Saturday, May 29

ECB Cornwall Premier League

Callington (186-7)

Camborne (183 all out)

Callington kept up their good form with a well-fought three-wicket win against Camborne, although at one stage their prospects were looking decidedly bleak, writes Lewis Bond.

Camborne won the toss and elected to bat on a sunny afternoon.

The openers had put on 28 when Jordan Harvey lobbed up a simple chance to Luke Brenton off Rob Mutch, and Sam Pengelly followed that up by dismissing Steve Richards, thanks to a sharp catch from Ollie Allsop, with the score still on 28.

Jamie Goldsworthy was caught behind by Rhys Davies off Dan Davis for a duck, but his brother Lewis, a Somerset County cricketer, appeared to be bedding himself in for a long stay.

He constructed a beautiful innings of 90 from 99 balls including five fours and four sixes, and held the Camborne innings together, assisted by double figure knocks from Liam Weeks, Simon Hosking and Martin Jenkin.

Weeks fell to a White catch off Davis, and Harry Sawyers then took over, taking another four wickets, helped by catches from Kian Burns, Pengelly and a Davies stumping.

Mutch returned to the front line, and it was he who finally saw off Lewis Goldsworthy, courtesy of an Allsop catch on the car park boundary.

Camborne were eventually dismissed for 183, with five balls of their 50 overs remaining. Sawyers took 4-38 from 9.1 overs, Davis 2-16 and Mutch 2-38.

The beginning of the Callington reply did not go to plan.

Brenton was bowled by Ryan Downing for a quacker, and the same bowler dismissed Aidan Libby, caught behind by Weeks for nine.

When Lewis Goldsworthy held on to a catch off Gareth Mankee to dismiss Davis for two, Callington were reduced to 30-3.

Davies and Burns added 44 before Davis was given leg before to Jenkin for 24, and Allsop made 15 before going the same way to Lewis Goldsworthy.

Burns had been going well, and hit four fours and two sixes in his 41 before mistiming a pull and being caught by Simon Hosking off Jenkin.

When Pengelly was out to an excellent caught and bowled by Lewis Goldsworthy, Callington were 110-7 and 184 seemed a long way away.

However, they had plenty of overs in hand, and White and Mutch set about their task with good heart.

Clearly the plan was to see off Lewis Goldsworthy and score from the other end.

It worked a treat. Mutch was the hard-hitting hero, smashing 49 not out from 24 balls, including three fours and five big sixes.

His partner White batted a controlled innings and remained unbeaten on 24 as Callington passed their target in 40.2 overs. Jenkin took 2-19, Lewis Goldsworthy 2-34 and Downing 2-38.