CORSHAM captain Ashur Morrison was pleased that his side held their nerve as they ended a run of three defeats to claim a five-run success at fellow Premier One strugglers Bedminster on Saturday.

The Station Road men, who host Bristol this weekend in Premier One, were invited to bat first and while a number of batsmen got starts against the division’s bottom side no-one pushed on to hit a big score.

Morrison was Corsham’s top-scorer with 51, while opening bowler James Arney, batting at number eight, helped boost the total to 228-9 after bludgeoning 36 from just 16 balls, hitting five fours and two sixes.

In reply, Remano Esau took the new ball alongside Arney, who bowled a maiden with his first over, and took a wicket with his first ball.

Like Corsham, Bedminster partnerships were hard to forge and Vibhor Yadav took the final wicket with just two balls to spare.

“It was a very close game and one that for me, as captain, was pretty nerve-wracking,” said Morrison, who is only able to bowl off a short run due to a knee injury.

“Vibhor kept his nerve and took that last wicket with two balls to spare.

“We were a bit short of confidence and this was a game that we had to win so I’m pleased that we did we did.

“If I’m being hyper-critical then maybe we should have scored 20 or 30 runs more.”

Potterne skipper Neil Clark was left to rue his decision to invite Clevedon to bat first at The Grove.

The visitors, despite being bowled out, posted a daunting 340 total, as Jake Roberts picked up 4-52 for the hosts.

Potterne were always up against it but Tom Cullen (64-ball 66) and Basil Akram (18-ball 24) then went on the offensive against the Clevedon attack.

With Sahan Wijerathne (0 from four balls), Ed Young (seven from 10) and Joshua De Souza (seven from 20) back in the hutch, Clark (43 from 44) and Yuvraj Odeda (81 not out from 49) did their best to get Potterne back in contention, but the hosts were eventually dismissed for 269.