(2) The end product was an incredibly disappointing 181 off 80.4 overs. Piper fell yet again in the forties and Damian Price was undefeated on 22 but less written about the rest the better. Abel’s spell of 22.4-10-38-7 an outstanding contribution. Devon were invited to follow on and decided to approach the final 24 overs as a 20/20 match and to try and prove that they can be positive – a fact that had been in question up until then! The end result was that they failed by 6 runs to reach their target of the third bonus point available at 200 and unfortunately Tim Piper’s dismissal in the final over gifted Wiltshire another bonus point. However 194 off 143 was a reasonable approach lead by Jack Horton (94 - 77 balls; 84 mins), fortunately recovered from his earlier brief visit to the crease in the morning session he was ably supported by Price, Porter, Cook 30* and Yau.

The side now have 10 days to recover their batting confidence and to reload both barrels and start all over again at Sandford against Middlesex. They are allowed one poor performance a year and they have now had it!!

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