JUNE 27
HOLDERS Bovey Tracey are on the way out of the Newton Twenty20 following their three-run defeat by Kingskerswell in the latest round of fixtures in Group Two.
Kerswell, who play their league cricket four divisions below Bovey, shocked the holders by beating them in the first round of fixtures.
And they did it again on Wednesday night by successfully defending a total of 127 for five.
Kerswell now have five points from three matches played and Bovey can't catch them even if they beat South Devon in their final match in two weeks time.
South Devon can still collect five points by beating Kerswell and Bovey Tracey and would go through having beaten the side they finished level with. The first meeting between Kerswell and South Devon was rained off.
Kerswell can lose to South Devon next Wednesday night and still reach the final, providing South Devon slip up against Bovey.
West Indian Sergio Fedee and Paul Mitchell were Bovey's undoing last time the sides met, both made half centuries, and the same pair did it again.
Mitchell kept one end going for 21 while Fedee hit an unbeaten 67 that contained five fours and two sixes and came off 42 balls.
Bovey were going well at 102 for four with five overs left – Peter Bradley (36) and Matt Makepeace (43) among the runs – but slowed against Paul Harding (2-18) and Fedee (2-28) as the overs ticked down.
The target was nine to win off the last over, bowled by Fedee, and Bovey lost two wickets only making making six of them – one a run out off a no-ball.
Kingskerswell 127-5 (S Fedee 67no, P Mitchell 21, M Kenyon 13; C Carter 2-14), Bovey Tracey 124-9 (P Bradley 36, M Makepeace 43, B Ayres 11; S Fedee 2-28, P Harding 2-19). Kingskerswell bt Bovey Tracey by 3 runs.