NCCA Counties

Devon CCC v Wiltshire CCC NCCA T20 sponsored by 'DOJO'

North Devon CC, Instow    Sunday 24th May 2026 at 11:00am

Game 1 of 2

On the hottest day of the year so far Wiltshire travelled down to the picturesque venue of North Devon CC at Instow. Supporters of either side plus several itinerant spectators were treated to some absorbing cricket.

Wiltshire won the toss and chose to field first.  Devon made good use of the powerplay overs and had 50 on the board in 6.1 overs with Ben Privett (28) and Seb Linnitt (40) looking dangerous.  They slowed down after the powerplay and Wiltshire began taking wickets with regularity and bowled Devon out for  just 114.

The bowlers worked well as a team and there were two wickets each for Stan Brown, Alfie Johnson and Ed Young plus one apiece for Archie Fairfax-Ross and T20 debutant Sam Freestone.  Sharp fielding saw runouts claimed by Sam Freestone and Jake Goodwin.

The Wiltshire innings followed a similar pattern with a blistering 35 from just 15 balls for Wadworth Man of the Day Tom Cheater.  Jake Goodwin (18) and Cyrus Shafi (21) helped Wiltshire towards their target, but as the run rate slowed down so the pressure built causing Wiltshire to lose four wickets to runouts and fall agonisingly short of their target by just two runs.

Report by Roy Honeybone