Tiverton can't be caught at top of EIL Division Two

Tiverton captain Brendon Parr (centre, back) with his Division Two champions

TIVERTON are Exeter Indoor League Division Two champions for the second year running after beating Bradninch twice on the same night.

Bottom side Bradninch batted first in part one of the double header and were held to 63 for five.

Tom Bunker, the leading run scorer indoors for Bradninch this season, hit 19.

Tiverton’s Jason Parr took two wickets for 19 runs in his three overs.

It took Tivvy just six overs to seal a five-wicket win with Jason Parr (23) and brother Brendon (18no) leading the swift run chase.

Mark Ashplant claimed the one wicket with a caught and bowled.

Second time round Dinesh Raheja ending up unbeaten on 54 and there were knocks of 28, from Jason Parr and 22 from Paul Rendell as Tivvy closed on 135 for five.

Will Greig took three wickets for 31 runs from his three overs.

The Bradninch early order of Tim Piper, Ashplant and Greigwere wiped out by Brendon Parr 3-12).

Teenagers Bunker (28), and Max Cooper (13) saw the Ninch to a respectable 88 all out in a 47-run defeat.

Bradninch have now finished their league campaign are resigned to collecting the wooden spoon.

Shobrooke lost for the first time this season in Division One when Exeter turned them over by 22 runs.

Exeter closed on 114 for three thanks to a retirement knock of 26 from Tom Lammonby, 24 from Alec Bosomworth 24 and 23 from George Greenaway.

Andy Codling claimed two wickets for 13 runs from two overs.

Shobrooke looked to be cruising at 67 for one from seven overs, but four wickets from young off-spinner Ben Abrahams turned the game on its head as they slumped to 92 all out.

Shobrooke recovered to defeat arch-rivals Sandford by three wickets after bowling them out for 41.

Dan Pyle took out the Sandford top order of Ryan Glass, Jack Bradbury and Ryan Millar for one run between them on the way to figures of three for eight in two overs.

Christian Cabburn took two wickets for just eight runs from his three overs.

Shobrooke now face  a winner-takes-all clash with University of Exeter to decide the destination of the Division One title.


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