COUNTIES CRICKET Cornwall over the Moon
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- Created on Sunday, 14 June 2026 18:47
- Last Updated on Monday, 15 June 2026 09:19
- Published on Sunday, 14 June 2026 18:47
- Written by PAUL BOLTON Cricket Correspondent
The Werrington batter pummelled 103 not out from just 39 balls – an innings that included ten sixes and six fours – which took Cornwall to 201 for four.
Moon’s century was Cornwall’s second in the competition and surpassed the 101 that Alex Blake made against Dorset at Wimborne last year.
Moon’s innings overshadowed the very rare instance of a father and son playing together in county cricket with the St Just pair of Neil and Logan Curnow making important contributions to Cornwall’s 56 runs victory.
Neil, 44, made 41 in his first county appearance in eight years with 17-year-old Logan taking three for 35 to restrict Dorset to 145 for eight.
Moon followed up by making 52 in the second match of the day to help Cornwall to a seven wickets win which was secured with five overs to spare.
Slow left-armer Bryn Evans took four for 14 on his Cornwall debut and seamer Ben Ellis three for 21 to dismiss Dorset for 123 with nine balls of their allocation unused.
With Moon in such dominant mood it was never going to be enough to challenge Cornwall who moved into second place in the group ahead of Wiltshire on superior run rate.
Devon also completed a double over Herefordshire at Blundell’s School to go top of Group Four with Harry Passenger impressing with ball and bat.
Passenger took four for 35 with his off-breaks in the opening match to restrict Herefordshire to 123 for nine, which Devon overhauled with five wickets and two overs in hand thanks to a half-century from Ben Privett and 22 not out from Lawrence Walker in his first innings of the season.
Passenger then made 42 to help Devon to a four wickets victory with just four balls to spare in the second match after George Rhodes (46) and Charlie Bennett (46) had shared a third wicket partnership of 77 to take Herefordshire to a competitive 151 for six.
Solid batting down the order from Passenger, Cameron Kidd (39), Seb Linnitt (33) and Rhys Davies (21 not out) saw Devon home.
Berkshire went top of Group Three with two comfortable wins over Wales NC at Panteg which gave their net run rate a healthy boost.
Wales laboured to 91 for nine in the opener despite 39 not out from Sami Khan and 23 from Alex Horton with spinners Euan Woods (two for eight) and Rhys Lewis (two for 11) doing most to stifle them.
Berkshire needed only 9.5 overs to complete an eight wickets win with Jonny Connell (26), Ben Salter (27) and Lewis (22 not out) making light work of the chase.
Salter followed up with 83 in the second match to take Berkshire to an imposing 203 for seven which Wales never threatened to challenge.
They were shot out for 96 - with 45 of those runs coming from Cameron Hemp – in 16.1 overs and beaten by 107 runs with off-spinners Woods (three for 24) and Sulaiman Akhtar (three for 21) doing the damage.
Berkshire are level on points with Bedfordshire, who sat out this round of matches, and Buckinghamshire who also wrapped up a double over Oxfordshire at Marlow.
Billy Dodds improved his career-best score twice in the day with 70 – his maiden T20 half-century – in the opener followed by 78 later in the day.
Dodds also returned career-best figures of three for 39 with his off-spin in the first match which Buckinghamshire won by 53 runs.
Hayden Rossouw top-scored for Oxfordshire with 41 in that match and he again led the resistance in the second with 73 from 41 balls.
Oxfordshire would have needed to complete their record run chase to deny Buckinghamshire but they fell 30 short of their total of 210 for seven.
Dodds shared a third wicket partnership of 104 with Matt Pardoe (68 not out) who then added 73 in 34 balls for the fourth wicket with Josh Lincoln (47 not out).
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