Late stand is vital in Broseley victory

Lloyd's men have been hit by the weather during the opening two weeks but secured an 81-run success at Albrighton in the Shropshire League Premier Division.

After being put into bat, Broseley were dismissed for 207 in just under 46 overs with Gavin Jones hitting 60.

The newly-promoted hosts made an encouraging start in reply, but eventually crumbled to 126 all out in 30.2 overs.

Lloyd said: "They had us under a little bit of pressure but we put 40 on for the tenth wicket.

"To get over 200 was good for us psychologically and was a good score considering it was our first outdoor bat of the season.

"We then shared the wickets around so it was a good all-round performance."

Jones followed up his fine batting display by claiming three wickets, while South African Charl Cyster grabbed four.

Michael Eckard, Thomas Wilkie and Jordan Parry all hit half-centuries as Frankton declared after 48 overs on an impressive 299-7.

The visitors were 197-4 in reply with skipper Andrew Lloyd making 57.

South African paceman Kerwin Mungroo has hit the ground running after another eight-wicket haul helped Wem thrash Forton.

Mungroo, who recently made his First Class debut for Kwazulu-Natal, took 8-15 from 9.1 overs as promoted Forton were skittled for 58.

The hosts were earlier rescued by number seven Tom Astley having been a precarious 32-6.

As the wickets tumbled, Astley kept his head to crack an invaluable 66, receiving some support down the order from Danny Cohen (31).

Wem rallied to reach 143 all out, with Matt Sayers grabbing 6-30. Sentinel made the short journey home from Bomere Heath as five-wicket winners.

The visitors chased to reach 185-5 after restricting Bomere to 184-9.

Llyr Thomas (46) and Sam Bloor (38) formed the backbone to the Bomere innings, with Alex Johnson, now free of his football commitments with Haughmond, taking 4-43 for the visitors.

Elliot Hitchen (60) and Dave Laird (56) then hit half centuries for the second successive week to steer Sentinel home with plenty to spare.

Shelton picked up 14 useful points from a winning draw at St Georges.

Opening batsman Harry Jones was in fine touch on his way to top scoring with 78, receiving some support from Chad Hitchcock (28) and Alex Salisbury (20), as Shelton totalled 194.

Ben Chambers then picked up 3-55 as St Georges were restricted to 160-7. Adrian Evans fell three short of a century as Quatt made 205-9 at Ludlow & South Shropshire.

The hosts were 94-3 in reply when the game was abandoned.