Runaway leaders Keynsham cruise to a ninth successive win

Keynsham made it nine wins in a row with a 49-run victory over Knowle at the Frank Taylor Memorial Ground to maintain their 12-point lead at the top of the Sunday Premier League.

Skipper Nick Lowe led from the front with an unbeaten 38 as the Ks amassed 179, making him equal top scorer with Dean Scott. Krishna Kumar was the pick of the Knowle bowlers with 4-16.

Knowle capitulated to 130 all out as James Gerrish and Ollie Balcombe each took three wickets.

Chew Magna recorded their fifth home win of the summer with a three- wicket success over bottom-of-the-table Brislington in a contest which produced more than 460 runs.

Andy Witcombe top-scored with 92 for Chew as they overhauled Brislington's 233-6 to win by three wickets.Ian Norbury's unbeaten 82 was the highlight of the Brislington innings.

Midsomer Norton returned to form after a four-game losing sequence with a 37-run success over Hinton Charterhouse in another high-scoring game.

Nick Pang top-scored with 72 for Norton as they hit 286-5, while John Newport cracked 106 as the Chartists' closed on 239-6.

Sunday Conference Division I leaders Whitchurch extended their unbeaten start to the season to seven games with a seven-wicket win at Clevedon.

The home side, who had won their previous five games, were dismissed for 125. Ben Jeffries took four wickets and Paul Jeffries hit an unbeaten 45 for Whitchurch.

Second-placed Headley Park kept up their title challenge, beating Keynsham 2nds by five wickets.

The Sheppard family, who have served the club so well over many generations, were again to the fore as Kevin Sheppard hit 49, and son, Pete Sheppard, the Clevedon Town footballer, 33 in the Park total of 153-5.

The outstanding game of the day saw Downend beat Saltford Fairway by one wicket, chasing 276 to win.

Wes Taynton hit 145, an innings which included 19 fours and 7 sixes, in the Saltford total. Downend lost three early wickets in reply, but Dan Ford (67) and Tom Bulger, who cracked70 off just 58 balls late on, brought them back into the game before the last-wicket pair clinched a thrilling victory.

Paz won for the seventh game in succession to stay top of Division II with victory by five wickets over Limpley Stoke, while second-placed Chew Stoke made it five wins on the bounce by beating Winscombe.

Mick Edmonds top-scored with 62 in the Stokers' 232-9. Winscombe battled hard but fell short by 33 runs as Jordan Bryant finished with 4-31.

Paz and Chew Stoke are pulling clear at the top after third-placed Bitton slipped to a five-wicket defeat at home to Old England Bristol Sikhs.

For the second successive time in this fixture, Mohammed Azeem destroyed Bitton. Azeem, who hit 152 to end their title hopes last August, took 5-21 as the South Gloucestershire outfit were dismissed for 74.

United Bristol Hospitals pulled further clear of the foot of the table after beating bottom team Kilmersdon by 60 runs at Flaxmead. Adam Fradgley led the way with 69 as Hospitals amassed 195 before Alex Barber 4-38 and Ajay Bhatt 3-15 bowled them to victory.

Filton Wayfarers extended their winning sequence to seven games after victory over Barrow Gurney in the Division III top-of-the-table battle to go four points clear.

Old Bristolians Westbury are third, two points behind Barrow Gurney, after defeating Easton Cowboys by five wickets.

Set 206 to win, Felix Currell top- scored with 100 for the Old Boys. Opener Chris Hunt (47) and Benedict Cochrane (59) were the pick of the Cowboys' batsmen.

Harptree Village pulled off a last-gasp victory by one wicket over neighbours Blagdon to move clear of the relegation area.

Set 203 to win, the leading run scorer in the Conference, Simon Matthews, top scored with a quickfire 70.

Blagdon's total had been built around an impressive unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 170 between Rohit Sharma (91) and Adam Burroughs (77).

Graham Grey (77) and Jordan Batchelar (5-41) led Failand and Portbury to a 17-run win over Churchways to ease their relegation fears.