Elsecar CC have been relegated from Yorkshire Premier South but Barnsley Woolley Miners are safe.
Elsecar won by 50 runs at home to Shiregreen, a third straight win, but are 26 points off safety with only 24 to play for in the last two games.
Arsalan Mir scored 67 and Tanzeel Ali 50 in Elsecar’s 244 then Haider Jahangir took five wickets and Mir three.
Barnsley bowled hosts Sheffield Collegiate out for 123 defending 171.
Oliver Jackson took four for ten off ten overs and Adam Copley claimed three wickets.
Cawthorne fell 100 runs short chasing 298 at Wakefield Thornes.
Archie Greaves took three wickets then Tom Jones made 50.
Third-bottom Cawthorne are 21 points clear of second-bottom Treeton with two games left, with 12 points for a win, so could still be overtaken.
