Beleaguered Broadway take another tan-ning! (From Tewkesbury Admag)

Beleaguered Broadway take another tan-ning!

CLOUDBURSTS during later afternoon led to just a quarter of Saturday's Cotswold Hills League matches reaching a conclusion.

On a day when four matches were abandoned without a ball being bowled, only nine managed a finish with five of the winners doubling up on their opening day successes.

Tanworth-in-Arden lead the Premier Division by ten points after skittling Broadway for a meagre 73 after the leaders had themselves been dismissed for exactly 200.

There was a thrilling finish at Moreton where Shipston needed six off the last two balls to overcome their hosts on run rate.

However, Gary Betteridge was caught superbly on the boundary by Tim Peachey off the penultimate ball and Dave Murphy was clean bowled by Marco Bandeira's final delivery of a pulsating encounter.

Jamie Hurrell's 83 was the backbone of Moreton's 203-6 and his two early wickets then left Shipston in all kinds of trouble at 10-3 after tea.

Revised

Betteridge (44) led the reply but his side's revised target of 118 proved just out of reach unlike the skipper's hit to long-on!

Norton Lindsey top the first division after rattling up 235-6 against Bidford who replied impressively with 188-6.

Rowington beat the rain and Long Itchington after dismissing the visitors for 91 as the five-wicket success lifted them to the summit after a second successive win.

Warwick CC Staff were the section's other winners after easily overhauling Stratford's 84-9.

All the matches in Division Three failed to reach a conclusion, while Fladbury and Kenilworth Wardens recorded wins in the fourth division.

The pair occupy the top two places with Fladbury's second win of the season leaving then at the summit after their bowlers shot out Rowington for just 55.

Will Wade grabbed four wickets for just nine runs, while their were two scalps apiece for Geoff Holyland and Steve Guy. The visitors had eight wickets to spare and they were back in the pavilion before the heavens opened.

The handful of Division Five clashes were all spoiled by the rain but two matches did reach a finish in Division Six.

Catherine-de-Barnes are top of the pile after defeating Kineton who were all out for 126 in pursuit of the home side's 145-8.

Claverdon added 18 points to the two they pocketed from their opening match after piling up 254-5 against Kenilworth who managed 114-7 in reply.

Mickleton's Nick Ellis was one of the afternoon's unluckiest players.

After being dismissed three runs short of a century as the home side made 217-9 against Blockley Ellis's hopes of his side forcing a victory were dashed by the weather.

Visiting bowler Ray Cook produced an excellent ten-over spell that cost just a dozen runs and brought two wickets.