THERE were no surprises at Two Mile Oak where E West leaders Abbotskerswell 2nd XI cruised to a six-wicket win over bottom side Dartington & Totnes.

Skipper Jono Lloyd top-scored for D&T with 47, and Jon Perkin made a studious 25 in a stand of 834 with the captain, in an all-out total of 148.

Jude Keen (20) and Javin Raj (10no) were the only other D&T batters to last long enough to reach double figures.

Will Small (4-40) and Alex Troake (3-28) dominated Abbots’ bowling spread. Harrison Vickery claimed two wickets in four balls mopping-up at the end.

Abbots’ were always in the driving seat after openers Simon Harrison (37) and Nick Guest (24) took them to 60 for one.

Jamie Lock (37no), aided and abetted by Erik Gregersen (19), took Abbots the rest of the way.

While Dartington & Totnes are 17 points adrift at the bottom, Abbots boast a 27-point advantage over third-placed Cornwood 3rd XI in the race for one of two promotion spots.

Elsewhere at that level, Stokeinteignhead went up to second thanks to a 45-run win on their first league visit to Plympton 2nd XI, despite being bowled out for 155.

Partnerships were a problem for Stoke – the best was 29 for the fourth wicket involving Andrew Thornton-Clarke (38) and Oliver Hastie (27) in an otherwise unremarkable batting card.

Jack Sellick (3-21) and Umashankar Gangatkar (2-16) booked Plympton’s best bowling figures.

Gangatkar opened up with a half-century for Plympton, who got to 78 for two with contributions from Sellick (10) and Craig Donohue (20). Then it all went pear-shaped.

Four-wickets fell for seven runs scored – Gangatkar one of them – and a second collapse from 101 for five to 110 all out sealed Plympton’s fate.

Stoke bowlers Chacko John (2-26), Anuj Tiwari (2-11) and Shinto Kuriakose (2-13) were the bowlers who did the damage.