COUNTIES CRICKET Unbeaten Cornwall win at the double
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- Last Updated on Monday, 16 June 2025 07:44
- Published on Monday, 16 June 2025 06:42
In Group Four, Cornwall beat Wiltshire by five wickets then eight wickets at Werrington while Suffolk soared to the Group Two summit after back to back wins over Lincolnshire.
Cornwall took control of Group Four despite a half century in each match from Wiltshire opener Tom Cheater. Solid batting down the order, led by 41 from captain Paul Smith, saw Cornwall home in the opener with eight balls to spare.
Cheater’s 58 took Wiltshire to 171 for nine in the second match but spinner Max Tryfonos checked their progress with a competition-best five for 30. Former Kent batter Alex Blake laid the foundations for Cornwall’s chase with 59 before Xavie Clarke (73 not out) and Will MacVicar saw them safely home in an unbroken third wicket stand of 67.
Honours were shared in only one of the day’s eight double-headers and that was at Sandford where Dorset won the opener by 77 runs before hosts Devon gained revenge with a six runs success later in the day.
Will Tripcony, with a competition-best 70, and Finn Gordon (59) opened with a Dorset first wicket record partnership of 133 which was the centrepiece of their total of 195 for eight.
Devon were skittled for 118 with leg-spinner Ethan Baker taking four for 17 and only Seb Linnitt and Sam Read reaching 30.
It was a different story in the second match with Devon batting first and reaching 188 for eight through the efforts of Seb Linnitt (43) and captain Lawrence Walker (33).
Gordon followed up with his second fifty of the day and Dylan Church did his best to deny Devon before falling to the last ball of the match trying to hit Callum Harvey for a second successive six which would have tied the scores.
Berkshire captain Dan Lincoln made the first century of the season in the competition to help his side complete a double against Wales NC at Wargrave in Group Three.
Lincoln plundered 106 from just 58 balls in the opener to help Berkshire pile up 221 for five, the highest total of the day, which proved 56 too many for Wales.
It was the second T20 century of Lincoln’s career and surpassed the 101 he made against Buckinghamshire, also at Wargrave, in 2022.
Wales were reined in by Eddie Campion and Ben Salter, who each finished with three for 27, with Cian Davies leading the resistance with 44 not out after skipper Rhodri Lewis had made 30 in his first match against his old county
It was Lewis’s younger brother, Rhys, who took the honours in the second match of the day with unbeaten half century which helped Berkshire to an eight wickets win with more than eight overs unused after Wales had been dismissed for 103. Rhys Lewis took two for one in the only over he bowled.
Buckinghamshire also banked a double in Group Three by beating Oxfordshire by 14 runs then two wickets in the first county match played at Didcot.
Captain Alexei Kervezee, the former Worcestershire and Netherlands batter, led by example with a competition-best 92 in the opener and a match-winning 68 not out in the second game.
Kervezee’s 92 came from just 40 balls and contained eight sixes He also shared a competition record third wicket partnership of 164 with Ryan Friend who made 69 from 46 balls.
Oxfordshire made a decent first of chasing a target of 220 thanks to 86 from Hayden Rossouw and 56 not out from Dylan Driscoll but they came up short.
In the second match debutant Ayush Patel top-scored with 41 to help Oxfordshire to 165 for eight but Buckinghamshire sneaked home with two balls to spare thanks composure under pressure.
Staffordshire, the reigning champions after last season’s rain-blighted competition failed to produce a winner, and Cumbria also completed doubles in Group One.
Norfolk completed a Group Two double over Hertfordshire at Sprowston despite the efforts of former Derbyshire batter Archie Harrison who made 53 and 48 for the visitors.
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