BRADNINCH & Kentisbeare thumped Sidmouth by a whopping 131 runs to make it two wins out of two at the top of the Tolchards DCL Premier Division table.
The defending Premier champions have started as they hope to go on with back-to-back maximum points wins over Heathcoat and now Sidmouth.
Opener Tim Piper (61) played the anchorman role for B&K towards a 50-over total of 255 for nine. Along the way he shared in stands that took the total of 190 for five.
A stand of 76 for the third wicket with Dan Hardy (38) was topped-up by chip-ins from Jon Triner (21), Adam Kent (30) and Josh Farley (30). Forty-four extras helped.
Sidmouth’s Ethan-John Cunningham, the former South African under-19 batter, showed he could bowl a bit too with match figures of five for 40.
Sidmouth ran into early problems against B&K left-armer Ross Acton (4-27), who nabbed four wickets in a running total of 51 for five. Cunningham (20) was among them. Farley (2-23) turned the screw a little more as 51 for five became 57 for seven.
A rescue act of sorts between Ethan Chiappe (35) and Will Murray (18) saved Sidmouth from being all out for under a hundred.
The end came in a hurry as returning pacer Malusi Siboto (3-34) took two wickets in three balls to hasten Sidmouth’s demise to 124 all out.
Gary Chappell, the B&K captain, said: “It was another good team performance all round with lots of contributions.
“We bowled well up top to kill the game with Ross Acton the stand-out with four big wickets.”
Luke Bess, the Sidmouth captain, conceded the best side won, but saw one or two positives as well.
“There is no shame in losing to what looks like the best side in the league, well played to Bradninch, but there is more work to do on our side of things,” said Bess.
“We dragged them back after a loose start with the ball – we finished ok but not amazingly – and it was good to see Ethan bowl quick and get among the wickets
“Batting wise, we started ok, But as soon as wickets started to fall we were unable to get a partnership together until it was too late.
"Our top three were all dismissed by good bowling. After that, the pressure told.”
