Harborne recover from early wobble to beat Stratford

LEADERS Harborne recovered from a poor start to beat Stratford by 40 runs in their Birmingham League Division Two match at Swans Nest Lane on Saturday.

Harborne were struggling at 30-3 before Alex Pyecroft (60) and Tom Payne (40) got them up to 210-7 after their 50 overs.

Then some impressive bowling, namely 3-32 from Pyecroft and 3-33 from Humais Butt, ensured Stratford’s response never gained any proper momentum, and despite John Price’s 61, they were restricted to 170 all out.

Full report, reaction and pictures in next week’s Herald