BERKSHIRE RETURNED to title-winning ways by beating Cheshire by 112 runs in the National Counties Trophy final to win the competition for a ninth time.
The match appeared to be finely-balanced when Cheshire were 52 for one in pursuit of a target of 211 but the departure of skipper Sam Perry, run out by a direct hit from James Isbell from the midwicket boundary, proved the turning point.
Cheshire lost their last nine wickets for 46 and were dismissed for 98, the second-lowest total in a Trophy final, with Ben Salter following up his 49 in Berkshire’s innings with a devastating ...
