Whitchurch U15s v

Plymouth U15s

WHITCHURCH reached the final of the Sun Life of Canada U15 County Cup competition with a six-wicket victory over Plymouth.

Accurate bowling, supported by some high quality fielding saw Whitchurch place early pressure on a strong Plymouth side.

An outstanding catch by Martin at square leg to dismiss Thompson for the first wicket set the tone for the innings. Although four Plymouth batsmen got into double figures, none was able to go on to build a big score as wickets fell regularly.

Evans top scored with 18 as Plymouth were dismissed for 91.

After the fall of an early wicket, a 75-run partnership between Falconer and Kaminski took Whitchurch to the verge of victory.

Although the dismissal of Kaminski for 46 brought a flurry of two further wickets, Whitchurch reached their target with 6 wickets and 3 overs remaining.

Falconer finished with 29 not out, having guided his side to its win.

Whitchurch now play Bideford in the County Cup final.

l WHITCHURCH U15Bs have won their first three games in the Palladium League, firstly with a polished performance against Ivybridge, dismissing their opponents for just 67 runs.

Julian Faulkner and Stuart Heale were pick of the bowlers.

There were excellent catches from Kyle Langdon, Tom Gruitt and Charles Brereton and good ground fielding from Ben Astley, Faulkner and Greg Johnston.

Whitchurch's batting was solid and running between wickets was excellent. I Gray 19no and Tom Gruitt 21no saw them home by 9 wickets.

Against Saltash, I Gray's superb batting display (95no) gave Whitchurch an outstanding total of 156-1 off their allotted 20 overs, ably supported by T Gruitt, 23no.

Whitchurch never allowed Saltash the sort of bowling they needed to get anywhere near their total. Tight, accurate bowling, backed by sharp fielding, saw Whitchurch through by 78 runs.

Previous to these games was a 10 wicket win over United Service, with T Jackson and I Gray the pick of the bowlers in United Service's total of 44 all out.

Whitchurch with I Gray 22no and C Brereton 14no never looked like losing a wicket let alone the match. P7, W4, L3, Pts 8.

Whitchurch U13s v

Ford Park U13s

WHITCHURCH enjoyed a convincing 85-run victory. Batting first, Whitchurch openers Gray and Brereton were quickly into their stride until a direct hit from Pryke ran out Gray.

Brereton and MacRae took the score past 50 before 4 wickets fell for only 5 runs. However, Davies and Daymond added 42 runs for the sixth wicket, with Davies (36no) the dominant person, taking Whitchurch to 103.

When Ford Park batted they were undone by a burst of sustained and accurate fast bowling from Iain Court, who clean-bowled all his five victims. He was well supported by Hulbert.

Johnston and Daymond came on taking a wicket in each over to complete a comfortable win.

Whitchurch man of the match: Iain Court.