Defeats for Leamington Spa and Himley leave Harborne standing alone at the top of the Premier Division Two table after they thumped Himley by 137 runs. The newly promoted side, who were Champions of Division Two, in 2018, piled up 299 for six, in 50 overs, thanks, mainly, to a fifth wicket stand of 183 between skipper James Hunt (105) and all-rounder Tom Payne (91). Guriq Randhawa opened with a breezy 41 before Hunt and Payne took the game away from Himley. Hunt hit nine fours and four sixes, in 104 balls, while Payne hit six fours and six sixes in 61 balls. Matt Jeavons took the first three Harborne wickets at a personal cost of 50 before Hunt and Payne took advantage of the short straight boundaries on their home patch. After losing an over from their reply, Himley’s revised target was 297 but, despite 60 from the consistent Oliver Westbury, the Black Country side crashed to 159 all out. George Land continued his fine start to the season and Payne took 3 for 33. An opening stand of 142 between Joe Carrasco (72) and Warrick Fynn (64) gave Oswestry a great start at Leamington Spa, but it needed an unbeaten 44 from number eight batsman Ben Roberts to see them to 247 after they lost all their seven wickets to fall for 40 after Carrasco and Fynn were parted. The wickets were shared between off-spinner Perry Derrick (4 for 47) and left-arm spinner Nabeel Asghar (3 for 33). Apart from Harrison Smith (52) and Chris Calcott (49), Leamington struggled, in reply, as Carrasco snapped up 5 for 43, and they were all out for 182 in the 46th over.