CLUB CRICKET End of road for valiant Cornish clubs
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- Created on Monday, 31 July 2023 05:01
- Last Updated on Saturday, 05 August 2023 07:53
- Published on Monday, 31 July 2023 05:01
- Written by MICHAEL WEEKS Cornwall Cricket correspondent
Grampound Road were beaten by 137 runs against Kent's Leeds & Broomfield in the Voneus Village Cup semi-final.
The visitors posted a respectable 207-6 in 40 overs after openers Monte McCague (41) and Edward Scrivens (58) put on 74. They were 139-2 at one stage in the 29th over before the Road fought back taking late wickets.
In reply, Road were restricted to 52-3 in 15 overs before collapsing. The last six wickets fell for just 10 runs. Only opener Alex Lean (26) made it to double figures.
It was a similar story at Penzance, where the home side suffered a 144-run defeat in the National Club Championship quarter-final against Teddington from Middlesex.
It means still only three Cornish clubs (Camborne 1982, Truro 1990 and St Just 2006 & 2007) have reached a semi-final.
Teddington’s opener Isaiah Snell (66) and number five Aaran Amin (62) laid the base of the big 40 over total of 247-8 at St Clare.
They were 173-5 with 10 overs remaining. Greg Smith took 3-38 from eight overs.
In reply having reached 38-2 the Penzance innings collapsed to 67-8 after Chris Gibson made 30. In a late salvo, Jonny Ludlam hit 26 at a run a ball to see 103 reached with 11 overs unused. Teddington's former St Just bowler Callum Donnelly wrapped up the innings taking 3-8.
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