SECOND-placed Ivybridge were comfortable 77-run winners when they visited relegation worriers Sandford 2nd XI.

Abraham Kopparambil (50), Cebo Tshiki (62) and Adam Huxtable (53) all made half-centuries in Ivybridge’s 252 all out.

Tshiki and Huxtable put on 76 for the fifth wicket. There were top-up runs from Jake Dunn (38) in the later overs.

Praison Alias (3-33) and Ollie Knight (3-51) were Sandford’s most successful bowlers. There were two each for Ellie Bishop and former Devon paceman Matt Theedom.

Dunn (3-28) and Huxtable (3-40) were Ivybridge’s star turns with three wickets as Sandford were removed for 175.

The chase was already in trouble when Theedom was sixth out on 73, but it wasn’t over just yet.

Archie Osborne (29) and Jason Matten (46) between them took Sandford to 158 for eight, which garnered two batting points.

A third batting point had been gained by the time Dunn flushed out the tail-enders.