A magnificent century from Rishabh Shimpi and a clinical bowling performance spearheaded by Jago Barclay guided King's College, Taunton to a commanding 110-run victory over Gloucestershire Young Cricketers.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, King's College set an imposing target before their bowling unit, featuring a strong contribution from Bermudian all-rounder Luke Horan, dismantled the Gloucestershire response.
The foundations of the emphatic victory were laid entirely in the first innings. Shimpi played an absolute masterclass of an innings, anchoring the crease to smash a brilliant 156 runs, single-handedly turning the momentum in Taunton's favor.
Horan provided support in the middle order with a patient 18 to help rebuild after early wickets, as King's College were eventually bowled out for a formidable 320.
Gloucestershire's Stanley Norton fought valiantly to restrict the damage, turning in a superb spell of seam bowling to finish as the pick of the attack with figures of 3-45 from his eight overs.
Faced with a daunting chase of 321, Gloucestershire Young Cricketers never truly looked comfortable as Taunton's opening bowlers immediately applied the squeeze.
Rhys Pollitt offered the lone resistance for the young county side, compiling a gritty top-scoring knock of 47, but a steady cluster of wickets completely broke the back of the chase.
Barclay was the standout destroyer with the ball, tearing through the middle and lower order with a lethal spell to finish with exceptional figures of 4-21 from just 3.4 overs.
Horan proved equally effective at the other end, maintaining immense discipline to keep the run rate under control while extracting vital breakthroughs, returning a highly economical 2-22 from his six overs.
King's College, Taunton Inning
..14 (19) K Baranidharan c Henry Rendell b Sam Barnes
..04 (15) Tom Baines LBW Stanley Norton
156 (97) Rishabh Shimpi c Sam Barnes b Hugo Bush
..18 (23) Luke Horan b Otis Lemon
..05 (08) Jago Barclay c & b Stanley Norton
..00 (01) F Watson c James Hutchings b Stanley Norton
..24 (41) L Browne c Otis Lemon b Rhys Pollitt
..07 (21) H Bradbury c Otis Lemon b Jason Jordan
..45 (41) F Tucker c Nikash Choughule b Otis Lemon
..19 (20) Ruben S Not Out
..00 (03) B Mack c Hugo Bush b Rhys Pollitt
..28 Extras (3b-11lb-12w-2nb)
320 Total All Out after 47.5 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-26 (Baranidharan), 2-31 Baines), 3-59 (Horan), 4-76 (Barclay), 5-76 (Watson), 6-158 (Browne), 7-246 (Shimpi), 8-248 (Bradbury), 9-317 (Tucker), 10-320 (Mack)
Gloucestershire Young Cricketers Bowlers
5.0-0-29-1 Sam Barnes
7.5-0-46-2 Rhys Pollitt
8.0-0-45-3 Stanley Norton
9.0-0-62-2 Otis Lemon
10.-0-56-1 Jason Jordan
6.0-0-43-0 Henry Rendell
2.0-0-25-1 Hugo Bush
Gloucestershire Young Cricketers Inning
..23 (36) Hugo Bush c Rishabh Shimpi b Luke Horan
..44 (63) Nikash Choughule b Luke Horan
..47 (63) Rhys Pollitt c Oliver Groves b Ruben S
..14 (26) Noah Bennett c H Bradbury b L Browne
..20 (15) Henry Rendell b Jago Barclay
..02 (02) James Hutchings st H Bradbury b Ruben S
..00 (03) Jonty Grindal b Ruben S
..37 (22) Sam Barnes b Jago Barclay
..02 (06) Otis Lemon b Jago Barclay
..03 (08) Jason Jordan c Ruben S b Jago Barclay
..06 (06) Stanley Norton Not Out
..12 Extras (3b-3lb-6w)
210 Total All Out after 41.4 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-48 (Bush), 2-85 (Choughule), 3-134 (Bennett), 4-136 (Pollitt), 5-138 (Hutchings), 6-138 (Grindal), 7-184 (Rendell), 8-200 (Lemon), 9-201 (Barnes), 10-210 (Jordan)
King's College, Taunton Bowlers
6.0-1-26-0 B Mack
5.0-1-19-0 Oliver Groves
7.0-0-25-0 F Watson
6.0-0-22-2 Luke Horan
9.0-0-72-3 Ruben S
5.0-0-19-1 L Browne
3.4-0-21-4 Jago Barclay
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