THREE wickets each for Jason Parr and Sid Arulvendan condemned Bovey Tracey to a 30-run A Division defeat at Cullompton.

Bovey were set 234 to win and at 167 for six in reply with skipper Seb Ansley (62) and Tom Andrew (34) chugging along nicely had 10 overs to get the rest. 

Andrew and Ansley got together on 115 for six following the third-ball demise of Bovey newcomer Toby Hard, their recent signing from Bradninch & Kentisbeare.

Arulvendan (3-25) broke the stand by removing Andrew and the lower order could not keep Ansley company long enough to get further than 203 all out.

Parr had already played his part by sending back Jake Pascoe (26) and Albie Bradley. Reuben Stanley had looked good for his 43 in Bovey’s running total of 115 for four. Harry Everett’s catch off his own bowling sent him back.

Earlier, Everett (35) and Dan King (20) got Cully going after the early exit of Tinashe Kamunhukamwe for a duck.

Skipper Brendon Parr (31) and Euan Tinley (41) helped the score long, aided and abetted in the late overs by a whacked 35 off 20 balls for Anzil Nazumudeen.

Three run-outs were an unusual feature of the Cullompton innings.

Skipper Ansley said Bovey need to toughen-up to turn near misses into wins.

“We lacked ruthlessness with the ball when we had the last few wickets to go and maybe did not execute our plans bowling to a number 10 (Nazumudeen) , who was hitting the ball well,” said Ansley.

“That meant we were chasing perhaps 30-to-40 more than we should have been, as was shown in the result. 

“We had a couple of starts with the bat, but just too many easy dismissals. We looked set with Reuben and Tom in the middle of the chase, but maybe left a little too much for the last four or five to do.”