COLWALL kept their dream of a Lord's final alive by moving into the quarter -final of the National Village Knockout competition.

Dave Powell's 89 runs were the centrepiece of a six-wicket win over Fillongley who, after winning the toss, made 142 with off-spinner Dave Sutton taking 4-31.

The total looked short of what was required on a good batting track and Tom Wolf-endale and Powell's superb 67 first wicket stand put Colwall within reach of the target.

The pair put on a solid 57 runs in the first 15 overs as Powell especially took the game to the Fillongley bowl-ers with some excellent boundary shots.

Wolfendale fell caught and bowled to Webster for a well supported 26 before Slade's testing spell (1-31) claimed Tim Riley's wicket to give the Fillongley a brief flicker of hope.

Powell's fine performance on the day though shone through as he collected a 61 ball half-century and his adventurous attacking play allowed Colwall to reach 115-2 after 30 overs.

Steve Ferguson's equally important gritty unbeaten 13 gave Powell the space to attack in the latter stages and collect 89 in 88 balls to the delight of the majority of the 250 crowd and see Colwall all but home.

Gardner's (2-32 off eight overs) capture of Lee Hankins was only a statistical extra late on as Colwall ran out winners by six wickets with five overs to spare.

For the third year on the trot Colwall now face Elvaston of Derbyshire.

They have to travel for the quarter-final tie on Sunday, August 4, as opposed to their home fixtures of the past two years.