WERRINGTON skipper Nick Lawson admitted ‘it was great to win a game we shouldn’t have’ as they earned a one-run success at Grampound Road on Saturday in the ECB Cornwall Premier League.

The Tron found themselves in all sorts of trouble at 37-5 having chosen to bat.

Sri Lankan pro Thulina Dilshan (52) found some support from Lawson (18) in a stand of 63, but it was soon 122-8 with both men gone.

Enter Ben Jenkin and Dan Barnard.

While Jenkin (33no off 72) dug in, Barnard whacked the bowling to all parts in his 56 from 38 balls, an innings which changed the momentum of the match.

Antony Angove returned to dismiss Barnard and last man Jordan Duke, but a score of 210 was competitive.

The Road raced out of the traps to reach 43-0 in the sixth over before Adam Hodgson (2-30) trapped the ever-dangerous Dave Hoskings lbw for 25.

Angove and struck 71 at Penzance the week before and looked in good touch in reaching 37 before Duke had him caught at short mid-wicket by Mark Gribble.

Duke struck again when Harry Gregory edged to John Moon at slip, and although Hodgson trapped Sri Lankan Ravi Karunarathna lbw on the sweep, the Road looked set to coast to victory through Alex Lean and Tom Orpe.

Orpe was trapped lbw off the final ball of the 43rd over by Mark Taskis, but with just 28 required from 42 balls and five wickets in-hand, the Road were almost there.

Then came the drama as after just 13 came off the next four overs, the Road started to lose wickets with Chris Roberts edging behind off Ben Smeeth, before Lean was brilliantly run-out by Barnard off his own bowling on the follow through.

Somehow the home side found themselves needing 11 off the last over bowled by Smeeth, and after eight came off the first five balls, two were required for a tie.

Nathan Keevil hit the ball into the leg-side but was run-out coming back for the second as Werrington had pulled off the most unlikely of victories.

Reflecting on the game, Lawson told the Post: “We were just delighted to get over the line, and it’s always great to win a close game, even more so when you shouldn’t have won.”

Lawson admitted their batting performance was from ideal, but praised the way they battled.

He said: “At 37-5 when I went in, Grampound were up and about and had designs of finishing us off quickly.

“I knew I just had to stay out there with Dil (Thulina Dilshan) and you could never know what might happen, but when we found ourselves at 122-8 we were in serious trouble.

“But the partnership between Ben (Jenkin) and Barney (Dan Barnard) was superb. The chat on the sideline was to hope to get to 160 or 170, but to get to 210 was a brilliant effort.”

Werrington were well behind throughout much of the chase as well, before the most brilliant of finishes.

Lawson added: “When they needed about 40 off the final 10 we knew they were favourites, but the way we were able to create pressure was unbelievable, and for them to need 11 off the last over was beyond our wildest dreams.

“Ben then kept his cool under pressure to cap off a brilliant win.”