Minor Counties Cricket Round Up

Devon, one of the Minor Counties kings of the 1990s, suffered one of their worst championship defeats for years against Herefordshire at Kington. A startling second innings collapse saw nine wickets fall for just 16 runs as 43 for one dramatically declined to 59 all out. Herefordshire secured victory before tea on day two by an innings and 90 runs.

Skipper Nick Folland scored 33 of the 59 - Devon's lowest championship total since 1986 - with Herefordshire seamer John Shaw doing the bulk of the damage to finish with the remarkable analysis of 3-2-4-4. The last eight Devon batsmen scored just eight runs between them, and the last seven wickets fell for seven runs.

Herefordshire had started the day by batting on in their first innings from their overnight 273 for four. They added a further 100 in an unbroken sixth-wicket stand between Karl Pearson (46 not out) and Neeraj Prabhu (48 not out) before declaring on 373 for five off 89 overs, a lead of 149 runs.

Minor Counties Championship
Kington: Devon 224-7 & 59 (J Shaw 4-4) Hereford 373-5 (I Dawood 61, PS Lazenbury 55, R Nagra 55) Hereford (23) beat Devon (4) by an innings and 90 runs

ECB 38-County Cup
Haslingden: Lancs CB 187-8 (M Lomas 64) Durham CB 188-7 (G Pratt 56) Durham won by 3 wickets