WARGRAVE STORM TO THE TOP WITH HOME WIN
Home Counties Premier Division 1
WOKINGHAM climbed to the top of the table with a comfortable away win at Oxford.
Oxford batted first but the Oaks were clinical in their bowling and fielding to limit the hosts to just 115 runs as Andy Rishton collected four wickets, combined with an impressive seven maiden overs.
It took Wokingham 20.5 overs to secure victory and they dropped just three wickets on the way as Imran Malik top scored with 36 to put the Oaks back on top.
The win sees them overtake both Datchet and Aston Rowant to head to the summit with 12 games played.
FINCHAMPSTEAD are in eighth after they earned their fifth win of the campaign at home to Aston Rowant.
A solid first innings from
Aston saw them eventually declare on 262 after 63 overs, while Liam Bulteel and Lewis Sharp both took three wickets for Finch.
The match went down to the wire but an superb opening pair of Ben Moffat (72) and Gregory Smith (93), as well as 75 from Matt Gilkes helped Finch to clinch the win after 56.4 overs with one wicket left.
Home Counties Premier Division 2
WARGRAVE stormed to the summit of the division after their four wicket triumph over Great Brickhill.
Brickhill were skittled all out for 102 after 41.5 overs as Rhodri Lewis ended with four wickets and Toby Greatwood took three.
Wargrave got the job done with four wickets in reserve as Rhys Lewis top scored with 37.
BCM Championship
WEST READING got the better of CROWTHORNE & CROWN WOOD by four wickets.
Crows put 200 runs on the board in the first innings thanks to a half century from Oliver Taylor who remained not out.
An exceptional innings of 94 runs from 73 balls from Saqib Gulfraz helped West Reading to take the win after 38 overs.
SHINFIELD lost out at home to Braywood by just three runs.
Anuraag Shukla and Prashant Gandhi both collected three wickets to see Braywood all out on 157.
Shins fell just three runs shy of winning the match after 34.5 overs.
CMB Premiership
EMMBROOK AND BEARWOOD were beaten away from home at Monks Risborough.
James Gibbs (4-55) and Andy Robertson (4-39) bowled excellently, but Emmbrook were all out 58 runs short of the 173 target set by the hosts
in the first innings.
The Bears are in third after 12 league matches.
Chilterns Division Two
EMMBROOK AND BEARWOOD 2s suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Penn & Tylers Green 2s.
Penn declared with a huge total of 300 after 46.3 overs, while Emmbrook ended on 156 after Simopn Humphrey hit 72.
The Bears are still in a strong position in second place having played 11 league matches.
BCL Premier Division
FARLEY HILL are in second position after they got past WALTHAM ST LAWRENCE.
Farley chased down 169 set by the first innings by Waltham to take the points.
SHINFIELD 2s lost out on their travels to Stratfield Turgis/Hartley Wespall.
With 218 to catch, Shins were all out after 36.5 overs on 155 despite a half century from opening batsman Michael Page.
SANDHURST added 37 points to their total after their 87 run success at Welford Park.
114 not out from Adam Birch helped Sandhurst to record 258, while four wickets from Ben Davison contributed to bowl Welford all out on 171.
WEST READING 2s boosted their total with 35 points after their 98run win against Woodcote.
West Reading defended theri 157 total by skittling Woodcote all out on 59.
BCL Division 1A
READING UNITED are top of the table after their seven wicket away win at WEST READING 3s.
West Reading put 143 on the scoreboard, but United took the points after surpassing that after 19.4 overs.
READING LIONS amassed 37 points on the road with a win at EARLEY.
Shiva Aruna totalled 93 for Lions as they ended on 272
Earley came close but ended just 17 runs shy of the chase.
BERKSHIRE ROYALS took 35 points after their trip to Peppard Stoke Row 2s.
It took them 39.4 overs to catch 227 to take the win as Arshad Kaffar top scored with 65.