West of England Premier Cricket League, Somerset Division: Ilminster 63-0 (20pts) defeated Butleigh 60 all out (0pts) by 10 wickets
Ilminster completed an emphatic 10-wicket victory over Butleigh in a low-scoring affair on Saturday (May 31).
20 wickets were taken for 123 runs at Ilminster who have now won three of their five league games so far this season.
Butleigh won the toss on the day and elected to bat but only two runs were scored before Daniel Carter was caught and bowled by Michael Reynolds for a duck off three balls.
The visitors then lost two wickets for 10 runs as Reynolds got his second and Charlie Vickery also picked up a wicket.
After adding 13 runs for the fourth wicket, the visitors lost two quick wickets, leaving them on 26-5.
Another 12 were added before Ryan Church was trapped lbw by Sam Grinter and the visitors then lost the next two wickets for another three runs leaving them on 41-8.
The final two wickets were picked up with Butleigh on 60 runs. Grinter was the pick of the bowling for Ilminster with 4-11. Reynolds picked up two for 28 off 10 overs and Toby Pattemore 2-10.
It took the opening pair of Riley Millet and Adeesha Nanayakkara just six overs to secure the victory. Millet ended on 23 off 20 balls and Nanayakkara on 40 off 15, included seven fours and a six.
Ilminster are currently in 6th place in the league and next up they travel to North Perrott who have won four of their five games so far this season.
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