Kenilworth Wardens dig in for draw with fellow strugglers Dorridge

Wardens, in the bottom two, had hoped to close the gap on Dorridge, who are third from bottom.

The visitors were put into bat and made the most of it with a huge 307-7 in their 55 overs.

Montcin Hodge top-scored with 75, including 13 fours, Daniyal Khan adding 66, Nabeel Mahmood 39 and Nivethan Radhakrishnan 38 plus 34 from Ayan Khan.

Tommy Rex took 3-68 as Wardens toiled in the field.

Wardens opener Oliver Dandy smashed 70 in reply, with 10 boundaries and a six, but only Harry Johnson (44) and Ben Blakemore (29) managed innings of note as they dug in for the draw at 198-8, Nabeel Mahmood claiming 3-40.

Third-placed Leamington kept up the pressure on the top two in Division Two when they won by seven wickets at struggling Worley.

With Jason Jakeman taking an excellent 6-43 in 15.4 overs, the home side were bowled out for 169, Rohel Peters with 40 and Ravan Chahal adding 33.

Leamington then took 36.1 overs to win with 173-3.

Opener Harrison Smith hit an unbeaten century in 114 balls, including 12 fours and a six.

Captain Jonathan Wigley contributed 26

Leamington's second team were involved in a thrilling tied game with Rugby Warwickshire County League Premier Division.

Electing to bat, visiting Rugby were all out for 131.

Their first three wickets tumbled for 17 runs. Noah Massey managed 35 but Leamington bowled and fielded well with James Hawkins taking 3-37 and Tom Randle 3-26.

But Leamington, who sit in the bottom two, also lost early wickets in their chase and at 32-4 things looked worrying for them.

Seb Bainbridge became the spine of the innings with 74 runs while James Hawkins hit 27.

Three runs in the 44th over eased Leamington level with just one run needed and two wickets to spare, including the impressive Bainbridge.

But Jeevan Barhey had Bainbridge caught with the first ball of the next over and a ball later trapped Euan Rixson lbw to bring a dramatic finish.

Massey completed a god afternoon's work with 3-24.

In Division Two, Kenilworth won by five wickets at Corley.

Corley chose to bat and were bowled out for 131, Steve Clarke run out on 35 and Steve Rhodes claiming 5-42.

Kenilworth took 24.1 overs to get to a winning 135-5 with Stuart Cope (74) and Joe Atkinson (31) putting on 96 for the opening wicket and making life more comfortable.

Aaron Bennett took three of the five wickets to fall for 21 runs in six overs.

Also in Division Two, leaders Warwick triumphed by six wickets away at Knowle & Dorridge seconds.

The home side batted first but were ripped apart by Adam Southorn who took 6-19 in nine deadly overs.

Bethany Lane's 25 helped them to 102 all out.

Warwick's reply was 105-4 in 26.3 overs, James Sood ending 27 not out and Umair Mushtaq 24.