Article: Duchy's gloomy end ; Herefordshire left Truro's Boscawen Park smiling last night after recording their first Minor Counties Championship win for almost three years, albeit a 100-over match at a hurriedly switched venue.

Herefordshire left Truro's Boscawen Park smiling last night after recording their first Minor Counties Championship win for almost three years, albeit a 100-over match at a hurriedly switched venue.

The visitors recorded their first win over Cornwall in championship cricket since their title-winning season in 2002. Thanks to sterling efforts from the Truro ground staff the game started on time at 11am, having been switched after two soggy days at St Austell.

Ironically no sooner had proceedings got underway than drizzle caused a 13-minute delay. However, on the resumption, the visitors soon made use of winning the toss as Cornwall battled under grey skies.

Stuart Wedge, bowling from the ...

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