It's looking bleak for Stirlands and Chichester Priory Park after defeats left the near-neighbours marooned in the relegation spots in the county premier league.
Stirlands look doomed to relegation after going down by four wickets at home to Eastbourne.
They were dismissed for 147 of which Nathan Ball made 42 and Nick Hunt 33, for the visitors Raga Aga took 4 for 31 and Tom Smith 3 for 34.
In the Eastbourne reply of 151 for 6, Martin Garnett made 60 not out and Luke Tomsett 37 not out to help their team recover from a poor start, Nathan Ball taking 3 for 50.
Chichester look like accompanying their near neighbours in going down after a 62 run defeat at East Grinstead.
The home side made 208 for 8 declared of which youngsters Will Adkin made 38 and Matt Kleinveldt 35, for the visitors James Stedman took 3 for 52.
Tim Bishop with 28 was top scorer in the visitors total of 146 all out, Dinesh Mongia taking 3 for 54 and Craig Fowle 3 for 16.
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