DANIEL Baker’s century for Swindon 2nd helped the County Ground men chase down a revised target with ease in their Division One match at Beckington.

The hosts had posted 252-7, with Daniel Guildford hitting 90 and Harry Cheal striking 65, while Andy Mildenhall was the pick of the Swindon attack with 4-40 from seven overs.

After a rain break, the visitors were set a target of 219 from 39 overs. Baker’s 103, along with Paul Davies’ 37 helped to see Swindon home with 13 balls to spare and four wickets in hand.

Bear Flat replaced Royal Wootton Bassett, who saw their clash with Lacock rained off, at the summit after they beat Hinton Charterhouse by 58 runs.

Division Two

SWINDON United Churches crashed to a seven-wicket defeat at Bradford on Avon.

The visitors never recovered from being 0-3 as Jimmy Mann and Chris Gilchrist fell to Mishak Belfon (4-18) before Matt Runkel played Paul Vooght (2-28) on to his own stumps.

Liam Brooks (23) started a brief recovery for Churches and wicketkeeper Martin Garstang struck an unbeaten half-century to help them to 139 before they were dismissed.

But Bradford made light work of their chase, getting home in the 26th over with seven wickets in hand after 109-run opening stand from Ian Pinchin (75) and Matt Goodall (30).

A devastating bowling display from Swindon Nalgo helped them to a 187-run success over Warminster 2nd.

Having posted 273-5 from their 45 overs in testing conditions, thanks to the overcast skies, with Imran Dastagir (79 not out) and Sandeep Biwalkar (51) top-scoring, they only needed a little more than 22 overs to secure victory.

Prashant Joshi was the chief destroyer with 4-34, while Latif Hussein picked up 3-19 and Sarfraz Khan, with 2-7, saw Warminster skittled for 86 from 22.2 overs.

Division Three

COLLINGBOURNE, 228 all out, were unable to stop table-topping Bath Hospital increasing their lead at the head of Division Three as they were beaten by seven wickets.

Meanwhile, Potterne 3rd defeated Heytesbury & Sutton Veny by 140 runs and Swindon A picked up a two-wicket win over Seagry.

Division Four

GOATACRE 2nd lost their 100 per cent record as they went down by five wickets to their Chippenham counterparts.

After a delayed start due to the morning rain, Goatacre were put in to bat in difficult conditions and had to work hard for their total of 157-7 against some disciplined Chippenham bowling – Jake Tillyer top-scoring with 35.

Goatacre also bowled well during Chippenham’s reply but were made to pay for dropping opener Steve Silk on four occasions as he proved the difference between the sides, with his unbeaten 70 seeing his team home with five overs to spare.

Division Five

NATIONWIDE House 2nd clung on for a thrilling one-wicket success over Beckington 2nd.

Damian Parker’s 76 not out helped the hosts post 207-4 from their 45 overs, and while 4-39 helped Beckington have House at 149-9, David Coates' unbeaten 114 saw the hosts home with the final ball.

Blunsdon were unable to prevent Lambourn from stretching their lead at the top as they were beaten by 93 runs.

The league leaders were restricted to 191-9 from their 45 overs, with Arul Ramasamy the pick of the attack with 4-47, but Blunsdon were bowled out for 98 with 61 balls to spare as Chris Aubrey took 5-11 from his 7.5 overs.

Division Six

BURBAGE and Easton Royal 3rd took full advantage of their Royal Wootton Bassett counterparts' enforced inactivity to go top following an eight-wicket win over Hinton Charterhouse 2nd.

Nick Cranston’s 4-25 saw the hosts dismissed for 136 before Chris Amistead (69 not out) and Don Lohrenz (24 not out) saw Burbage home in the 21st over, lifting them 11 points clear of Bassett, who picked up eight points for their rained off game.

Division Seven

TROWBRIDGE 2nd replaced their Purton rivals at the top of the table after beating them by 109 runs.

The visitors reached 251-4, with Ali Goddard top-scoring with 96 and Chris Dicker hitting 70.

Trowbridge then ripped out Purton in less than 27 overs for 142, with Luke Mitchell picking up 4-40 while Tayler Aitken top-scored for the former leaders with 47.

Division Eight

GRANT Savides provided the Beehive 2nd's sting as they defeated Box 2nd by 107 runs.

The Beehive all-rounder struck a century as the hosts recorded 262-4, which also saw Ash Rendall score an unbeaten 102, before picking up 3-10 as Box were bowled out for 155, with Lee Hulbert taking 4-5.

Division Nine

WANBOROUGH 2nd made light work of Burbage 4th in their 10-wicket success. The hosts were skittled for 113 in 30 overs before Wanborough cruised home to 114 without loss in 24 overs.