Devon Dumplings v Free Foresters

Tuesday 08 July 2014 at Seaton

DD 209 FF 140-9

 The Dumplings all day time game at Seaton against the Free Foresters ended in a draw. Batting first and following a good start, reaching 164 for 3 in the thirty-first over, the Dumplings subsided to 215 all out (9 wickets) in the 46th over. Hardwick (16-1-68-4) put in two long spells and Turk (9.4-2-28-3) disposed of the tail. The run out of Zubayr Hamza for 88 off 77 balls was the key event. Denovan Estraal (45 in 47 balls) boosted the middle of the innings and M Ekstrom (27 in 41 balls) added much needed runs (31) for the eighth wicket. 

The wicket, however, was slow and ‘stopping’ and the Foresters struggled to score at the required rate. Several batsman were out to skiers and eventually they were left to score just over 100 in the last twenty overs. In the end, the last batsman, J Ratlidge and N Baldwin, survived the last nine balls. Four Dumplings bowlers to one wicket each, Jamie Tapper two and M Ekstrom three. 
 Devon Dumplings 209 (Z Hamza 88, D Estraal 45, W Hardwick 4-68, N Turk 3-26)
 Free Foresters 140-9 (J Baldwin 64, M Ekstrom 3-21)