Two out of two for Shrewsbury in the rain
Shrewsbury maintained their impressive start to the season in the Birmingham League Premier Division as they made it two wins out of two.
The London Road men came out on top of a rain-affected clash with Brockhampton by six wickets.
They join Barnt Green, Kidderminster, Knowle & Dorridge and Walmley on 40 points at the top of the early standings.
Brockhampton batted first and, with the weather interrupting proceedings, their innings ended with them on 149-3 from 27.2 overs.
Mike Barnard was the pick of the Shrewsbury attack as he bagged 2-19 from seven overs.
Shrewsbury were then given a Duckworth-Lewis revised target of 180 to win in 24 overs.
And the home batsman duly completed the job, with Steve Leach and Ed Barnard leading the way.
Opener Leach struck 60 from 43 balls while Worcestershire's England Under-19 prospect Barnard was unbeaten on 57, as Shrewsbury knocked off the winning runs with five balls to spare.
Wellington slipped to defeat in a run-laden clash with pre-season Division One title favourites Walsall.
A club record-ninth wicket stand of 159 between Ed Denham (76 not out) and Josh Bowker (73 not out) saw Walsall recover from a poor start to post a daunting 301-8.
The hosts had been 0-2 after Anthony O'Connor (3-19) struck twice and then 19-3.
James Middleton (72) and David Powles (33) repaired the damage with a century partnership, before Adam Byram (3-31) and Wendall Wagner (2-81) checked their progress.
But then Denham and Bowker's heroics left Wellington facing a rain-revised target of 284 in 45 overs.
They made a good fist of the chase early on with Henry Bartlett (72), Wagner (47), Jamie Miller (45) and Neil Edwards (38) in the runs.
But Staffordshire spinner Paul Byrne ended Wellington's charge with a five-wicket haul, as they were dismissed for 245.
Joe Clarke, Michael Johnson and Robbie Clarke were the star turns as Oswestry beat Leamington Spa.
Worcestershire and England under-19s star Clarke (104) struck his second century of the season, while Johnson plundered 100 to help Oswestry post 311-6.
Leg-spinner Clarke then bagged 5-38 as Leamington fell for 169.
Bridgnorth are also flying high at the top of the Division Two table, after they claimed a second successive victory.
James Ralph's side were emphatic nine-wicket winners at home to Brewood.
The visitors made a brisk start and had reached 40-0 but were then left reeling by a dramatic collapse, that saw them slump to 70-8 in the face of some impressive Bridgnorth bowling.
A ninth-wicket stand of between Jamie Lunn (47) and Dan Smith (43) offered Brewood some hope, as they recovered to post 161.
Dale Quiney was the pick of the Bridgnorth attack with 3-31 while Toby Hughes, Sam Whitney and Dave Exall all picked up two wickets.
Bridgnorth them made light work of chasing down their victory target as Karl Quiney (65 not out), Ralph (57) and Ryan Lockley (34 not out) saw them home for the loss of one wicket.
Shifnal recorded their first win of the season as they returned home with the points from Sutton Coldfield.
The hosts reached 185-9 in 50 overs with 41 from skipper Graham Clark.
After losing 10 overs at the tea interval for rain, Shifnal were set a revised target of 169 in 40 overs.
Bryan Simmons led the victory charge with an unbeaten 45 as they eased home by five wickets.
Half-centuries fom Ijaz Yousaf (67) and Maisam Hasnain (61) proved in vain as Whitchurch went down by eight wickets to Streetly in Division Three.
Whitchurch totalled 203 and the home side chased down a revised target of 196 in 29.1 overs.
League new-boys Worfield suffered a second straight reverse as they went down by 78 runs to Worcester.
Gagandeep Singh took 3-16 as Worcester recovered from 18-4 to post 216-8. Worfield were dismissed for 138 in reply, with Dan Plank hitting 58.
