In the final match of the season, Olton needed to win convincingly with a full 24 point win and hope that Brockhampton would fail to score the eight points they needed to ensure that they rather than Olton secured the second promotion place.

In the final run in Olton won each of their last six matches played. At Grange Road today Olton won the toss and batted first.

The match had been reduced to 49 overs a side and got under way only 45 minutes late after stalwart work by team members and groundsman Graeme who were up at the ground at 7 am mopping up after overnight rain.

James neale and Michael ceillam got Olton off to superb start putting on 88 for the opening wicket. Michael returning to the first team for his first match since injurying himself at Oswestry eleven matches ago looked in good form as he raced to 51 with 4 fours and 3 sixes off 77 balls before being trapped LBW by Williams. Marc Webb hit a rapid 14 with a four and a six as Olton tried to score as quickly as possible. James Neale fell to an extremely good catch by Bierley at Long on off Fynn for 31 before Dan Johnson (24*) and Gary Hawkins put on an unbeaten 54 for the fifth wicket. Gary looking ever more confident cheekily switch hit not once but three times in his innings of 39* when Neale declared 3 overs early on 185-4.

Olton opened with legspinner Khan, with the obvious tactic that the side's leading wicket taker was going to bowl all the way through and he struck early dismissing Fynn at 10, Williams at 12 and Bierley at 26. Alex Huxley provided resistance but Sunil was brought on at the scorebox end and grabbed two wickets that of Huxley and Whitthread to make the score 60-6. Sam Huxley and Davidson resisted for a while with a 40 partnership amking 19 each, but when Davidson played on to Khan the end was in sight as skipper Neale took the last two wickets for one run and Oswestry were all out for 102.

24 points for Olton. Now it was a question of how well Brockhampton did at Bablake in a game reduced to 25 overs a side. With commentary via mobile phone Brockhamptoon needed 6 off their last over chasing 174 in 25 overs. With two balls to go they needed four but a fifth ball six sent Brockhampton up and meant Olton were third.

Fordhouses batted first and after Jmaie Hawkins had taken an early wicket, Richards and Raees put on exactly 100 for the second wicket when James Neale had Raees stumped by Liam Gately for 53. This was the first of Liam's four victims.

Shortly after Neale had Richards out for 41 and Fordhouses were 117-3. Their slump then continued as Babar Khan, now bowling at his favourite end began to weave his magic spell to take five wickets and with skipper Neale claiming two more Fordhouses were all out of the last ball of the innings for 167.

Olton were in no mood to hang around, or rather Jonny Webb wasn't. He played some really great shots as he powered his way to 50 off 45 balls and was out with the score at 87 for 75 off 67 balls with 13 fours and a six.

Thereafter James Neale cruelly run out at the nonstrikers end for 25, Gary Hawkins 21* and Dan Fox 18* steered Olton to a big win.

This win takes Olton back to 3rd place in the league just 16 points behind the second promotion place with just three games to go.

Olton did everything right for 95% of this top of the table match against league leaders Wombourne.

Wombourne batted first and made a good start with Hughes and Quiney making the days largest stand of 57, but after that as Khan bowled accurately, and backed up by excellent ground fielding Olton whittled away at their innings. Highlights included an excellent catch to dismiss Hughes for 43 by Dan Johnson, a good run out by Gary Hawkins, a super catch low down by Jon Webb, smart catching by Liam Gately behind the stumps, superb bowling by Khan for his 4 -39 off 20 overs and Jamie Hawkins showed how to wrap up the tail for 4-25 for Impacts Olton Man of the Match award.

All out for 128, Wombourne were determined to make it hard for Olton, but good knocks from Gary Hawkins, Jon Webb and then by Roy Adams (43) set Olton on the cautious way to victory.

With the score at 114-5 with just 15 needed to win of five overs and with five wickets left, Olton seemed on course to win. Then in the space of six overs and in particular 12 balls from slow left arm spinner Thakur in which he took 4 wickets for 2 runs Olton had thrown it all away and were all out for 121 losing by seven runs!

Olton's 1st XI comprehensively beat Kington by 9 wickets. Asked to bat first Kington had little response to Roy Adams opening spell of 7.5.6.1. With Jonny Webb running out Williams and Jamie Hawkins joining the attack to dismiss opener Powell, Kington were struggling at 33-3. Jamie Hawkins then bowled beautificully having at one stage a spell of 3.3.0.2 in which he dismissed Caple and George. Skipper James Neale brought himself on and dismissed Kington's captain Exhall for a stubborn 28 to make the score 66-6. Morgan and Kay fought hard but struggled against Khan's leg spin adding 42 for the eighth wicket but when Jonny Webb came on he claimed the last two wickets in just four balls to leave Kington all out for 119 and Jamie Hawkins with 3-25.

In reply Olton batted confidently with Michael ceillam returning to form with a well composed 37 when he was out with the total at 67. There were no further worries as Marc Webb and James Neale saw Olton home in 31 overs with Neale not out 40 and Webb not out 27.