Budleigh Salterton were the visitors for the 1st XIs first home league game of the season.
Thors lined up with: Greed, Fielder, Diamond, Van der Meulen, Robbins, H. Choules, Pitt, Hooper, Slaviero, J. Choules, Jopling
Choules won the toss and elected to field. Initially it looked to be the correct decision as Budleigh were reeling at 25-3. 2 wickets for Van der Meulen with thanks to diving catches from Harry Choules and one for Slaviero who cleaned up a Budleigh opener.
Budleigh rebuilt, however, and were 93-3 at the halfway point. Choules then took 2 wickets in an over including overseas player, Peiris, who was trapped lbw for 47.
Wickets continued to tumble and Thors had Budleigh 117-7. The visitors though continued to accumulate runs at a good rate, largely thanks to 84 not out from James Doble. Thorverton struggled to bowl in consitent areas, there were too many extras and the visitors ended up on 251-9.
After a fantastic tea thanks to Keeley Wells, Greed and Fielder set about the significant chase. Matters weren’t helped by Fielder being adjudged lbw for 0 early on.
However, Diamond and Greed saw out the rest of the powerplay until Diamond fell for 34. The score was 47-2.
Next came Thor’s most encouraging spell of the innings as Greed (47) and Van der Meulen (42) looked fully in control at the crease putting on 78 for the third wicket. However both fell in quick succession and Budleigh never looked back.
A collapse ensued and Thors fell from 125-2 to 151 all out. Nobody outside the top 4 made double figures.
Thorverton learnt the hard way that things will be tougher in the A Division as opposition teams bat deeper and the bowling is a lot more consistent. With lessons learnt and 7 bonus points collected, it is a trip to city side Exeter next.
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