Devon Dumplings v W Buckland School

Wednesday 24 June 2015 at School

DD 246-5 School 175ao

 The Dumplings batted first and lost a couple of early wickets before Ben Van Nierkerk and Steve Waters steadied the ship with an excellent partnership of 162 for the 4th wicket against some very tidy school bowling. Van Nierkerk batted very well for his 103 retired, taking advantage of any loose balls by depositing them to the boundary and reached his hundred with a big 6 into the pavilion. Waters by contrast, started slowly before accelerating quickly to 76, before playing on with the score on 245. Divan Marais was the other contributor with a quickfire 28. So the Dumplings opted for a generous declaration on 246 for 5. 

The school started briskly, with Will Jaques hitting 3 boundaries in the first over and continued until he was caught by Van Nierkerk off Paul Jordan for 22 in the 4th over. Tom Fogerty, Dumplings other opening bowler, sent back Sullivan & Evans for not a lot, while Ross Clayton then played a captains innings facing 59 balls for his 22 runs, before he was bowled by a beauty from Nazir Khan, bowling his off spin. The spinners Khan and Bernie Wilson slowed the run rate, until Jack Brazier and Joel Quinn built a good partnership of 74 for the school, before Brazier was brilliantly caught by Fogerty in the deep, for 52 with the score on 162.

 This was the school’s last resistance and they then collapsed to 175 all out in the penultimate over of the final 20, with Ben Van Nierkerk and Sam Ewen taking 3 and 2 wickets, respectively. 

  Devon Dumplings 246 for 5 dec (Van Nierkerk 103 retired out, Waters 76, Marais 28, Russell 2 for 74 Sullivan 2 for 7). 

West Buckland School 175 all out (Brazier 52, Quinn 24Fogerty 2 for 33, Van Nierkerk 3 for 23, Ewen 2 for 13).