Devon v Cornwall T 20 (1)
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| Date | Time | Venue | Opposition | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 29 Jun 2025 | 11:00 | A | Dorset Cricket | The Leaze, Wimborne CC |
Cornwall captained by Will MacVicar
Cornwall opened their T20 campaign with two wins against Devon.
The fixtures were switched from Exeter to Blundell's School at Tiverton a week before, as the Great West Run caused logistical travel problems in the city.
NCCA T20 Group 4
Blundell's School - Devon 125-8 (S Elstone 42; EAF Whiteford 2-18, WA MacVicar 2-27, RX Clarke 2-27),
Cornwall 126-5 (14.4) (AJ Blake 51, AW Bone 25; G Addy 3-34). Cornwall (2pts) beat Devon by five wickets.
Blundell's School - Devon 150-8 (B Privett 45, C Harvey 29; MM Tryfonos 3-42, RX Clarke 2-29),
Cornwall 152-2 (19) (AW Bone 60no, WA MacVicar 57no, AJ Blake 31; B Privett 2-47). Cornwall (2pts) beat Devon by eight wickets.
T20 Match 1 11:00 Cornwall won the toss and elected to bowl
T20 Match 2 14:30 Cornwall won the toss and elected to bowl
Match Report courtesy Conrad Sutcliffe Devon website
Paul Smith got the ‘reset’ he wanted with back-to-back wins over Devon in a Twenty20 double-header on the Blundell’s School ground in Tiverton.
After Cornwall finished bottom of their group in the 50-over National Counties Trophy competition earlier this month – a defeat by Devon at Redruth sealed their fate – Smith was less than complimentary about his side’s performances.
Speaking immediately after the 50-over defeat at Redruth, Smith said: “A fresh competition will help us reset and bounce back stronger, which we know we can.”
And the team responded with two crushing wins over Devon to get their Twenty20 campaign away to a flying start. They won game one by five wickets and game two by an eight-wicket margin.
Said Smith: “What a contrast to a fortnight ago at Redruth – we were like a completely different team.
““We improved significantly across all three disciplines and got two important wins on the day, which is always difficult to do.
“We have set ourselves up nicely for a couple of weeks off now and can come back fresh and raring to go against Wiltshire at Werrington.”
Devon were held to a modest 125 for eight in game one with opener Sam Elstone top-scoring on 42.
A feature of Cornwall’s fielding was their athleticism in the field, especially when it came to diving full length for catches.
Cornwall were home and dry early in the 15th over. The result was never in doubt once openers Alex Blake (51 off 22 balls) and Alex Bone (25) put 70 on in the first six overs.
One over from Devon seamer Ben Privett cost 23 runs, which included Blake belting a six then three fours in a row.
George Addy picked-up three Cornwall wickets. Although Sam Read (2-0-8-0) slowed things down, the damage was done by the time he came on.
Cornwall had to work harder second time to improve on Devon’s total of 150 for eight.
Although in-form Elstone went cheaply second time around, there were runs from Walker (20), Privett (40) and Callum Harvey (29).
Cornwall bowlers Will MacVicar and Ben Ellis logged identical figures of one for 23 from four overs to contain Devon’s batters. Left-armer Max Tryfonos (3-42) and Xavie Clarke (2-29) took the wickets.
Harvey and Privett taking 16 off an over from Clarke, was as good as it got for Devon.
Cornwall’s reply got off to a flying start with Blake battering four fours and two sixes on the way to 31 off 13 balls. He was first out with the score on 33. Clarke came and went first ball to Privett, which brought MacVicar in join surviving opener Bone.
MacVicar was unbeaten on 57, and Bone reached 60 out with the four off Privett that won it, when Cornwall clinched victory with an over to spare.
