West of England Premier League Prem 2 Glos/Wilts

Thornbury 295-7 beat Warminster 219 ao by 76 runs

THORNBURY put Warminster to the sword to make it six in a row in the West of England Premier League Prem Two Glos/Wilts division, writes Harry Watts.

The dark days when Thornbury sat at the bottom of the table seem a long way off now and Saturday saw Thornbury host relegation threatened Warminster, in a match the home side were keen to win.

Thornbury won the toss and elected to bat.

Dan Davis had a new opening partner in promoted second team captain Marcus Wormwell.

Their new partnership lasted only five balls though, with Davis caught behind off Powell’s bowling in the first over.

Chris Taylor came in and put on a 69 run partnership with Wormwell, before Taylor was caught at fine leg classy 49.

Danny Slade, promoted to four, put on 42 with Wormwell before the latter was stumped off a leg-side wide for 21.

Captain Richard Trotman came in and alongside Slade, the pair managed a handy 60-run partnership.

It was ended when Slade was bowled by opening bowler, Rory Cullinan, for 44.

Luke Davis could only manage 13 and Sam Summerfield two before both departed which restricted Thornbury to 205-6 with nine overs to go.

In came James Tunnicliffe and, along with Trotman, they smashed a 55-run partnership off just 39 balls before Trotman was caught on 75, putting the home side on 260-7.

Max Trotman, making his first team League debut at only 13 years old, wisely gave the strike to Tunnicliffe at every opportunity, and watched him take Warminster’s bowlers apart.

Tunnicliffe ended on 55 not out off just 30 balls and Max made three not out, leaving the home side on 295-7.

Warminster got off to a decent start, with Tristan Lundquist and Paul Gilbert absorbing almost everything Luke Davis and Jack Gillett had to offer.

That was, however, until the tenth over when Lundquist was caught by Luke Davis, off Jack Gillett’s bowling.

This brought Peter Hickerton to the crease, and baring a couple of close shaves, he looked in control.

His problem was no other batsman was able to hang around with him.

A couple of fifty partnerships simply weren’t enough for Warminster, with Thornbury regularly picking up wickets to halt any momentum that was starting to build. Slade came on and claimed the final four wickets of the innings with Warminster were all-out for 219 in 44.5 overs, condemning them to a 76-run defeat.