Cornwood 2nd XI win over the odds against Plymouth | 'Noah Carlisle and Andy Bees (pictured) batted superbly to bail us out of what was looking like another disaster with the bat' – Robin Dart

Cornwood tail-ender Andy Bees, who showed the batsmen how it should be done

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TAIL-ender Andy Bees was the man of the moment for Cornwood 2ndXI in their 129-run win over Plymouth 2ndXI.

Cornwood were looking down the barrel of an ignominiously early finish after Plymouth reduced them to 36 for six then 79 for eight in the derby date at Oak Park.

Having been skittled by Kingsbridge (111) and Yelverton (117) already this season the portents were not great for Cornwood skipper Robin Dart.

Jack Hughes (3-30) had three wickets and there were two each for Jigar Vora and Stanley Langmead as things went from bad to worse for the Corns.

Plymouth hadn’t shifted Noah Carlisle though – and found they could not shift number 10 batter Bees either.

Carlisle, 16 not out when Bees went in, went on to make 64 from 104 balls as Cornwood used up their overs.

Bees overtook Carlisle from a standing start and was 68 not out when the innings ended. The ninth-wicket stand of 129 was to prove crucial.

Plymouth lurched to 18 for four under pressure from Josh Coker (3-30), limped to 77 for seven with Bees and Lee Baker (2-16) keeping the pressure on, then lost their last three wickets on 82 as Matt Tamsett (3-9) finished them off.

Tom Hughes (28) and Sam White (14) were the only Plymouth batters to reach double figures.

It was Cornwood’s first league win of the season and moved them out of the divisional bottom two.

Dart said it was an ‘amazing result’ then added: “Noah and Andy batted superbly to bail us out of what was looking like another disaster with the bat. 

“Once we had set the total we always backed our strong bowling to do the job.

"Josh Coker was great in his return after injury. Lee Baker with the new ball, Andy Bees and Matt Tamsett were their usual selves to seal the win.

“It was great to get off and running, but there is still plenty to work on with the bat.”