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Kidderminster Victoria retained their 100 per cent record and remain top of the Birmingham League Premier Division, level with Walmley.

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Chasing 154, Vics raced to a 10-wicket success against Barnt Green.

Jonathan Wright (3-18) and Gareth Williams (3-22) starred for Kidderminster before an unbroken opening stand of 156 between Andrew Kimberlin (102 not out) and Matt Pardoe (36 not out) clinched their fourth straight league win.

Champions West Bromwich Dartmouth (225 all out) went down by 103 runs to Walmley, who piled up 328-5 thanks to Tom Burton's 194.

Sarmad Bhatti (80) top scored for Dartmouth but Kasir Shah's 4-44 left them well short.

Wolverhampton remain winless and bottom after they crashed by five wickets to Kenilworth Wardens.

Ramanjot Jaswal (87) and Ross Aucott (44) helped Wolves to 240-6 but Wardens squeezed home with an over to spare.

Walsall (280-9) remain top of Division One after a 93-run victory against Attock (187 all out) at Gorway.

Mike Hingley scored 74 from his new middle-order slot for Walsall, who raced away after Junaid Khan had taken three early wickets for 41.

Smethwick and Old Hill were involved in a thriller at Broomfield with the home side winning by six runs after reaching 222-9 from 50 overs.

Navdeep Poonia (63) recorded his first half-century for the club but Monil Patel (77) and Danny Cox (51) almost pulled off a win for Old Hill before falling short. Naqaash Tahir (3-26) and Shakeel Janjua (3-50) starred for Smethwick.

Penkridge's Shafiq Ahmed appeals to the umpire.

Relegated Himley slipped to their fourth straight defeat, this time to Leamington Spa, who eclipsed Himley's 220 – boosted by 47 extras and 45 from Mike Jones – with five wickets and 16 balls in hand.

Attiq Chishti (115) and Laeq Chishti (95) combined in a fourth-wicket stand of 223 to set up a four-wicket win for Division Two leaders Penkridge over Tamworth.

Hosts Penkridge slumped to 18-3 in pursuit of Tamworth's 258 all out. Aamir Manzoor claimed 6-62 for Penkridge, who are joined at the top by Bridgnorth, who defeated hosts Wombourne by seven wickets.

Ben Hudson hit 67 in Wombourne's total of 217-9.

Basement side Stourbridge (166-8) went down by one wicket to Sutton Coldfield, who were made to work hard for their runs by Matt Bradley's 5-25 after Jitesh Jivan-Patel hit 52.

Halesowen (105 all out in 38.2 overs) lost by eight wickets to Eastnor, who reached their total in the 20th over.

Brewood were defeated by five wickets against Coventry & North Warks. Chris Tranter hit 97 off 99 balls for Brewood at Coventry but the innings fell away to 209 all out in 47.4 overs after he was the fourth to fall with the total on 171.

In Division Three, struggling Fordhouses picked up their first win of 2015, while Cannock & Rugeley Hawks also won, but Pelsall were defeated.