Kilmington have booked their place in the Devon Cricket Mini-League finals.

They finished top of the East E 1 (Tier 3) division with 86 points, after a tussle with Upottery 1st X1 (second, 81 points), Ottery St Mary 1st (3rd, 78 points) and Sidmouth 2nds X1 (4th, 15 points).

In the semi-final against Exeter 2nds on Saturday Kilmington restricted the visitors to 175 for 6 and then knocked off the required runs for victory with four wickets to spare.

Mike Summers (2 for 31) and Oliver Reed (2 for 28) returned the best bowling figures for Kilmington.

In reply, Kilmington coasted to victory with Tom Gooding (48), Mike Reed 41 not out) and Billy Reed 23 were top scorers.

Kilmington will now host the tier final this coming Saturday when they meet Stoke Gabriel.

Skipper Brett Garner was delighted his side finished top of their division and after the game thanked the club sponsors, estate agents Symonds & Sampson for their support.

A full report on the final will appear next week on the Axminster and Seaton Nub News sports portal.