Week 3 round-up - Saturday May 9th
Author: David Lawrence
Date: 09/05/2026
Division One
Deepak Khatri's five-wicket haul steered Smethwick to a third consecutive Division One win - by a nine-wicket margin over Himley.
The Indian ace finished with 5-40 and with Warwickshire leg-spinner Taz Ali grabbing 3-32 the visitors were restricted to 155 all out.
Skipper Ollie Westbury (21) and James Clark (38) led the way with the bat but Himley's bowlers were then powerless to prevent the defending champions romping home in just 14.3 overs thanks to half-centuries from Raj Beniwal and Viken Kedariya.
Knowle & Dorridge, who came into the weekend on the back of two league defeats, faced a tough trip to buoyant Barnt Green.
After being put into bat, the visitors built patiently through opener Alex Phillips (45 from 115 balls), Neil Pinner (31) and a late flurry from wicket-keeper George Maddy who added 41.
This left Barnt Green chasing 207/8 but they quickly slipped to 42/6 before eventually being bowled out in the 38th over for 101 by a K&D attack in which pacemen Ollie Currill, Tom Davis and Freddie Fowler shared seven wickets.
Barnards Green posted the top flight's highest total as their 285/4 set them on their way to a 36-run win at Kenilworth Wardens.
Openers Rehaan Edavalath (65) and skipper Ryan Tongue (28) added 85 before Oliver Halion's unbeaten 81 plus 47 from Joe Harrison set the stage for Mahaaz Ahmed to blast a half-century from 34 balls, including four 6s.
Wardens' wicket-keeper Oliver Dandy and Harry Johnson then responded with fluent half-centuries while adding 100 for the fourth wicket, before Mahaaz completed a fine day by claiming 3-42 as the hosts closed on 249 all out.
Harborne got off the mark at the third time of asking after bowling out basement dwellers Moseley for 130 in just 26.4 overs.
Making his first Harborne appearance for 12 years, Irish international Mark Adair took three key wickets as the visitors struggled to 46/5 before Salmaan Ajam's even-time 51 spared their blushes.
In reply the hosts were also struggling at 47/4 until Adair's homecoming was topped off by a rapid-fire 23-ball 46, including five boundaries and four sixes, as the hosts completed a four-wicket win in 17.4 overs. Sana Ullah Khan claimed 5-62 for Moseley.
Impressive centuries from South Africa's Raynard Van Tonder and Herefordshire captain Luke Tulacz enabled Halesowen to chase down Shrewsbury's 283/6 with nine balls and six wickets in hand.
Salop were earlier boosted by Finn Jones' fine 110no plus a half-century from Llyr Thomas after slipping to 72/4 in the early stages.
Ombersley's home game against Dorridge was abandoned with just two overs played.
Division Two
A fine all-round display from Syed Bukhari (pictured) helped Stourbridge to a 80-run home win over newly-promoted Attock.
After opener Jujhar Johal made 40, Stourbridge's middle-order flourished through fine knocks from Bukhari (88) and Jaspreet Singh, who thrashed 81 from just 59 balls with five sixes.
Chasing a formidable 297/7, the Moseley-based visitors were given a good start by a half-century from former Dartmouth star Ismail Mohammed.
But neither Rizwan Hussain (37) or Usama Khan (36) were able to go on against excellent spells from Bukhari (5-50) and Joe Loseby (4-57) and as a result Attock tasted defeat for the first time this season when they were bowled out for 217 in 42 overs.
This leaves Leamington as the only Division Two team with a perfect record after their impressive 55-run success at Old Hill.
Spa openers Harry Smith (30) and Jon Wigley (38) added 62 and former Tamworth all-rounder Jason Jakeman made 37, but it was the late impetus provided by Chris Calcott's breezy 41 that boosted the league leaders to 176/7.
Old Hill's Zayn Hussain finished with 3-25 but his team then struggled with the bat against a three-prong visiting spin attack which claimed two wickets apiece in support of veteran seamer Tom Warner's 3-42.
A brilliant 126 from Will Davis steered Milford Hall to their first win of the season in a tense final-over finale against previously unbeaten Shifnal.
Chasing the visitors' 248/6, the South Staffs League champions looked down and out at 56/5 before the former Leicestershire all-rounder stepped in.
Davis struck 11 fours and four sixes in his outstanding knock to which Doug Hughes and Clark Haddrell added useful support.
Jack Twigger and Imran Tariq shared six wickets for Shifnal whose own batting effort had earlier followed a similar pattern.
Davis grabbed three early wickets to reduce the visitors to 51/4 before wicket-keeper Ben Lees who made an unbeaten 120-ball 114 combined with fifth-wicket partner Tom Newnes (71) to add 144.
Tamworth also put together a successful run chase which saw them to a five-wicket win with three overs remaining at Berkswell.
The high-flying hosts set a target of 236/7 thanks to patient half-centuries from Will Tarrant and Will Iles plus a quickfire effort from Tom Mousley.
Leg-spinner James Cooper finished with 3-32 for the visitors whose openers Dan Baker (67) and Jacob Flower (55) set the tone in an opening wicket stand of 91 before the cool heads of sixth-wicket pair Ed Smith and James Rudge sealed the deal.
Former Bears all-rounder Ateeq Javid grabbed the headlines as West Bromwich Dartmouth eased to a 90-run home win against misfiring Kidderminster. Javid top-scored with 50 while opener Tim Maxfield made 39 and Nihal Virk 41 of the hosts' 234-8.
Kidderminster skipper Liam Weston took 3-39 and his team also started well with the bat as Spencer White's half-century took the response to 117/3.
However, Javid (5-25) then tore through the middle and lower order and with their last eight wickets falling for just 27 runs the Carpetmen slumped to 144 all out.
Worfield successfully defended a target of 279/7 to finish 66-run winners against local rivals Wolverhampton.
In-form keeper Rohel JP Peters hit a patient 65 and Shahrukh Khan an unbeaten 60 as the Shropshire hosts defied Reeve Evitts' 4-33 to set a challenging target.
Wolverhampton’s response was then kept in check by leg-spinner Basit Zaman (4-39) and Harris Ajaz (3-50) before they were finally dismissed for 213.