Devon v Cornwall Championship (3)
NCCA Cluberly Championship Western Division 1 Table Berks v Hereford Live
Sunday 10 August Devon v Cornwall at Cornwood CC
Debut TM Orpe (Grampound Road),
Devon: James Horler*, Elliot Hamilton, Matt Thompson†, Lawrence Walker, Luke Medlock, Callum Harvey, Sam Read, Matthew Skeemer, Jamie Stephens, George Greenway, Craig Penberthy
Cornwall: Will MacVicar*, Alex Blake, Tom Orpe, Alex Bone†, Xavie Clarke, Karl Leathley, Max Tryfonos, Alfie MacDonald, Jake Rowe, Ben Ellis, Ellis Whiteford
- Umpires: Rhys Callicott & Steve Lavis
- Scorers: Rachel Tozer & Dave Eggins
Cornwall won the toss and elected to bat in warm sunshine, 21degrees
Lunch 13:15 Cornwall 123/4 (33) Alex Blake 16 (18), Will MacVicar 1 (4)
Tea (16:14 to 16:34): Cornwall 213/7 in 73.0 overs, Will MacVicar 46 (114), Jake Rowe 28 (94)
Cornwall 286ao in 89.5 overs,
End of Day (18:49): Devon 28/2 in 17.0 overs, Elliot Hamilton 9 (48), Lawrence Walker 19 (42
Report courtesy Conrad Sutcliffe
FOUR wickets each for Sam Read and Jamie Stephens appeared to put Devon on top against Cornwall at Cornwood, but there was a twist in the tail before the end of day one.
Cornwall were all out for 286 in the last of the 90 overs set aside for first-innings batting – and had done well to get that far.
Devon found themselves none for two four overs into their reply and took the safety-first route to 28 for two at the close. The men out were skipper James Horler to a catch at extra-cover and former captain Matt Thompson to a soft caught-and-bowled.
The teams had broken for lunch with Cornwall 123 for four from 33 overs – a running total that soon deteriorated.
Opener Karl Leatherley was not long out for 38 at lunch – the first of Sam Read’s (4-82) wickets – and assistance from Tom Orpe (43), Xavie Clarke (19) and not-outer Alex Blake had helped the score along
Cornwall were on the back foot at 140 for seven before an hour had passed after lunch with Blake and Alex Bone both out on 138 to Stephens (4-46), followed by Max Tryfonos two runs later to the same bowler.
Bone, who survived a fumbled stumping chance one ball earlier, was caught in the slips taking an ambitious swing at Stephens. Having scored 48 and 160 not out in the corresponding fixture last year, Devon’s fielders had plenty to whoop about as Blake trudged off.
A gritty partnership of 73 between Will MacVicar and Jake Rowe took Cornwall through to tea at 213 for seven. There were 17 overs left to close in on the maximum bonus points available for reaching 325.
Read broke the stand by trapping MacVicar lbw for 46 with the first ball down after tea. The Cornwall fightback continued with Rowe, another thorn in Devon’s side in games gone by, jogging along to 46 from 123 deliveries before Read induced him into playing on.
Cornwall’s last pair of Ellis Whiteford (34no) and Ben Ellis had another 30-odd runs in the final five overs.
All ten Cornwall wickets fell to Devon spin bowlers with left-armer Callum Harvey (2-74) augmenting the work done by Read and Stephens. Seamers Matt Skeemer and Craig Penberthy were wicketless.
Seamer Ellis (2-12) took both Devon wickets to fall at the opposite end from MacVicar. No signs of a spinner in the 17 overs bowled before close of play.
- Rain (12:36 to 12:54): Devon CCC NCCA Championship XI - 111/5 in 40.3 overs, Elliot Hamilton 49 (104), Sam Read 10 (21)
- Lunch (12:54 to 13:31): Devon CCC NCCA Championship XI - 111/5 in 40.3 overs, Elliot Hamilton 49 (104), Sam Read 10 (21)
- Ground Delay (13:31 to 13:49): Devon CCC NCCA Championship XI - 111/5 in 40.3 overs, Elliot Hamilton 49 (104), Sam Read 10 (21)
- Rain (15:15 to 16:02): Devon CCC NCCA Championship XI - 216/6 in 64.2 overs, Sam Read 89 (75), Matthew Skeemer 20 (84)
- Rain (16:27 to 16:28): Devon CCC NCCA Championship XI - 231/6 in 72.0 overs, Sam Read 98 (84), Matthew Skeemer 26 (121)
- Tea (16:28 to 16:49): Devon CCC NCCA Championship XI - 231/6 in 72.0 overs, Sam Read 98 (84), Matthew Skeemer 26 (121)
- Ground Delay (16:49 to 17:03): Devon CCC NCCA Championship XI - 231/6 in 72.0 overs, Sam Read 98 (84), Matthew Skeemer 26 (121)
- Rain (17:03)to 17:47): Devon CCC NCCA Championship XI - 231/6 in 72.0 overs, Sam Read 98 (84), Matthew Skeemer 26 (121)
- Devon 301ao in 86.2 overs - Lead of 15.
- End of Day (19:17): Cornwall CCC NCCA Championship XI - 18/2 in 4.1 overs, Tom Orpe 12 (12)
13:10 Lunch Cornwall 91ao (38.2) Alex Blake 21
Target 77
15:15 Devon 80/4 (22.5) Ellis Whiteford 3-23
Devon (23) beat Cornwall (7) by six wickets
All photos copyright Conrad Sutcliffe
This is the ball Ben Ellis bowled to Devon captain James Horler that led to him being caught at extra cover by Tom Orpe
Cornwall's Alex Blake caught in the act of edging Devon spinner Jamie Stephens to Sam Read in the slip cordon
Will MacVicar bowling for Cornwall against Devon
Cornwall batsman Jake Rowe batting against Devon
Cornwall's Will MacVicar hits the Devon bowling through the covers
