Wardens sink into bottom two after defeat by rivals Harborne
Kenilworth Wardens have sunk into the bottom two after a seven wicket defeat at fellow strugglers Harborne which saw the home side leapfrog them in the Birmingham & District League Premier Division One on Saturday.
Kenilworth, now in the drop zone, are 14 points short of Harborne and were bowled out for 150 after being asked to bat first.
Harry Johnson scored 38, Ben Blakemore 34 and Alex Wilkinson 30, Oliver Hannon-Dalby taking 4-25 off his 14 overs.
The home side then wrapped things up early, reaching 152-3 in 24.2 overs.
A slow start saw Harborne 1-12 and 3-48. But Alexei Kervezee (68 not out) and Tejas Wagle (37 not out) took control with Kervezee's total coming off just 40 balls and including 13 boundaries and a six.
In Division Two, Leamington claimed a winning draw away at West Bromwich Dartmouth.
Choosing to bat, Leamington made 254-9.
Openers Harrison Smith (37) and Jacob Sargeant (75) made a solid start with a partnership of 62.
Jonathan Wigley then made 49, putting on another 99 with Sargeant.
Jason Jakeman added an unbeaten 44, Recordo Gordon taking 3-34 and Ateeq Javid 3-94.
Always well behind the asking rate for victory, West Bromwich closed their innings on 170-6.
Bruce Thomason led the reply with 69, including 11 fours and a six.
At 134-6, Tim Maxfield (29 not out) and Nihal Virk (17 not out) dug in and saw out the game with Leamington taking 15 points and West Bromwich eight points.
In the Warwickshire County League Premier Division, Leamington seconds lost by wickets at home to Bedworth and hover one place above the drop zone.
Electing to bat first, Leamington made 206-8, S. Vaughan top-scoring with 56, Oscar Briggs with 28 and Seb Bainbridge 27, Abdul Hafeez taking 3-39.
Bedworth opener Haaris Azram was in fine form, scoring an unbeaten 126 with 17 fours and four sixes and putting on 99 for the second wicket with Ryan Parnell (40).
In Division Two, Warwick stormed to a massive 220 run victory away at Water Orton.
They made 304-8 after winning the toss and batting first, James Sood 130 not out, including 167 boundaries and three sixes, Rohit Bagri with 60 and Kaustubh Peddi 27.
Naveed Bashir claimed 3-17 for Water Orton.
But bowling hero was Warwick's Adam Southorn who then came up with a remarkable 8-16 off 6.3 overs to decimate Water Orton to 84 all out in 22.3 overs.
Kenilworth also took maximum points after they beat Earlswood by three wickets at home.
The visitors were dismissed for 258. They made a rock solid start with openers Alex Laud (66) and Sardara Narotra (80) batting well.
No.3 Harvey Williams added 43, but wickets tumbled regularly after that as Sam Davies stung them with 6-44 from his nine overs.
Kenilworth's reply was led by Stuart Cope, who hit 12 fours and two sixes in his 118 while Matthew Casey weighed in with 36 not out as they reached 262-7 with five balls to spare.