- South Dartmoor back to winning ways in cups
- Tom Allin tournament raised more than £5,000 for air ambulance
- Taverners kit bag delivered to Sri Lankan youngsters
- Devon trying to contact the class of 56
- Paceman Tshepo running in Virgin London Marathon
- Five Devon women in Western Storm squad for Kia Super League
- Registration night for all ages at Topsham on Monday
- Lots pouring in for auction at Allin Memorial tournament
- Thames Valley Gentlemen Cricket Club
- Bradninch add Argentinian flavour to Devon League
- Ipplepen youth registration night on Friday
- Final call for Groundsmans first seminar this year
- Devon League official tackling London Marathon for charity
- Bovey on familiar territory in Aaron Printers Cup
- Brockman Cup - Cup Kings lie in wait for holders
- Shepherd Trust helps Kingsbridge build for sustainable future
- DCL - Umpire Appointments 2016 (May 7th - July 2nd)
- Long standing records beaten
- North Devon see off Paignton chase
South Devon U11s v North Devon U11s 2011
South Devon Under 11s v North Devon Under 11s
Sunday 22nd May, Ipplepen Cricket Club
North Devon 206-8 (L Williams 41, T Moody 30, A Kingman 21; A Carter 3-6, Z Hannis-Smith 2-24) drew with South Devon 170-9 (G Holland 29, D Bullock 22; T Moody 5-30)
Blustery winds and the famous Ipplepen slope caused problems for several of the South bowlers, as some aggressive North batting saw them them rattle past 200 in the allotted overs. Williams led the way for the visitors with 41 that included 7 boundaries, after openers Kingman and Moody got North off to a flying start with a stand of 67 for the 1st wicket in little over 10 overs.
Blustery winds and the famous Ipplepen slope caused problems for several of the South bowlers, as some aggressive North batting saw them them rattle past 200 in the allotted overs. Williams led the way for the visitors with 41 that included 7 boundaries, after openers Kingman and Moody got North off to a flying start with a stand of 67 for the 1st wicket in little over 10 overs.
At one point the North could have been on target for a score approaching 300, but South found some control through the bowling of price (1 for 24 from 8 overs) and Hannis-Smith (2 for 24 from 7 overs) that eventually brought the scoring rate down somewhat. A small collapse towards the end of the North innnings was triggered by Carter's medium pace that drew 3 wickets in 3 overs, but an unbroken stand of 33 for the 9th wicket got the visitors beyond 200. Extra's contributed 90 to a final total of 206!
South had a decent attempt at chasing the runs down, with Carter (16) and Holland (29) adding 58 for the 1st wicket and although a number of South batsmen got going on the run chase, no-one was able to play the substantial innings that could have brought a remarkable victory. Dan Bullock looked like he could spearhead the chase, but having hit a quick-fire 22 he was stumped and impetus of the innings was lost. The offspin of Moody was the North's catalyst, as he reeled off 7 consecutive overs in the middle of the innings that yielded 4 wickets for 29 runs, and the stand-in skipper returned to bowl the final over and claim his “5-for” with the first ball of the last over.
South batted all the way to number 11, with good partnerships of 25 for the 6th wicket between Price and Bullock, and for the 8th wicket between Hingston and Tait, while the final pair of Pitman and While held out for the losing draw as the overs expired. The South may reflect that if they could have limited their bowling extra's to 50, they would have won the game!