Barwell took another step closer to promotion on Saturday with a 120 run win against Leicester Ivanhoe.
Barwell were put into bat by the home side and made a positive start with Adam Stapleford-Jones making 25 before departing. There were good contributions throughout the Barwell order and Jack Smith (30), Tommy Wright (33), and Declan Allen (46) saw the visitors over the 200 mark to capture full batting points. A flurry of late runs from brothers Kev and Nick Hines saw Barwell reach 236 all out.
The hosts started well chasing their target and were 50 without loss at one stage. This however quickly changed and from 50 for 0 the home side found themselves 88-6 and the last four wickets were swiftly accounted for as Ivanhoe were bowled out for 116. Opening pair Lee Skene and Chris Moore took three wickets each, and Nick Hines and Kyle Newall wrapped things up with two wickets apiece.
Captain Trent Rollins was impressed with his side’s performance, he said: “We were really good today. The lads who came up from the seconds stepped up really well and did their jobs to a high standard. We can be positive for next week and I have some big selection dilemmas now.”
Barwell are now 28 points clear of third place and a win against Billesdon on Saturday could see them promoted to division one.
Barwell second team recorded a convincing eight wicket win against Quorn.
Quorn were put into bat and Barwell quickly dismissed them for just 75. Steve Johnson was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 5-24 from 10 overs. Sam Taylor took two wickets and there was one each for Luke Garner and Liam Tillin.
Barwell reached their target with the loss of two wickets. Joe Buckingham top scored with 38 not out and John Morely scored 35 to see Barwell home comfortably.