E Division West round-up – week eight: Bees (pictured) unplayable for Cornwood in win over Babbacombe
CORNWOOD snatched Babbacombe’s unbeaten record at the top of the E West table when they defeated them by seven wickets on Delamore Park.
Babbacombe, inaugural winners of the Tolchards team-of-the-month award in May for an unbeaten start to the season, laboured 156 all out in the 43rd of their 45 overs.
Veteran Steve Broad top scored with 35 and next best on 31 was Nathan Snape. A stand of 39 for the fourth wicket between Broad and Jack Alcock (18) was as good as it got for Babbacombe.
Andy Bees was easily the pick of the Cornwood bowlers with figures of three for 10 from nine overs. Babbacombe only made four scoring shots while he was bowling. Jack Lane and Aviral Srivastava claimed two wickets each.
Cornwood lost opener Ewan Horner in the first over, but reached 84 without further mishap before Evie Privett went for 26.
Srivastava went on to make an unbeaten 76, and Josh Whiting was 22 not out at the end, when the winning runs were scored with 10 overs to go.
Babbacombe remain top. Cornwood have moved up to second, where they are 17 points behind the leaders.
PAIGNTON 3rd XI pummelled Stokeinteignhead by exactly 100 runs to shoot out of relegation orbit.
Old warhorses Jason Woodcock (42) and Tim Ward (58) were Paignton’s primary run-getters in their 45-over total of 203 for seven. Ward was out with one ball left.
Former Devon all-rounder Ward, now 57, holds the unique distinction of captaining Paignton at 1st XI, 2nd XI and now 3rdXI level.
Rejees Vasan made 42 of the 100 all out Stoke rustled-up before they were bowled out.
Paignton’s left-arm seamer James Wakeley dismissed Stoke opener Chris Prestt with the third ball he bowled and went on to claim a 3rd XI career-best return of six for 24.
Defeat leaves Stoke winless at the bottom of the E Division West table.
PLYMPTON 2nd XI beat Stoke Gabriel 2nd XI by 76 runs to move up from fourth to third in the E Division West.
The top four came up trumps for Plympton with knocks that took the total beyond 200.
Openers Simon Beare (39) and Eldho Mathew (47) set the tone with a stand of 78, followed by Nannapat Khoncharoenkai (45) and Jack Martin adding 75 for the third wicket.
Martin was the last man out for 66 in the final over as Plympton closed-in on their eventual total of 219 for seven.
Nine-over bowlers Chris Harrison (1-29) and Kyle Lardner (1-28) did an effective job for Stoke of keeping the runs down.
Stoke had some catching-up to do after dipping to 31 for three – Joe Coppopla (2-21) bagging a couple of wickets – and slowly set about it through Dan Bullock (38) and skipper Lardner (51).
It all went pear-shaped following the demise of Sam Cogger, whose departure left Stoke on 125 for six. Their last five wickets tumbled for 18 runs – Lardner (51) among them – on the way to 143 all out with nearly 10 overs to go.
Beare (2-2) and Jack Sellick (2-27) took part in the clearance operation at the end.
WHITCHURCH Wayfarers suffered an eight-wicket pasting by Bridestowe & Belstone 2nd XI in the West Devon derby.
Opener Rich Hall made 24 in a running total of 43 for three before Whitchurch crumbled to 87 all out.
Star of the show for B&B with four for 32 was Callum Mallett. Sree Sunandan had three for 31 and Chris Lavis two for 20.
A 77-run stand between skipper Richard Drake (53no) and opener Alex Fillingham (30) ended the game as a contest.
LEWDOWN moved-on from their nine-wicket pasting by Cornwood 3rd XI with a six-wicket win over E West promotion aspirants Kenn.
Kenn reached 113 for five relatively untroubled with runs in the lap top for Martin Swannell (25), Dan Pooley (31) and skipper James Mason (26). Keith Maynard (4-18) dominated the bowling stats at that point.
Kenn’s lower order collapsed in spectacular fashion as Lewdown sent them spinning to 128 all out. Five wickets fell for 15 runs: Matt Maynard (3-18) and Dan Wonnacott (2-10) heavily involved.
Alfie Mason (2-21) bagged two early wickets for Kenn – and dad James (2-21, corr) did likewise late on. In between, brothers Keith (59no) and Matt Maynard (34) did most of what was required to win the game. Matty Taylor (18no) was in at the end when Lewdown won it.
