Cornwall v Dorset T20 (2)
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Debut: BT Evans (aged 18 years)
Sunday 14 June
NCCA Dojo T20 Group 4
St Austell – Match (1) Cornwall 201-4 (PJ Moon 103no, NS Curnow 41, CF Gibson 22; A Appleby Ingram 2-35, C Smith 2-36), Dorset 145-8 (J Eckland 33; LJ Curnow 3-35, RJ Tonkin 2-19, BA Ellis 2-35). Cornwall (2) beat Dorset by 56 runs.
St Austell – Match (2) Dorset 123 (C Smith 42, W Tripconey 37; BT Evans 4-14, BA Ellis 3-21, LJ Curnow 2-35). Cornwall 124-3 (15) (PJ Moon 52, BA Ellis 29no, CF Gibson 27; C Smith 2-28), Cornwall (2) beat Dorset by seven wickets
Cornwall gave their NCCA T20 campaign a boost with two wins over Dorset at St Austell.
With professionals Will MacVicar and Alex Blake unavailable, Cornwall relied on a homegrown squad, and it produced the goods.
They hit 201-4 in the first game with St Just’s Neil Curnow making 41. He last played for the county a decade ago and came in as a late replacement for injured Alex Bone. Werrington’s John Moon hit Cornwall’s highest T20 score of 103 not out in the 56-run win.
In the second game, Moon was at it again with 52 as the target of 123 was reached for the loss of three wickets in 15 overs. 18-year-old Helston, and former Perranporth slow left armer, Bryn Evans took 4-14 on debut from his four overs.
NCCA Report - Paul Bolton
There was a county record score for Cornwall’s John Moon in the first match of the day against Dorset at St Austell.
The Werrington batter pummelled 103 not out from just 39 balls – an innings that included ten sixes and six fours – which took Cornwall to 201 for four. Moon’s century was Cornwall’s second in the competition and surpassed the 101 that Alex Blake made against Dorset at Wimborne last year.
Moon’s innings overshadowed the very rare instance of a father and son playing together in county cricket with the St Just pair of Neil and Logan Curnow making important contributions to Cornwall’s 56 runs victory.
Neil, 44, made 41 in his first county appearance in eight years with 17-year-old Logan taking three for 35 to restrict Dorset to 145 for eight.
Moon followed up by making 52 in the second match of the day to help Cornwall to a seven-wicket win, which was secured with five overs to spare.
Slow left-armer Bryn Evans took four for 14 on his Cornwall debut and seamer Ben Ellis three for 21 to dismiss Dorset for 123 with nine balls of their allocation unused.
With Moon in such a dominant mood, it was never going to be enough to challenge Cornwall, who moved into second place in the group ahead of Wiltshire on superior run rate
Other weekend Group 4 Result NCCA Round Up
Blundell’s School. Match One: Herefordshire 123-9 (Harry Passenger 4-23), Devon 127-5 (Ben Privett 53). Devon won by five wickets.
Match Two: Herefordshire 151-6 (George Rhodes 46, Charlie Bennett 46), Devon 152-6 (Harry Passenger 42). Devon won by four wickets.
Table Group 4
Next:
Sunday 21 June Herefordshire v Cornwall at Eastnor
Dorset v Wiltshire at Wimborne
