WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13
ABBOTSKERSWELL got off to a winning start in the Newton Twenty20 with a 14-run victory over Dawlish & Teignmouth.
Abbots totted up 125 for seven then bowled battling D&T out for 111 with an over to go.
Steve Short was the anchorman Abbots batted around as he was ninth out for 31 with the score on 120.
Abbots lost James Brown in the first over, but Brad Wright (29) and Danny Full (23) repaired the damage by putting on 52. Short had support from Marcus Green (22) as he pushed the score along.
Dawlish & Teignmouth suffered a triple setback when they slipped from 20 without loss to 26 for three, Billy Alcock had 20 of the runs scored when he was among the victims, but regrouped through Karl Blackburn (27) to make a game of it.
Jamie Day (15) and Rob Fisher (14) kept going right to the end, but their efforts were in vain.
Brown more than made amends for his early exit with the bat by taking four for 25 with the ball.
Dave Palmer (2-13) and Green (2-19) both bowled tidily for Abbots.Abbotskerswell 125-7 (S Short 31, B Wright 29, D Full 23, M Green 22; S Greensitt 2-18, G Chatham 2-21), Dawlis & Teignmouth 111 (K Blackburn 27, B Alcock 20; J Brown 4-25, D Palmer 2-13, M Green 2-19). Abbots bt Dawlish & Teignmouth by 14 runs.
Kingskerswell v South Devon. No play, rain.