Birmingham League play-offs: Milford Hall edge towards promotion
Milford Hall have one foot in the Birmingham League after beating Wellington on Sunday in the play-offs.
After the opening round of games on Saturday were abandoned. Jordan Bulpitt’s side lost the toss and were put into bat under the Wrekin hills for the second round of fixtures.
There were two early wickets for Wellington too as Oliver Smith got rid of Bulpitt and Dominic Afford to reduce the visitors to 33-2.
Sanjula Bandara (64) and Niall McHale (42) then put on a partnership of 79 for Milford until the latter was dismissed.
Out strode former Derbyshire and Leicester bowler Will Davis, who made a better than a run-a-ball 67, including four fours and two sixes.
It was his innings that guided his team to 256 all out with two balls remaining. Smith ended with 4-39.
The chase started well for the Shropshire side as they made it to 51-1. But they fell apart from that moment onwards, losing seven wickets for six runs to leave them 57-8 with the game over as a contest.
Aaron Afford claimed four middle-order wickets at a personal cost of 27 from eight excellent overs to guide his team to victory.
They host Attock next week, knowing that a win will mean they are promoted to the Birmingham League.
