BISHOPS Castle got within 14 runs of hosts Lilleshall CC in Division Two of the Shropshire League on Saturday.

Lilleshall had posted 214 all out with the wickets shared as Simon Palmer, Thomas Moulder, Richard Powell (2 for 19) and Aaron Lewis (2 for 22) claimed two victims apiece.

Jonathan Price hit 114 and Moulder 55 in response but it wasn’t enough as the second-from-bottom visitors reached 200 for 3 off their 45 overs, to sit 35 league points behind third-from bottom Church Aston.

Wickets were shared for Corvedale too, with Glyn Tipton, Sher Muhammad Zahid, Craig Massey and Simon Wilcoxs claiming economical braces as hosts Column were bowled for 167 in a Division Four encounter.

Corvedale wobbled with openers Chris Moore and Ian Alderson walking for a duck and one, respectively, before Ross Mantle knocked 57 and Massey added an unbeaten 55 for the visitors finished on 171 for three.

Ten-man Corvedale still prop up Division Three 2nd XI after posting 111 for nine before visitors Pontesbury knocked them off without loss.