Birmingham League cricket round-up: Smethwick cruise to victory

A half century from Wesley Griffiths was the highlight for Halesowen, while Yasir Ali, Abubakar Muhammad and Mohammed Usman Tahir also all took one wicket each.

Halesowen finished all out from 46.3 overs with just 124 runs and Smethwick made easy work of their target.

Rawait Khan managed 37 runs before being bowled out by Masihullah Qazkhill.

Khatri and Viken Kedariya then teamed up to make short work of Halesowen's effort with 22 and 69 runs respectively.

Smethwick finished on 128-1 after 17.5 overs, winning the match comfortably by nine wickets.

Elsewhere in the league, Wolverhampton had a winning draw against Berkswell.

The Solihull-based side bat first and gained some early momentum with a century from Amrit Basra and a half century from Amir Khan.

Grant Thornton (30no), Callum Bennett (24) and Naim Luhar (21no) also contributed towards their total as they finished on 271-7. For Wolverhampton, Jack Stanley impressed by taking four wickets.

The hosts then bat and also found some early rhythm with Reeve Evitts (111), Ramanjot Jaswal (66) and Will Nield (34no) all making their mark, while Thornton claimed four wickets for Berkswell.

Wolverhampton finished on 246-8 after 41 overs to take a winning draw.

Himley were also involved in a draw, but came out on the wrong side of it against Shrewsbury.

The Shropshire side bat first and an impressive 119 runs from George Hargrave got them up and running, followed by 35 from Finn Jones and 37 from Will Parton.

Ben Robinson took three wickets along the way as Shrewsbury managed 254-8 from 55 overs.

Himley had a revised target of 255 from 53 overs and started strong as Oliver Westbury managed 73 runs and Ollie Walker for 61.

But the visitors struggled to get back into the fixture as Lewis Evans claimed five wickets, leaving Himley on 182-7 and condemning them to a losing draw.

In Premier Division Two, Old Hill won at home to league leaders Tamworth.

The visitors struggled for any momentum as Aamir Manzoor claimed four wickets, leaving Tamworth all out for 176.

Old Hill had a revised target of 177 from 47 overs and a half century from Saad Naseem helped them on the way to achieving that as they finished on 177-7 after 43.4 overs.

Elsewhere in the league, Stourbridge won at home to Kenilworth Wardens, Kidderminster had a winning draw at Handsworth and West Bromwich Dartmouth were beaten at Dorridge.