Bromyard maintained their 21-point lead over Barnards Green at the top of Division 2 in the Worcestershire League when they romped to a nine-wicket home win over local rivals Malvern.

Malvern surprisingly chose to bat in bowler friendly conditions when they won the toss, and were to rue the decision.

After a slow start Zahid Saeed quickly ripped the heart out of their batting, taking four wickets.

James Hine and Ben Ford continued the good work and shared the next four wickets.

The last two wickets went down to a run-out and another for Zahid (5-20) as Malvern were dismissed for 72.

Bromyard breezed to victory in the 16th over with brothers Matt (32) and Ashley Bullock (35 not out) scoring the majority of the runs.