Cornwall Cricket
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Wiltshire v Cornwall at Corsham on Sunday 24th July / Mon 25th July2005
Wiltshire beat Cornwall by 5 wickets (play carried over to the reserve day)
Cornwall 216-9 Wiltshire 219-5 (47.4overs)
Cornwall have missed out on a first ever trip to Lord's, when they lost their MCCA Trophy semi-final at Corsham on Monday against Wiltshire. The margin in the end was comprehensive enough, by five wickets with fourteen balls to spare. However it could all have been so different, with a little more fortune and had Cornwall had the 'rub of the green' on the day - or two days as it turned out. Heavy morning rain on Sunday which didn't stop until 1pm was followed by a magnificent effort by the Corsham groundstaff to achieve 2.50pm start. The delay however caused Cornwall a major problem with Justin Stephens being unable to play on the allocated reserve day. It meant Nick George, who was on the ground, being named in the team to bolster the seam attack, with Ben Price, as in the quarter-final, doing the twelfth man duties. Tom Sharp then loss the toss and Cornwall were invited to bat. Neil Edwards looked in good touch crashing some cover drives to the boundary before being caught behind off Kevin Nash for 20 at 35 in the ninth over. David Roberts came in and was soon also finding the boundary. He was looking in great nick until pulling a long hop to James Hayward at square leg, having made 21 off 16 balls. Cornwall were scoring at 5 an over but suffered a couple of vital blows. Anthony Penberthy was lbw to Mike Coles for 10 then Neil Curnow was run out looking for a second run that would have given him 50. He had hit a six and 7 fours off 69 balls. Cornwall were 111 for 4 in the 26th over and the home team sensed better things. They came in the form of Gary Thomas being run out when looking for a second run, to his great dismay. Then Tom Sharp lobbed Richard Bedbrook to Russell Rowe at short mid wicket.
The Duchy were struggling at 151 for 6 having lost four key wickets for 59 runs and with over 14 overs remaining. Ryan Driver was holding the other end together. Cornwall then suffered a late order collapse with four wickets falling in five balls. Chris Hunkin skied to long leg then Karl Turner and Mark George fell in the same Mike Coles over both being caught behind by Neil Shardlow. Eight overs remained and at least the last pair of Nick George and Driver saw them out to add a valuable 34. George made 14 and Driver ended on 55 off 91 balls. Crucially though Cornwall had to survive rather than accelerate over the second half of their innings. The home team bowled to their field well. Coles took 3 for 45 with Bedbrook, Nash, Hibberd and Golding all taking a wicket apiece. The general consensus was that on the smallish Station Road ground, surrounded by Cotswold stone, with it's short 50 metre boundaries and quick, sloping outfield that at least 250 was needed, if not more. As the weather closed in again there was time for just 2 overs before play ended for the day with Russell Rowe hitting a boundary.
As feared the 217 target didn't prove to be quite enough on the second day. Cornwall got the much needed early breakthrough, under the overcast skies, when Ryan Driver got Russell Rowe to drive to Mark George at mid on, who held the comfortable catch. Mike Coles joined Damian Shirazi who was batting well to continued his fine recent form. The B.A.T. Sports left hander looked impressive finding the boundary regularly. Coles at the other end was more circumspect and took 41 balls to get into double figures. Nick George bowled his 10 over spell tidily for 30 runs. Shirazi dominated the parnership which added 107 before he dragged on a Driver delivery. His 68 off 69 balls had included 10 fours. Coles came out of his shell putting Mark George into the Melksham road in his first over. The home team were looking well on the way to victory when Mark George trapped Coles lbw for 47 to make it 165 for 3 in the 38th over. Steve 'Reggie' Perrin' flashed at Anthony Penberthy and was held behind by keeper Karl Turner for 5. At the other end Baqar Rivzi impressed hitting a six and 5 fours in his 36 off just 29 balls to ensure the required rate was kept in control. He eventually skied Mark George to Driver at long on but he'd done the job with only 27 required off the last 9 overs. James Golding and Richard Bedbrook saw their side home with some scampered singles plus five boundaries to relieve the tension, loudly cheered by the home contingent. The winning boundary came off the fourth ball of the 48th over sending Wiltshire to the Lord's final in August. Mark George took 2 for 40 and Driver 2 for 44.
CORNWALL
NJ Edwards c Shardlow b Nash 20
NS Curnow run out 49
DJ Roberts c Hayward b Hibberd 21
AL Penberthy lbw b Coles 10
RC Driver not out 55
GM Thomas run out 18
TG Sharp c Rowe b Bedbrook 2
CA Hunkin c Nash b Golding 9
KIB Turner c Shardlow b Coles 0
WM George c Shardlow b Coles 0
NTP George not out 14
Extras 18 Total (9 wkts, 50 overs) 216
Fall: 1-35, 2-68, 3-98, 4-111, 5-150, 6-157, 7-182, 8-182, 9-182
Bowling: RD Bedbrook 10-2-35-1, KJ Nash 10-0-50-1, J Hibberd 10-1-26-1, JM Golding 10-0-50-1, MS Coles 10-2-45-3
WILTSHIRE
DC Shirazi b Driver 68
RJ Rowe c WM George b Driver 13
MS Coles lbw b WM George 47
SB Rizvi c Driver b WM George 36
SM Perrin c Turner b Penberthy 5
JM Golding not out 21
RD Bedbrook not out 11
Extras 18 Total (5 wkts, 47.4 overs) 219
Fall:1-25, 2-132, 3-165, 4-170, 5-190
Did not bat: J Hibberd, TS Shardlow, KJ Nash, JA Hayward
Bowling: Driver 10-3-44-2, NTP George 10-1-30-0, Penberthy 10-0-47-1, Hunkin 7-1-33-0, WM George 7.4-0-40-2, Edwards 3-0-15-0
Umpires S Johnson & S Bishopp
Wiltshire beat Cornwall by five wickets
2005 Quarter Final
Cornwall v Oxfordshire at Falmouth on Sunday 10th July 2005
Oxfordshire after being 5 for 2 with Justin Stephens taking two wickets in the second over and 91-6 recovered to 213-8 thanks to an unbeaten century from Rob Williams. Cornwall were 47-2 after losing Curnow for 13 and Edwards for17 but Penberthy (67) and Roberts (76no) added 126 for the fourth wicket. The winning runs came with 8 overs to spare. Wiltshire 290-8 beat Wales 286 at Westbury. Cornwall will play Wiltshire at Corsham in the semi-final on Sunday 24th July at 11am (Reserve day 25th) for a place in te Lord's final on Monday 22nd August.
Oxfordshire 213-8 (Williams 102no, Hewitt 35; Stephens 5-45), Cornwall 214-5 (Roberts 76no, Penberthy 67) Cornwall won by five wickets
2005 Second Round
Cornwall v Devon at Falmouth on Sunday 12th June
Devon 153 (Dawson 47, Hancock 30; Hunkin 5-41),
Cornwall 154-9 (Thomas 61no Gazzard 23, Edwards 21; Bishop 3-35, Court 3-27)
Cornwall won by one wicket with 9.4 overs to spare.
Cornwall v Devon Card / Report
2005 First Round Dorset v Cornwall
at Dean Park, Bournemouth on Sunday 15th May
50 overs per side - 11 am start Cornwall won by 3 wickets - scroll down
Match Report Full Scorecard link - Dorset play-cricket
Midday update Dorset 67-0 (15 overs)
12.30pm update Dorset 75-1 (20 overs)
1pm update Dorset 95-2 (30 overs)
1.30pm update Dorset 140-4 (40 overs)
2pm update Dorset 204-7 (49 overs)
Dorset 210-7 (50 overs) RL Keates 62, GR Treagus 45, NJ Thurgood 43, GR Treagus 35;
LM Caddy 3-0-18-0, RJ Harrison 7-0-33-0, AL Penberthy 10-0-33-1, TG Sharp 10-2-23-1, WM George 10-4-20-2, GM Thomas 6-0-38-1, CA Hunkin 4-0-39-2
Tim Marrion makes debut replacing Alex Tunnandine (illness)
3pm update Cornwall 11-0
3.15pm update Cornwall 33-0 (10 overs)
3.50pm update Cornwall 60-3 (18 overs)
4.30pm update Cornwall 81-3 (28 overs)
5pm update Cornwall 120-3 (35 overs)
5-15 update Cornwall 145-3 (40 overs)
5 -45 update Cornwall 175-5 (45 overs)
6.05 Update Cornwall win by 3 wickets
Cornwall 211-7 (49 overs)
Gazzard 34, Thomas 19, Roberts 2, Penberthy 94, Sharp 26, Hunkin 0, Pearce 12, Marrion 6no, George 1no
RW Pineo 10-0-38-4
Penberthy dismissed with scores level. 9 were needed off the last 2 overs.
Full Scorecard link - Dorset play-cricket
Cornwall are through to the second round of this season's MCCA Trophy. They set up a meeting with old rivals Devon following Sunday's excellent three wicket win at Bournemouth, in the MCCA Trophy against Dorset. The cross Tamar clash will be at Falmouth on Sunday June 12th. A home semi-final will follow for the winners. In a fairy tale comeback it was one of Cornwall favourite cricketing sons, Anthony Penberthy, who was the hero. Sixteen years after his last appearance for the Duchy, before embarking on an illustrious first class career with Northamptonshire, the former Troon all rounder hit a match winning 94 at Dean Park. Needing the reasonable ask of 211 off a full 50 overs Cornwall got off to a decent start through Gary Thomas (18) and Carl Gazzard (34) who added 41 for the first wicket. Both fell to Richard Pineo and this was followed by David Roberts being caught and bowled at 60-3.
The game swung into Cornwall's favour as Penberthy and Tom Sharp put together a stand of exactly 100 over the course of 25 overs. Sharp fell for 26 then in Pineo's same over Chris Hunkin was unfortunate to play on. Needing 66 off the last 10 overs and 36 off the last 5 overs the game was still in the balance. Martin Pearce hit a four in his 12 runs off just 10 balls. Truro's Tim Marrion, making his debut after Alex Tunnadine had withdrawn at the eleventh hour due to illness, did his bit but it was the experience of Penberthy that shone through to steer Cornwall home. He hit a 6 and 9 fours off 113 balls. With the scores level he was caught behind for 94, the third highest score by a Cornish player in the competition's 23 year history. Mark George came in to scramble the winning run with an over to spare. Pineo took 4-38 from 10 overs.
The Dorset innings had got off to a good start with Glyn Treagus and Neil Thurgood adding 72 in 16 overs. Sharp got the breakthrough to have Thurgood stumped for 43. Treagus followed lbw to Mark George at 85-2 as the Cornish slow bowlers took a grip. In a fine spell George took 2-20 from his 10 overs while Sharp was equally as accurate taking 1-23 from his quota. The Dorset innings relied on Reg Keates, who ended on 62 not out with a 6 and 3 fours. He got good support from Peter Deakin (28) as the pair added 61 for the fifth wicket to ensure a total of over 200. Chris Hunkin, bowling at the end of the innings, took 2-39 and Penberthy 1-33 from 10 overs with Thomas also claiming a wicket.
2004 First Round Bedfordshire v Cornwall
Sunday 20th June 2004
50 overs per side - 10.30am start
Latest update from the Luton Town & Indians ground at Wardown Park 5.25pm
Delayed start - rain. Play started at noon
Cornwall won the toss and elected to field Match reduced to 46 overs per side
Bedfordshire 54-3 (12 overs)
114-5 (25 overs)_
197-7 (43 overs)
214-8 (46 overs ) Close
wickets shared
Cornwall 110 all out (33overs)
Bedfordshire win by 114 runs
Driver, Hands, Roberts, Thomas outon a difficult lifting pitch at 34-4
Sharp and Hunkin (24) at 98-6 (27 overs)
Jon Kent top scored with 30.
Problems in morning with water from covers being spilt onto the surrounds
Ryan Driver and David Roberts received County Caps from the Chairman Col Ronnie Potts prior to the start
MCCA Trophy First Round 2003 Norfolk v Cornwall
Sunday 18th May 2003
50 overs per side - noon start
Norfolk won by 8 wkts with 12.2 overs to spare
Weather - Overcast , windy but playable. Started on time at noon
Norfolk won the toss and elected to field
Heavy downpour during the interval
Score Final Update Cornwall 135 all out off 46overs
G Thomas 38, R Driver 38, C Hunkin 24; P Newman 3-26, P Bradshaw 3-28, C Rogers 2-26, C Brown 2-26
(Thomas & Driver added 73 for 3rd to 95-2 after losing Pearce & Hands early at 22-2). Then collapsed to 111-7.
Norfolk 136-2 off 37.4 overs
C Amos 67no, J Walker 31no, C Rogers 26
R Driver 10-4-15-1, R Harrison 6.4- 2-24-0, C Hunkin 7-0-51-1, N Carter 10-2-30-0, J Hands 4-2-7-0
Norfolk won by 8 wkts with 12.2 overs to spare
Cornwall Team
Tom Sharp (Capt), Martin Pearce, Gary Thomas, Ryan Driver, Gavin Edwards (wk), Nick Carter, James Hands, Rob Harrision, Chris Hunkin, Alex Tunnandine , Peter Edwards
Late Team News : Nick George withdrew injured before the party left and is replaced by Nick Carter. Due to problems with documentation Tim Edwards was unable to fly and is replaced by 12th man Peter Edwards of St Just.