devon cricket league 2026 - round 4 (updated)
1ST XI
The 1st XI played host to Bridstowe and Belstone CC 1st XI on a momentous day – not only Evo’s 700th consecutive league match scoring but also a start of a new era, Live Streaming of matches thanks to the efforts of Harry Baxendale.
TKCC won the toss and elected to bat. One of the umpires presiding over the toss was from a foreign country – Luke Petherbridge who played in the celebratory match for Evo’s 50tth match lives where scones are jam first then the cream.
TKCC lost two early wickets, Ferndale and Thompson, before Pomare and Clifford repaired the damage, with the skipper, Passenger deciding to drop himself down the order Clifford went for 26 while Pomare went onto to score a run a ball 106. Once Clifford was out, he was supported by Smout Cooper with 43. The best of the B&B bowlers was Devon bowler, Craig Penberthy with 4 for 52 as T&K reached 233 in their 50 overs. One word of caution to the players, please make sure the covers are sufficiently pushed back from the boundary edge as Ricey doesn’t want to have to settle an insurance claim – he was already “moaning” about the cable for the new Live Streaming camera being a trip hazard!
The B&B reply despite some batters getting starts never really got going and was undoubtedly hampered by Shaquan Glasgow defecting the ball twice into his own wedding tackle and only scoring 30 – memories of Torquay v Sandford in 1996 for Evo. As a result, B&B subsided to 121 all out in just 38 0vers with the best TKCC bowler being Will Begy with 3 for 27. One thing for the players to take extremely seriously though when attempting a run out – if you hit the batter with the ball, it could become a Level 2 Disciplinary Offence!
Next up for the 1st XI next weekend is a trip down west to take on Ivybridge CC 1st XI.
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 1st XI 233 for 9 (50 overs)
B Pomare 106
E Smout Cooper 43
C Penberthy 4-52
Bridestowe and Belstone CC 1st XI 121 all out (38 overs)
S Glasgow 30
W Begy 3-27
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 1st XI (19 pts) beat Bridestowe and Belstone CC 1st XI (6 pts) by 112 Runs
2ND XI
The 2nd XI headed for what they hoped to be a nice day on The Moors to take on Chagford CC 1st XI on a ground once graced by Devon CCC, again under the leadership of Tim Western – sadly it wasn’t to be.
Chagford won the toss and elected to bat. Chagford started well but then collapsed from 47 for 1 to 66 for 4. However, their innings was built around a captain’s knock of 75 by Jake Griffiths and they reached 215 for 9 in their 45 overs. The best of the TKCC bowlers was Tobias Delahunty with 3 for 35.
In reply with the exception of Faiz Ebrahim with 54 it was left to the Western family to score precisely half the TKCC runs but sadly it wasn’t enough as TKCC fell 31 runs short in their chase with 2 wickets remaining. The star with the ball for Lewdown was Lucas Pedrochi with 5 for 25. Pedrochi had already supported Griffiths with the bat have scored 30.
With yet more technical issues and no colleague, a message from Nick Ross for Sandra Western, “don’t have nightmares do sleep well.”
Next up for the 2nd XI next weekend is the reverse of the 1st XI fixture – hosting Ivybridge CC 2nd XI.
Chagford CC 1st XI 215 for 9 (45 overs)
J Griffiths 75
T Delahunty 3-35
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 2nd XI 184 for 8 (45 overs)
F Ebrahim 54
D Western 38
T Western 34
B Western 20 not out
L Pedrochi 5-25
Chagford CC 1st XI (18 pts) beat Torquay and KIngskerswell CC 2nd XI (8 pts) by 31 Runs
3RD XI
The 3rd XI played host to Barton CC 3rd XI.
Barton won the toss and elected to bat. It was soon the Two Matt’s Show with Matt McCann rolling back the years taking 4 for 35 ably supported by Matt Rossin with 3 for 34 as Barton were all out for only 122 in just 30.4 overs. Top scoring for Barton was their skipper, Andy Meredith with 32. One other player of note for Barton was their super vet, Dave Cadwallader who scored 17, “Cads” was mentioned in Evo’s recently published multipart article.
In reply despite losing 5 wickets, TKCC reached the target at a canter in just 23.4 overs with Preshit Pawar top scoring with 55 before falling to Barton’s already mentioned “super vet.” There was then a very quick-fire cameo from Matt Rossin – 21 not out with a strike rate of 175. The best of the Barton bowlers Buddhike Konara with 2 for 17.
Next up for the 3rd XI next week end is a trip east to take on Kenn CC 2nd XI.
Barton CC 3rd XI 122 all out (30.4 overs)
A Meredith 32
M McCann 4-35
M Rossin 3-34
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 3rd XI 123 for 5 (23.4 overs)
P Pawar 55
M Rossin 21 not out
B Konara 2-17
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 3rd XI (20 pts) beat Barton CC 3rd XI (5 pts) by 5 Wickets
4TH XI
The 4th XI travelled to take on Lewdown CC 2nd under the leadership of Ethan Kulkarni and sadly a player light despite having so many players registered.
Lewdown won the toss and elected to bowl. The only real contributors with the bat for TKCC were emergency wicketkeeper, Andrew Redpath with 41 not out and loan player Meerwais Dilsouz with 36. TKCC were all out for just 117 for 28.4 overs. The best of the Lewdown bowlers was Gavin Jordan with 3 for 8.
The Lewdown reply was built around 59 not out by Simon White helped by 27 extras. Lewdown reached the target with just 3 wickets down in 31.2 overs. No TKCC bowler took more than 1 wicket.
Next up for the 4th XI next weekend is hosting Stoke Gabriel CC 3rd XI.
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 4th XI 117 all out (28.4 overs)
A Redpath 41 not out
M Dilsouz 36
G Jordan 3-8
Lewdown CC 2nd XI 121 for 3 (31.2 overs)
S White 55 not out
Lewdown CC 2nd XI (20 pts) beat Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 4th XI (3 pts) by 7 Wickets
Player of the Day
For once it goes to an established 1st XI player, Ben Pomare for his century - hopefully the first of many.
Spectator Watch
It isn’t everyday you find an England international in your nets pre-match - well Sonny Baker will never forget his roots (10 years on from that young boy knocking in a ball for the 1st XI). Also on a day off from fishing there was a rare appearance, Matt Hunt.