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Article: Devon and Dorset slug it out in bore draw
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- Plymouth Evening Herald, The
- Article date:
- July 10, 2008
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Devon's match against Dorset at Bournemouth ended up a dull draw.
With 19 overs left to play, and Devon 378 runs ahead, skippers
Bob Dawson and Tom Hicks agreed to abandon the game as a draw on the
grounds there was not going to be a result.
Rain blighted the first two days of the game to such an extent it
was always going to need some understanding between the captains to
fashion a worthwhile game from the time left.
A tea-time chat on Tuesday between Devon skipper Dawson and Hicks
appeared to have ended with agreement on a scenario both sides could
go along with.
"I offered them 340 to chase and all the final day to do it in
and was convinced we had agreed on it," said Dawson. "We had the ...