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The race for the Furrows East Shropshire Evening League Division One title took another twist this week as defending champions St Georges beat long-time pace setters Church Eaton Knights.

With Forton in the mix for the title, much will depend on catch-up games which need to be played.

Forton are currently top with 125 points but have played nine games, Church Eaton are in second with 114 points from seven games, with St Georges in third on 91 points from six games.

Batting first in their game this week at Church Eaton, St Georges were bowled out for 146 with Thomas Keeble hitting 30 and Muhammad Raheel Khattak 37.

For the hosts Harvey Sidwell, Elliot Robinson, Richard West and Robert Hogarth all claimed two wickets apiece.

Some tight bowling from the Dragons then restricted the Knights to 124-7 with Khattak leading the way with 2-14 from his four overs.

Michael Holdcroft (26), Nathan Harris (23), Robinson (24) and Archie Wilkes (24 not out) all got starts but couldn’t go on to get the big score.

Allscott Heath picked up the second win of the campaign in a high-scoring game against visitors Harpers.

Batting first, both Harpers openers Chitti Arumilli and Rama Chaitanya Bammidi made half centuries before retiring and Vivian John hit 37 as they finished their 20 overs on 168-2.

It was a similar story in the Allscott innings with bat dominating the ball as Max Ferrington (53) and Jack Twigger (55) bot reached their half centuries before retiring.

Matthew Hutchings also made 30 as they reached their victory target with four balls to spare.

In Division Two, leaders Codsall returned to winning ways after defeat last week with a thrilling three run victory over Albrighton.

It all came down to the final ball with all results possible and the hosts needing four runs to claim the win.

Monti Kunner was the bowler and it was his spell that proved decisive as he took 4-22 including a wicket off the final ball of the game to ensure the win for Codsall.

Earlier Codsall had made 158-8 from their 20 overs with Kunner hitting 31 and Sam Shepherd 30 not out while Phil Snape claimed 3-17.

The Albrighton reply was held together by Sam Wood who made an unbeaten 51 before retiring while Ben Glendinning chipped in with 21 before the late drama as they finished on 155.

Newport maintained their second place in the table with a 33-run victory when they travelled to Wheaton Aston.

Batting first, they finished their innings on 196-6 with skipper Ryan Jones hitting an unbeaten 50 off 37 balls, Swapnil Mundra 40 off 26 balls and B Baker 30.

Oliver Wilson led the way in the reply taking 4-29 with Pankaj Shah picking up a couple of wickets as the hosts were restricted to 163.

Broseley also enjoyed their day with the bat when they hosted Lilleshall at The Stocking.

Batting first the visitors posted143-6 from their 20 overs with Adam Binfield hitting an unbeaten 43 and G Wagstaff chipping in with 31. Tom Holcroft and Brandon Platt picked up two wickets apiece.

Broseley cruised to a nine-wicket victory with three overs to spare with Fin Welch hitting 42, Sam Murdoch an unbeaten 41 and Dan Handley 29 not out.

Lilleshall did pick up a victory when they travelled to Albrighton to play a catch-up game later in the week.

Batting first they 163-5 from their 20 overs with Binfield again leading the way with 49 before he was run out.

Albrighton replied with 155-7 with David Watkins hitting 34 and Sam Wood 22 to leave the Monument Men the winners by eight runs. Mark Binfield claimed 2-29 and Parker Evans 2-25.

It seems if you want to go and enjoy an exciting Furrows East Shropshire Mid-Week League game, Broseley is the place to go!

Not for the first time this season, there was a thrilling finish at The Stocking as they got the better of Albrighton with just one ball to spare.

Batting first, Albrighton finished their 20 overs on 146-2 with Ben Glendinning hitting 50 before retiring, Sam Wood 39 and Chris Morris unbeaten on 25.

In reply, Broseley reached their victory target mainly thanks to opener Fin Welch hitting a run-a-ball 31 and Thomas Holcroft a rapid 50 off 26 balls before retiring.

Charlie Mayhew claimed 3-20 for the visitors and Christopher Potter 2-39.

That leaves Broseley second in the Division Two table behind Codsall, who remain unbeaten.

This week they hosted Wheaton Aston and came out on top in a high-scoring affair.

Batting first, the visitors got off to a great start with Andy Nichol hitting 48 and Joe Marson 50 before retiring as they finished on 157-6, Karandeep Singh Aulakh claiming 2-10.

Codsall opener Aidan Boucher hit an unbeaten 46 in the reply while Prab Singh provided the fireworks with an unbeaten 53 off just 19 balls before retiring. Marson claimed 2-17 for the visitors.

In the other game in Division Two, Newport enjoyed their short trip to Lilleshall, claiming victory by 39 runs.

Batting first they finished on 181-2 with opener Swapnil Mundra hitting 29 and then Ryan Jones and Iain Anderson both hitting half centuries before retiring. Adam Binfield claimed 2-6.

Steve Boney top scored in the reply with 21 as a succession of Lilleshall batters got in but then got out as they finished on 142-9, Pankaj Shah and Ewan Woodhouse claiming two wickets apiece.

Church Eaton Knights continue to lead the way in Division One after comfortably beating Priorslee by seven wickets.

Batting first the visitors finished on 125-6 with Unni Kurin chipping in with 33, Renjish Rajan 28 and Rohit Goranti 24 with Richard West and Jordan Talbot both taking two wickets for the hosts.

In the reply, Douglas Hughes hit 48 and Sam Whitehouse 47 not out from 20 balls as the Knights reached their victory target in the 15^th over. Nithin Nedungattu claimed 2-34.

St Georges got back to winning ways with victory over visitors Harpers.

Batting first, Harpers lost four wickets to run outs as they made 145-8 with Madhu Jallipalli hitting 39, Bharath Bangaru 27 and Manideep Edara 24. Raja Janga and Shahnawaz Ahmad claimed two wickets apiece.

Nazir Mooman’s half century and Jagdeep Singh’s unbeaten 44 ensured the Dragons claimed the win for the loss of three wickets in the 15^th over.

The other game saw hosts Forton get the better of Allscott Heath with seven balls to spare.

Batting first, Allscott Heath made 139-5 with Connor Starling hitting 36 and Dan Brentnall 25. Lewis Teale and Henry Spencer claimed two wickets apiece.

In the reply, skipper Joe Roberts hit 49 and James DuBoulay was unbeaten on 46 off 31 as Forton reached their victory target for the loss of five wickets. Todd Jenkins chipped in with 24.

They did have a scare when Matt Hutchings claimed 3-10 off his three overs, but eventually claimed the victory to remain in second place in the table.

There was another game played this week which saw Allscott Heath travel to Harpers.

The visitors batted first and were bowled out for 136 with Steve White hitting 51 and Michael Francis 29. For the hosts, Kartik Wadodkar and Harshavardhan Kolla both took 3-18 and Sunil John 2-39.

Harpers reached their victory target in the 18^th over with Vivian John hitting 37, Chitti Arumilli 32 and Rama Chaitanya Bammidi unbeaten on 38.

Ben Lees did give them a scare when he claimed three wickets in four balls in the 13^th over.

Albrighton claimed their first win of the season in the Furrows East Shropshire Mid-Week League Division Two when they hosted Newport.