PERSHORE enjoyed no luck when they visited Bromyard in Saturday's Worcestershire County League Division One game.

The hosts invited Pershore to bat on a damp wicket that was to give variable bounce early on. Despite losing three wickets, foundations had been laid for a substantial score and, when Trevor Ridings joined Lee Wilks at 84-3, the pair pushed the score along in adding 88 in the next 13 overs.

The pair were then dismissed in quick succession and Per-shore were unable to give the innings a final push and post a reasonable score. Wilks showed good application in scoring 71 and Ridings 47 from 52 balls.

The total of 191 always appeared to be 30 runs short of a defendable score on the tight Bromyard ground and Ashley Bullock and Ed Oliver made full use of the improving conditions in an opening stand of 118.

Bullock continued to dominate the Pershore attack and, when he was out for a fine 91, Bromyard were in sight of victory.

After enjoying the good fortune of seeing the ball hit the stumps twice without removing the bails and several dropped catches, the Bromyard batsmen quickened their scoring rate and came out easy winners by seven wickets with more than three overs to spare.

An opening stand of 81 between Leon Botha (51) and Sam Howells (33) paved the way for Sunday's defeat of Barnards Green.

Lea Hawkes chipped in with an unbeaten 62 in a total of 255-6 but that didn't look sufficient as the visitors reached 155-2 in reply.

However, the introduction of Rich Pearman proved a master stroke as his medium pace swiftly accounted for four batsmen as Green lost their last eight wickets for 55 runs leaving Pershore winners by 49 runs.

The club's second string recorded two fine wins in completely different circumstances.

The bottom of the table visitors slumped from 91-3 to 123 all out with Alex Longhi taking 5-24.

It took Pershore a little more than 21 overs to reach their target with eight wickets to spare. Ben Bales hit 38 and Rob Handley an unbeaten 34.

Sunday's league success leaves Pershore in second in the table but they left it late and were grateful to Luke Ever-sham's undefeated half-century.

Barnards Green batted first and reached 256-6 but a 55 stand for the opening wicket after tea between Phil Taylor and Steve Meers set the tone for a winning chase.

Handley and Lionel Keitley maintained the momentum but, at 158-6, an away win seemed unlikely. However, Eversham took command showing a maturity beyond his 17 years and he was still there at the close after receiving solid support from young Charles Stokes and veteran Dave Wickersham.