WILTSHIRE YOUTH LEAGUE: U11 Red - A THRILLING finish at Chippenham saw the home side tie their match with South Wilts.

Thomas Cowley (15) and Harry Hawkins (11) helped the visitors reach 58-7 in their 20 overs. The Chippenham bowling was led by the Brothwood brothers with Guy taking 2-8 and Harry 2-1.

Josh Bull led the Chippenham reply with a fine innings of 27 and three runs were needed off the last over. The South Wilts' players kept their nerve and managed to restrict Chippenham to just two runs to leave Chippenham on 58-5 and the match was tied.

Tom Richards (36no) and Jack Haines (29) gave the Calne innings an excellent start with an opening partnership of 61 against Corsham.

Richards also received valuable support from Jonathan Whytehead as Calne totalled an impressive 113-3. Hugh Hudson-Wall (40) dominated the Corsham reply but the other batsmen struggled against the bowling of Qasim Ali Javid (3-7, with all three wickets coming in four balls) and Ben Wickens (3-13). Corsham were dismissed for 91 to leave Calne winners by 22 runs.

Devasting bowling by Cannings resulted in visitors Devizes being dismissed for just 13 in 10 overs. Matthew Lever took 4-1 and the other wickets were shared by Tom Alsop, Gabriel Farrell and Jack Davies.

Cannings knocked off the runs for the loss of just one wicket in six overs.

U11 Blue

BIDDESTONE were dismissed for 39 at Swindon as Ellis (3-9), Sellandrai (2-4) and David Miles (2-8) did the damage.

Despite losing two early wickets, Miles (24no) steered his side to victory by eight wickets with eight overs in hand.

Purton batted first at Wootton Bassett and, after losing a couple of quick wickets to Greg Davis, recovered through a fine innings by Craig Miles. Miles was eventually out for a hard hit 49 in the last over as Purton totalled 68-4 in their 20 overs.

Opener Stuart Coates (33) paced his innings superbly for Bassett but the support from the other end just wasn't quite enough as Bassett finished four runs short with five wickets down.

Malmesbury managed 58-2 at Shrivenham with Theo Blundell and Oliver Thomas both scoring 12 not out. Tom Swann bowled very accurately, conceding just two runs in his four overs. Swann then opened the batting and scored a fine unbeaten 30 to take his side to victory by seven wickets. Thomas took 2-15 for Malmesbury.

U13 Blue

WESTBURY were bowled out for 188 in their match at Calne with Matt Russell (33) and Scott Manners (43) playing the leading roles.

Ben Wickens (3-13), Nmike Board (2-11), Ollie Bate (2-15) and Stuart Windsor (2-16) shared the wickets. Calne struggled to score at the required rate against accurate bowling, led by James McDonald (3-11). Opener Ben Bastock scored 20 but it was left to the ninth wicket pair of Bate and Wickens to earn the draw as Calne finished on 94-8.

U15

A STUBBORN unbroken last wicket partnership between Josh Taylor and Josh Boulton earned Biddestone a hard-fought draw at Chippenham.

Liam Dawson attacked the Biddestone bowling from the outset and scored a fine 105 before being dismissed by Andrew Lawton. Tom Young (34) and Tom Beard (22) took the home side to 211-9 in their 45 overs. Sam Boore (4-45) and Josh Barnes (2-45) were the leading wicket takers for Biddestone.

Courtney Earl (2-7 in nine overs) bowled very accurately for Chippenham and, with Marcus Brown (3-17) and Chris Blewitt (2-21) bowling well, Biddestone struggled until Paul Walden (26) and Laurence Roots (24) provided stern resistance for the eighth wicket.

Once they were dismissed it was left to Taylor and Boulton to survive the final overs and secure the draw as Biddestone finished on 137-9.

Fine bowling from the South Wilts spinners' Tom Pearce (5-22) and Rob Pittman (3-5) restricted Wootton Bassett to 107-8 in their 40 overs. Jon-Paul Yalden top scored with 20. Pittman (22) led the South Wilts reply and the visitors reached their target for the loss of five wickets after 26 overs. Tom Davies took 2-14 for Bassett.

Opener Rory Davis batted throughout the Cannings innings to score an unbeaten 121 as the home side posted an impressive 226-3 against Purton. Davis received excellent support from James Page (37) and Neil Clarke (31). The Purton reply was completely dominated by Adam Miles who also scored a fine century before being dismissed for 114.

However, no other batsman reached double figures as Purton were all out for 157 to leave Cannings winners by 69 runs.

David Medhurst (53) and Stuart Greener (38) provided Westbury with a strong start in their home fixture against Swindon. Jamie Baden (3-19) and Max Whiting (4-20) then ran through the Westbury middle order before some late resistance from wicket keeper Sam Dufose took the home side to a respectable 152-9.

Opener Jamie Furkins (81no) ensured Swindon did not suffer any alarms and Paul Laggett (22no) took the visitors to victory by eight wickets in the 31st over.