A BOUNDARY off the final ball of the innings saw Paul Jones become Evesham's first centurion of the summer.

The all-rounder's unbeaten 100 helped the home side post a formidable 273-4 as they sought to bounce back from the previous week's first Worce-stershire County League Division Two defeat of the season.

Another belter of a track saw valuable contributions from Gary Lewis (46) and Nick Collins (34) set the scene for the in form Jones and Mike Granacki (65no) to blast the Malvern bowlers all around the Avon Street ground.

Chasing a daunting 275 for victory, the visitors suffered two early blows but a stubborn unbeaten 66 from Halion denied Evesham victory but they remain 21 points clear at the summit.

Ian Prince and Quinn Jones both collected two wickets in a game sponsored by DMS Designs of Badsey.

Skipper Jon Gregory suffered a second failure when turning out for Bretforton on Sunday.

Alex Evans picked up 4-39 as Barnards Green were shot out for 137 and it was left to Daryl Mitchell to notch an undefeated 76 to steer the villagers to their second Clubs League success.