DEPLETED Knighton-on-Teme pulled out all the stops to salvage a losing draw at GB?Liners Marches League Division Two rivals Weobley.

Knighton, stricken by availability problems, travelled with only nine men so did remarkably well in the circumstances to dismiss Weobley for 147 in 42 overs, Adrian Grosvenor and Mark Evans emerging as the pick of their weakened bowling attack.

Grosvenor picked up 3-30 off nine overs and Evans collected 3-33 off 12 overs.

Knighton then began their reply like an express train and had 32 runs on the board after just four overs of lusty hitting.

But once dangerous skipper Matt James had been dismissed for a breezy 21, the run rate dropped considerably, despite Evans chipping in with 34 and Richard Grosvenor making 21 to keep them ticking over.

They needed to score 112 off 45 overs for a losing draw and their seventh-wicket pair of Adam Grosvenor and Dave Chance decided to chance their arm.

They took Knighton beyond the 112 mark and though Grosvenor was bowled for 10 by Kevin Hurds (3-33), Chance finished on 17 not out and last man Kai Pullen faced five balls for nought not out as they successfully avoided defeat to finish the game on 133-7.