By CONRAD SUTCLIFFE

BARTON beat Kilmington by 98 runs in the basement battle at Cricketfield Road to move out of the A Division bottom two.

Kilmington were above Barton going into round eight and looking for a first win in three starts.

Barton’s 50-over total of 256 for six – held together by an undefeated century from opener Siddesh Veer – was quickly out of reach as Kilmington dipped to 33 for four in reply.

There was no way back for Kilmington after that and with Callum Crocker completing his maiden five-wicket haul for the first team the visitors were dismissed for 158.

Barton don’t have much of a cushion at the bottom of the table – only three points separate them from Kilmington – but it was a step in the right direction skipper Adam Parker craved.

“It was about time we pulled together a performance like that,” said Parker.

“Siddesh batted stupidly well on a tricky wicket and against a good opening attack 

“It was a great result for us and one we have to build on this for the rest of the season.”

Brett Garner, the Kilmington captain, said there was a particular passage of play in the game that adversely affected his side 

“Oscar Oborn-Corby ‘bowled’ Siddesh when he was in the 20s, but the umpires called ‘no-ball’ instead,” said Garner.

“That seemed to really get to us when in a great position and we never really recovered.

“At the moment we are really underperforming for some reason with bat or ball. We need to find some fighting spirit and determination to get back on track.”

Opener Siddesh batted from start to finish for 127 not out, pulling partners along with him. Best of the subsidiary contributions came from Adrian Lipton (27) and Nathan Beech (32no). 

Joel Seward (3-27) took the bowling honours for Kilmington.

Josh Cann (27) was the only one of Kilmington’s top six allowed to get past 20 by Crocker (5-10) or Parker (2-35). Josh Short top scored with 42 before the Crocket, Veer and Justin Saker accounted for the bottom five.