Wimbourne’s excellent new ground proved more difficult to find than had been anticipated, memories of Pershore 2012, but was after four circuits of the town centre and the Minster. Having lost their town centre ground for a superstore they have astutely utilised a green site opportunity nearby. Following the storm the previous night it was damp and overcast as play stated on time. Devon were invited to bat by their hosts. Ben Stein and Macauley Harrison-Hooton put on 43 off fifty-three balls but were both out within three balls leaving Devon 44-2 off seven overs, Ryan Rickard and Sam Wyatt-Haines put on the best of Devon’s day – forty-five off ninety-nine deliveries. Wyatt-Haines was out with Devon eleven short of three figures. At the half-way stage Devon was still five short of a hundred and behind a desired rate. Over the final overs, mainly due to Ryan Rickard’s contribution Devon scored another ninety-one runs losing six more wickets. Rickard was unbeaten on 56 having batted for twelve minutes over two hours facing one hundred and twenty-two balls. He put on thirty-two with Ollie Higgs, nineteen with Declan Lines, fourteen with Reid Mawdsley and nineteen with Hallam Kerton. Devon lost their eighth and ninth wickets in the forty-eighth over with 174 on the smart scoreboard. Connor Ashworth on his Devon batting debut helped Rickard take Devon to 186.

 The home side took one hundred and ninety-three balls to, losing two wickets, to reach their goal. The spinners Ashworth and Jamie Stephens removed the openers taking the two wickets that did fall. Although it had been a difficult forty-eight hours it had enabled the coach to pass on some really useful advise to a young squad.