ways won by 8 wkts.

Himley 150 ao 1 R.Tratell 4-24, Bartestree & Lugwardine 151-2 20 B.Simpkin 72*. Bartestree won by 8 wkts.

Himbleton 158 ao 24 P.Athey 5-40, Avoncroft 125 ao 4. Himbleton won by 33 runs.

Kempsey 223-7 24 Z.O’Neill 81*, Rushwick 66 ao 3 S.O’Neill 7-28. Kempsey won by 3 wkts.

Malvern 153 ao 24 T.Fairclough 53, C.Warby 5-33, Netherton 146 ao 4. Malvern won by 7 runs.

Martley 252 ao 15 P.Bibby 56, P.Gardener 50, D.Price 5-27, Astwood Bank 237-8 10 D.Price 88. Martley winning draw.

DIVISION FOUR

Kidderminster 208 ao 24 , Alveley 117 ao 4. Kidderminster won by 91 runs.

Hanley Castle & Upton 129 ao 3 W.Tuffin 4-34, Bromsgrove 132-8 20 O.Price 5-42. Bromsgrove won by 2 wkts.

West Malvern 193 ao 24 A.Iqbal 5-32, Claverley 162 ao 5. West Malvern won by 31 runs.

Hallow 60 ao 0 R.Farrar 5-24, Tenbury 61-0 20. Tenbury won by 10 wkts.

Old Elizabethans 198-7, Halesowen 123 ao 3. Old Elizabethans won by 75 runs.

Worcester 152 ao 1, Stourport 156-0 20 J.Cook 70*, B.Neill 69*. Stourport won by 10 wkts.

DIVISION FIVE

Barnt Green 275-8 24 D.Meredith 77, G.Homer 62, T.Mahmood 5-48, Oldswinford & Stour Social 149 ao 4 B.Dunn 6-20. Barnt Green won by 146 runs.

Droitwich 133-7 2, Old Hill 135-3 20. Old Hill won by 7 wkts.

Harborne 217 ao 24 M.Uzair 56, Enville 120 ao 4 J.Branch 52. Harborne won by 97 runs.

Redditch 242-7 16 S.Jagielski 98, Romsley & Hunnington 186-9 8 A.Williams 62, T.Hemming 4-31. Redditch winning draw.

Stourbridge 171-7 24 A.Colman 61*, Pershore 132 ao 4 W.Karimullah 4-19. Stourbridge won by 39 runs.