Devon Cricket Board - Thommo ton edges Torquay towards safety

Thommo ton edges Torquay towards safety

SANDFORD need a miracle to save them from relegation now after they went down by 64 runs at Torquay.
Defeat leaves Sandford joint bottom of the table with Cornwood, who were beaten by Bovey Tracey, with a 40-point gap between them and safety.
Sandford have three games left – starting with Exeter at home this Saturday – and need to win them all, which is asking a lot of a team that has only won twice all season.
Devon batsman Matt Thompson stroked his way to 105 in a Torquay total of 275 for six.
Jamie Palmer removed Torquay opener Tom Marrow with his first ball, but wickets were increasingly hard to come by after that.
Thompson was fifth out on 251 having put on 59 with Faisal Iqbal, 49 with Mitch Pugh and 133 with Justin Yau, who made 83 off 77 balls with 10 fours and a six.
Laundre Van Wyk (2-45) was the only Sandford bowler to take more than one wicket.
Sandford were unlikely to get near the target after meandering to 70 for four in the first 21 overs.
Ryan Glass (26) and Russ Discombe (31) had already been and gone by then
Van Wyk made a patient 39 and Gary Abdoll hit 32 more quickly as Sandford reached 211 for nine in their 50 overs.
Mitch Pugh (3-40) was the pick of the Torquay bowlers. Iqbal and Nick Watkin took a couple each.

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