The quarter-finals of the Knockout cup sparked a run spree on Thursday, as Falmouth and St Erme amassed 265 runs between them in their match, without a single wicket going down to a bowler! 

Falmouth’s big total of 144 was achieved for the loss of just one wicket, to a run out off the penultimate ball of the innings.  Adrian Noott (30), Ed Farley, Scott Kellow and Stefan Churcher all made retirement scores of 25 runs or more. 

St Erme had a real go at chasing their target, but fell twenty short, with Tom Bunt making an impressive 56. 

Their innings saw all six batsmen run out, the final one also falling with one ball of the innings remaining.  In the other quarter-final, Ladock accounted for Wadebridge fairly comfortably, Alex Ridd and Dave Legge making scores in the twenties as they reached 85-4 in reply to their opponents’ 84 for 5 wickets in 10 overs. 

Ridd’s fine all-round performance also included 3 wickets for just 9 runs in his three overs.  Charlie Ellis, 30*, and James Maycock, 3-11, did their bit for the losing side.

In the league, Group C is taking shape, with Team 21 and unbeaten St Blazey at the top. 

 

At the bottom, Falmouth 2 received a welcome bonus of 6 points as Redruth conceded, though they would probably prefer to have played a game of cricket. 

St Blazey held Roche to a score of 94 for 3, then passed that total without losing a wicket, James Starkie (26*) and Ollie Mitchell (25*) doing most of the work with the bat. 

In the other fixture to be played on Sunday, Richard Chynoweth (27*) and Joe Skinner (25*) scored well in Team 21’s 90 for 2 wickets against St Stephen after a slow start. 

The team’s young bowlers then took wickets at regular intervals and, despite a valiant one-man fightback from Simon Newland, who made 45 before falling in the final over, Team 21 won by the margin of 13 runs.


Group CSt Blazey    3 3 0 +67 15
Team 21     4 3 1 +13 15
Truro 1       3 2 1 +62 11
Roche         4 2 2 -62 11
Falmouth    2 4 1 +24 7
St Stephen 3 1 2 +31 5
Redruth      3 0 3 -135 - 2

 

Results: KO Cup – Wadebridge 84-5, Ladock 85-4 (Ladock won by 2 wickets); Falmouth 144-1, St Erme 121 (Falmouth won by 23 runs).  League – Roche 94-3, St Blazey 96-0 (St Blazey won by 6 wickets); Team 21  90-2, St Stephen 77 (Team 21 won by 13 runs); Falmouth 2 w/o v Redruth (conceded).


Forthcoming fixtures:   Thursday 6 December – KO Cup: 8pm St Stephen v St Austell, 9pm Beacon v Camborne. Sunday 9 December – League: 3pm St Stephen v Redruth, 4pm Wadebridge v Camborne, 5pm St Blazey v Truro 1, 7pm St Erme v Beacon, 8pm Newquay v Falmouth 1, 9pm Grampound Road v St Austell.