Slaviero won the toss and elected to bat on a pleasant evening at the Station ground. Pitt and Greed walked out to the middle and both departed soon after. Donovan bowled Pitt with a slower ball and Greed was removed the first ball of the very next over, the Creer twins combining with Freddie taking a very smart catch behind the stumps off Bertie’s bowling with the score at 4-2.
Jefferson and Van Der Meulen steadied the ship with a mix of boundaries and good running they got the score up to 45. Then four Thorverton wickets were lost for just 17 runs. Jefferson was bowled by Cragg for a tidy 25. Choules joined Jason at the crease but didn’t last long, after a mix up he was ran out without scoring. A few balls later Van Der Mulen ran past one of Craggs off spinning deliveries and was stumped before Daldorph was adjudged LBW off the bowling of Ronaldo Callendar. 62-6.
Heard and Porter started the rebuild again, both finding the boundary and running well between the wickets putting on 28 before Porter was bowled by Singh. 90-7 with 6 to go. Slaviero joined Heard and they picked up the run rate, capitalising on the bad balls they managed to push the score up to 143-7, taking 19 off the last over of the innings. Heard 29* and Slaviero 19*
Clyst St George got off to a flyer with Donovan and Attwater finding the boundary with ease scoring 33 off the first four overs. Joping was introduced and instantly made an impact bowling Attwater for 19. Donovan took a liking to Daldorph’s third over taking 21 from it leaving CSG 56-1 after 6.
Pitt was introduced in the 8th over and removed Donavan with his second ball, aided by a superb bit of boundary fielding at long on from Van Der Mulen. Freddie Creer falling two balls later mistiming a pull and being caught at deep mid wicket by Jefferson.
Joping and Pitt then kept it tight with just 21 runs coming from the next 6 overs. Pitt claimed a third wicket in his final over with Bertie Creer suffering the same fate as his twin brother, caught at deep mid wicket by Jefferson.
Callendar hung around with Cragg pushing the score up to 100 and after a few lusty blows he was bowled by a Van Der Mulen yorker. Singh and Cragg put on another 15 before Jason struck again, bowling Singh with a ball that clipped the top of off stump. Soon after Burrell was smartly ran out by Porter with the score at 119-7.
Cragg found the boundary twice off Heard in the final over getting the score up to 132-7 finishing on 31 not out.
A steady all round performance from the Thors with the tail wagging to get them up to a competitive total. The bowing unit pulled it back after an explosive start from the Clyst St George openers and kept it tight through the middle overs leaving the Clyst batters with too much to do.
Thorverton 143-7 Heard 29, Jefferson 25, Van Der Meulen 20, Slaviero 19
CSG 132-7 Pitt 3-12, Van Der Meulen 2-14, Jopling 1-14.
Four wins from five matches leaves us in a strong position to retain the Covid Cup.
Next up Exeter (H) Thursday 11th August.
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