Bashley’s tried and tested policy of putting teams into bat and chasing down targets backfired when they were caught on a Havant Park ‘turner’ and resoundingly beaten by 126 runs.
Having reduced Havant from a threatening 186-4 to 237 all out – four wickets falling for 16 runs at one stage – Bashley’s young stand-in captain fancied his side’s chances of pulling off a fifth Premier Division win.
But, Luke Webb (48) apart, the innings fell apart, with Richard Hindley’s impressive spell of 5-36 sending their reply tumbling to 111 all out.
Michael Porter’s brave decision to field first on Havant’s notoriously spin-friendly track was haunting him from the off as Rob Gibson [pictured left] put bat to ball in impressive style.
Playing his first match since returning from Durham, where he has played regularly for the MCCU team, Gibson hit a six and 13 fours in a stunning 83, scored off only 68 balls.
When he became the first of five short-leg dismissals pouched by Nick Baker, Havant were 99-1 – with opening partner Pete Hopson barely in double figures.
Hopson (52) batted the entire morning session, during which Porter had long since switched to spin, with South Australian prospect Tom Andrews (3-82) and Sam Thomson wheeling away.
Havant, having lunched at 171-4, but lost wickets regularly thereafter – Thomson’s 6-67 being his second six-wicket haul in three games.
But Stuart Ransley (27) and Steven Matthews (23), with a late flurry, scored important runs to lift Havant from 202-8 to 237 all out.
It was inevitable that, with the ball lifting and turning, Bashley would be hard pressed to chase down the target – and so it proved.
Once they were 24-3 the writing was on the wall. By tea, Bashley were six down and the game was up.
Luke Webb, however, emerged with credit, playing a series of fine shots but, with Havant crowding the bat, six partners came and went, among them Andrews for a brisk 23.
Hindley (5-36), and left-arm pair Chris Morgan (2-28) and Steven Matthews (1-19) dictated the terms as Bashley sank to 111 all out and a heavy defeat.
Porter defended his decision to put Havant in.
“The last few times we’d done pretty well putting teams in and bowling first.
“I didn’t think Havant’s score was out of reach – we did pretty well to bowl them out for 237 from where we were in the morning – and the pitch didn’t get any worse,” he argued.
But the Premier Division’s youngest captain was critical of Bashley’s response.
He added: “The pitch wasn’t bad, it was a slow turner, but we didn’t apply ourselves at the crease and got ourselves out. The result was disappointing. At halfway I thought we were well in the game.”
Having reduced Havant from a threatening 186-4 to 237 all out – four wickets falling for 16 runs at one stage – Bashley’s young stand-in captain fancied his side’s chances of pulling off a fifth Premier Division win.
But, Luke Webb (48) apart, the innings fell apart, with Richard Hindley’s impressive spell of 5-36 sending their reply tumbling to 111 all out.
Michael Porter’s brave decision to field first on Havant’s notoriously spin-friendly track was haunting him from the off as Rob Gibson [pictured left] put bat to ball in impressive style.
Playing his first match since returning from Durham, where he has played regularly for the MCCU team, Gibson hit a six and 13 fours in a stunning 83, scored off only 68 balls.
When he became the first of five short-leg dismissals pouched by Nick Baker, Havant were 99-1 – with opening partner Pete Hopson barely in double figures.
Hopson (52) batted the entire morning session, during which Porter had long since switched to spin, with South Australian prospect Tom Andrews (3-82) and Sam Thomson wheeling away.
Havant, having lunched at 171-4, but lost wickets regularly thereafter – Thomson’s 6-67 being his second six-wicket haul in three games.
But Stuart Ransley (27) and Steven Matthews (23), with a late flurry, scored important runs to lift Havant from 202-8 to 237 all out.
It was inevitable that, with the ball lifting and turning, Bashley would be hard pressed to chase down the target – and so it proved.
Once they were 24-3 the writing was on the wall. By tea, Bashley were six down and the game was up.
Luke Webb, however, emerged with credit, playing a series of fine shots but, with Havant crowding the bat, six partners came and went, among them Andrews for a brisk 23.
Hindley (5-36), and left-arm pair Chris Morgan (2-28) and Steven Matthews (1-19) dictated the terms as Bashley sank to 111 all out and a heavy defeat.
Porter defended his decision to put Havant in.
“The last few times we’d done pretty well putting teams in and bowling first.
“I didn’t think Havant’s score was out of reach – we did pretty well to bowl them out for 237 from where we were in the morning – and the pitch didn’t get any worse,” he argued.
But the Premier Division’s youngest captain was critical of Bashley’s response.
He added: “The pitch wasn’t bad, it was a slow turner, but we didn’t apply ourselves at the crease and got ourselves out. The result was disappointing. At halfway I thought we were well in the game.”
Emily Windsor became the second teenager member of the Hampshire Women’s team to make her Southern Electric Premier League bow when she played in the victorious Havant side against Bashley (Rydal). The 18-year old all-rounder pictured by Terry Nash (below), who has helped the county girls win five of their six ECB County Championship matches this season, was called up when Brad Wheal was selected to play against Middlesex at Lord’s. Following in the footsteps of Danielle Ransley (who played for Havant against Lymington in August 2013), Emily had the misfortune to bag a second ball duck when she hit a return catch to Sam Thomson to complete his six-wicket haul. But she ran around with bags of enthusiasm in the field as Havant bowled Bashley out for 111 to complete a 126-run win.