OLD Elizabethans and Worcester both saw off their Vale opposition in the Worcestershire Cricket League Premier Division.

Fourth-placed OEs beat lowly Evesham by 98 runs at the Memorial Ground while Worcester thumped Pershore by seven wickets in Norton.

Opener Jamie Boyle inspired OEs with 122 as they amassed 246 all out in 49.3 overs after winning the toss and batting first.

They fell to 25-2 as Ted Goodwin and Chris Pearman departed to Adnan Sagheer for 0 and 5 respectively.

Then overseas batsman Raminda Wijesooriya went for 10 and captain Alex Bastable for four.

At 64-4 Boyle found support in a 42-run partnership with Dan Colburn who hung around for 15.

When Colburn was out to Arshad Mughal, Michael Cooper hit two sixes in his 39 before he was caught out off Wajahat Chohan.

But Cooper and Boyle had shifted the momentum in favour of OVs with their quick stand of 88.

Boyle departed to Chohan after facing 121 balls with 19 fours and two sixes.

Late runs from Archie Oxley (9) and Sam Harn (13) boosted OEs from 210-7 to 246.

Chohan was the pick of the bowlers with 4-48.

Evesham started solidly with Ali Shan hitting four boundaries before he was run out by Oxley for 19.

Tight bowling from the seamers prevented Evesham from getting going as Sadam Khan (18) was run out by Dan Colburn.

Muhammad Saqib took Amar Jawanda for a couple of sixes before the spinner had him caught out for 27 to leave the visitors on 72-3.

Sandeep Kumar only made one before he was out to Colburn and then the spinners took over.

Kamran Abbasi (15) was run out and despite 40 from 33 balls by wicketkeeper Shiv Kumar Evesham collapsed to 148 all out in 36.1 overs.

Oxley picked up 2-27 and Rowan Upton 1-31 with Harn (2-27) returning to snaffle two late wickets.

Meanwhile, Worcester bowled Pershore out for just 112 in 25.5 overs as Clark Knapton took 4-18 and Mohammad Adeel 2-28.

Openers Stephen Miles and Oliver Oxley scored 20 and 16 respectively for Pershore.

Chris Miles added 13 and skipper Liam Ridings 33 but no other batsman got into double figures.

There were four ducks lower down the order as Pershore collapsed from 112-5 without adding another run as Knapton took three of the wickets.

In reply, Worcester won with 115-3 from 21.4 overs thanks to opener Henry Lewis' dogged 25 not out and a quicker 41 from Joe Blight.

Bryn Evans added 14 with the wickets shared between Stephen Miles, Darren Critcher and George Kirby.

Redditch remain top of the table after winning by three wickets at Bewdley.

Astwood Bank lie second following a comfortable victory at bottom-of-the-table Feckenham.

Chaddesley Corbett returned to winning ways by beating Stourport.

RESULTS

Bewdley 130 a/o 4 P Taylor 56, Redditch Entaco 131-7 20 P Taylor 4-41. Redditch Entaco won by 3 wickets.

Feckenham 62 a/o 0 D Thomas 4-13, Astwood Bank 66-1 20. Astwood Bank won by 9 wickets.

Old Elizabethans 246 a/o 20 J Boyle 122 - W Chohan 4-48, Evesham 148 a/o 5. Old Elizabethans won by 98 runs.

Stourbridge 137 a/o 2 A Manzoor 4-34, Old Hill 141-3 20 N Poonia 93*. Old Hill won by 7 wickets.

Chaddesley Corbett 245-7 20 M Sajid 137, Stourport 222 a/o 6 R Delo 63 - W Ahmed 4-42. Chaddesley Corbett won by 23 runs.

Pershore 112 a/o 2 C Knapton 4-18, Worcester 115-3 20. Worcester won by 7 wickets.