Cricket: George Rhodes stars in Barnards Green win

Spa were dismissed for 74 as Rhodes claimed 9-23 in 11.4 overs.

An unbeaten 39 from Ryan Tongue completed the win for Green.

Bromsgrove moved clear of the bottom two with a 57-run win over Brockhampton who were dismissed for 130.

After Bromsgrove slumped to 82-7, an eighth-wicket partnership of 71 between Tom Hill (47 not out) and Deon Patel (41) saw them to 187 all out with Jamie McIlroy taking 3-38.

Brockhampton reached 61-0 but the dismissals of Adam Hewlett (22) at 61 and Worcestershire's Daryl Mitchell (37) at 67 began a collapse with only 63 more runs for the loss of eight wickets.

The damage was done by left-arm spinners Mark Evenson (5-20) and Ashley Newfield (3-8).

Kidderminster bounced back from a defeat with a five-wicket win over Bridgnorth to lead the table by 29 points over Oswestry.

Apart from 61no from 48 balls by Adam Quiney, Bridgnorth had little answer to an attack spearheaded by Liam Weston who took the first six wickets for 33 to reduce them to 48-6.

Quiney’s effort added respectability but 52 from Richard Kimberlin saw the table-toppers cruise to another 24 points.

In the Premier Division, Ombersley chose to bat first on a lively pitch at Smethwick as their 169-9 owed almost everything to a mature 96 from Worcestershire's Josh Dell.

He faced 165 balls with nine boundaries and two sixes, dominating a stand of 73 for the eighth wicket with skipper Arti Fiaz (15 from 58 balls).

Gurinder Singh took 3-45 for Smethwick on a pitch that turned from the start but seamer Gareth Andrew (4-36) inspired Ombersley to a 25-run victory.

Singh top scored with 46 in Smethwick’s 144 but the innings fell away to Oliver Uffindall (3-39) and Josh Haynes (3-45) after he was out at 138-7.

Dartmouth’s top three made hay against Barnt Green with Amit John smashing 70.

Kadeer Ali (69) and Omar Masood (47) also played their part as Dartmouth reached 281-9 in 55 overs.

Jacques Banton picked up four late wickets for 25 after Josh Poysden took 3-89.

Jamie Harrison hit a defiant 75 from 113 balls as Green closed on 178-7.

In Division Two, Harborne won by 172 runs against bottom-of-the-table Astwood Bank.

At 116-5, Harborne were heading for a mediocre total but 106no from 84 balls by Tejas Wagle inspired a recovery to 332-7 with assistance from Karan Bharaj (66) in a stand of 152 for the sixth wicket.

Guriq Randhawa opened the innings with 62 and the total proved far too large for Bank who folded to 160 all out despite 47 from Sam Thomas and 44 from Steve Adshead.

Thomas Harris (3-100) had been the most successful bowler for Bank but Harborne’s Srikant Mundhe (5-45) took the honours with the ball.

Visitors Coventry and NW were dismissed for 188 in the 50th over, leaving Pershore 60 overs to reach their target.

Tarandeep Toor (69) and Matthew Clements (60) starred for Coventry with Pershore’s Charlie Cross taking 4-38 and Darren Critcher 4-40.

At 171-6, Pershore appeared to be heading for victory after 55 from Chris Miles but Toor took three quick wickets to send them to 180-9.

Earlier Greg Ricketts took 4-41 but he no longer had overs to bowl as Pershore’s last-wicket pair inched them over the line with four balls remaining.

The main run-scorers in Stratford’s 281-7 against Old Elizabethans in Division Three were Alex Marney (87), Chris Whelan (68) and Declan Waddington (44) while skipper Alex Bastable took 5-62.

James Urquhart claimed 6-29 as the Worcester visitors folded to 114 all out.

Pelsall’s 292-9 against Redditch came after an opening stand of 77 between Tom Boyd (40) and Alex Jones (30).

This was built upon by Todd Henderson (91) while Waqas Ali took 4-77 for Redditch.

Openers Tom Field (57) and Rizwan Chaudhry (40) put on 79 and Timothy Fitch added 40 to take Redditch to 132-2.

But they then lost regular wickets to Boyd (4-36) before hanging on with 229-9 after an unbeaten last-wicket partnership of 26.

RESULTS - FIRST XI PREMIER DIVISION

Barnt Green (8 points) 178-7 (J.Harrison 75) drew with W.B. Dartmouth (17 points) 281-9 (A.John 70, K.Ali 69, O.Masood 47, J.Banton 4-25, J.Poysden 3-89).

Dorridge (3 points) 176 (B.Forrester-Smith 51, A.Javid 8-53) lost to Berkswell (24 points) 179-3 (A.Javid 103*, N.James 53*, J.Ayres 3-39) by 7 wickets.

Knowle & Dorridge (24 points) 311-8 (G.Worker 107, A.Phillips 84, J.Bulpitt 4-73) defeated Wolverhampton (4 points) 162 (Z.Malik 42, W.Nield 44, J.Grundy 5-54) by 149 runs.

Moseley (2 points) 152 (J.Nandra 47, H.Blofield 4-59, L.Evans 3-18, M.Barnard 3-27) lost to Shrewsbury (24 points) 154-3 (R.Foster 85) by 7 wickets.

Smethwick (5 points) 144 (G.Singh 46, G.Andrew 4-36, O.Uffindall 3-39, J.Haynes 3-45) lost to Ombersley (24 points) 169-9 (J.Dell 96, G.Singh 3-45) by 25 runs.

Walsall (6 points) 162-8 (D.Cox 43, M.Hancock 3-32) drew with Kenilworth Wardens (17 points) 285-8 (R.De Regt 87, P.Mankad 72).

DIVISION ONE

Barnards Green (24 points) 78-1 defeated Leamington Spa (0 points) 74 (G.Rhodes 9-23) by 9 wickets.

Bromsgrove (24 points) 187 (T.Hill 47*, D.Patel 41, J.McIlroy 3-38) defeated Brockhampton (5 points) 130 (M.Evenson 5-20, A.Newfield 3-8) by 57 runs.

Halesowen (20 points) 106-3 (A.Kervezee 52*) defeated Tamworth (1 point) 103 (E.Rhodes 5-35) by 7 wickets.

Kidderminster (24 points) 155-5 (R.Kimberlin 52) defeated Bridgnorth (3 points) 154 (A.Quiney 61*, L.Weston 6-33) by 5 wickets.

Oswestry (20 points) 190-3 (R.Walker 85*, J.Carrasco 42) defeated Himley (3 points) 189 (B.Hussain 51, O.Westbury 47, W.Fynn 4-40) by 7 wickets.

Shifnal (4 points) 242 (J.Edwards 96, C.Brandrick 46, W.Wagner 4-35, I.Arif 3-49) lost to Wellington (24 points) 243-3 (D.Lloyd 106*, I.Arif 50*, M.Simonds 46, A.Riley 3-88) by 1 run.

DIVISION TWO

Attock (6 points) 172 (M.Nafeez 73, K.Ali 4-55, A.Khurshid 3-19) lost to C & R Hawks (24 points) 302 (K.Ali 101, O.Ali 55, V.Butt 41, Z.Hussain 3-96) by 130 runs.

Fordhouses (2 points) 152 (S.Ramaswamy 52, B.Thomas 7-57) lost to Wombourne (24 points) 158-3 (D.Bassett 97*) by 7 wickets.

Harborne (24 points) 332-7 (T.Wagle 106*, K.Bharaj 66, G.Randhawa 62, T.Harris 3-100) defeated Astwood Bank (4 points) 160 (S.Thomas 47, S.Adshead 44, S.Mundhe 5-45) by 172 runs.

Penkridge (5 points) 127 (I.Mohammed 42, S.Mangalorlar 5-38, S.Hinton 3-39) lost to Streetly (24 points) 132 (S.Mangalorkar 44, A.Ahmed 5-40) by 5 runs.

Pershore (20 points) 190-9 (C.Miles 55, G.Ricketts 4-41, T.Toor 3-8) defeated Coventry & N.W. (6 points) 188 (T.Toor 69, M.Clements 60, C.Cross 4-38, D.Crither 4-40) by 1 wicket.

Walmley (24 points) 113-2 (A.Hendry 43*) defeated Sutton Coldfield (1 point) 112 (J.Newis 5-46, M.Fahim Jan 3-27) by 8 wickets.

DIVISION THREE

Lichfield (6 points) 183 (N.Watkins 4-34, M.Downes 3-29) lost to Newport (24 points) 241-9 (S.Douglas 47, M.Hasnain 42, N.Richards 5-61, J.Warren 3-40) by 58 runs.

Milford Hall (2 points) 149 (J.Russell 47, Z.Shahid 3-8, J.Baig 3-58) lost to Old Hill (24 points) 272-3 (R.Nagra 100*, H.Baddams 71, Z.Shahid 57) by 123 runs.

Old Elizabethans (4 points) 114 (J.Urquhart 6-29) lost to Stratford-upon-Avon (24 points) 281-7 (A.Marney 87, C.Whelan 68, D.Waddington 44, A.Bastable 5-62) by 167 runs.

Pelsall (18 points) 292-9 (T.Henderson 91, T.Boyd 40, W.Ali 4-77) drew with Redditch (9 points) 229-9 (T.Field 57, T.Fitch 44, R.Chaudhry 40, T.Boyd 4-36).

Rugby (24 points) 349-6 (M.Ewer 117*, O.Edwards 96, J.Barhey 59, S.Ahmed 3-36, D.Bowen 3-89) defeated Whitchurch (3 points) 126 (N.McGrath 4-34, H.Wilkins 3-17) by 223 runs.

Stourbridge (7 points) 286-9 (N.Crudeli 79, J.Jivan-Patel 67, D.Crossgill 43, W.Lewis 4-66) drew with Handsworth (16 points) 357-4 (R.Hooper 167, W.Mazhar 76, B.Brown 73).

SECOND XI PREMIER DIVISION

Brockhampton (4 points) 96 lost to Harborne (20 points) 98-9 by 1 wicket.

Himley (4 points) 154-9 lost to Moseley (20 points) 158-5 by 5 wickets.

Kenilworth Wardens (20 points) 216-3 defeated Shifnal (4 points) 215 by 7 wickets.

Leamington Spa (20 points) 204-4 defeated Walmley (4 points) 203 by 6 wickets.

Tamworth (6 points) 239-7 lost to Attock (24 points) 240-8 by 2 wickets.

Wolverhampton (24 points) 144-2 defeated Knowle & Dorridge (1 point) 141 by 8 wickets.

DIVISION ONE

Astwood Bank (24 points) 184-4 defeated Bromsgrove (3 points) 178 by 6 wickets.

Coventry & N.W. (24 points) 63-0 defeated Pershore (0 points) 60 by 10 wickets.

Ombersley (20 points) 110-5 defeated Halesowen (3 points) 106 by 5 wickets.

Shrewsbury (24 points) 197-9 defeated Penkridge (4 points) 93 by 104 runs.

W.B.Dartmouth (4 points) 184 lost to Barnt Green (20 points) 185-5 by 5 wickets.

Wombourne (3 points) 157-9 lost to Walsall (20 points) 160-3 by 7 wickets.

DIVISION TWO (NORTH)

Bridgnorth (24 points) 260-8 defeated Pelsall (4 points) 119 by 141 runs.

C & R Hawks (15 points) 295-9 drew with Smethwick (10 points) 273-8.

Newport (6 points) 216 lost to Lichfield (24 points) 218-7 by 3 wickets.

Old Hill (6 points) 185 lost to Milford Hall (20 points) 187-9 by 1 wicket.

Wellington (3 points) 101 lost to Fordhouses (20 points) 104-5 by 5 wickets.

Whitchurch (2 points) 53 lost to Oswestry (24 points) 268-6 by 215 runs.

DIVISION TWO (SOUTH)

Berkswell (24 points) 239 defeated Dorridge (6 points) 163 by 76 runs.

Handsworth (24 points) 159 defeated Stourbridge (4 points) 79 by 80 runs.

Redditch (7 points) 224-7 drew with Kidderminster (15 points) 261-5.

Stratford-upon Avon (24 points) 203 defeated Old Elizabethans (6 points) 171 by 32 runs.

Streetly (2 points) 157 lost to Rugby (20 points) 158-2 by 8 wickets.

Sutton Coldfield (13 points) 193 drew with Barnards Green (8 points) 183-8.