Devon Cricket Board - Sidmouth skipper praises plucky Bradninch after cup romp

Sidmouth skipper praises plucky Bradninch after cup romp

Sidmouth took hosts Bradninch to the cleaners in the last eight of the Booker Wholesale Devon Senior Cup.

The Fortfield men bowled the nine-man home side out for 88 in 33.3 overs. Bradninch skipper Tim Piper top scored with 32 and Will Grieg hit 25, but the only other home batsman into double figures was James Street with 11.
Miles Dalton took the bowling honours with 3-21 from his full complement of eight overs.
Scott Barlow (1-21 in 8), Will Murray (1-12 in six), Andrew Mathieson (1-16 in five) and Jake Fawcett (1-7 in 5.3 overs). Fawcett also held two smart slip catches.
Matt Cooke and Nick Gingell launched the reply, but Cooke fell to a catch by home glovesman Chris Dean off the bowling of Tim Piper.
The wicket fell at 24 in the third over and the hitting continued with Gingell rifling the ball to all parts of the Kensham Park ground, reaching his half-century in just 19 balls and he finished the game off with successive sixes followed by a four to end unbeaten on 68 having faced just 23 balls.
Pete Randerson (13) was the other not out batsman as Sidmouth bowled the home side out in 44 deliveries.
Tim Piper (1-39 in three), Charlie Walker (0-24 in two), Will Birley (0-12 in one) and Mark Ashplant (0-16 in three balls), were the home bowlers.

Sidmouth skipper Murray praised Bradninch for honouring the fixture when other clubs may have called off. It had been postponed twice before due to either bad weather or Devon commitments for Sidmouth,

“It was good of Bradninch not to concede, but they were dreadfully short,” said Murray.

Derrick Foan, the Bradninch chairman, said the club could feel proud of its efforts with depleted resources against the strongest side in the county for the past decade.

He added: “The double postponement of a cup fixture set in stone for July 12, completely scuppered availability, which was further compounded by the general demise of serious Sunday cricket.

“Our previous round had been cancelled by Paignton forfeiting the match due to unavailability and putting out representative sides for the Cup has become a real issue for most Devon clubs.

“However, on a day when we were totally outplayed due to a mismatch created by the competing priorities our beloved cricket now faces, I would like to thank all that turned out to play, officiate and support the fixture.”

"It is a strangely satisfying feeling to have finally completed the match, but I am not sure where that leaves us.”

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