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South v West at Shaldon CC Sunday May8th

After winning the flip of the coin West's captain decided to insert the home side on what can only be described as an interesting wicket. South got off to a good start by putting on 19 for the first wicket, then losing 2 wickets in quick succession before Joe Abbott joined Seamus McKenna for a stand of 75. McKenna was by then in full flow hitting the ball hard and finding the gaps. Without his 44 and extras (by far the biggest contributor) the outcome of the game could have been completely in West's grasp. Solid wicketkeeping from Amara Carr and a good bowling performance by Michael Cousens kept West in with a sniff.  168-7

Cousens and Reece Davis got the reply off to a solid start before Davis fell lbw to Jonty Parsons. Runs still continued to come until David Grainger-Allen ripped the heart out of West's middle order with a fine display of accurate bowling, and with George Yates claiming the prize of Cousins West looked sunk. However, Dominic Scaglioni had other ideas with hard hitting giving him boundaries. A win was possible but the target was out of reach when more wickets tumbled. A winning draw was a fair result with both teams being evenly matched. 133-9