Cornwall v Herefordshire Championship 22-24 August 2021 at St Austell CC

In a late change Alex Bone replaced Craig Johnson who was injured at Bridgnorth.

Seventeen year old Joe Phillips makes his debut.

 Scorecard

Cornwall batted out the final day of their NCCA Championship season to earn a draw against the division winners Herefordshire, at St Austell. On day one Herefordshire added 77 for their last three wickets to end on 235. Scott Harvey took four catches and a stumping. Cornwall were dismissed for 149 to trail by 86 runs. Herefordshire declared 35 minutes into the third morning on 220-7, though it did take them 83 overs with Ellis Whiteford taking 5-58 from 29 overs.

It left Cornwall 307 to win from a minimum of 90 overs. Harvey (56no) and James Turpin (41no) shared a fifth-wicket stand to see hands shaken at 6pm, halfway through the final hour.

Western Division 2 Final Standings: Herefordshire 77pts, Shropshire 55, Cornwall 44, Wales NC 36 and Devon 25.

Wiltshire has been relegated from Division 1 to replace Herefordshire.

The Division 1 four-day final at Tring Park will be between Oxfordshire and Suffolk, who dramatically clinched the Eastern title with an 89 run last-wicket stand.

St Austell – Herefordshire 235 (MG Pardoe 85, Z Ul Hassan 50, JW Rudge 42no; EAF Whiteford 3-65, BJ Twohig 3-101)

& 220-7dec (BJ Chapman-Lilley 66, NA Hammond 41,  JS Johal 35, Z Ul Hassan 34; EAF Whiteford 5-58),

Cornwall 149 (ML Robins 41; BEI Morgan 4-32, JW Rudge 3-41)

& 191-4 (SA Harvey 56no, JR Turpin 41no). Target 307.

Herefordshire (10) drew with Cornwall (8).

Day 1

Herefordshire won the toss and elected to bat but lost a wicket to Tommy Sturgess third ball of the innings.

Lunch : Herefordshire 96-3 (40) Pardoe 44*, Hassan 41* from 22-3.

Tea: Herefordshire 194-8 (79) Pardoe 85, Hassan 50, Ellis 17-12-17-2, Twohig 23-2-87-2, Whiteford 17-3-44-2

Close Herefordshire 235 Rudge 41* Whiteford 22.2-3-64-3, Twohig 28-4-104-3

Last three wickets add 77. Wicket-keeper Scott Harvey takes 4 catches and a stumping.

Cornwall 49-3 (23) Harvey 15*, Robins 15* after being 16-3.

Day 2

Lunch: Cornwall 149 AO (58.3) Robins 41, Harvey 24, Sturgess 21; Morgan 4-32, Rudge 3-41

Herefordshire lead by 86 runs.

Tea: Herefordshire 91-1 (37) Chapman-Lilly 42no, Hammond 10no

Close: Herefordshire 163-5 (74) Chapman-Lilly 66, Hammond 41, Hassan 10no; Whiteford 24-7-34-4, Robins 12-3-13-1.

Herefordshire lead by 249 runs

Day 3

11:34 Herefordshire 220-7 dec (83) Hassan 34, Morgan 23no; Whiteford 29-7-58-5, Twohig 27-3-94-1

Cornwall set 307 to win

Lunch: Cornwall 31-1 (26) Westbury 16no, Phillips 13no

Tea: Cornwall 115-4 (65) Westbury 25, Harvey 24no, Turpin 5no; Morgan 10-6-12-2

Start of Last Hour (17:32) Cornwall 161-4 (80.0 overs) Scott Harvey 46no (127), James Turpin 29no (47) minimum 17 overs remaining

18:00 Close: Cornwall 191-4 (89) Harvey 56no, Turpin 41no

Match Drawn Herefordshire (10), Cornwall (8)

Final Table

Match Preview

Cornwall

O E Westbury                   

J P Phillips                                           

S A Harvey (Capt) (wk)                                

M L Robins

J R Turpin

T G Sturgess

B J Twohig

K J Snell                                                                                 

B A Ellis

E A F Whiteford                                                                 

A W Bone                                    

12  J M Brierley                                                                       

Cornwall: Scott Harvey (Capt) (wk) (Truro), Oliver Westbury (Himley), Joe Phillips (Truro), Matt Robins (Wadebridge), James Turpin (Wadebridge), Tommy Sturgess (Swarkestone), Ben Twohig (Bishop Stortford), Kelvin Snell (Wadebridge),  Ellis Whiteford (Redruth), Ben Ellis (St Just), Alex Bone (St Austell). 12th Man Joel Brierley (Truro).

Herefordshire

B J Chapman-Lilley

J S Johal

N A Hammond

M G Pardoe (c)

Zain Ul Hassan

C I Smith

Awais Mohammed

B E I Morgan

J W Rudge

I T Bullock  (wk)

A K Russell

12th man: Stuart Turpin

Umpires: Paul Sparshott & Sam Hollingshead.

Scorers: Dave Eggins & Morgan Barrell

Cornwall make three changes from the side that lost to Shropshire at Bridgnorth by six wickets to end any title hopes. Seventeen year old Truro batsman Joe Phillips is called up for his first championship game.

Also included is James Turpin who was unavailable for the last game and Ben Twohig, who played at Wales, is recalled.

They replace Paul Smith who fractured a thumb fielding in Shropshire’s first innings, the unavailable Chris Gibson and Charlie Kent.

Herefordshire secured the Western Division 2 title when they made it three wins in a row with a 70 run success over Wales National Counties at Eastnor on Tuesday.

It’s the first time since June 2003 that Cornwall have played Championship games on successive weekends.

Ben C Lilley

Jujhar Johal

Nick Hammond

Matt Pardoe (c)

Zain Ul Hassan

Conor Smith

Awais Mohammed

Barney Morgan

James Rudge

Ian Bullock (wk)

Alex Russell

12th man: Stuart Turpin

PLAYING RECORD AGAINST HEREFORDSHIRE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP

                                               Years                  Mtchs         Pld      Won    Tied        Lost     Drawn  Aband

Herefordshire                   (1992-2020)            22               21           6            0         9              6            1

Herefordshire have made 10 visits to Cornwall since 1993 but have never played at St Austell. The 2008 clash was switched to Truro for a one day game on the third day. They have played at Truro on six occasions, Camborne (2), Falmouth (1), Penzance (1).

Last six Meetings – Herefordshire Won 4, Cornwall Won 1 (2015) and a draw in 2012

St Austell have hosted 38 Championship matches since 1982.

Cornwall have Won 8, Drawn 16, Lost 11,  2 switched to Truro after No play on days 1 & 2 and the 2020 Covid Abandoned game .