The only thing they lost all afternoon was the toss. Thoresby made the mistake of inserting them and then saw a massive 294-4 total posted by a rampant Academy side.
It didn't start too badly for them as Adil Hussain had Sam Wood caught behind with only 22 on the board. Then Sam Kelsall was caught in similar fashion by Ben Marson for 31 off Masood Usman.
Ben McGuire followed cheaply but a massive stand of 170 between Jason Mohammad and Adam Shepherd changed the game.
Mohammad hit 17 fours and two sixes in a gem of an innings that yielded 142 excellent runs. When he became Marson's third catch, Shepherd took the starring role and blasted the ball to all points of the ground.
Shepherd was stranded on an unbeaten 81 as the overs drew to a close.
After a good start, Thoresby collapsed dramatically. Only Mansoor Khan (34*) propped up the innings to any degree and never looked in much trouble throughout his innings.
Shepherd completed a fine all-round game, taking 3-38 while McGuire weighed in with 4-34 as Thoresby were bowled out for 169.
Had Notts not bowled out Thoresby they would have most likely been penalised between eight and ten points because they were heading for half an hour over the allotted time.
Kiveton Park kept up second place with a winning draw over struggling Bridon, who played their best cricket for several weeks.
Kiveton scored a substantial 227-8, with Chris Hadley making an impressive 79.
Great support came from Matty Cartwright (54) and Ian Hampshire (40). Matthew Makings (4-68) and Wayne Spooner (3-51) bowled well for Bridon.
Bridon made a pretty good fist of things scoring 192-9. Rob McLeod hit a sparkling 77 but an inspired spell by Lee Brooks (4-29) was the difference between the two sides as Kiveton came away with 18 points.
Caythorpe 2nd looked in command for much of their match with Killamarsh before the latter eased to victory by four wickets. Caythorpe reached a reasonable total of 202-7 with James Oldham (41), Richard Beaumont (38) and the talented Richard Coleman (49) all batting well.
Richard Malcolm was the pick of the Killamarsh attack taking 3-39.
Killamarsh lost some early wickets but sterling work by Mark Bull (35) and Matt Davis (43) was complemented by a great captain's knock from Adam Whiteley, who made an excellent 66 not out to steer his side to 204-6 and victory.
Andrew Staszkiewicz bowled superbly to take 4-63.
Without question, the team of the month must be Anston who, inspired by Sri-Lankan import Amila Perera, have taken 75 points out of a possible 80.
Batting first at Goosedale against Notts. & Arnold Amateur, Anston reached a rather disappointing 187-8 with Perera making 53, Andrew Ruczenczyn (36) and Neil Carter (32*). Richard Pallister (3-30) was the pick of the home attack.
With Ian Flood moving Notts. & Arnold away to their usual flamboyant start the result looked in little doubt until the entrance of Perera. The moment Flood was dismissed for a belligerent 44, the Notts. & Arnold batting fell apart and they were bowled out for 122. Perera claimed 5-11 and Neil Carter 3-33.
Glapwell returned to form by thrashing Retford by 77 runs at Park Avenue.
On a dampish wicket, Glapwell were indebted to Danny Bircumshaw who applied himself perfectly and made a match-winning innings of 92 not out in a total of 196-9. Stuart Adams was the pick of the Retford bowlers taking 3-26 with his medium pacers.
Retford's fragile battling was shown up again and they were bowled out for 119.
Only Australian Rob Condy made 50 valuable runs, while Jeff Wharton produced his best bowling stint of the season taking 5-28.
Edwinstowe's fluctuating form took another dip as they suffered a four-wicket defeat at the hands of Marshalls.
Edwinstowe had a good start with Tom Ward (81) and Australian Joe Burns (71) both batting brilliantly but a shocking collapse left them at 201-8 when the overs ran out.
Marshalls made it over the winning line with two overs to spare on 202-6 through skipper Paul Van den Heuval (58) and Joe Allan (46).
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