Grange maintain pole position after breezing past Uddingston

The fact that Uddingston had scored 341 against them earlier in the season must have been on the leaders' minds as they headed through to Bothwell Castle on Saturday morning. However, they put in a clinical performance to stay top with just two matches remaining.

Seamer Giles Holmes, who had gone for 84 runs from 10 overs in that loss at Raeburn Place, got revenge on Uddingston's batsmen as he led the way with 3-13. Medium pacer Mike Powell also took three wickets, with Paul Hoffman and Amir Gul top scoring for the hosts with 30 each.

In reply teenager Oli Hairs crept up towards 600 league runs for the summer with a typically brutal 77 as he guided his side home by eight wickets.

Second-placed Watsonians put in an equally clinical bowling performance in their win over Carlton, but had a few wobbles in the batting department before getting over the finish line.

Opening bowlers Mike Legget and Paddy Sadler bowled another good spell together, the former grabbing the key wicket of Preston Mommsen early on for one. Captain Steve Gilmour battled hard for 50 and teenager Rajan Bhopal showed his promise with 33, but they fell to Vijay Saisubramanian and Stuart Chalmers respectively as Carlton posted 158-9.

Watsonians opening batsman James Easton looked to be leading his side to victory after Andy Learmonth (9) and Tim Weston (19) were out. Easton had made 41 when he was bowled by spinner Ross Lyons and in the end Ross Paxton and Sadler had to see their side home by two wickets.

Dunfermline Knights got back to winning ways, Vasu Reddy taking 6-32 as they defeated Clydesdale at Titwood. The Fifers were clinical in Glasgow, the hosts being bowled out for 134 in just 31 overs thanks to Reddy's magic. Mohammed Ali top scored with 30 for the hosts while pro Kamran Sajid was out for a duck.

In reply former skipper Gowtham Rai made 52 and pro Alistair Gray 32 as the Knights made it home by five wickets. Ali took 4-47 for Clydesdale.

In a thrilling game at Forthill, Greenock fought hard to secure just their second league victory of 2010. It had not looked like coming when Forfarshire posted a useful 267-6 batting first, captain Ryan Watson smashing 129, his first century this summer, and Tony Weed making 52. Vice-captain Umair Mohammed continued his good form with 39 not out.

In the Greenock reply openers Willie Rowan and Ryan Begley gave their side a solid start, National Academy player Rowan making 71 and Begley 41.They both fell, as did skipper Kevin McLaren for a duck, but middle-order men Chris Bellwood and Andy Hislop, with 35 and 46 respectively, took them near to victory.

But it came down to them needing four off the very last ball of the game - and youngster Roddy Kelso was the hero with the boundary that saw them home by three wickets.

Captain Neil Macrae top scored with 52 as Aberdeenshire's good run of form continued with victory over McCrea FS West. They have now beaten Forfarshire, Watsonians and West in the last three weeks but had to work hard at Hamilton Crescent.

Macrae's runs helped his side post 217-5, but the hosts looked like they had a chance with Scotland cap Dougie Lockhart going well, but he was out for 63 and eventually they fell 22 runs short.