The win puts the Rogues on top of the table with one game to play.

The Devils have slipped back to second but can regain top spot if the results of the remaining games go their way.

Rogues won the toss and elected to bat first in the muggy conditions.

Joel Nicholson struck an early blow for the Devils when he got an inswinger past Adrian Boulton’s bat with the score on nine.

After surviving an early edge to second slip, Paul Trotta then dug in, firstly with Nigel Tutthill (13), then Dave Kaminski (38), to take the score to 3/107 at the fall of Kaminski’s wicket.

The 71-run partnership between Trotta and Kaminski was the biggest of the match and was a key factor in the final result.

Following the dismissal of Trotta for 43, Anderson, Hicks and Hayball batted out the innings for Rogues to take the final score to 6/160.

Nicholson was the best of the OD bowlers with 2/19 from his eight overs.

Mick Hoffman and Wayne Moroney also picked up two wickets each.

OD’s opening batsmen Moroney and Phil Stacey made a solid start in their chase for victory, seeing off the first 11 overs, before Stacey edged Anderson to keeper Tutthill with the score on 32.

Two more wickets followed quickly to have the Devils in some trouble at 3/38.

The fall of the third wicket brought Craig Nichols to the crease however, and he looked like he could win the game for his side, dispatching loose deliveries to the boundary. He was well supported by Seb Holbrook in a 45 run partnership.

A change of bowlers to Toby Ferguson and B.J. Platten brought about a change to the game.

Ferguson dismissed both Nichols and Holbrook, and Platten caught Brayden McEvoy off his own bowling to reduce the Devils to 6/96.

At this point, the equation was 65 runs required from 57 balls, and this looked to be beyond the lower half of the OD batting order.

Greg Latham however did not agree, and he set out on a rescue mission, plundering the Rogues bowling.

He got his side to needing 20 from victory with three overs to go, and a great come-from-behind victory for OD was looming. It wasn’t to be though, as Platten held his nerve and took a well judged catch off his own bowling to dismiss Latham for 36, an innings which included five fours and a six.

Platten also picked up the final wicket with his next delivery, and OD was bowled out for 141.

Platten returned the best bowling figures for the Rogues with 4/18, and Ferguson’s two wickets were also crucial.

The close match is a good indication of the closeness of the season and sets up a good finals series.