Following three wet April weekends that ruined club pre-season plans, the weather finally relented on Sunday to allow the 2025 Cornish Cricket season to get underway with a mix of representative and cup games. Cornwall got their NCCA Trophy campaign underway with a dramatic win against Oxfordshire at St Just. After losing Karl Leathley and Lewis Goldsworthy in the second over, wickets continued to fall, and at one stage the hosts were 68-8. However, Scott Kellow, returning to the side after three years, made 37 off 25 balls with two sixes to get the total to 113. At 73-2 the visitors looked well on course but dramatically lost their last eight wickets for 21 runs. Kellow took 4-14, including the first hat-trick for Cornwall in the 42 years of the competition. Goldsworthy supported with 3-13 from ten overs. The 94 all out was the lowest scored by a Cornwall opponent in the 50-over competition history.

Elsewhere, it was not a good day for Cornish Clubs in the Rothesay National Club  Championship. A weakened Helston were bowled out for 81 at Bridgwater and lost by nine wickets. Truro went down to a one-run defeat at Cornwood in a thriller. Murray Wyatt hit 19 off the last over, including successive sixes, to pull up just short. Perranporth’s first venture at this level ended in a seven-wicket home defeat to Paignton. In the Voneus Village Cup promoted Grampound Road, with competition rules forcing them to play their second eleven this year, won by seven wickets at Constantine but Stithians bowed out at home to Bridestowe & Belmont. Cornwall Women travelled to Peterborough and shared the honours with Cricket East in two T20 games.

Sunday 27 April Results

NCCA Trophy Group 3

St Just – Cornwall 113 (SP Kellow 37; H Welch 3-31, T Davis 3-37), Oxfordshire 94 (L Maslen 21, A Ramkumar 21; SP Kellow 4-16 (inc hattrick), LP Goldsworthy 3-13). Cornwall (2) beat Oxfordshire by 19 runs.   Match Report

Instow – Buckinghamshire 134 lost to Devon 138-4 by six wickets.

ECB Women’s Vitality Blast Women’s T20 League 3 – Division 2      Homepage

Orton Park, Peterborough - Cricket East 110-9 (F Teekasingh 26, H Reeder 26; K Rose 4-9), Cornwall 109-9 (E Edgcombe 50, J Roberts 17). Cricket East (4) beat Cornwall by one run.

Orton Park, Peterborough - Cricket East 107-6 (F Teekasingh 35), Cornwall 108-3 (S Kang-Mullen 34, E Privett 34). Cornwall (5) beat Cricket East by seven wickets.

Rothesay National  Club Championship Preliminary Round   Homepage

Bridgwater - Helston  81 (R Tonkin 22; C Harding 4-28) lost to Bridgwater 82-1 (K Roberts 32no, C Harding 32no) by nine wickets.

Cornwood -  Cornwood 194-8 (S Joshi 74, B Beaumont 38; F Bose 4-54) beat Truro 193-9 (A Price 56, M Wyatt 42no, C Kent 31) by one run.

Perranporth – Perranporth 181-7 (B Evans 79) lost to Paignton184-3 (L Medlock 59, A Gqamana 47, A Frakins 32) by seven wickets.

Voneus Village Cup  Group 29 First Round   Homepage

Constantine - Constantine 71 (P Glenn 23; M Roberts 3-6, R Pearce 3-7) lost to Grampound Road 72-1 (C Willett 29no, P Emery 25) by nine wickets.

St Erme – Abbotskerswell conceded.

Stithians – Bridestowe & Belstone 175 (T Burns 55, J Hatton 46; R Mitchell 3-20) beat Stithians 139 (C Martin 49, M Ellis 33; C Penberthy 3-35) by 36 runs.

Yelverton Bohemians - Mount Ambrose conceded.

Isaac Foot Cup First Round at Callington CC   Homepage

Callington III 107 (R Taplin 30no) lost to Liskeard (+20) 93-6 (19.5) (B Powell 37no) by four wickets.

Yelverton Bohemians 95 (R Grove 43; R Hodge 4-18, S Whatley 3-14, A Mortimore 3-23) lost to Callington II 99-5 (N Parker 48, B Allsop 33) by five wickets.

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