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Thursday, September 18, 2008, 07:00
Left-hander Bowser top scored as his club lost to St Just in the regional semi-finals of the Cockspur Club Twenty20.
The Cornish side went on to win the final and a place in the national Finals Day at Cardiff's Swalec Stadium, which will be broadcast live by Sky Sports.
But Bowser did have something to celebrate as Devon Under-21s won the Southern Counties championship for the first time and he finished the season with his side's best bowling record since the competition began in 2003.
The 20-year-old's left-arm spin brought him 11 wickets at an average of 10.9 and a strike-rate of a wicket every 17 deliveries.
Bowser's exploits have attracted the attention of first-class counties and he is due to have trials with Glamorgan and Worcestershire during the winter.
Any hopes Bowser had of appearing at the Swalec Stadium — venue for next summer's first Ashes Test — in front of the TV cameras were dashed by a heavy defeat.
North Devon, the county's Twenty20 champions, met their Cornish counterparts St Just in the South West and Wales semi-finals at Bovey Tracey on Sunday.
St Just posted 150-6 and then skittled North Devon for just 71.
St Just went on to beat Welsh side Sudbrook by seven wickets in the final and will represent the region at the Finals Day on Sunday, September 28, when a prize of £2,000 will be on offer to the winners.
