Devon Cricket Board - Over and out for Plympton after Exmouth loss

Over and out for Plympton after Exmouth loss

PLYMPTON’S finally passed the point of no return when they lost by five wickets at Exmouth.
The Harewood House side have been living with the prospect of relegation since the halfway stage to the season when they were bowled out for 51 by Torquay and lost by 10 wickets.
Plympton were 44 points adrift at the bottom midway through the season and already looking odds-on for the drop.
James Carr’s hasn’t won a game yet – and has three games left to avoid a season without a win. Their best result was a tie with Plymouth last month.
The defeat at Exmouth left Plympton 85 points adrift with only 60 to play for.
It’s back to the A Division after a year away next summer, either with Paignton or Heathcoat, who meet this Saturday in a game neither can afford to lose.
Skipper James Carr doesn’t intend a lengthy post-mortem into where it went wrong for Plympton.
In a season where little has gone right, there were two unavoidable truths.
“We just weren't good enough,” said Carr.
“To have any chance we needed our best players out there every week.
“We ended up using 22 players, so that would be a starting point.”
Plympton were skittled out for 105 at the Maer Ground with Dom Mulberry’s 19 the best of a sorry set of scores.
David Ackford and Josh Mailling were both dismissed on 24, David Wrench, Todd Rossouw and Tom Johnson went nine balls apart all on 54 and when Ross Farrer was bowled by Gary Chappell the score was 59 for six.
Mulberry and Ryan Skinner (14) kept Exmouth out there a little longer than they would have liked, not that it made much difference to the outcome.
Chappell finished with four for 19 and there were two wickets each for David Lye and Trevor Anning.
Exmouth experimented with their batting order to keep the game interesting, giving opener Sandy Allen and former Devon captain Bob Dawson a break from front line duties.
Dan Pyle anchored the chase with a run-a-ball 41 and was last out at 98 with the target down to seven to win.
“ We stuck to the task and got the job done,” said Chappell.
“The game didn't have much of a competitive feel to it with them relegated and us having nothing to play for.
“It would have been nice to have won the toss to give our batters the opportunity to get some big runs under their belts in good batting conditions, but never mind.”

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