WILLIAM Green finished on an unbeaten half-century as Exhall and Wixford CC claimed a four-wicket win FISSC.
Green and Alexander Brown combined at the crease to help Exhall to victory in 24.4 overs with four wickets in hand at Knights Lane.
That came after Exhall bowled FISSC out for 155 in 32.4 overs as Tom Richardson, Richard Layton and Robert Perry took the wickets.
The result means Exhall sit top of the Cotswold Hills League First Division table.
Exhall won the toss and elected to field as Richardson (4-36) made an immediate impact with the ball by removing FISSC opener Oliver Horswill (0) for a four-ball duck.
The wickets continued to tumble as Richardson removed Deepak Sharma (4), Sujay Suresh (0) and Richard Stokes (13) in a devastating spell.
Layton (3-23) then accounted for Subash Abraham (6) and Pandi Sadayandi (8) as he trapped the latter LBW.
The home side lost their final three wickets without adding any runs to their total as Perry (3-41) struck twice at the end of the 31st over.
Perry removed Arun Chandran (10) and Sathish Kumar (0) in successive balls before Layton finally removed FISSC opener Louis Glover (109) who hit 22 boundaries in an 82-ball innings.
And Perry bowled Tim Sambrook (0) for a duck to bring an end to the innings with Exhall in pursuit of 156 runs for victory.
The visitors stuttered at the start of their reply as Farhan Ahamad (1-38) bowled opener Julian Morris (0) for a duck.
However, Brown (46) and Sam Smith (12) combined for a 54-run second-wicket stand before Kumar (4-38) accounted for Smith.
And Kumar then caught and bowled Brown after the latter hit 11 boundaries in an entertaining 30-ball innings.
Kumar also accounted for Perry (1) and Scott Carmichael (8) while Sadayandi (1-45) bowled Barry Weston (12) as Exhall slumped to 104-6.
However, captain Green (50 not out) and Layton (9 not out) dug in with the bat to seal a four-wicket win the the former’s runs coming from 46 deliveries.
Elsewhere, Exhall’s second XI cruised to a dominant 100-run victory against Blockley 1sts at the club’s John Canning Cricket Ground home.
Exhall posted 229-6 from their 40 overs as Andy Wood and Khurram Mirza recorded half-centuries before the hosts bowled Blockley out for 129 in reply.
The result means Exhall 2nds lead the Cotswold Hills League Division Five West standings by eight points.
Blockley won the toss and elected to field only for opener Wood (56) to reach a half-century while Mirza (56) also recorded a half-ton in a strong second-wicket stand.
Further runs from Elliott Rosewell (47 not out) and Jonathan Simpson (13 not out) helped Exhall reach 229-6 at the end of the home side’s innings.
Only William Shotton (33) managed more than 20 runs for the visitors in reply as Simpson (3-23) starred with the ball for Exhall.
Bob Sellicks (2-9), Andrew Goodread (2-17), Jason Brown (1-6) and Tom Alder (1-9) also chipped in with wickets as Exhall cantered to a 100-run victory.
Exhall are next in action against Ashorne and Moreton Morrell on Saturday, July 11 with play to begin at 12.30pm at the John Canning Cricket Ground.
The club’s second XI travel to Fladbury on Saturday, July 11 with play to begin at 1pm at the Recreation Ground.
