ADAM Mitchell fell two runs short of a century as Corsham claimed an emphatic 111-run success at home to Rockhampton in Premier Two Glos/Wilts.

Opener Mitchell scored 98 off 100 balls to help Tom Foley’s side post a hefty 320-7 off their 50 overs, while Tom Abbott (62) and Tom Smith (44) also made telling contributions as Rockhampton’s Sam Jukes claimed 4-64.

Captain Foley then picked up three wickets when Corsham took to the field, although that was bettered by his father Richard’s return of 4-38 as Rockhampton were still well short of their target on 209-8 at the end of their 50 overs.

Skipper Foley said: “Adam batted really well and didn’t give any chances away. He deserved a hundred but because of him, others were able to bat freely around him.

“Both Tom Abbott and Tom Smith batted really well too and to get to 320 was lovely, that’s a great score to defend. I would have settled for 225 at the start, so it shows how well the guys did.

“It was a strange approach from Rockhampton as they didn’t really come out and go for it. They seemed to be focussed on getting batting points, but we still picked up eight wickets.”

The win was only Corsham’s second from their opening six games of the season and first in four weeks as they moved up to seventh in the table.

“We have been in every game so far this season. Maybe we could have won a couple more, but you can’t win them all,” said Foley.

“We are still a relatively new team and hopefully this is a good stepping stone for us to push on from now.”

Elsewhere, Burbage & Easton Royal made it five wins from six this summer with a 50-run success at home to Trowbridge.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, Burbage could not quite last their full 50 overs as they were dismissed for 188 with three balls remaining.

Captain David Cope top scored with 36 as Tom Weaver led the Trowbridge attack, returning figures of 3-34.

There were also three wickets each for James Lavis, Adam Lavis and Fraser Gordon when Burbage got their hands on the ball as the visitors were bowled out for 138 inside 32 overs, despite resilient knocks from Mike Reynolds (45) and Tom Oakley (42).

Akito Jacques took four wickets to help Biddestone heap more misery on bottom side Lechlade as the visitors triumphed by six wickets.

Jacques (4-18) and Tyrone Isitt (3-28) restricted Lechlade to 155 all out, with Benny Ellis top scoring on 39.

Opener Dwaine Perry then ensured the run chase was relatively trouble free, hitting 77 not out to guide Biddestone to a victorious 175-4 with more than seven overs to spare.