THERE was no stopping Stourbridge speed merchant Hansar Nadeem as he bowled his team to yet another victory.

In a low scoring match, Stourbridge came away with a hard-fought win, which keeps them top of Division One of the Worcester Crusader League.

The visitors were put into bat by the Nomads skipper, Danny Rees and this paid off as they dismissed Stourbridge fo r109.

It was only due to wicket-keeper Wes Griffiths (24 not out) and James Musk (23) that the total passed the 100 mark.

At tea things looked gloomy for Stourbridge but when Oli Hill caught and bowled Ben Schiffmann they were given a glimmer of hope.

It wasn't long before Nadeem came to the forfront as he produced the spell of his life, starting with him clean bowling home captain Rees.

Fired up by the two wickets, Stourbridge were on a mission as their Pakistan paceman ripped through Worcester line-up to dismiss them for 83.

The 22-year-old student ended with amazing figures of 8-28.

Stour skipper, Keith Jones, said: "Hansar's spell was a memorable one.

"To clean bowl five of the batsmen with shear pace was a great achievement."

The seconds won their home match against Romsley.

Put into bat, Stourbridge piled on 244-5 in 46 overs.

Skipper Mikesh Patel declared to give his side maximum opportunity for victory and claim the 24 points. Jordan Brookes (72) and Sam Manton (75 not out) gave Stourbridge a great platform.

Romsley were all out in the 40th over to give the hosts a 124-run victory. Aiden Biddel took four wickets with spinner Steve Game chipping in with three. The 24 points will keep Stourbridge at the top of the second division.

The thirds made it a hattrick of wins after claiming an easy victory at Himley.

Made to bat first, Stourbridge made 220, with James Wood (52), Dave Colesby (32), and Matt Ross (38) the main contributors. Himley were bowled out for 102 in the 46th over thanks to a five-wicket haul by Junaed Afzal and three from Shabir Butt.

Unfortunately the winning streak did stretch to the fourths who went down by two wickets against Himley.

Batting first Stourbridge made a good start through Peter Griffiths (38) and 15-year-old Ben Manton (40).

Two other youngsters made a go of it Tom Game (26) and Aiden Avey went on to make 20. Stourbridge's total of 170 proved to be insufficient as Himley reached the wining run in the 43rd over.

Hagley.

In Division Three, Hagley entertained Harborne thirds and picked up a well-deserved home win.

After losing the toss Hagley were asked to bat and after the loss of an early wicket, Russell Andrews (69) settled quickly to help Hagley set a competitive total. With skipper Joe Lennon (55) again in the runs, Hagley scored 210-8 from their 50 overs .

Superb bowling from Jack Baker (2-11) early on put Harborne in early trouble but then Jez Trinham (6-41) took control causing the Harborne batsmen numerous problems.

The visitors were eventually dismissed for 132 with Hagley earning a 24-point victory.

A delighted Lennon said: "At last a good performance especially from Jack who is developing all the time and then Jez did the rest after a battling display with the bat."

The seconds travelled to local rivals Oldswinford.

They were also asked to bat on a decent looking surface.

However, tight bowling from Oldswinford and some poor shots from the Hagley team meant Hagley were bowled out for 124 in the 48th over. Colin Fradgley (3-47) and skipper Tony Brewer (3-21) kept Hagley's batsman tied down all afternoon.

Oldswinford lost two early wickets to John Porter (3-26) and looked liked easing to victory at 51-2 but skipper Neil Allport turned to Ash Hussain (3-25) and Paul Hunt (4-25) turned the game for Hagley.

In a tense finish Oldswinford were bowled out for 116 in the 49th over.

The win moved Hagley up to second in Division Two behind rivals Stourbridge.

Allport said: "After a very poor batting display, we bowled well and held our catches which we didn't last week and allowed us to gain the tough victory.

"So, we need to focus on improving our batting for next week so we can push for another good finish this year."

This weekend, the firsts travel to Kidderminster Victoria's thirds ground at Winterfold School, and the second team host Feckenham at their Hagley Hall ground.

Also, on Sunday the Hagley Sunday team host the annual game against village rivals West Hagley in a 40 over win/lose game for bragging rights in the village.

Pedmore.

The firsts slipped to a disappointing defeat away at Chaddesley Corbett.

Pedmore won the toss and elected to field, hoping to get some assistance from the indifferent wicket. Although the bowling and fielding wasn't up to scratch they dismissed the hosts for 174.

On reply they fell short as they were bowled out for 159, with Danny McDonnell scoring 69.

Captain Steve Lawson said: "We were very disappointed with the result, but will be looking forward to making amends in the semi final of the KO this week, again versus Chaddesley."

Enville.

Enville's first team travelled to Cookley and came away with alosing draw.

The hosts were asked to bat first and Enville's bowlers backed this decision, bowling tightly on a difficult wicket. Cookley made slow progress as they ended up on 159-9.

Dan Such was the pick of the Enville bowlers with 4-30.

In reply Enville had a stuttering start before Rob Miller (37) and Leigh Passmore (27) built a decent partnership. But both fell before Enville held out for the losing draw.

At Enville Hall the seconds took on Cookley.

Enville batted first and thanks to half centuries from Jack Taylor and Dan Watson set a respectable 201-6.

Cookley in reply were kept under control thanks to some good bowling and fielding. They finished on 151-6, giving Enville the winning draw.

The thirds played at Harborne where the hosts batted first.

A young Enville team fielded well to restrict Harborne to 157 all out with John King taking 5-25.

In reply Enville lost a couple of early wickets and were unable to mount a serious challenge.

They ended on 101-7 to give Harborne a winning draw.

In the Village Knockout a young Enville team travelled to Hodnet and Peplow.

The hosts were asked to bat first and made slow progress on an awkward wicket. Good bowling and catching ensured wickets fell at regular intervals.

Four Enville bowlers took two wickets apiece - Tracey Davies (2-36), Kyle Lockley (2-24), James Willis (2-38) and Ryan Moore (2-12). In reply Enville lost an early wicket but Bren Smith (48) and Greg Tomkins (38no) put together a partnership of 72 to enable Enville to win by seven wickets and move through to the area final where they will meet either Quatt or Lilleshall.

Amblecote and Wollaston Amblecote moved back to the top of Division Four courtesy of a 62-run win at home to Bromsgrove.

The hosts batted first and found it difficult on a tricky wicket. However, captain Rob Hamblett (41 not out) batted well with the tail to squeeze out a modest 130 all out in 38 overs.

The teams turned straight around and the Amblecote openers picked up a wicket in the eight overs bowled before tea. After the interval, the home bowling attack ripped through the Bromsgrove batting line up and reduced them to 20 for 5. The hosts then chipped away at the visitors with accurate bowling to dismiss Bromsgrove for 68. The wickets were shared between all of the bowlers Hamblett said: "It was a superb fielding display from the lads.

"We bowled tightly and aggresively and took a couple of excellent catches. Our batting definitely does need to improve though next week."

On Sunday the firsts travelled away to Coseley in the first match of the Worcester Sunday Border League season and came away with a 72-run partnership.

After losing the toss, Amblecote batted first and the top order forged some good partnerships.

Hard hitting towards the end of the innings saw Amblecote to a respectable 172 all out. Top scorers were Ross Parker (29) and Dave Baker (40).

After tea, the visitors made a great start.

James Winders (4-27) took a wicket with the first ball of the innings and continued decimate the Coseley top order. The game slowed in the middle section of the innings until Pete Grove (3-14) cleared up the tail.

Youngsters Hassan Aqeel and Tom Curran also bowled with impressive maturity. Coseley were bowled out for 100.

Lye.

Lye firsts picked up a winning draw away at Avoncroft on Saturday.

Lye surprisingly chose to bat first on a damp track and were led off by Michael Langford.

He showed a liking to the Croft bowling, and having given a half-chance to short leg early in his innings, he let loose with a series of unconventional but highly effective shots.

The introduction of Will Sach (4-46) helped Croft gain a foothold in the game as the youngster picked up two wickets in an impressive seven over spell.

But Langford continued his charge to what looked like being a century, until he unexpectedly holed out to Mark Whitehead off the bowling of Adam Rodway (2-50) for 89.

Dave James returned to the fray to pick up a brace of wickets, but a knock of 50 not out from Tanveer Hussain helped Lye to a competitive total of 227 The target began to look even further out of reach as Croft were faced with an excellent opening spell from Lye's captain Asif Iqbal.

He produced an unplayable delivery to get rid of Spencer Cox early on.

With Aziz-Ur Rehman keeping it tight at the other end, a victory looked out of sight as Croft limped to 48-3 at the halfway stage.

Nicol showed a welcome return to form with an aggressive 26 before he was bowled by another good ball, but despite the loss of a couple more wickets, James continued to bat at his imperious best.

The hosts eventually ran out of overs, but James' knock of 88 not out ensured Croft picked up enought points to keep them in eighth place.

This Saturday Lye will host Alvechurch and Hopwood (1.30pm start).