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Wiltshire once again suffered a heavy defeat away to Devon on Sunday in their second group match of the MCCA trophy at Exmouth, this time losing by seven wickets.

Put in to bat on an early season bowler friendly pitch, Wiltshire had no answer to the Devon seam bowling quartet of Ian Bishop (2 for 18), Neil Hancock (1 for 25), S. Barlow (3 for 22) and Trevor Anning (4 for 17) as they were bowled out for 91 in 33.5 overs.

Only Damian Shirazi with a determined and patient 47 applied himself in the difficult conditions.

No other batsman reached double figures as they succumbed to a combination of unplayable balls and injudicious shots.

Devon in reply were soon in trouble at 22 for 3, with Alex Senneck taking 2 for 31 and Richard Bedbrook 1 for 17, but then Neil Hancock and David Court mixing watchful defence with controlled aggressive shots produced the only partnership of the day putting on 70 for the 4th wicket to see Devon home in only 23.1 overs.

Wiltshire's next match in the competition in on Sunday May 18th against Berkshire at Trowbridge (11am start), with it looking as if they will have to win both this and the final match against Herefordshire (away on June 1st) to qualify for the quarter finals.

10:22am Tuesday 6th May 2008

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