Spin kings help ensure Devon are the cream

By Paul Bolton

In vain: Jack Plom couldn’t stop Hertfordshire crashing to a record defeatPICTURE: ALAMY DEVON will meet Buckinghamshire in the Durant Cricket National Counties Championship final – their first since 2001 – after they came from third to first on the last day of the regular season to claim the Western Division One title. The south-west county overcame stubborn Herefordshire resistance on the last day to secure an 80-run win, spinners Max Shepherd and Sam Read shared eight wickets between them as Herefordshire were dismissed for 279. Devon and Bu...

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