Devonshire Rec and Warwick Workmen’s win Plate finals
Southampton Oval (Devonshire Rec won toss): Devonshire Rec beat Cleveland County by 35 runs
Drewonde Bascome top scored with 35 as Devonshire Rec beat Cleveland County to win the Premier Division Plate, the play-off between the bottom two sides in the T20 Premier Division
Bascome achieved his total at nearly a run a ball and with the help of some lusty late blows by No 8 batter Shaquille Pitcher, who scored 25 off 15 balls, Devonshire Rec managed to post a total of 120 for eight in their 20 overs.
Cleveland never looked likely to chase down that total and only got within 35 runs largely thanks to 19 wides bowled by the Devonshire attack.
They faced an uphill task after opener Steven Bremar Jr was bowled by Pitcher with only the second ball of the innings and no Cleveland batter managed to occupy the crease for a sustained period, with only Kioshi Trott and captain Mackih McGowan making it into double figures.
George O’Brien and Nyrobi Carmichael did most of the damage with the ball, each taking three wickets, with Allan Douglas Jr taking two for 27.
In the First Division Plate final Warwick Workmen’s were helped by a number of returning youngsters as they beat Somerset Bridge by 72 runs at Lord’s.
Zeri Tomlinson, Luke Fulton and Luke Horan, who all returned from schools in the United Kingdom this week, were back on the pitch with Tomlinson in particular showcasing his burgeoning talent.
After Warwick won the toss and decided to bat, Tomlinson came to the crease early after the experienced opener Malachi Jones was dismissed for just three.
The teenager then formed a fantastic 104-run partnership for the second wicket with Kamau Leverock, with both batters going on to score half-centuries. Leverock made 62 from just 46 balls before he was caught by Cadence Douglas off the bowling of Shawn Riley, with Tomlinson making 65, off 54 balls, before being bowled by Riley.
Horan made it quickly into double figures as Warwick finished their innings on 152 for four.
Somerset Bridge’s innings never really got going with their first two wickets, those of Riley and Adrian Burrows, being lost in the second over to leave them at two for two.
Callum McIntosh (13) and Noel Woods (14 not out) were the only Bridge batters to make it into double figures as Jelani Richardson (four for 13) and Luke Horan (three for seven) made light work of the order.
Bridge just managed to make it through their innings reaching 80 with the loss of nine wickets in their 20 overs.