IPPLEPEN 2nd XI dropped to third from bottom in the D Division West in the wake of a six-wicket reversal against Torquay & Kingskerswell.

The Pens were bowled out for 146, which the Seasiders polished off with more than 19 overs to spare.

Steve Bowden (25) and Sam Hennessey (32) repaired early damage done by T&K’s Beau Rider (2-20) with a stand of 66.

Matt Beasant (17) and Marcus Green (25) – both former Torquay players – were next best in the batting order.

Wickets fell regularly to Bobby Western (3-22) before Toby Delahunty (2-25) mopped-up at the end.

Torquay & Kingskerswell suffered a nightmare start that left them reeling at 15 for three. Jack Edworthy (2-14) did most of the damage.

Delahunty (65no) dug in for the duration and with assistance from Fiaz Ebrahim (45) and Mike Pugh (20no) won the match.

ALFIE Lewis-Frost and Matt Dardis made carbon-copy scores of 73 each for Ivybridge 2nd XI in their 146-run win over their Plymstock counterparts.

Dardis and Lewis-Frost rescued the bridge from a wobbly 34 for four with a stand of 135 for the fifth wicket. Owen Howard chipped in 28 towards an all-out total of 250.

Jason Williams (3-33) had three of the top five in his stats. Scott Mansfield (4-54) trawled through the bottom half.

Three wickets each for Adrian Pullin (3-38) and Farzad Safi (3-19) ripped holes in the Plymstock batting.

No batter got further than 15 for Plymstock, who were bowled out for 104.

TAVISTOCK 2nd XI have now lost three on the trot in the D Division West after going down by nine wickets away to leaders Chagford.

Not for the first time this season Tavistock were skittled for less than a hundred as their batting caved in.

Marc Lewis (23), Dave Manning (18) and Will Chappell (16) had the only double-figures on a card that looked like binary programming in places. Ted Gossett (3-14) largely finished what Ollie Thomas (2-20) and Lucas Pedrochi (2-18) started.

Pedrochi (27) was Chagford’s lone casualty on the chase. Richard Hopwood (42no) and James Sharman (20no) were there at the end.

Defeat leaves Tavistock two places and four points clear of the bottom two.

AL Stewart and Saqib Hasan took three wickets each as Plymouth Civil Service & Roborough bowled their way to a 65-run win over D West strugglers Abbotskerswell 2nd XI.

Civil’s total of 200 all out never looked in any danger once Stewart (3-21) and Malik Wasim (2-24) got into the top order.

Erik Gregersen (45) delayed the inevitable before Hasan prised him out. Hasan finished with three for 27 as Abbots laboured to 135 for nine un 45 overs.

Wasim was Civil’s top scorer with 92. There were runs either side of him for opener Sid Koka (30) and Nuruz Zamal (28).

Winless Abbots shared the wickets around with three for Cameron Gold (3-46) and two each for Jamie Lee, Alex Troake and Chris Brown.