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   JUNE 16, 2007

YELVERTON skipper Rob Guy predicted the best is yet to come after his E Division table toppers dished out an eight-wicket beating to Keyham & Buckfastleigh.

   Only Jon Mamczynski (31) and both Will Sykes and Greg Robinson, who each struck 19, made any impression as the K&B innings closed on 104.

   Yelverton's Sanjiv Shrivastiv sent down 13 overs and returned figures of three for 25. Joel Avery also claimed a three-wicket haul, his at a cost of 32 runs in ten overs.

   Geoff Brain also picked up a wicket, his half a dozen over spell saw him finish with 1-7 whilst skipper Guy also took a wicket   with one of the two balls he sent down!

   Shrivastiv (50) and Geoff Brain (15) were the only Yelverton bats to lose their wickets in the reply. The not-out batsmen at the close were Gul Khan and Paul Farnham, the latter with 33 runs to his name.

   It's so far so good for Yelverton, who visit second-placed Exeter Civil Service this Saturday in a game that gives them the chance to widen the two-point gap between them at the top.

   “We still have lots to do to get us where I'd like to think we are capable of reaching in terms of game-on-game performance,” said Guy.

   “At this stage of the season, four league games gone and just a single point unclaimed you could say I am highly satisfied. But there is still a bit more in the tank yet.”

 

EXETER Civil Service preserved their 100 per cent record in the E Division West following a six-wicket win at Kingskerswell.

   Kerswell batted first and laboured their way to 137, although it looked for a while that the hosts would have a far bigger score on the board.

   After 15 overs they were rattling along and just shy of five runs an over until Kris Calderhead and Ritchie Burnett pulled Civil right back into the game.

   Burnett went on to claim two for 22 in a dozen overs whilst Calderhead helped himself to five for 41 in 13 overs. Veteran Ryhann Carryl played his part with two for 12 in nine excellent overs.

   A crucial moment came when Burnett caught and bowled Kerswell's West Indian ace Sergio Fedee for 30. Civil's only other batsman worth mentioning was Paul Mitchell with 38.

   The run chase was relatively relaxed. Just four wickets went down, two of which were claimed by Fedee, and there were still 11 overs to come when the win was confirmed.

   Once again it was a Burnett-Calderhead combination that proved pivotal. Burnett top scored with 53, Calderhead hit 20 and skipper Greg Newcombe chipped in with 24 as Civil clinched their fourth straight win.

   A delighted Newcombe said: “We went into this game a little light in the batting department and so to come out of our toughest test to date with a full house of 20 points is a real plus for us.”

 

ASHBURTON claimed a first win of the season with a nine-wicket win over hapless Shaldon, who slipped to a fourth successive defeat.

   Batting first the Teignsiders were bundled out for just 75 in 36.2 overs with only Ra Mason troubling the scorer.

   Mason, batting at number three, went to the wicket in the first over and was eventually dismissed in the last onee for a painstaking 19.

   Seamer Matt Coon picked five for 19 in 11 overs whilst Ashley Harvey grabbed three for 24. Martin Causley (19) was the only home batsman to lose his wicket - that claimed by Sam Mason and it was left to Kevin Nicholls (26no) and Chris Pascoe (27no) to guide the Ashes side home.

 

DUNSFORD'S problems at the foot of the E Division West continued when they lost by 167 runs to Roborough.

   Former Okehampton captain Nick Godchild (112) and Rob Gaylard (104no) were set to chalk up a double century stand when Dunsford keeper Keith Povey whipped off the bails to effect a smart stumping off Charlie Poustie with the partnership on 199.

   The Povey-Poustie combination also claimed another wicket, Dunsford managed to claim three in all with Poustie the most successful returning figures of 2-10 in three overs

   Then the nine men of Dunsford were bowled out for just 58, 22 of which came from Keiron Joy. Danny North took four for 14 for Roborough.

   Dunsford skipper Colin Green predicted recently he might have trouble raising sides in the light of recent heavy defeats.

   On this latest setback Green said: “We were determined to fulfil the fixture and went with the nine. When you do that you know you are on a hiding to nothing, but we gave it our best shot.”