Devon B division

Tavistock firsts v

Alphington firsts

ALPHINGTON won the toss and elected to bat Denish Raheja and Ben Ireson put on 51 for the first wicket in the 15th over.

Raheja falling lbw to Lee Baker. Ireson was caught by Ian Gray off James McGahey and Javhid Mahmood bowled by Baker with only two more runs added.

Tom Bath was the only batsman to resist the tight Tavy bowling making 38 until he was caught by Edlmann off Shaun Daymond.

Alphington ended with 176 for 9 off their 45 overs.

Tavistock started their run chase by losing the wickets of Ian Gray and Aaron Churchill for 15 runs.

Dave Manning and Rhys Davies had a stand of 25 before Manning was out lbw — one of five in the Tavistock innings.

Tim Pope (32) joined Davies (64) for a good partnership of 83.

Tavistock kept up the run rate but lost wickets. Travis Muller (25) batted well and stayed to the end with James McGahey to make the final 20 runs to reach 177 for 8 with 19 balls to spare.

This win took them to the top of division B in the Devon league.