JONATHAN Parker claimed a fabulous five-wicket haul away at Cheltenham to fire Corsham to back-to-back wins for the first time this season in Premier Two Glos/Wilts.

After Tom Foley’s troops posted a target of 208 all out on their trip into Gloucestershire, Parker (5-24) and Martin Roberts (3-21) gave the home batsmen little time to settle in reply.

Only three Cheltenham players reached double figures as they subsided for just 99 in 32 overs to hand Corsham a dominant 109-run victory.

Captain Foley said: “We just about got to 200 with the bat, but then the bowlers came in and did an excellent job to get us the win. It was a good performance.

“Jonathan and Martin opened up with the ball and caused Cheltenham all sorts of problems. Martin actually even got a wicket with the very first ball of the innings.

“Early wickets are lovely as it gets your tails up, and Jonathan ended up getting a five-for, so he bowled really well.”

Having been asked to bat after losing the toss, Corsham started solidly and five of their top seven passed 20.

However, they were still precariously placed at 128-8 when captain Foley came to the crease, but his gritty 47 saw the visitors pass the 200 mark.

Luke Sellars turned in a classy display with the ball for Cheltenham to take 6-36, backed up by Liam Norwell (3-39).

Foley added: “There were a couple of loose shots from the guys, but Cheltenham bowled well.

“We did manage to get to 200 in the end anyway, which is always an acceptable score.

“I think this is the first time in more than a year that Corsham have won two games in a row so we’re slowly clicking together and we are start to build confidence within the team.”

Elsewhere, Trowbridge remain on just one victory this season after they went down by six wickets at home to previously winless Lechlade.

Trowbridge skipper Tom Weaver won the toss and chose to bat first but his side were bowled out for 144 inside 38 overs.

Mike Reynolds top scored with 36 as Simon Taylor and Kiran Chakraborty took three wickets each for Lechlade.

In reply, Brad Dial (53 not out) and Benny Ellis (39 not out) saw the visitors past the winning post in the 33rd over, finishing on 145-4.

Westbury suffered a second defeat in succession as they lost by six wickets at Rockhampton.

An unbeaten 60 from Richard Mills guided Westbury to 194-4 off their 50 overs after they had been asked to bat first by the hosts.

Mills then took three wickets as the visitors got their hands on the ball but opener Jamie Wakefield scored 86 not out to see Rockhampton to a winning 195-4 with five overs to spare.