This weekend saw all of the T20 competitions in action across the county, with teams competing in the T20 Plate and T20 Eight-a-Side leagues. Read on to find out how each team got on.
T20 8 A Side Group A
It was a clash between Exmouth's third and fourth teams, with the thirds winning the toss and batting first. The thirds ended up scoring 131 runs, with contributions from Adele Fulner (30*) and Nicki Batheram (13), and losing just 4 wickets.
The fourth XI wasted no time in chasing the runs despite losing Karen Riley (21) in the 7th over. Sarah Strode (48*) and Fran Sampson (44*) comfortably guided the team to win by 6 wickets.
T20 8 A Side Group B
Budleigh Salterton welcomed Sidmouth for their T20 8-a-side match. Budleigh won the toss and elected to field first. Sidmouth struggled against Budleigh’s bowling attack, with Hannah Bolwell leading the charge, taking three wickets. Grace Thompson top scored for Sidmouth with 6 runs, ending their innings on 22 all out. Budleigh lost one wicket, but chased down the target in 3 overs.
T20 Plate Group A
Hatherleigh travelled over to Plymouth to take on their second team. The home side won the toss and put themselves into bat first. Hatherleigh led a strong bowling line-up to restrict Plymouth to 91 runs off their 20 overs. Molly Searle (21) top scored for Plymouth, with help from Lily Innes (10) and Poppy Tucker-Hart (9).
Despite the low total, Hatherleigh didn’t make it an easy chase. Losing some early wickets put Plymouth in control. However, contributions from Jessica Dennis (14), Angie Rose (12), and Chloe Dennis (10*) guided the side to victory in the 12th over.
T20 Plate Group B
Exmouth’s second team took on Clyst St George, losing the toss and getting put into field first. Clyst got off to a good start, with an opening partnership of 44 runs between Alyssia Hayes (14) and Chloe Williams (42), but the bowling of Sarah Antonio (3-5-4) saw Clyst’s batting order tumble, finishing on 120/9.
Exmouth began the chase well, with a solid partnership between Jasmine Strode (22) and Tilly Brenton (28) of 45 runs until Strode was run out by Williams. However, valuable contributions from Anna Higgins (18) and Lucy Webb (29*) helped their side complete the chase in the 18th over.
T20 Plate Group C
Cullompton took on their second ever hardball game against Taunton Deane, losing the toss and put into field first. Taunton got off with an opening partnership of 55 runs between openers Imogen Dunne (39) and Harriet Kelly (12), however the bowling of Maisy Hodgkinson and Gurnaazdeep Kaur helped to reduce the run rate as wickets fell. Taunton ended their innings on 163/6.
Cullompton struggled to score consistently against the bowling of Taunton, with early wickets falling, with Amelie Keal and Martha Wilkes taking 2 each. Despite the best efforts of Tina Philips (20) and the aggressive bowling attack, Cullompton batted out their overs, but ended 85 runs short.
T20 Plate Group D
Bovey Tracey took on Teignmouth & Shaldon for their T20 match. Teignmouth won the toss and put Bovey into field first. Bovey came in with a strong batting charge, with Amelie Webber scoring a quick 77*, alongside Olive McCauley, just missing out on her half-century on 47 runs. With help from Sarah Birchill-Studdy (15) and Evie Locklett (9), Bovey to finish on 172 runs.
Audrey Poole led the way for Teignmouth with 22 runs, but with little support from the rest of the batting line-up, the visitors struggled to build any meaningful partnerships. Teignmouth were eventually bowled out for 75, with seven different bowlers getting among the wickets in a strong all-round bowling performance.
