Report submitted by Worcestershire County League

IT was all change at the top of the table on Saturday as Chaddesley Corbett travelled to Whitegates Farm, home of last week's table toppers Worcester Nomads and came away with a maximum points win.

Bilal Hassan (74) and Chris Mole (55*) set up victory with some excellent first innings batting which was then followed by a professional bowling performance which led to the home side being dismissed well short of the target, only Ollie Ranscombe showed any resilience with 72 for the home side.

This left the gate open for West Worcestershire clubs Stourport and Bewdley who now find themselves in pole position and second respectively.

In-form Ryan Derrick claimed 7-50 to guide Stourport to an easy win over struggling Pedmore and Bewdley dismissed bottom club Burghill by seven wickets to gain their maximum points.

In other matches Evesham climbed the table following victory against Colwall, Worcester left it to a last wicket partnership to make hard work of beating Feckenham by one wicket in what must have been a nail biter after dismissing the visitors for 93.

Tom Coulson took 6-42 for Feckenham and Hagley captain Michael Stead delivered an fine all round performance (80 and 4-30) which ensured Hagley gained a maximum point winning draw over Cookley.

It remains tight at the top of Division Two first XI with just eleven points separating the top five teams.

Bromyard went to the top after sealing a maximum point three wicket victory at Hackmans Gate Lane against last week's leaders Belbroughton who remain second just a point clear of Black Country duo Coombs Wood and Oldswinford in joint third.

An excellent innings from Dan Jones (124) and an undefeated 80 from Imran Riaz helped Coombs Wood gain a maximum point winning draw against Bartestree and a fine 95 from Tom Slater guided Oldswinford to a fifteen run victory against Enville who chased well thanks to Spencer Mann's excellent 105.

Elsewhere, Bredon are fifth after defeating visitors Droitwich by 105 runs, Sam O’Neill continued his impressive return to cricket after finishing his footballing exploits.

He finished undefeated, agonisingly one run short of a second century in as many matches as Kempsey gained their second win of the season against lowly Wormelow.

A fine 131 from Alastair Pretty helped Himbleton post a first innings total of 305-7 at the Kings School which proved too many for Old Vigornians to chase as they finished sixty eight runs short, eight down which gave the visitors the winning draw.

In Division Three first XI last weeks leaders Rushwick tasted defeat for the first time this season at Jewry Field, Martley.

Returning James Ganderton produced an excellent all round performance for the home side as his first innings 119 followed by 4-59 proved enough to gain a maximum points win.

Form side Alvechurch & Hopwood were the team who profited most from Rushwick's slip up as Christian Battelley claimed 6-27 to ensure a maximum points win against Bromsgrove to move top for the first time this season.

Lye are now in third after chasing down Avoncroft's first innings 235-7. Despite Jonathan Hunter return of 5-70 the visitors left with the spoils thanks to an undefeated half century from Azhar Naeem.

After a damp and wet start to the season Five Ways now find themselves in fourth spot after an excellent batting performance led by Usmaan Mahmood (93) and Sameer Khan (60) helped them to their second victory of the season against lowly Hanley Castle & Upton.

In other matches Sam Sherwin's undefeated half century helped Harborne to a comfortable win against bottom club Malvern to move into fifth

Netherton, thanks to excellent performances from Matthew Lowe (128), Russell Oseland (97*) and Simon Osleand (8-93), overcame a spirited Eastnor at home to move to mid-table in a high scoring match which saw nearly six hundred runs scored on the day.

In Division Four forst XI top team Halesowen became the first club to one hundred points for the season in all divisions after a fine batting performance led by Hayden Evans (119) saw them knock off Claverley's challenging first innings total of 265-5 which included a fine century from Edward Grainger (103).

West Malvern are in second as Philip Chaundy (71) led them to a comfortable six wicket victory against Stourbridge.

Astwood Bank climbed into third as Paul Boycott and Dave Price shared eight wickets to overcome Alveley at home and a solid performance featuring half centuries from Kier Sellars (61) and Andrew Adams (55*) secured Tenbury Wells their third win of the season against Stourport to be in fourth spot.

Elsewhere, Romsley & Hunnington thanks to half centuries from Luke Miley (64) and Steve Treadwell (50) beat Hallow Taverners to move into fifth and an excellent century from James Williams (115) helped Kidderminster to a winning draw against Himley.