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C DIVISION

IVYBRIDGE won the toss against Plymouth and for the first few overs it seemed to be the perfect decision.

   The tracks was playing low and slow, and some accurate swing bowling by Warden and Stuckey saw Plymouth at 5 for 2 with both Joe Barlow and Jimmy Haffenden back in the pavilion without bothering the scorers.

   Both Andy Sewell and Jon Lawrence continued to struggle to find runs against the tight bowling and some very sharp fielding.

   Though loose balls were punished (Lawrence hitting one one bounce into the fence by the main road, and Sewell putting one almost to Princess Yachts), problem was there were few loose balls.

    Plymouth stuck at it though and had recovered to 121-5 by the time Andy fell.

   A typically flamboyant 26 from Venu Kondamudi and a quick fire 26 from Al Stewart took the final score to a quite respectable 194-9 It was obvious that if the track continue to play low then all the Plymouth bowlers needed to do was bowl straight and Ivybridge were going to struggle to get the total.

   Despite getting of to a steady start (85-2) Ivybridge were struggling just the same as Plymouth to find runs.

   Then Al Stewart turned to the spin twins and the game changed.

   Depspite Jimmy Haffenden (7-2-24-1) having no ball problems with his trailing foot he bowled very tightly and Nigel Hughes (8-1-21-3) showed exactly what can happen if you bowl straight. At 109-5 the game had moved Plymouth's way.

   Some impressive tap and run from Greenhouse & Wakeham continued to make things interesting until Venu ended it with a sharp stop and off balance throw which hit the one stump he had to aim at leaving Greenhouse stuck half way down the track.

   From that point it was just a matter of time and the Bridgers moved from 138-6 to 141 all out as Reese Small show how you bowl at tail enders - straight and full - ending with 3 for 24 off 9.1 overs.

   Stoke Gabriel had too much in almost every department for Kingsbridge as they coasted to a 146-run win at the Butts to move out of the C Division basement.

   Chris Samargis (127) and Jeff Baker (71) were the leading scorers in a Stoke total of 264 for five. Adam Banaddio then claimed five for 31 as Kingsbridge were bundled out for 118.

   Kentisbeare went down at Whitchurch , the home side posted a score of 212-7 and then, despite Harry Howe's fine unbeaten 54 Kentisbeare were all out for 187.

   Heathcoat drew with Yelverton as their 152-8, which included a fine half century from Dave Saunders came in reply to the visitors 180-7, Kevin Johnson claiming 3-13.