Channel Islands having won the toss elected to bat and soon found life difficult against Devon’s opening bowlers Jenkins and Pyle.  After 15 overs Channel Islands were 32 for 1.  The Devon bowlers continued to bowl tightly and wickets tumbled steadily with Lott bowling 9 overs 3 wickets for 36 runs.

At 126 for 7 the Channel Islands looked to be well short of a decent total.  However, a combination of good batting from Anthony and some wayward bowling in the last 15 overs the Channel Islands recovered to a score of 189 for 8.

However, on a very good batting wicket and a large outfield this should not have posed a great threat to the Devon batsmen.  At 67 for 2 Devon appeared to be cruising but most of the batsmen got in and then got themselves out. With more depth in batting for this game the score gradually increased.  With 5 overs remaining and 25 runs required a win should have been a formality.  Unfortunately poor batting at the end meant that Devon finished 6 runs short of a much needed win with 2 wickets in hand.

This means that Devon now have very little chance of qualifying for the final stages of the competition with only one game left against Cornwall.

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