Glasgow (pictured) stars with bat and ball as B&B rediscover winning touch | 'Shaq has been threatening a match-winning performance since the start of the season' – B&B skipper Tallan Burns

BRIDESTOWE & Belstone won for the first time since the opening day of the season when the defeated Cullompton by 34 runs in a high-scoring encounter at Landspeed Meadow.

Openers Tallan Burns (66) and James Ewen (40) provided a 15-run start, then Shaquan Glasgow and Leon Horn tucked into the Cullompton bowling.

A stand of 162 for the third wicket between Horn (92) and Glasgow hoisted the B&B tally to 292 for four.

Another 68 runs were added for the fifth wicket during a partnership with Brandon Horn. Glasgow reached his century in the final over by dispatching Dinesh Raheja for six. He was out off the last ball for 104, which came off 73 balls and contained nine fours and four sixes.

Raheja (2-55) and Dan Reynaldo (2-76) were the only Cully bowlers with more than one wicket in the book.

Raheja gave B&B’s bowlers a taste of the same medicine his colleagues had swallowed by battering 136 at the top of the Cully batting order. He hit 16 fours and two sixes – the second off Burns to reach three figures.

An opening stand of 129 between Raheja and Dan King (59) said game on – and it was until Cully slowed to 148 for five in the 3th over with Jason Parr just out to man-of-the-match Glasgow.

A rapid 56 off 40 balls from Akshay Bharadwaj during a stand of 142 with Raheja made things interesting as while they stayed together 98 to win in the last 10 overs was feasible.

When Glasgow (5-44) picked-off Bharadwaj then Reynaldo in short order, the momentum switched B&Bs way. Raheja’s demise with three overs to go confirmed the inevitable.

Tail-ender Sukhdeep Singh walloped three sixes in a rush while making 25 not out in Cully’s final tally of 327 for nine.

Skipper Burns said I was a ‘fantastic effort’ after back-to-back defeats.

“Having failed to fire with the bat over the last couple weeks, it was a great response to post a competitive score, which included two 100-plus partnerships,” said Burns

“James continued his good form at the top, creating a solid base for Shaq and the Horn boys to take full advantage of.

“We bowled with good control to keep Cully below the required rate. Shaq showed the way with the ball, adding his first ‘five-fer’ to his maiden Devon League hundred.

“Really pleased with a deserved win for the lads especially Shaq, who has been threatening a match-winning performance since the start of the season.”

King, the team’s post-match summariser, said there were a couple of areas that need polishing up in response to a ‘disappointing’ result.

“We struggled to find a rhythm with the ball early on, but our spinners bowled well to pull Bridestowe back in the middle overs,” said King.

“We probably gave Bridestowe & Belstone 20-30 extra runs in the field, and that was the difference. 

“A great knock from Raheja held or innings together, with a supporting lower-middle-order cameo from Akshay Bharadwaj.

“Looking forward to the opportunity to improve against Torquay & Kingskeswell in the next round.”