Cumbria crashed to a heavy defeat in the final of the NCCA Trophy at Wormsley, beaten by holders Berkshire.
The two had met in the 2019 final when Cumbria lost by just one run but this time it was never as close as Berkshire won by 151 runs.
Set to score 261 for victory Cumbria were bowled out in 34.1 overs for 109 with only three players reaching double figures – Matthew Sempill (39), tail-ender James McGown (26no) and skipper Gary Pratt (10).
The innings never got going after losing both openers with only two runs on the board and only Sempill hung around long enough to start to seriously challenge the big Berkshire score.
He and McGown put on the biggest partnership of the innings – 30th for the ninth wicket but by then Cumbria were staring at a big defeat.
Andy Rishton took 4-16 from his full complement of ten overs while Luke Beaven had 3-20 from 9.1 overs.
Earlier Cumbria had done well to pull back Berkshire to 260-8 in their 50 overs when at one point they looked like topping 300.
The Keswick captain McGown had taken 4-50 and with his late heroics with the bat was clearly Cumbria’s man of the match.
