Birmingham League round-up: Old Elizabethans move out of relegation zone with win over Penkridge

Rana Hassan and Ishaq Mohammed both scored 55 for Penkridge.

Mohammed remained not out as Penkridge were all out for 231 in the 53rd over with Hemaka Pathiranage taking 4-69 for the Worcester side.

In reply OEs were 59-3 before an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 173 between Atiq ur-Rehman (117 not out) and Shameer Ahmed (57no) eased them away from the foot of the table.

Pershore, now up to second in the promotion places due to a 36-point deduction for Fordhouses, were held to a winning draw at Coventry and NW.

A half-century from Chris Ridings (53) held the first half of the Pershore innings together before an unbeaten 44 from Charlie Norton helped them to 212-8 with Greg Ricketts returning 3-40.

Dogged batting by the hosts frustrated Pershore after tea as they reached 132-7 after 55 overs.

Ombersley won their Worcestershire derby against Kidderminster by four wickets with three balls remaining.

The result leaves Kidderminster in the Premier Division bottom two even though they made up ground on Walsall.

Kidderminster’s Craig Wood struck 12 boundaries in an undefeated 131 but none of his batting colleagues made it to 20 as Kidderminster scored 215-9 from 55 overs.

Ex-Worcestershire all-rounder Gareth Andrew took 3-44 and Neil Slade 3-53 for Ombersley before an unbeaten 93 from Uday Kaul saw the villagers to a victory which keeps them firmly in fourth in the table.

Shrewsbury moved up into second place, seven points ahead of Berkswell who drop into third following a winning draw against Barnt Green.

Worcestershire opener Oliver Westbury steered Shrewsbury to 235-9 against Brockhampton at London Road with an unbeaten 115.

Jamie McIlroy took 4-61 for the visitors who were dismissed for 187 in reply.

Ian Bullock (49) and Ashley Bullock (44) were the pick of the batsmen for the Herefordshire side who remain rooted to the foot of the table.

Shrewsbury’s Mike Barnard took 5-43 as his side maintained their title challenge.

The 2016 champions Berkswell eased their way to 343-4 declared in 51.5 overs against Green who batted out time, reaching 156 -5 in 58 overs at the close.

Mohammed Ahmed opened with 57 for Berkswell but a third-wicket stand of 160 between Chris Whittock (122) and Tom Lewis (110no) took the game out of Green’s reach.

Whittock faced 106 balls, hitting 17 fours and three sixes, while Lewis’ runs came from 93 balls with 15 fours and four sixes.

Bromsgrove’s winning draw against Himley saw them leapfrog the Black Country side into third place in Division One.

A run-a-ball 132 from Jayden Levitt saw Bromsgrove to 274-5 against Himley after he and Ashley Newfield (58) put together an opening stand of 143.

Chad Brandrick took 3-39 for Himley who were saved from defeat by an impressive 101 from 134 balls by Nipin Karunanyake who lacked any support until Stuart Wedge (36) helped him to put on 112 for the sixth wicket.

Himley finished on 176 -8 with three wickets apiece for Alexei Kervezee (3-20) and George Marshall (3-52).

Walmley made light work of Barnards Green, romping to a three-wicket win with almost 10 overs in hand.

After Green slipped to 121-7 Oli Swift hit an unbeaten 77 to take them to 207-9 after 55 overs.

Jonathan Newis took 5-66 for Walmley who were helped to victory by a fourth-wicket partnership of 97 between Michael Waugh (76no) and Iandev Chauhan (65).

Worcestershire’s George Rhodes took 4-57 for Green who remain in mid-table.

Astwood Bank were seven-run victors over Milford Hall to move up to third in Division Three.

Steve Adshead (54) and Pete Alexander (44no) were the mainstays in Bank’s total of 196-7 with Chris Dean taking 4-71.

Aaron Afford hit 12 boundaries in his 58 for Milford and James Davis (71no) did likewise with a six for good measure.

But excellent bowling at both ends of the innings by Ryan Blakemore (5-54) and 3-40 from Josh Baker secured maximum points for Bank.

Second-from-bottom Worcester Nomads are looking to end the season with a flourish and dragged Newport into the relegation frame.

Patrick O’Driscoll (5-20) and Ben Schiffmann (5-42) bowled unchanged as Newport were skittled for 66, allowing Nomads the luxury of a nine-wicket win which gave them the slenderest of chances of avoiding relegation.

RESULTS - FIRST XI PREMIER DIVISION

Berkswell (16 points) 343-4 (C.Whittock 122, T.Lewis 110*, M.Ahmed 57) drew with Barnt Green (4 points) 156-5.

Kenilworth Wardens (6 points) 170-8 (S.Stenning 68, G.Worker 3-37, A.Javid 3-48) drew with Knowle & Dorridge (17 points) 283-6 (G.Worker 157, S.Reddish 50).

Ombersley (20 points) 219-6 (U.Kaul 93*) defeated Kidderminster (4 points) 215-9 (C.Wood 132*, G.Andrew 3-44, N.Slade 3-53) by 4 wickets.

Shrewsbury (24 points) 235-9 (O.Westbury 115*, J.McIlroy 4-61) defeated Brockhampton (6 points) 187 (I.Bullock 49, A.Bullock 44, M.Barnard 5-43) by 48 runs.

W.B. Dartmouth (6 points) 182 (K.Ali 98, I.Ahmed 6-49, J.Ayres 3-56) lost to Dorridge (24 points) 222-9 (A.Ebad 65, D.Ball 56*, B.Forrester-Smith 43, K.Ali 5-64) by 40 runs.

Wolverhampton (20 points) 161-4 defeated Walsall (2 points) 157 (D.Cox 57, M.Kleinveldt 5-32) by 6 wickets.

DIVISION ONE

Barnards Green (5 points) 207-9 (O.Swift 77*, J.Newis 5-66) lost to Walmley (20 points) 209-7 (M.Waugh 76*, I.Chauhan 65, G.Rhodes 4-57) by 3 wickets.

Bromsgrove (16 points) 274-5 (J.Levitt 132, A.Newfield 58, C.Brandrick 3-46) drew with Himley (6 points) 176-8 (N.Karunanayake 101, A.Kervezee 3-20, G.Marshall 3-52).

Leamington Spa (2 points) 124 (F.Eburah 4-33, N.Tahir 3-44) lost to Moseley (20 points) 125-4 (R.Yates 56*) by 6 wickets.

Shifnal (8 points) 170-9 (S.Leach 55, S.Bhatti 6-45) drew with Attock (14 points) 193 (A.Mahmood 67, Q.Khan 57, A.Wyatt 4-39, C.Home 4-57).

Smethwick (24 points) 160 (J.Bowker 4-55, D.Bowker 3-35) defeated Tamworth (5 points) 129 by 31 runs.

Wellington (24 points) 212-8 (S.Lloyd 45, D.Vaughan 43, S.Whitney 5-63) defeated Bridgnorth (3 points) 91 (J.Shantry 4-26, W.Wagner 3-18) by 121 runs.

DIVISION TWO

C & R Hawks (20 points) 120-7 (O.Ali 55) defeated Fordhouses (4 points) 117 (J.Ahmed 5-40) by 3 wickets.

Coventry & NW (6 points) 132-7 drew with Pershore (15 points) 201-8 (C.Ridings 53, C.Norton 44*, G.Ricketts 3-40).

Harborne (24 points) 230-9 (A.Lloyd 90*, G.Randhawa 69, D.Ross-Watt 6-72) defeated Halesowen (5 points) 124 (G.Land 6-52) by 106 runs.

Oswestry (20 points) 53-1 defeated Old Hill (0 points) 50 (S.Hussain 5-15, R.Walker 4-29 incl. hat-trick) by 9 wickets.

Penkridge (4 points) 231 (R.Hassan 55, I.Mohammed 55*, H.Pathirinage 4-69) lost to Old Elizabethans (20 points) 232-3 (A.Ur-Rehman 117*, S.Ahmed 57*) by 7 wickets.

Wombourne (5 points) 163 (D.Bassett 54, S. Howard 4-29, D.Nawarathnage 3-39, G.Clark 3-44) lost to Sutton Coldfield (24 points) 242 (M.Guest 65, L.Thomason 58, D.Nawarathnage 40, A.Quiney 6-57) by 79 runs.

DIVISION THREE

Astwood Bank (24 points) 196-7 (S.Adshead 54, P.Alexander 44*, C.Dean 4-71) defeated Milford Hall (5 points) 189 (J.Davis 71*, A.Afford 58, R.Blakemore 5-54, J.Baker 3-40) by 7 runs.

Handsworth (24 points) 52 (A.Ingram 4-15, B.Gledhill 3-12, L.Benn 3-22) defeated Nuneaton (4 points) 49 (K.Leverock 6-27, C.Folkes 4-6) by 3 runs.

Sentinel (5 points) 224-9 (A.Harrison 102*, J.Warren 4-62, L.Peat 4-64) lost to Lichfield (20 points) 225-5 (S.Fielding 54, D.Roberts 47, T.Stone 46, D.Bradburne 3-73) by 5 wickets.

Stourbridge (1 point) 131 (J.Johal 76, P.Derrick 6-43, S.Douthwaite 3-32) lost to Stratford-upon-Avon (24 points) 132-2 (A.Bayliss 59*, J.Price 41) by 8 wickets.

Streetly (24 points) 280 (I.Qadir 55, M.Hinton 52*, S.Mangalorkar 50, S.Bates 42, W.Lezar 4-64, T.Holley 3-90) defeated Brewood (5 points) 145 (C.Tranter 43, S.Hinton 7-37, S.Bates 3-30) by 135 runs.

Worcester Nomads (20 points) 68-1 defeated Newport (0 points) 66 (P.O’Driscoll 5-20, B.Schiffmann 5-42) by 9 wickets.

SECOND XI PREMIER DIVISION

Brockhampton (15 points) 262-6 drew with Shifnal (7 points) 239-7.

Halesowen (4 points) 140 lost to Harborne (24 points) 189-7 by 49 runs.

Himley (6 points) 123-5 drew with Wolverhampton (16 points) 253-8.

Knowle & Dorridge (5 points) 180-7 drew with Kenilworth Wardens (16 points) 232-4.

Moseley (2 points) 134 lost to Leamington Spa (24 points) 136-4 by 6 wickets.

Walmley (20 points) 149-5 defeated Astwood Bank (3 points) 145 by 5 wickets.

DIVISION ONE

Attock (24 points) 180-6 defeated Coventry & NW (4 points) 179 by 4 wickets.

Barnt Green (24 points) 185-8 defeated Berkswell (4 points) 139 by 46 runs.

Kidderminster (7 points) 261-7 drew with Ombersley (17 points) 326-3.

Old Elizabethans (24 points) 102-2 defeated WB Dartmouth (1 point) 101 by 8 wickets.

Tamworth (24 points) 226-4 defeated Smethwick (3 points) 170 by 56 runs.

Walsall (4 points) 108 lost to Bromsgrove (24 points) 192-8 by 84 runs.

DIVISION TWO (NORTH)

Brewood (20 points) 159-6 defeated Oswestry (4 points) 157-9 by 4 wickets.

Bridgnorth (5 points) 212 lost to Wellington (24 points) 231-6 by 19 runs.

Fordhouses (24 points) 199-6 defeated C & R Hawks (4 points) 195-8 by 4 wickets.

Lichfield (18 points) 317-4 drew with Sentinel (4 points) 124-9.

Milford Hall (5 points) 155 lost to Penkridge (20 points) 156-7 by 3 wickets.

Newport (3 points) 185-7 lost to Shrewsbury (20 points) 188-4 by 6 wickets.

DIVISION TWO (SOUTH)

Dorridge (24 points) 220-6 defeated Barnards Green (5 points) 218-8 by 4 wickets.

Nuneaton (2 points) 99 lost to Handsworth (24 points) 277-6 by 178 runs.

Old Hill (24 points) 236-8 defeated Streetly (4 points) 132 by 104 runs.

Pershore (20 points) 245-5 defeated Worcester Nomads (5 points) 247-7 by 5 wickets.

Stratford-upon-Avon (16 points) 236-6 drew with Stourbridge (5 points) 131-7.

Sutton Coldfield (4 points) 139-8 drew with Wombourne (17 points) 346-4.