THE champagne flowed at Croft Lane as the Millers picked up the four points needed to secure the Division One title.

A reasonable sized crowd saw the Papermakers cruise home by 161 runs in a match, that as a contest, was over by mid-afternoon as ELPM, having been inserted, racked up a mammoth score of 306-6.

Springhead soon had Franny Daly dropped on nought and he made a further 19 before he was caught with the score on 31.

Joe Shiels (84) and James Wade (109) then embarked on a magnificent partnership of 193 as the Springhead bowlers were flayed to all parts of the ground.

Both were out with the score on 224 - Shiels being runout by a direct hit from the boundary and Wade bowled, having hit a massive nine sixes in his century.

Ian Wade and Gareth Young soon went but Savage, batting like a man possessed, blasted a rapid 44 of which 38 came in boundaries.

He was bowled with the score on 288 and Dave Woodward and Paul Hewart combined to push the team past the 300 mark.

Hewart (2-26) and Alan Openshaw bowled tightly, which resulted in Springhead making no attempt to pass the target.

Only the weather seemed a problem as the dark clouds rolled in and Savage had to be removed form the attack because he was too fast for the conditions.

As the weather brightened, so did Springhead and a late onslaught from Keith Lees (59*) saw them through.