Devon bt Dorset by nine wicketsĭevon 181 (H Southgate 36, H Mount 31, S Suresh 21) Gloucester 182-8 (G Tapley 3-19, R Cross 2-23, H Mount 2-16). Cross ( led the averages from Tapley and Southgate (10.33).ĭorset 157 (F Hill 3-28, H Williams 2-7) Devon 158-1 (F Hill 71no, H Mount 53no). Tapley – seven wickets at 10.29 each – headed the bowling aggregates. Southgate – 153 runs, average 38.25 – topped the batting averages. There was a little wobble in the run chase but Southgate (17no) was there at the end as Devon won in the 25th over with five wickets down. Cross (3-10) and Suresh (2-0) were the main wicket takers as Devon's performance with the ball and in the field was a huge improvement on previous games. But Somerset passed the tally with the loss of just five wickets.ĭevon finished the 'mini' campaign with victory over Cornwall at Hayle CC.Ĭornwall opted to bat first on a wet and drying wicket and probably wished they hadn't as they were skittled out for just 76. Hill (40no) and Shaldon’s Morgan Couch (20) helped Devon to 136-4 batting first in the second game. Southgate led the run chase with 49 but Devon eventually finished just four runs short. Tapley (2-13) was Devon's most successful bowler as Somerset finished on 124-4 after their 20 overs. The first encounter turned out to be a close-run affair. Devon battled to the end but the visitors ran out winners in the 38th over with eight wickets down.ĭevon played two T20 games against Somerset in Taunton and were defeated in both. Ipplepen opening bowler George Tapley (3-19) had Gloucestershire on the back foot early on and there were also wickets for Rohan Cross (2-23) and Mount (2-16). Skipper Harry Southgate of SP&T (36) top scored in Devon's total of 181, with Mount (31) and Plympton’s Sureya Suresh (21) also contributing. Wayward bowling and lack-lustre fielding didn't help the cause as Devon went down by two wickets in their next game against Gloucester at Ipplepen CC. After opener Julyan Hayter (Bideford) was forced to retire through injury, Hill and Chagford’s Harry Mount (53no) put on 138 for the second wicket, steering Devon to victory in the 21st over. Hill grabbed what would have been the man-of-the-match award with an undefeated 71 in the Devon run chase. DEVON under-14s finally got some games in after a frustrating summer that saw the annual ESCA festival in Taunton and all ECB Championship games cancelled due to the pandemic.ĭevon started a four-game 'campaign' with a convincing nine-wicket win over Dorset at Seaton CC.Įxeter pair Fin Hill (3-28) and Harry Williams (2-7) did most of the damage with the ball as Dorset were all out for 157.
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