Grade cricket - final three-day round
Davistow Darters v Garven Island Sharks @ Heathridge Oval
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Davistow: Garven Island:
Dawlat +Lezama
+McDonagh Hanbury
Langley Shaukhat
Naik Bowman
Comley Monaghan
Ehsan Tariq
Chapman Gregory
Murdoch Piper
Kennett Edmondson
Watt Bristow
Pradeep Stuart
Rich Langley and David Comley batted Davistow to safety with patient knocks of 82 and 56 respectively, before the Davistow seam attack picked apart the Sharks. David Kennett took seven for 42 in the first innings, then four in the second, and Davistow won by an innings and 39.
Davistow Darters 264 beat
Garven Island Sharks 132 & 96 (f/o) by an innings and 39 runs
Points: Davistow 16, Garven Island 0
Nixonstown Foxes v Twybridge Titans @ CW Oval
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Nixonstown: Twybridge:
Prestwidge Joslin
Fensome Das
Feeney +Crampton
Adhikari Gunn
+Gray Bokey
Currie Wilshere
Grierson Amresh Kumar
Sanjeet Buttsworth
Gundry Naidu
Clancroft White
Edmunds McNamara
In a tense, potentially title-deciding, encounter at the CW Oval, Nixonstown nearly came back after following on, but eventually they had their last-wicket stands to thank. Rich Edmunds continued his good form with four wickets for Nixonstown in the first innings, but the last partnerships were too stubborn as they converted 189 for 8 to 282 all out. Nixonstown then crashed from 40 for 0 to 53 for 7, as Gray and Currie recorded ducks and McNamara and White sliced through - before Paddy Gundry hit a half-century to take Nixonstown past 150. McNamara claimed six scalps, then three in the second, as Nixonstown followed on - this time their main batsmen did better, as Currie hit 65, but White cleaned up. In reply, the four-prong professional attack nearly bowled out Twybridge - Paddy Gundry ensured they fell from 98 for 6 to 106 for 9, chasing 107. However, Matt Currie strayed down the leg-sid, handing Twybridge the win with a wide. However, Twybridge could not catch Nixonstown in the final game of the season, and Robbham's failings meant that Nixonstown clinched the title.
Twybridge Titans 282 & 107-9 beat
Nixonstown Foxes 177 & 211 (f/o) by one wicket
Points: Twybridge 16, Nixonstown 0
Stedingham Jets v Pickford Panthers @ Jets Arena
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Stedingham: Pickford:
Stedman Richings
+Mamesh Bhattacharjee
Butler +Bharanidharan
Prabhakar Rao Hepworth
Wallis Jacob
Chaudhari Benjamin
Deodhar Chopra
Hogarth Trafford
JB Buxton ****erill
Bennett Bhadauria
Loganathan Roberts
Sean Bennett bowled a typically economical effort in the second innings at the Jets Arena, ending with 40-17-48-6, yet was nearly the scapegoat when batting. The Jets had earned a lead of 55 on first innings, but let away 252 in the second innings as none of the bowlers were as tight as Bennett. Thamba Mamesh hit a blazing 44 in reply, but Stedingham struggled to 120 for 7 when Bhattacharjee and Bhadauria got wickets. Hogarth and Buxton put on 58 for the eighth wicket, but two wickets from Roberts - including Bennett caught behind for 1 - put Pickford on the brink of victory - one wicket to take and 16 runs to play with. However, Loganathan stayed in for a level-headed 7, Hogarth hit an unbeaten 41, and Stedingham won by a solitary wicket.
Pickford Panthers 128 & 252 lost to
Stedingham Jets 183 & 200-9 by one wicket
Points: Panthers 0, Jets 14
Edfield Seahawks v Greater Robbham de Grooters @ PDV Dome
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Edfield: Greater Robbham:
+Mørk Lucas
Barnaby Dobson
James Dauth
Satish Kumar Robbins
GN Nayak Sukhvinder
Herbert Tebbut
Galbraith Palmer
Banik Finnegan
Borcich +Jervis
MS Smith McKern
Shoveller Mitchell
With Nixonstown's loss, Robbham had the chance of a league title with enough bonus points and two wins in the 3-day and one-day match-ups with Edfield. Mørk set about thwarting them, however, playing a fine 75 and dominating the attack to a level not seen before this season. With healthy 30s from Nick Borcich and Matt Smith, the tight bowling of Marc Robbins (twelve maidens, three for 50) at Satish Kumar (27 off 235) helped little. Borcich then went wicketless, but Edfield earned plenty of first innings points, as Gaurav Nayak got four for 53 and Smith and Shoveller also took wickets. De Grooters were bowled out three short of the follow-on, and Mørk took the risk of enforcing it - despite 48 from Dauth, Matt Smith snared him and five others en route to six for 38, and Mørk and Barnaby eased to victory. The loss also means Nixonstown Foxes have secured the grade title.
Edfield Seahawks 273 & 61-0 beat
Greater Robbham de Grooters 170 (f/o) & 162 by ten wickets.
Points: Seahawks 15, Grooters 0
Campsfield Braves v Gofftown Tigers @ Camps Field
Code:
Campsfield: Gofftown:
Langdon Courtis
Jahangir Cribb
Hasabnis Mohammad
McEwan Dwyer
Gooljar Nash
+Harvey Jamaluddin
Jacklin Kipling
Dunks Swann
Das Hartley
Jamil +Patel
Jadeja Masterman
From the moment Rob Cribb secured his century and the scoreboard on Camps Field read 178 for 1, the game at Camps Field had the Tigers logo all over it. Campsfield never got wickets, despite Gooljar's honest toiling - he got five for 130, but with plenty of tail-enders. Dwyer then took eight wickets for the Tigers, and despite Hasabnis' second innings 74, Campsfield lost by an innings.
Gofftown Tigers 378 beat
Campsfield Braves 106 & 185 by an innings and 87 runs
Points: Tigers 20, Braves 0
Code:
Nixonstown 35 19 15 1 0 79 274
Twybridge 35 19 12 4 0 63 259
Robbham 35 20 11 4 0 46 254
Edfield 35 18 14 3 0 62 247
Stedingham 35 18 16 1 0 46 233
Davistow 35 17 16 2 0 55 229
Gofftown 35 15 18 2 0 51 209
Campsfield 35 14 19 2 0 50 200
Pickford 35 14 20 1 0 34 165
Garven Island 35 10 23 2 0 33 143
Congratulations Nixonstown Foxes on the CW Grade title