Findon skipper Nigel Waller believes the next two games will decide who wins the division one title.

Findon's hopes of claiming their fifth consecutive championship were given a massive boost with a comfortable eight-wicket home win over rivals Southwick.

It gave them a 22-point lead at the top of the table with five weeks of the season remaining.

But with Findon having to travel to second placed Broadwater on Saturday before playing fellow contenders Arundel at home the following week, Waller reckons it could all be over in a fortnight.

He said: "There are three teams who can still realistically win it, apart from us. Southwick are the dark horses, Broadwater will still fancy their chances and you can never rule out Arundel.

"We have still got to play Broadwater and Arundel so it is fair to say that those games are going to be crucial and will probably decide the title."

Findon continued their unbeaten record after dismissing Southwick for just 139 before making 143-2 thanks to an unbeaten 72 from Graham Waller.

Waller puts his side's success this season down to the experience of last year's title win.

He added: "This season has been very similar to last year. We started very slowly and found ourselves quite a way down the table without losing games due to draws and abandoned matches.

"But once we got into our rhythm we had the players who could grind out results. We did it last year, so we are confident we can carry on doing it this year."

Broadwater made up some ground on the leaders following a maximum points win at strugglers Burgess Hill.

Paul Thurston took 8-46 to help dismiss the hosts for 177, despite 49 from John Wright. Richard Luker led the reply with 41 as Broadwater eased to the target for the loss of four wickets.

Arundel remained in contention following a 58-run victory at bottom club Goring.

The visitors posted 197-6 thanks largely to 79 from Richard Whitcomb, then skipper Steve Mullen took over after tea.

He claimed 5-31 to restrict the basement club to 139 all out with Chris Bird the only batsman threatening with 52.

Relegation-threatened Lindfield had the better of a draw at Pagham after chalking up 197-5 thanks to Scott Clark (67) and Kevin Chamberlain (64).

Mark Hoare top scored for the home side, who struggled to 181-9 in reply.

Keymer and Hassocks opened up a 17-point lead at the top of division two despite only managing to draw at Ansty.

David Croydon (58) and Darren Senadhira (55) top scored as Ansty amassed 210-9 but the total was under threat for large periods as Keymer fell just short on 202-4. John Price remained unbeaten on 87 and Jamie Tatford made 41 not out.

Keymer's 13 points proved valuable as second-placed Barns Green lost at lowly Clymping.

The home side put 179-7 on the board with Andrew Dick (43) and Chris Green (42) impressing, despite good spells by Paul Awcock (4-69).

Green were shot out for just 131 in reply with Richard Waddington (4-24) doing most of the damage.

Crawley Eagles moved to within touching distance of the top following a two-wicket home success against rivals Crawley.

Ikram Najabat hit 59 not out as the visitors made 166-9 but Eagles reached the total in 35 overs despite the efforts of Ali Khan (5-41).

Billingshurst and Henfield are now level on points at the bottom of the table after their match ended in a draw.

Henfield were limited to 173-7 with Pete Burroughs taking 4-38 and it looked as though Hurst would claim their second win of the summer when John Burroughs made 99. But he had little support in a total of 170-8 as Chris Garcia (6-70) waded through the rest of the order.