Devon Cricket League B Division West

Dartington & Totnes 2nd XI 195 for four,

Ivybridge 2nd XI 151 all out.

D&T 2nd XI beat Ivybridge 2nd XI by 44 runs

D&T’s opening ­batsmen, Jon Perkin and Gavin Colegate, set up the foundations for D&T’s victory with a fine opening stand of 157.

Perkin scored 102 in 130 deliveries, batting through until the penultimate ball of the innings with 17 fours and two sixes. It was his maiden century for the club.

Colegate, meanwhile, scored an invaluable 58 off 119 balls and played the anchor role to ­perfection.

Ivybridge won the toss and put D&T in to bat – and it was soon clear why. Perkin and Colegate initially struggled to get bat onto ball as Josh Coker and Paul Veale were bowling beautifully. Only one run came from the first four overs, and that was a wide.

Veale was particularly parsimonious and five of his first six overs were maidens; he ­conceded only 13 from his ­allotted nine overs.

By the 12th over D&T had just 23 runs on the board, although Perkin had begun to show some aggressive intent with a straight driven six off Coker.

The batsmen weathered the early storm and began to up the run rate. Ivybridge skipper Benson brought himself on to bowl, but Perkin soon saw him off and then took a fancy to his replacement, Berry, helping himself to 16 runs from one of his overs. Perkin works as a farmer, but there was nothing ­agricultural about his batting. Colegate struck seven fours and one six at the other end and was finally out trying to accelerate the scoreboard in the 37th over.

Bank manager Scott Colegate (eight) was unable to cash in as Charlie Price (one for 16) returned to the attack and bowled him.

Nikheel Jina was run out for two in the quest for quick runs. The valiant Perkin looked as if he would carry his bat, but in attempting to steer the penultimate delivery through the slips, only succeeded in deflecting it to the wicketkeeper – more a victim of fatigue than anything else.

D&T knew they would have to bowl well to win on a good batting track and wanted to keep things tight from the off. However, unlike D&T, Ivybridge got off to a flier, with far too many boundaries for D&T’s ­comfort. Scott Colegate was unusually out of sorts, although Jina bowled an economical five over spell. Simon Kidd was in good form with the bat, scoring at a run a ball. He hit eight boundaries before Joe Burgess took his scalp for 39, when Scott Colegate took a good catch at cover.

At this point Ivybridge had 58 on the board and were well up with the run rate. Fellow opener Sam Northmore played a series of classy strokes and looked an accomplished batsman.

Mick Rusling joined the attack for D&T and the runs began to dry up. He picked up two wickets in his sixth over, first having Lancaster (nine) well caught by Scott Colegate at midwicket and then ­bowling Coker for a duck. He finished with three for 23 after bowling Smith for three.

Steve Mudge replaced Rusling, and when Tuckwell cracked a full toss to mid-on, Tyler Walton took a good catch. Scott Colegate then ran out Privett with a direct hit and Ivybridge slumped to 117 for six.

Walton had been bowling beautifully but without much luck until his eighth over. Veale (16) had been looking dangerous and cracked Walton to the midwicket boundary, where Mudge first ­parried the ball and then calmly caught it – 143 for seven with 10 overs left. Walton struck again in the same over when Gavin Colegate stumped Northmore for 42 and D&T were cock-a-hoop.

Walton (three for 28) caught and bowled Benson for four and Mudge finished off the proceedings, trapping Berry lbw to give D&T a fine win over their highly placed opponents.