Kenilworth made to work for emphatic win in Birmingham Premier League

However, Andrew Leering’s team had first to work extremely hard to dislodge the home side’s tenth wicket pair Chris Steele and Alex Rennie who survived 18 overs before Freddie Fowler finally ended their draw hopes with nine balls remaining.

Harrison smashed 86 from only 46 balls and with Harry Johnson and Josh Baker also compiling rapid-fire half-centuries the visitors piled up 325 for nine in their 55 overs.

Kidderminster were then in total disarray at 95 for nine in the face of fine spells from a youthful visiting seam attack plus Worcestershire slow left-armer Baker before their tenth-wicket pair dug in to good effect.

They defied everything Wardens threw at them to add 68 runs and survive for over an hour before Fowler’s late intervention clinched the spoils for a visiting side who in the process completed a seasonal double over Kidderminster and moved to second place in the table after 15 rounds of action.

“They almost managed to cling on so it was a very good win for us in the end,” Leering said.

“We dropped a couple of catches which made us slightly nervous but eventually a barrage of short balls did the trick.

“Our seamers all bowled very well and in particular Freddie Fowler bowled quickly on debut and thoroughly deserved his three wickets.

“We batted really well again led by another incredible knock from Jamie Harrison. He has missed a few weeks with an injury but you never would have known it.

“Josh Baker also used his long levers well to hit some sixes late on and get us past 300 for the fourth or fifth time this season.”