Somerset win relegation battle against Western Stars
Somerset Cricket Club (Western Stars won toss): Somerset beat Western Stars by five wickets.
In a game of significant consequences, Somerset Cricket Club relegated Western Stars to the BCB First Division after defeating them by five wickets at Somerset Cricket Club on Sunday.
Youngster Jermal Proctor led the way for Somerset, bowling in-form batter Tre Manders for 18 before scoring a game-high 84 to help his team retain their Premiers Division status.
“It was disappointing that I didn’t score a century today,” Proctor said
“I have been out of nick in my last few innings, so I am happy that I scored some runs to help us win the game and now I hope to take this form into the final Cup Match trial.”
Winning the toss and electing to bat, openers Kevin Hurdle (26) and Jaiden Manders (21) gave Western Stars a bright start, putting on an opening stand worth 55 runs before both fell quickly.
Stars were 106 for three at the halfway mark but the Somerset bowlers kept the batsmen honest. Tomeiko Wilson, who came in at No. 3, batted sensibly as wickets fell around him, bringing up his 50 with a pulled shot over square leg for six which landed on the second level of the scaffolding.
Kamau Leverock bowled the 41st over and triggered a major collapse with three wickets in his six balls, claiming the wickets of Jamori Manders, Seth Campbell and Naquan Smith to leave Stars reeling at 176 for nine.
Wilson was the last man to fall, bowled by Leverock for a team-high 75, which included five sixes and four fours.
Leverock finished with figures of four wickets for 12 runs, while Dominic Sabir and Isaiah Richardson pitched in with two wickets apiece for 34 and 51 runs respectively.
Chasing a mediocre target of 188 to win, Somerset opened with two Cup Match hopefuls in Proctor and Alex Dore. The pair played some elegant strokes and capitalised on loose bowling to put on a 45-run opening partnership before the latter was caught behind off the bowling off Jaiden Manders for 22.
Proctor would display textbook drives and cuts along the way as he brought up his half century, pulling Hurdle to the square leg boundary with authority.
Fellow Cup Match hopeful Sabir soon joined Proctor and the pair slowly chipped away at the opponent’s total, carrying the score to 156 for two at the halfway point.
The two would foster a game-high, third-wicket partnership worth 107 runs to take their team to the brink of victory before both fell on 163.
Sabir holed out to Dante Wellman at long off and Proctor drove one into the hands of Jason Anderson at mid-off in the very next over. Leverock scored a quickfire 17 from just nine balls before Jahniko Francis and Isaiah Richardson polished the remaining runs off with 16 overs to spare.
Brian Hall was Stars’ best bowler on the day finishing with two wickets for 41 runs.
Western Stars
K Hurdle c Proctor b Sabir 26
Jaiden Manders c Francis b I Richardson 21
T Wilson b Leverock 75
J Anderson c Robinson b Tucker 7
D Wellman b I Richardson 11
*T Manders b Proctor 18
B Hall c Proctor b Sabir 1
†Jamori Manders b Leverock 7
S Campbell c Francis b Leverock 0
N Smith b Leverock 0
J Edness not out 2
Extras (lb 5, nb 1, w 8) 14
Total (42.2 overs) 182
Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-55, 3-85, 4-121, 5-156, 6-157, 7-176, 8-176, 9-176.
Bowling: Leverock 6.2-1-12-4; Proctor 8-0-48-1; Richardson 9-1-51-2; Sabir 10-2-32-4; Tucker 9-1-32-1.
Somerset
J Proctor c Anderson b Hall 84
A Dore c Jamori Manders b Jaiden Manders 22
*A Richardson c Tre Manders b Hurdle 2
D Sabir c Wellman b Campbell 42
K Leverock c Wilson b Hall 17
I Richardson not out 5
J Francis not out 4
Extras (b 5, nb 2, w 8) 15
Total (5 wkts; 33.3 overs) 191
†C Robinson, J Tucker and J Bean did not bat
Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-56, 3-163, 4-163, 5-183.
Bowling: Campbell 7.3-0-45-1; Hall 9-0-41-2; Jaiden Manders 5-0-33-1; Hurdle 8-1-36-1; Smith 4-0-31-0.
Umpires: S Caines and D Smith.
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