By OLLIE SMITH
CLYST St George’s Wiehann Meyer fell agonisingly short of a T20 century as he helped his side to a 95-run victory away to Whimple in the second round of the Corinthian Cup.
Meyer’s 97 came from just 45 balls, and in that time he managed to club 11 fours and sixes sixes. He shared stands of 53, 83, and 55 with Andrew Donovan (15), Tiaan Van Der Walt (50), and Freddie Creer (33) before he was finally caught by Nathan Kidd.
Clyst’s total of 247 for five from their allocation meant Whimple had a mountain to climb if they wanted to progress, but they were soon in trouble as they sunk to 41 for three after the powerplay.
There was some resistance from Charlie Gordon-Lennox and Oli Whitton, but just as their partnership ticked over the 50-mark, Ridouan Asselman removed Gordon-Lennox for 48.
Whitton stuck around to hit 44, but that was the only other score more than 15, as Whimple were all out with two balls left of the nineteenth over for 152.
Clyst St George captain, Dan Kendall, was delighted with how his batters went about their business.
“It was a batting paradise, a hot evening and a belter of a pitch,” said Kendall.
“All of the top five looked in great touch, in particular Wiehann’s magnificent 97, which included 18 from the first over.
“Tiaan blitzed 50 in no time, and Freddie Creer and Ewan Cragg both looked good for their 30-odds.”
Kendall has one eye on the next round, but his aspirations go further than that.
“We’d love a day out at finals day, and will be going to our quarter-final against Seaton with plenty of players in good form.”
Realism crept into Kendall’s thoughts, however, as he said: “Admittedly, this is the first year we’ve made it past round one since being back in the B Division – and even this year we were fortunate to make it this far!”
Clyst St George’s opponents in the next round are to be Seaton, as they defeated Uplyme & Lyme Regis by six wickets.
The Uplyme runs were shared around, Daniel Magee was the only batter to be dismissed for fewer than 10. Bailey Lavin (25) and Sam Farrow (30) were the main contributors to Uplyme’s 134 for six. 
Seaton’s run chase saw Toby Tucker and Tristan Wakeley get their eye in with scores north of 20, but it was Damian Baxter’s 39 that took the game away from Uplyme.
Baxter was dismissed with two to win, so it was left to Arthur Whitby to hit the second ball of the 16th over, and his first, to the boundary.
Elsewhere, Sandford 2nd XI and Plymstock progressed to the next round due to forfeitures by the Paignton and Sidmouth 2nd XIs.
There was a century from Justin Pringle as Stoke Gabriel made it through to the next round as they defeated Barton 2ndXI.
He and Abishek Anand (46) put on 197 for the first wicket. Anand was the man to go, and Pringle had contributed 132 of those runs.
Barton’s target of 236 proved to be too much for them, and a top score of 20 from Dave Robinson highlighted their struggles of scoring runs off the Stoke bowlers, as they finished on 103 for nine.
Ivybridge made light work of Cornwood, as they beat their local rivals by 36 runs. 43 from Harry Solomon and 36 from Harvey Johnson helped The Bridge to a total of 161 for seven from their 20 overs.
Cornwood openers Josh Goodliffe and Harry Woolway were soon back in the shed, and numbers three and four were out for ducks as the Wood slipped to 37 for three at the end of the six-over powerplay.
Tinashe Muchawaya finished with three Cornwood scalps in his four overs, and there were three more for spinner Lewis Clarke as they bowled-out their opponents for 125.
Fifty-eight from Ed Doble gave his Budleigh Salterton side enough to defend away to Ottery St Mary. The captain’s knock, which came from 49 deliveries helped his side to 150 for five.
Doble also claimed two Ottery wickets in just 10 balls, and there were also two wickets for James England and Oliver Blakeman as Budleigh secured a 91-run victory.
It took Heathcoat less than 10 overs to chase Chagford’s total of 109. Matt Hodson took three Chagford wickets for just nine runs, and the rest of the wickets were shared around the bowlers.
Dan Butler was in a hurry to complete the run chase; his 62 came from 31 balls, and when he was out, it was Jeremy Bedford who carried on Butler’s good work. He carted the Chagford bowling for 35 from just 15 deliveries. Bedford rubber-stamped the nine-wicket win with a four and a six in the first two balls of the tenth over.
