BARTESTREE & Lugwardine were dealt a blow in their bid for promotion out of the Worcestershire County League Division Three after suffering a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of leaders Kempsey.

A century from opener Simon Dorrell helped their Worcestershire hosts reach their 258 target with 10 overs to spare.

Bartestree had set a substantial target after being put into bat with the mid-order partnership of Wilf Munn (53) and Keiran Smith (61) the highlights of their innings.

Dorrell was equally as good with the ball taking 3-47 before setting to work with the bat.

Bromyard saw their winning run in Division Two come to an abrupt end against Lye despite a knock of 120 from in form batsman George Leighton.

Skipper Ed Oliver tried to steady the ship as wickets fell around him hitting 49 from 125 balls but couldn't help his side from falling to a score of 228-9 off their 50 overs.

The hosts were much more consistent with the bat with opener Raja Shakeel Nawaz tallying a high scoring 87 including 11 fours on their way to 230-6 from 27 overs.

Wormelow sit just five points from the Division Two relegation zone following a four wickets defeat by Evesham.

A low scoring batting performance for the Herefordshire side saw them crumble all out for 115 with Luke Jones high scoring on 32.

Despite Tom Cutler putting the hosts under pressure taking 3-36 with the ball the hosts reached their target finishing on 116-6.

Eastnor remain in Division One relegation trouble after failing to trouble Feckham with the ball leading to them suffering an eight-wicket defeat.

A reasonable batting performance saw Eastnor reach a target of 216 with skipper Waqas Ahmed once again leading by example high scoring on 81.

However, the bowlers failed to make their mark and a third wicket partnership in excess of 100 between Flynn Duggan and Josh Stacey helped Feckham reach 219-2.

Burghill, Tillington & Weobley remain looking over their shoulders after suffering a seven-wicket defeat at Redditch.

Openers Ben Parkinson (45) and Ben Owens (58) put on a slow scoring stand of 90 for the first wicket before watching their team fall to 196-9.

Tom Field hit an unbeaten 77 in response as his side hit the required runs with 13 overs spare.

Colwall sit just four points above Herefordshire rivals Burghill after being beaten by 76 runs at Pedmore.

Chasing a target of 225-7 opener Nicholas Brown was the only batsman to get double figures, but his 82 couldn't help as his side were bowled out for 149.