Eastergate coach Jim Berry has blasted his fashion-conscious youngsters following their fifth defeat of the season.

Last season's runners-up have made a disastrous start and are bottom of division one.

Berry, who lost top two batsmen David Storey and Justin Keene, is not happy with his team and questioned their commitment.

Eastergate suffered their latest reverse at home to Ifield.

The visitors batted first and made 144-8, Ian Timms took 5-38. Eastergate were all out for 133 in reply, Mark Leach top scored with 32.

Berry said: "My players have to decide whether they are prepared to put cricket above everything else. At the moment all my talented teenagers want to earn money on a Saturday so they can go and get the designer gear.

"It has been difficult but we are hopeful we can get the wins to stay in the division."

Pagham leapfrog Arundel into second place behind leaders Findon.

Craig Primmer's side bowled out lowly Burgess Hill for 143 as Steve Vaughan took 5-39. Phil Harris (49) and Chris Hayden (48) put on 102 for the first wicket as Pagham made 144-3 to ease to victory.

Pagham have closed the gap on Findon to 35 points after the leaders drew.

Primmer, who was forced to make six changes to his team, said: "It's excellent to close the gap between first and second and it makes everything a bit more interesting. I'll be disappointed if we don't finish at least second now."

Findon lost their 100 per cent record following a surprise draw at mid-table Lindfield. Toby Kingsbury scored 90 to help the champions to 237-6. Lindfield were 182-9 in reply thanks to Graham Page (55 not out).

Kingsbury said: "It was a little bit frustrating not to win but it was bound to happen sooner or later.

"We weren't going to go through the whole season without dropping points. The track was good and I knew it would be a struggle to bowl them all out."

Clymping's stuttering campaign continues following their draw at home to bottom club Southwick. The visitors batted first and were 183 all out. Martin Rae hit 65 not out and Adam Tester (4-36). Benn Challen (4-21) bowled well.

In reply, Clymping reached 154-6 with Chris Green top scoring on 48.

Skipper Challen said: "I was disappointed not to win. We took an additional half-an-hour to bowl our overs and we gave away so many extras."

Ansty defeated Keymer and Hassocks at Adastra Park to notch their third win of the season in division two.

Keymer scored 151-6 with Andy Rimmer (40) and Jamie Tatford (36) among the runs. Seventeen-year-old James Robinson took league best figures of 3-33 for Ansty. In reply, Andy Hadfield (44 not out) and Chris Nutter (31) produced a useful fifth-wicket partnership of 59 and guided Ansty to a five-wicket win with 3.1 overs to spare.

Broadwater reached the halfway stage of their league campaign with an impressive win against unbeaten Crawley.

Crawley slumped to 108-8 as skipper Joe Middleton took four wickets in 18 balls before a stubborn ninth wicket partnership between Shafiq Malik and Andy Wales added 32 runs and Crawley were dismissed for 141.

In reply, openers Bob Reynolds and Ben McKenzie (26) put on 51 to leave Broadwater in a great position for victory and they got home with seven balls and five wickets to spare and are 50 points clear at the top.

Pulborough won at Barns Green by five wickets. Green batted first and were all out for 190 as Clint Astridge took 7-50. Nick Woodward (48) and Jason Dumbrill (47) batted well. Gavin and Ashley Clark scored 83 and 43 not out respectively to steer Pulborough to victory, putting on 118 for the fifth wicket.

Henfield were held to a draw at home by Goring. The visitors batted first and made 235-2. Andy Duke (52 not out) and Peter Rebera (43 not out) both carried their bats. Henfield were 144-6 in reply.