CORSHAM captain Ashur Morrison believes that his side can still push for the Premier One title this summer.

As the campaign closes in on the final month, the Station Road side sit fourth, 37 points off the pace, a remarkable feat considering they went the first month of the season without a win.

But while leaders Bath and second-placed Frocester look to be in a see-saw battle for the crown, Morrison, who saw his side thrash basement side Taunton by 108-runs at the weekend, feels that there is still plenty of time to hit the top.

“You don’t look back at the first month and think what might have been,” said Morrison, whose side dropped points against the top two in recent weeks.

“Bath and Frocester still have to play each other, so one of them have to lose. There is still plenty of cricket to be played and if we can consistently pick up wins then we can still be in the mix.

“What I am disappointed about is we should have beaten both Bath and Frocester. We fielded badly and gave them 25-30 extra runs, had not done that then I’m sure we would have won and now be sitting pretty at the top.”

On Saturday, after winning the toss, Corsham made a poor start with the bat as both opener Steve Bullen and Morrison back in the hutch with only 58 only the board.

However, a 93-run third-wicket stand between Dwaine Fielding (92) and Sam Collier (37) put the hosts on course before the lower middle-order made useful contributions saw them reach 238 before being bowled out in the final over.

As Corsham looked to defend the total, which Morrison described as ‘a little below par’, former Worcestershire bowler Nick Harrison blew away the top order with four wickets as Taunton slumped to 37-4.

Joe King (3-29), Fielding (2-0 from 10 balls) and Tom Foley (1-17) wrapped up the rest as the visitors were dismissed for 130.

“It was another comprehensive victory,” Morrison said. “Maybe we were a little below par – we were looking at getting 300 at one stage.

“But it was great to see Dwaine in the runs again and Nick did the damage with four wickets – their top four batsmen.”