Devon Cricket Board - Learning curve for Cornwood

Learning curve for Cornwood

CORNWOOD captain Craig Harris said the 110-run defeat by Bovey Tracey was all part of the learning process of becoming a Premier Division side again.
Bovey cruised to 281 for six in their 50 overs – Damian Bourke leading the way on 81 with former Devon captain Neil Hancock right behind him on 79.
Cornwood were well adrift on 171 for five when the overs ran out – Asif Raza top scoring on 83 not out.
“It was a tough day at the office, but some good lessons learned from a team we know will end up right up the top of the table come September,” said Harris.
“Having won the first week, playing Bovey was really good timing. We know we need to learn on the move in this division
“Bourke took some risks early but played positively and Bovey kept the scoreboard ticking really well and were patient in key times.
“We did feel that we had a couple of decisions that didn't go our way and Jason Hall had to come off injured just after drinks with a dislocated finger, so we lost some overs and massive player in our team.
“That said, we need to be more patient ourselves in our bowling and try to hit more consistent lines and lengths so to give less boundary balls or scoring options.”
Harris said the big lesson to take away was to keep the scoreboard ticking over.
“When we chased we really got stuck with rotating the strike and scoring.
“Chasing 280 is always going to be a tough ask, especially when you play against a team with county players in it.
“What we need to learn is we can go out and play positively chasing a score like this.
“Instead of 170 with wickets in hand, it could have easily been 225 all out, in which case we would have taken more away from the game.”
Bovey were 65 for three when Hancock went out to join Bourke – and 210 for when Matt Butterworth (3-53) broke the partnership
Richard Lake chipped in with a brisk 37 not out at the end.
Cornwood lost Ryan Rickard one after the other to Hancock (2-18) and Ryan Bougourd (1-15), then moved on to 86 before Matt Golding prised out Chris Parker (33).
Raza batted through to the close, defying all eight bowlers Bovey skipper Chris Bradley tried to use to remove him.

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