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District Under 12's 2013 results

Results

Sunday 14th April	East 12s	v	South 12s	Ottery St Mary Cricket Club	Cancelled
Sunday 21st April	West 12s	v	South 12s	Yelverton Cricket Club	Match abandoned
Sunday 21st April	North 12s	v	East 12s	West Buckland School	Match abandoned
Sunday 28th April	West 12s	v	East 12s	Kelly College	East won by 8 wkts
Sunday 28th April	South 12s	v	North 12s	Ashburton Cricket Club	South won by 126 runs
Sunday 5th May	North 12s	v	West 12s	North Devon Cricket Club (Instow)	West won by 161 runs

Table

	Played	Points
South	3	37
East	3	36
West	3	36
North	3	20

Winners 2013: South Devon

Match Report North Devon vs. East Devon
West Buckland School, April 21st 2013

Performances of note was a fairly tight opening spell from Rothery and Whitaker considering the short downhill boundary, with an outstanding caught and bowled by Whitaker low to his left which had the crowd purring over it. Oliver and Meszner batted very watchfully and took full advantage of anything loose, and accelerated strongly with the North spinners struggling for length with the damp ball, and a couple of hard chances put down. Whitaker effected a very good run out of Meszner from mid-off to break the partnership, only for Sutton to carry on where he left off. A break for rain with the East in control at 143 for 3 after 22 overs, and with the game being reduced to 35 overs Rothery and Whitaker came back on and bowled with good control, with only singles being taken. Rothery broke the partnership in his second over of the spell, taking the wicket of Olivey bowled for a very mature and well put together 48. Whitaker took his third wicket in the next over, quickly followed by Benn taking two wickets in two balls, only to overstep the hat-trick ball. He got his man caught two balls later to end the 31st over. The heavens then opened and an early tea was taken, from which the teams never returned from due to a heavy shower as they were about to get back underway.

Overall a great performance from both teams, the East batted with great maturity to begin posting what could have been a very competitive target, and the North fought back strongly to pull them back in, just a shame that once again the weather intervened to spoil what should've been a great game.

Match Report South Devon v North Devon

Ashburton Cricket Club, 28th April 2013

South Devon took full advantage of losing the toss and being asked to bat first, compiling a formidable total of 226 for 5 off their 40 overs. Sam Taylor and Sam Carpenter laid the foundations for a big score with a superb opening stand of 124. Taylor made the most of being dropped on 7 to race to a maiden 50 but there was little respite for the North’s bowlers when he was eventually dismissed for 59. Alex Harris (17) rotated the strike intelligently to give the in-form Carpenter most of the strike and the pair put on 64 in good time before Carpenter was finally out for an impressive 72. The rest of the South’s middle order all played selflessly in the chase for quick runs and although Rothery and Whittaker picked up late wickets none of the North’s bowlers were able to stem the flow of runs effectively.

Facing a daunting total, the North’s reply got off to the worst possible start when Johnny Joseph, bowling into a strong wind with both control and aggression, removed opener Skinner with the second ball of the innings. Worse was to follow as Joseph struck again in his second and third overs to reduce the North to 2 for 3. Windley (39) did his best to steady the ship, adding 30 with Davies before a superb throw from Saturley resulted in an unnecessary run out. When Harris struck twice in successive balls to reduce the North to 48 for 6 the match was effectively over as a contest. To cap a fine all round performance, Carpenter mopped up the tail by taking 3 for 17 with his deceptive spin and the North were finally all out for 99 in the 34^th over.

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