Cricket round-up: Builth Wells secure title with a match to spare
The latest round-up from the Worcestershire County Cricket League.
Builth Wells secured the Division Six (South) title with a game to spare, after beating Droitwich Spa thirds by six wickets in the Worcestershire County Cricket League.
Matthew Kirkham (57), Harry Staley (49) and Ashley Walton (47) were the standout batters for Droitwich, before they were bowled out for 222, as Nathan Howell took four wickets.
Sujeewa Senarathne (70) and Aled Powell (55) led an emphatic response for Builth and were assisted by Dylan McPhee (31 - not out) and Howell (29) as they mounted a match-winning score of 226/4 inside the 28th-over.
Fifth-placed Kington won by 101 runs at home against Old Elizabethans fourths in Division Seven (South).
Rhys Morgan produced a staggering 121 to propel Kington into the driving seat, while Henry Powell and Bryan Kirkham also weighed in with 38 and 23 (not out) respectively.
Kington eventually signed off with a commanding 249/7, although Andrew Gandon attempted to lead the rescue mission for Old Elizabethans with 50.
But Duncan Morgan and Gary Irwin took two wickets apiece for Kington, as they bowled Old Elizabethans out for 148 in the 37th-over.
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