RUGBY CC cruised to an eight-wicket win against Solihull Blossomfield as Tyrese Karelse blasted a half-century with the bat.
The home side bowled Solihull out for just 140 in 49 overs at Webb Ellis Road.
And Rugby reached the required total in 37.3 overs as Karelse found the rope 11 times in an unbeaten knock.
The result means Rugby sit fourth in the Warwickshire County League Premier Division table.
Rugby won the toss and elected to field as the hosts made an immediate impact with the ball.
Noah Massey (3-35) accounted for Solihull opener Jake Sammons (0) who departed for a six-ball duck.
The early wickets continued to fall as Karelse (2-40) clean bowled Lawson Attwood (14).
And Massey claimed the scalp of Solihull opener Marc Cyrus (10) before then taking the wicket of Dominic Harding (8) to leave the visitors in trouble on 35-4.
However, Solihull captain Chris Kenny (17) showed resistance with the bat in a 60-ball knock to frustrate the Rugby attack.
Alex Watson (2-16) accounted for Palaneesh Patchabatla (8) and struck again to remove Tom Reid (4).
And Daanyal Sadiq (2-26) trapped Kenny LBW before Karelse removed Richard Weaver (1) by the same method with Solihull struggling on 75-8.
However, Solihull’s tail order impressed with the bat as Jack Seifas (35 not out) and Bhrijesh Parmar (18) combined for a 31-run partnership.
Sadiq eventually trapped Parmar LBW before Suhas Thyagaraj (1-5) took the final wicket of the innings.
Rugby made a solid start in reply as openers Jeevan Barhey (22) and Darshan Desai (10) produced a 26-run first-wicket stand.
Reid (1-31) broke up the partnership with the wicket of Desai before Kenny (1-38) accounted for Barhey with Rugby on 47-2.
The wickets brought Karelse (68 not out) and Danny De Souza (30 not out) together at the crease.
And the duo steadily guided Rugby to the required target with De Souza’s runs coming from 84 balls in a patient innings.
Karelse played the role of the aggressor with 68 runs from just 66 balls which included four sixes in a comfortable victory.
Rugby are next in action against Bedworth on Saturday, June 20 with play to begin at 12pm (midday) at Miners Welfare Park.
