Devon Dumplings v Somerset Stragglers

Friday 25 July 2014 at Shobrooke Park

DD 315-5 Somerset 204ao (40 overs)

 Dumplings won the toss and elected to bat on a hot and sunny afternoon with a good Shobrooke pitch and a fast outfield. Jamie Khan (31) and Nick Prell (71) made 68 off the first 11 overs before Prell was joined by Chris Sleep (117) following a strange run out for Sam Loud. They added a rapid 73 runs with Prell hitting 4 sixes. Sleep was “sixless” until the last 14 balls of his innings where he scored four in the 41 runs in that brief period! Phil Anning and Richard Pyle both scored 32 in good time towards the end of the innings with 122 coming in the last 10 overs.. 

Straggler’s response reached 55 for 1 after 6 overs and 83 for 2 after 10. At the 29th over they were 155 for 4 but the later order did not have the power of the top six and they were not helped by the retirement hurt of their number 7 bat. Five wickets fell in the last 5 overs faced leaving Stragglers well short after a valiant attempt at chasing such a large target. 

 D.D. 313-5 (40 overs. C Sleep 117, N Prell 71, P Anning 32, R Pyle 32, J Khan 31) BEAT
 Somerset Stragglers 204 a.o. (30 overs. S Loud 3-41, R MacDonald 2-38, B Wilson 2-46) by 109 runs.