Portsmouth & Southsea extended their winning Southern Premier League by trouncing Gosport Borough at Privett Park.
P & S stormed to their eighth successive win with an eight-wicket victory that kept them 28 points ahead of Sway at the top of the Division 3 table.
More importantly, Ben Saunders’ side are 38 points clear of third-placed Langley Manor - with only the top two winning promotion.
P & S boast the best bowling attack in the division - they have taken five more bowling points than anyone else. And that was clearly on show as they won the toss, inserted Gosport, and skittled them for 88.
The hosts quickly nosedived to 20-3 with openers Mark Toogood (6) and skipper Lee Harrop (7) removed by Jono Willey (3-22).  New ball partner Matt Benfield (2-29) accounted for Jayaram Jayaraj (4) and Viv (not THE !) Richards (1) as Gosport slid into more troubled waters at 28-4.
Back from his short spell at Sarisbury Athletic, Jacob Harris averted total humiliation for his side by hitting 40 not out, but the final four batters - Greg Kitchin, Muhammad Ali (not HIM either !), Sampath Prathapasinghe and Jack Richards - all failed to score. 
Amidst the ducks, there were cheap wickets for Keiron Dunstan (3-12) and Saunders (2-8) as Gosport’s innings ended in the 32nd over.
Opener Chris Bollom (37 not out) and Jack Davies (24 not out) brought up P & S’ latest win inside 23 overs.
Davies now has 408 league runs in 2022 at an average of 102. The only batter in the fourth tier with more runs is Langley Manor’s Jack Budd (420 from seven innings, one fewer than Davies).
Next up for P & S is a ‘top v bottom’ encounter with Purbrook at The Heath on Saturday. While P & S are targeting promotion, Purbrook are currently favourites to be relegated to the Hampshire League.
They have lost all eight of their games so far and trail third from bottom Trojans by 49 points, with the bottom two relegated to the county league.  Purbrook’s latest setback was a 91-run defeat against Havant 2nds.
Though Portsmouth Grammar School’s Ben Feeney (35) was top run scorer, hosts Havant still posted 220-8. Six other batters recorded scores in the 20s, including tailenders Steven Matthews (27) and Warren Turner (27 not out). There were also 26 extras.
Opener Sam Pearce (21) lost partner Brad Mengham for a duck with Jahanzeb Habib run out without scoring. Left-arm spinner Matthews (3-19) and Turner (2-9) followed up their runs with wickets as Purbrook careered to 70-9.
Havant were frustrated in their quest for maximum bowling bonus points by Purbrook’s last pair James Gurney (56) and Tom Amis (21 not out), who put on 59 for the final wicket. 

Charlie Ayers smashed a brutal 130 and Babu Veettil ran amok with figures of 5-32 as Andover thrashed bottom of Southern Premier Division 2 Fawley by 156 at Holbury.
The third placed Lions ran up 258 before skittling Fawley for 102.
Ayers (left), who is renowned for his big hitting, launched into the Fawley attack, with two sixes and 17 fours, his career-best 130 (and maiden hundred in any form of cricket) coming off 108 balls.
The run rampage came after Bailey Parratt had sent down a miserly ten overs, conceding only 17 runs.
All Andover needed to do was bat around Ayers and Harry Blackburn (30) was among five other batsmen who made starts.
Veettil’s spell with the new ball was simply devastating as he ripped out five of Fawley’s top six batsmen to leave the oilmen floundering at 37-6.  The tail wagged to raise the total to 102 before Zimbabwean John Nyumbu’s 3-18 finished the innings off.
Waterlooville were involved in a rare Southern Premier League tie with Division 2 rivals Fair Oak at Lapstone Park
Ville began the last over - bowled by spinner Nick Doubell - needing eight to overhaul the hosts’ 166 all out total.
Skipper Archie Reynolds and Sam Robinson took singles off the first three balls before the latter struck a boundary off the fourth to level the scores.
Needing just a run off two deliveries, Robinson failed to score off the penultimate ball and was run out by Ben Smith attempting a match-winning single off the last.
Robinson (28) had helped Reynolds give Ville a chance of victory with a 61-run stand for the seventh wicket.
Reynolds, who opened, ended unbeaten on 64 - his second successive SPL half-century and his third of the league campaign (after compiling three in a row in pre-season friendlies).
Tim Jackson (4-41) and Sam Hillman (3-16) had earlier helped to bowl Fair Oak out fairly cheaply after they had been inserted.
Doubell (48) rescued his side, batting at No 6 and top scoring after Ville had reduced them to 73-5.

Run machine Matt De Villiers struck his third Southern Premier League century of a potentially historic season.
The 21-year-old South African hit 123 as Hambledon extended their winning start to the Division 2 season to eight games against Bashley (Rydal) seconds at Ridge Meadow.
It was his second SPL ton in eight days, following on from his 168 against Hartley Wintney - Hambledon’s highest SPL individual innings of the 21st century.
De Villiers now boasts a stunning record of 694 league runs at 115.67 from eight innings - 248 more than the next highest scorer across the four tiers of the SPL, Havant’s Chris Stone.
His league innings so far in 2022 are of Bradmanesque proportions - 89, 67, 63 not out, 100, 53, 31 not out, 168 and 123.
He needs just 306 more runs from a possible 10 innings - we are not even halfway through the SPL campaign yet - to become only the fifth batter in Southern League or Southern Premier League history to score 1,000 runs in a single season.
Former Purbrook and Havant batter Will Prozesky (1,076 runs, 2005), Neal Parlane (BAT, 1,074, 2003), Erasmus Hendriske (Trojans,1,025, 2003) and Hampshire leg-end Robin Smith (Trojans, 1,015, 1982) are the only four men to have reached four figures since the Southern League was formed in 1969.
In the absence of second top run scorer Dan McGovern, Don’s skipper Spencer Le Clercq promoted himself to open. And, after George Marshall (10) had departed ear-ly, he added 112 for the second wicket with De Villiers before falling for 54.
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De Villiers powered on to his latest century, eventually dismissed after hitting 16 fours and a six off 94 balls.
With Bashley conceding 35 wides, Hambledon posted a daunting 293 all out total - the final wicket falling off the last ball of the 50th over. Sam Davies (3-41) and Saif Achakzai (3-49) shared six of the wickets.
While De Villiers could one day play first class cricket, his side boast a player who has already been there and done that.
And it was Ian Turner - the 53-year-old former Hampshire spinner - who removed the Bashley top three en route to 3-34 in his third SPL game of 2022.
Teenage left-armer Shahryar Khan (4-20) impressed after Turner had done the initial damage as the New Forest club - asked to chase a rain revised target of 227 in 35 overs - were bowled out for 192.
Bashley IIs stand-in captain Neil Taylor, currently enjoying his time with Hamp-shire’s 50s side, was pleased with the way his weakened Bash side played on the day.
“We got a 51-run start from Harry Anstee and Piers Scott and were going at seven runs an over while James Trodd (38) and Saif Achakzai (21) were together, but once they were out the run chase was over,” he said.
Hambledon - one of only two clubs in the four tiers of the SPL  still boasting a 100 per cent record, alongside Portsmouth & Southsea - are 16 points clear of OTs & Romsey at the top of the table.
Had they not had 20 points deducted for a close season admin error, their lead would be seriously impressive at this stage of the season.      Simon Carter, Portsmouth News.

​Southampton and cricket have never quite seen eye-to-eye.
Of Hampshire’s five Southampton-born players to have made their debut in the 21st century: two were sons of county legends, one came through at Sussex, one made just four first-class appearances, and the other is more well-known locally for playing non-league football, writes Alex Smith of the ECB Reporters Network.
The fact there is only one set of outdoor nets – at the private school King Edward VI – in the city and that there isn't a major club team between Totton and Burridge, and you can start to build a picture of the historical cricketing neglect in Southampton.
But things are changing thanks to the launch of the Hampshire Hawks City Academy earlier this year, with the primary aim to provide new opportunities for youngsters in Southampton. With the added benefit of opening up a brand-new pathway onto the Hampshire Academy.
So firstly, how do you unearth the next James Vince, Liam Dawson or Mason Crane, especially when you are introducing cricket to kids who may never have picked up a bat, let alone have heard of the sport.
James Hibberd, Regional Performance Manager at Hampshire who oversees the project, explained: “We’ve started to design talent ID days at 11 targeted schools in the centre of Southampton. We are trying to gauge what talent is and get them to have fun. We try to get away from cricket as such and see how they move and see how they hit the ball.
“There is a massive breakdown of the skills. We aren’t worrying or teaching them what a straight drive is or what it looks like. We are actually showing them how to stand there, get balanced and strike a ball. And then how consistent that is.
                                                                                           Identify
“Then, are they coachable? So, when you teach them some bits do they listen and put that into practice.
“At first, we try to identify 50 players then we start to play a few more games and start to develop the cricket side of things and get them to an end-stage where in September when the academy guys will be resting up these guys will be upskilled in terms of using kit, using a bowling machine, show them that this is what bowling looks like and try and get cricket knowledge drilled into them quite quickly.”
Hibberd, a former professional at Hampshire, has plenty of anecdotes of uncovering talent already, including a youngster who had taught himself to bowl like Rashid Khan without any formal training, or an “outstanding” under-nine tennis player who wowed coaches in his first session after being handed a bat for the first time.
There are countless other examples of individuals with a flair for cricket who wouldn’t have found their way onto Hampshire’s radar.
Facilities are improving too, with Cantell School - a state school that has been leading the push and been a hub for the Hawks - upgrading their indoor nets. Hibberd is also adamant about playing games in the centre of Southampton rather than on traditional club grounds.
Then there is the barrier-breaking of the initiative.
                                                                                        Opportunities
A very rough estimate would suggest that 400 of the 700 players on Hampshire’s Academy pathway are from a private school background - with one region comprising of 70 per cent from a fee-paying school. This widens the chances of public school students having a shot at making a living out of cricket.
“We try and highlight our talented state school guys and then give them further opportunities,” Hibberd, who attended one of the state schools being targeted, said.
“Those state school guys are getting extra training sessions and they have extra matches on top of what they get at county level.
“We need to have an awareness as coaches that we need to keep an eye on things to make sure it is a fair playing field and everyone has what they need,” Hibberd noted, before enthusiastically vowing to better tap into Southampton’s 25,000 Muslim population.

There are already promising signs with the Southampton Hawks Academy side winning their first two competitive matches. There is also a match penned in for September 15 against the ACE Programme that will take place on the main The Ageas Bowl pitch.
Scorecard: https://hampshirepathways.play-cricket.com/website/results/5444811
Chairman Rod Bransgrove and chief executive David Mann are huge supporters of the programme and have thrown their weight behind it.
In a week Issy Wong and Lauren Bell became the first full Chane To Shine participants to go on and play for England, the high-end value of such programmes is in the spotlight.
                                                                                          Pathways
The overarching ambition is, however, to grow the number of children playing the game – to benefit all levels of cricket – with Hibberd pointing out how small the prospect is that any current 13-year-old will make it onto a professional contract.
He said: “The chances of one per cent of the 700 players on any of the pathways going on to become a professional cricket is quite tough, let alone the eight Hawks we had train over the winter and the 12 who are currently on it.
“Nothing might come of this current crop but with our talent ID, we need to make sure we are on it to get the best players we can.
“But it would be amazing, wouldn’t it, to see one of the guys walk out here as a professional cricketer and have a professional life out of something they wouldn’t even have thought they could have.”
Regardless, Hampshire are now in a better place to pinpoint talent on their Ageas Bowl doorstep, with similar schemes in Portsmouth and Basingstoke to come.
But most importantly, hundreds, if not thousands, more children are being exposed to cricket.

Old Tauntonians & Romsey
Standing (from left):  Liam Poolman, Rhys Wathen, Joseph Vaughan, Nicholas Newman, Jordan Ponting, Tom George. Seated: Harry Tulk, Matt Bampton, Charlie King, Daniel Collins, Rob Newman.

Old Tauntonians & Romsey continue to lie second in Southern Premier Division 2 after a sixth successive win, beating Hook & Newnham Basics II by six wickets at the Romsey Sports Centre.
They took charge from the off against Hook, with Jordan Ponting taking a wicket with his second ball and the visitors being reduced to 12-2 soon after when left-armer Matt Bampton (1-24) trapped Matt Love leg before wicket.
Charlie Neville (42) proved the mainstay for Hook, but Kevin Light (20) was the only batsman to provide much support as the OTR spin attack took wicket at regular intervals, leggie Joe Vaughan returning 3-37 and Harry Tulk 2-27.
Hook lost three wickets in the 90s but posted 163 due to Jack Murrell (28) and Rupes Armstrong (22), Rob Newman dismissing both batsmen.
Although they lost three wickets for 17 runs after openers Vaughan (27) and Liam Poolman (24) had put on 57, OTs always looked relatively comfortable in the run chase, though Hook’s own spinner, teenager Will Gardner (4-23) made inroads on four occasions before Charlie King (42)mand Rhys Wathen (37) got them across the line.

Jason Laney recaptured some of his old Hampshire form to crack a run-a-ball 80 and lead St Cross Symondians seconds to a maiden Southern Premier Division 2 victory.
He led from the front as St Cross chased down a Hartley Wintney score of 261-7 at the Green Jackets to win by five wickets with 17 balls to spare.
Laney hit three sixes and 11 fours in his 80 and dominated a 112-run opening partnership with Steven Hirst (40) before Matt Swann (38) enhanced things further.
The evergreen Graham Barrett (42) used his experience and with Dylan Clarke making 32 not out St Cross got home, despite the attentions of Ryan Bone (3-34).
Earlier, Hartley Wintney batted strongly at the top of the order with Charlie Puddifant (57) and Hugo Hammond (52) hitting fifties, alongside Jonny Kerr (43) and Bone (37), but with Laney in such good form their 261-7 was blown away.
The win has lifted St Cross Symondians off the foot of the Division 2 table - Fawley are now bottom - 20 points behind Bashley (Rydal) II, who lie eighth.

Ben Johns got his eye in for Sunday’s Voneus Village Cup tie against Cornishmen Grampound Road at Loperwood Park (1pm) with an unbeaten century which steered Calmore Sports to a nervy four-wicket win over Basingstoke & North Hants, achieved with only three balls to spare.
The 105 not out Johns scored was his seventh in the SPL and his second against Basingstoke, his first coming in 2017. 
It proved critical as Calmore collapsed from 90-1 to 131-5 against the bowling of Dubs Wood ( 3-41), Brad Neal (2-27) and Ash Neal (1-28).
The left-hander, who was still at school when he made his maiden hundred (122 v Tichborne Park) back in 2013, faced 177 balls, considerably more than the combined total of his team-mates.  He hit two sixes and nine fours.
Playing his last matches before setting off on his global travels, Ash Neal bagged a first baller in his final match in charge as Basingstoke earlier collapsed from 70 without loss to 84-6 against the 2021 national Village Cup winners.
Seven wickets fell for 14 runs after openers Dubs Wood (35) and Richard Vinn 27) had put on 70. They departed in quick succession, with Neal hastily following them back to the Loperwood Park pavilion.
Off-spinner Liam Carty (4-41) cut through the Basingstoke batting – the side sinking deeper into the mire at 105-7 when Greg Donaldson (44) and Mat Thankachan (34) added 69 to at least give the visitors a relatively competitive 174 run total.
But Basingstoke made Calmore fight every inch of the way for their four-wicket victory, taking the game to the third ball of the final over before waving the white flag.

Rowledge extended their lead at the top of Southern Premier League Division 1, recovering from 15-3 to secure a 33-run victory over New Milton at Fernhill.
A seventh win in eight gives Rowledge a nine-point lead over Calmore Sports ahead of Saturday’s visit of Sparsholt to Church Road.
After being inserted, Rowledge quickly found themselves in dire straits.   
The new-ball pairing of George Watts and Ed Bartlett both proved a challenge and removed the top three, before matters got worse when Le Roux fell to Dan Loader to make the score 32-4.
Teenagers Jonty Sebborn (56) and Ollie Ryman (67) came together and looked to weather the storm amid tricky batting conditions. They were very patient and watchful early on, but kept the scoreboard ticking over through some excellent running between the wickets. 
As their partnership built and they frustrated the New Milton fielders, gaps opened up and they began to capitalise on some loose bowling. 
The pair both looked particularly comfortable against the spinners Ryan Beck and Joe Hall, steadily accumulating runs and punishing anything loose with great effect. 
The young pair had steadily built Rowledge’s innings from a desperate position, and had delivered crucially-important knocks. 
Unfortunately for Rowledge, both fell within an over of each other – Sebborn for 56 off 92 balls, and Ryman for 67 off 90 deliveries – and with around ten overs to go, Rowledge had to start again to progress towards to a strong total. 
As has been the case on several occasions this season, Rowledge’s strong batting depth would prove decisive. Two more home grown youngsters, Ryan Littlewood (32) and Ollie Baker (33 not out) delivered a great mix of innovation, powerful stroke play and excellent running, to capitalise on some tired fielders and score at an excellent rate.
Both made important knocks, and Rowledge would finish on 218-7, with the momentum and a score they would have been confident of defending. 

​Richard Forbes took the new ball and bowled with great accuracy and consistency, though without reward. Ben Griffiths struggled particularly against him, and he would eventually fall for a 39-ball innings, scoring just one run. 
The experienced brothers Ryan and Lee Beck (39) came together and looked to be positive straight away. They manoeuvred the field intelligently, utilised the short boundary to one side, frustrated Rowledge, and proved a real threat the longer they stayed together. 
Their partnership totalled more than 100 before Ricky Yates delivered the much-needed breakthrough, with Lee Beck holing out to Ollie Ryman in the deep.
However, when Ryan Beck was joined by the hard-hitting Toby Edwards, the game looked in danger of falling out of Rowledge’s control.
Edwards, who had recently scored a century off 43 balls against Alton, showed aggressive intent immediately, thrashing his first two balls to the boundary, and following up with several lusty blows to propel the score forward. 
Rowledge stuck to their game plan, and soon Edwards was adjudged leg before to Ricky Yates. 28 of his 29 runs came in boundaries.
New Milton’s hopes lay with Ryan Beck, but he fell soon after, Ryan Littlewood taking an excellent catch in the deep off Harvey to remove him for a well-made 88.
With New Milton seemingly lacking the depth of batting talent that Rowledge possess, their run chase petered out. 
The combination of Harvey, Baker and Lloyd mopped up the remaining five wickets in quick succession to bowl out New Milton out for 185 in the 47th over, and complete the victory in great style. 

Travellers have invaded Waterlooville's Rowlands Avenue ground ahead of Saturday's top of the table Southern Premier League Division 2 showdown with unbeaten leaders Hambledon.
The unwanted guests have parked 20 or so caravans, plus assorted vehicles, on the near outfield and close to the clubhouse.
A Waterlooville CC spokesman said: "We are trying to deal with this with the Havant Borough Council, and the police. Eviction notices were served at 5.30am this (Wednesday) morning
"Currently all cricket related activities at the club are suspended."

Teenage Academy left-hander Archie Fairfax-Ross (left) struck his highest  Second XI County Championship score during a 483-run Hampshire fest against Essex on the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground.
The 18-year old hit a six and six fours in his best-yet 58 and shared a key 76-run ninth-wicket partnership with leg spinner Ethan Baker (23*) as Hampshire made their way to a hefty 483, before Essex replied with 203-3 at stumps, South Wilts seamer Matt Burton (2-24) striking twice.
Earlier, Fletcha Middleton took his opening day century on to 124 before Joe Eckland (42), Dom Kelly (40), Tom Prest (39), Scott Currie (35) and Toby Albert (30) made runs.
St Cross Symondians' South African all-rounder Michael Booth smashed three sixes and five fours in a quick-fire 65 for Warwickshire II against Worcestershire at Edgbaston.  England's Chris Woakes hit 67 as Warwicks scored 497-7.

RECORD BREAKERS !  Gosport Borough's John Adams (left) and Sparsholt left-hander Andy Steggall wrote themselves into the Hampshire Seniors' record books with an unbroken 253-run opening partnership which swept the Sixties to a ten-wicket win over Surrey at the Norman Edwards Ground.
The prospects of Hampshire ending a barren five-match losing start to the county campaign didn't look particularly bright after Surrey posted a daunting 250-8, Barry Goodman, Richard Marston and Martin Shephard taking two wickets each.
Undaunted, Adams and Steggall (the one-time reality tv star) went about their task in chipping away the target, the Surrey total being overhauled with nine overs to spare. Defying a troublesome right knee injury, Adams hit 110 and Steggall 119, scoring 40 boundaries between them.  Surrey hit 28 fours in theirs.  Not a single six was hit.  
Hampshire 50s play the Isle of Wight at Bashley (Rydal) this/Wednesday afternoon, 1pm.

​​Fourth placed Alton produced an inspired display with bat and ball, bowling Liphook & Ripsley out for 127 before polishing off the target in 16 overs to achieve a seven-wicket win.
The victory kept Alton within ten points of Calmore Sports (137 points) and one behind Sarisbury Athletic, the two clubs above them and trailing in the wake of Division 1 leaders Rowledge.   It was Liphook’s seventh defeat in eight and leaves them adrift at the bottom.
Alton, seeking some consistency, won the toss and bowled first at Ripsley Park, where Liphook’s opening partnership of Ryan Covey (36) and Rob Nicklin (31) – both former Brewers – got the hosts off to a positive start. 
Covey looked comfortable as he went about his business, putting away anything loose. Liphook eased past 50 before he misplaced a short ball from Michael Salmon and Howard Gadsby made good ground to complete a smart catch in the deep. 
Liphook’s danger man had been removed – but the home side were still well placed at 59-1. 
Alton clawed back the rate and when South African Bash Walters was brought back into the attack, the change of ends for the Western Province seamer seemed to do the trick. 
A well-directed short ball rushed George Munt, who could only glove the ball down the leg side, with Mark Heffernan taking the catch to leave Liphook 84-2.  
Nicklin remained and despite an earlier blow to his elbow from Walters was digging in – but runs were hard to come by.
The left-arm spin of Freddie Egleston (left above, pictured by Howard Gadsby) was introduced and when the past Winchester College captain removed George Neave for three, Liphook were now 93-3 and now inside the last 20 overs. 
Nicklin tried to increase the rate but in doing so he was caught by Egleston for 31, Walters claiming his second wicket to leave the score 93-4.  
Alton then seized control as Egleston’s left-arm spin bamboozled the Liphook middle order as he took a further three wickets, ending with figures of 4-14. 
There was no let up for Liphook as the Brewers introduced the pace of Toby Salmon, who picked up 2-15 before Walters ended proceedings, taking 3-15 as Liphook crumbled from 84-1 to 128 all out. 
Alton’s plan was clear from the outset as they went on the attack.  Ryan Hale struck early boundaries but some aggressive bowling from Neave saw him bowled for 14 and Alton were 20-1.
Mark Heffernan joined Dan Harris and the pair continued their form from the previous week, adding 35 before Harris fell for 27 off 26 balls. 
Scott Myers came in with Heffernan and in no mood to let the home side settle – and when Covey came into the attack, Heffernan immediately struck him for a maximum back over his head. 
Heffernan did give up a chance but Nicklin failed to take it on the boundary, injuring him in the process. Liphook had already lost one fielder to injury and when Nicklin also had to leave the field, the Brewers’ batters had plenty of gaps to play with. 
Scott Myers took advantage, scoring at a quick rate. With rain clouds looming, the pair added 65 in quick time. Heffernan, keen to get the job done, chased a wide delivery from Liphook captain Burton, edging the ball to the grateful gloves of Munt for an enterprising 33 from 32 balls. 
With only eight runs required, Michael Heffernan came in to hit the winning runs, captain Myers ending on 40 off just 23 balls.   ​fARNHAM hERALD

Batting
Charlie Ayers (Andover) - 130 v Fawley
Matt de Villiers (Hambledon) - 123 v Bashley (Rydal) II
Ben Draper (South Wilts) - 105* v Havant
Steve Harris (Langley Manor) - 109* v Trojans
Jack Budd (Langley Manor) - 108 v Trojans
Ben Johns (Calmore Sports) - 105* v Basingstoke & North Hants
Syed Agha (Trojans) - 103 v Langley Manor
Dave Steadman (Sway) - 101 v Paultons
Bowling
Josh Digby (Bashley Rydal) - 7-21 v Burridge
Dan Cox (Lymington) - 6-33 v Hook & Newnham Basics
Babu Veettil (Andover) - 5-32 v Fawley
Sam Beer (St Cross Symondians) 5-55 v Bournemouth

Hook & Newnham Basics lost eight wickets for 21 runs – five of them with the KGV electronic scoreboard glued on 68 - before plunging to an inevitable defeat by ECB Southern Premier League rivals Lymington.
Leg spinner Danny Cox, who travels from his parental home on the Isle of Wight to play for Lymington each week, sent Hook into freefall with a 6-33 return.
A collapse of such seismic proportions appeared farthest from anyone’s minds as Hook openers Ben Thane (35) and Harry Warner (29) punched holes in the Lymington outfield on 11 occasions as the total advanced to 68 without loss.
But midway through the 19th over and the fourth sent down by Cox, Thane was caught at slip by Terry Crabb – and Hook’s wickets began to fall like dominos.
Two overs later Harry Robson was smartly stumped by Grayshott-based Ali Wheble off Cox.
Kiwi seamer James Hartshorn, returning after lacerating his knee in a football warm-up before Lymington’s recent home defeat by the Hampshire Academy, then ripped out Rhodes Franklin and Warner – the Hook score still on 68 !
None of the Hook batsmen appeared to have a clue how to play Cox, who sent down a succession of maiden overs.
                                                                                         Reboot
The 24-year old Hartshorn (3-33), who played for Wellington in New Zealand’s Plunkett Shield last winter, then took a third wicket in seven deliveries by having Liam Doran caught. Hook 68-5.
The Buckingham brothers Matt and Josh then each struck a boundary to reboot the sleeping scoreboard – but the revival only lasted 11 runs before Cox removed the pair in successive overs.  Hook now 81-7.
An eighth wicket fell inside a chaotic 17 overs before ninth-wicket pair Aniket Divecha (19) and Lewis Watts (13*) added 25 before Cox completed his second six wicket Premier League haul by whipping out Divecha and last man Oli May in successive balls.  Hook 114 all out .. from 68-0 !
Lymington’s batters made light work of the reply, with Ryan Scott, back on opening duty after undergoing serious groin surgery, eager to make up for lost time by belting two sixes and seven boundaries in a rapid 46, one of his ‘maximums’ being the winning it.
Ben Rogers (29) and Josh Royan, with a five-boundary laden 23, swept Lymington to a handsome eight-wicket win – and Hook into panic mode after a second consecutive batting catastrophe. 
They were skittled for 58 by St Cross Symondians the previous week.
Hook cricket manager Vince Gardner reflected: “St Cross was a mix of excellent bowling (by them) and poor shot selection.
“Lymington was a similar story but this time conditions were better to bat, so actually more of a disappointment. 69-0 became 80-8 and 114 all out. Danny Cox bowled very well.”

​Ventnor are 32 points adrift of leaders Rowledge at the top of Southern Premier Division 1 after suffering a five-wicket defeat by Portsmouth, a rare loss on home Steephill soil.
Portsmouth chased down a slightly rain-reduced target of 256 off 48 overs – Ventnor posted 260 in their full allocation – to win with 19 balls to spare.
The island visit came as a relief to overseas all-rounder Minhaj Jalill, who finally found his batting form as Portsmouth pulled off an impressive run chase.
The Sri Lankan had been dismissed for scores of 0, 2, 0 and 18 on his first four Southern Premier League Division 1 outings. But this time he top scored with 68.
Portsmouth’s reply began badly when skipper Ben Duggan, playing against his former club, was out for a second-ball duck. And it was 21-2 when Zack Wells (2-20) claimed the scalp of James Mitchell (15).
Opener Jack Marston (55) and Jalill set about repairing the damage with a third-wicket partnership of 124.
There was still much work to be done at 161-4 with both of those batters back in the pavilion.
But Daniel Wimble and university student Sujeeth Daini promptly produced a match-winning partnership of 83 for the fifth wicket. With Portsmouth behind the run rate, they clubbed 60 off five overs - including 16 off the 40th, 13 off the 38th and 12 each off the 41st and 42nd - to relieve any run chase tension.
Though Wimble fell for a 43-ball 35, Daini was still there at the close - unbeaten on a SPL best 57 off 30 balls with five fours and two sixes.
It was left to Joe Kooner-Evans to bring up victory with a single off the penultimate ball of the 45th over.

​Ventnor left-hander Dineth Thimodya, above, had earlier taken his Division 1 tally to 446  with 87.  He shared an opening stand of 108 with Rob Snell, who bludgeoned 60 before the latter was bowled by Jalill, the fifth bowler Duggan had utilised.
Thimodya struck eight fours and four sixes and was within sight of a third SPL ton of 2022 when his stumps were rearranged by Rakshith Rao (2-50).
Reuben McArdle (3-44) was Portsmouth’s most successful wicket-taker as Ventnor, who had chosen to bat, amassed 260-9 from their 50 overs. McArdle now has 17 Division 1 wickets - only Alton’s Bash Walter and Liam Carty (Calmore) have more (20 apiece).

​Sparsholt captured five middle-order Sarisbury Athletic wickets for 14 runs at one stage of their Southern Premier Division 1 match at the Norman Edwards ground.
But the visitors, having stumbled from a powerful 179-2 to 193-7, recovered to post 286 and win by 131 runs.  They dismissed Sparsholt for 155.
Left-hander Sam Floyd put Sparsholt’s bowlers to the sword, cracking 14 fours and two sixes in a run-a-ball 89 until Dan Sumner (2-38) bowled him.
Youngsters Tom Ley (3-35) and Ash Lovell (3-71) then carved through the Sarisbury middle-order, removing the dangerous Josh Hill (41) amid the five-wicket salvo.
But fourth placed Sarisbury bat deep and a boundary strewn 84-run eighth-wicket stand between Rob Franklin (52) and Jordan Wright (32) retrieved the situation 

​Lacking any real confidence, Sparsholt dropped to 52-4 (Will Berrill 22), rallied through Callum Doran (who battled hard for his 50) and Sumner (25) - only to fall away again from 92-4 to 143 all out.  Left-arm spinner Sam Hill (3-35) and Jordan Wright (3-38) shared six of the wickets. 

​Bashley (Rydal) skipper Josh Digby produced the ECB Southern Premier Division’s best bowling figures in seven years against Burridge – and then confessed he almost didn’t play due to illness !
The captain off-spinner took a career-best 7-21 to send Burridge into freefall from 72-0 to 204 all out and an eventual seven-wicket defeat by the fifth-placed New Forest club.
“I was unwell and contemplated not playing, but as captain I wanted to be there leading from the front,” he explained.
Digby did just that. Bringing himself on as first change at the BCG to bowl the 13th over, Digby conceded just five runs off his first four overs before ending a 72-run opening stand between Azim Chowdhury (45) and Jack Paskins (34) by dismissing the former.
A score of 72-0 became 94-4 when Digby removed Paskins, Chris Blake (7) and Cape Town teenager Nathan Schoultz (7).
Joe Collings-Wells - hitting 43 as stand-in skipper in the absence of Hilio De Abreu - and Dan Stancliffe (27) took Burridge to 183-5. But Digby (above) brought himself back into the attack and the last five wickets clattered for just 21 runs.
Digby’s figures are the best top flight haul since Lymington’s Matt Metcalfe tore through the Havant order to record 8-23 in June 2015 - the day when Havant were routed for just 50.
He modestly said: “Some days are your days and you’ve got to cash in when they are and mine was Saturday with the ball.”
Ben Francis went cheaply at the start of the Bashley reply, but the second wicket Clayesmore School partnership between ‘old boy’ Jacob Gordon (49)(now at Oxford Brookes) and Will Tripcony (60), still at Iwerne Minister (under coach Bournemouth’s Dan Conway), put Bashley on track.
Tom Friend (55*) notched back-to-back fifties – he marked his return from a 12-month sabbatical with 56 against Havant – and with Michael Porter (30*) alongside, swept Bashley to an eight-wicket victory.
Josh Digby picture courtesy of Terry Nash

Hampshire batting prospect Fletcha Middleton survived an injury scare in Totton & Eling’s five-wicket defeat by the Academy and was fit enough to play - and score an unbeaten century - in the Second XI Championship match against Essex at the Ageas Bowl.
Middleton, who was sidelined with a broken finger for a period last season, possibly feared the worst when he was struck on the right/bottom hand while batting by teenager Academy speedster Dom Kelly.
He immediately threw off his glove, but continued batting and made 30 of Totton’s 145 all out. He was later able to field – and run out Jude Wright before the Academy clinched their victory.
It is understood Middleton (left) had a precautionary X-ray after the match, but fortunately suffered only bruising.
He clearly had few ill effects as he made an unbeaten 108 for Hampshire IIs, who closed 197-1 at the end of a rain shortened opening day on the Nursery Ground.
Facing the pacey 16-year Kelly was no fun for the Totton batsmen – the Millfield speedster scattering Bothwell Chapungu’s stumps in the fifth over after the powerful Zimbabwean left-hander had thudded him for consecutive fours. 
Middleton braved Kelly’s pace and went on to make 30 before Totton suffered a horrendous collapse, losing five wickets – Jude Wright (2-26) and the fast-emerging Oli Cordery (2-12 off eight overs) got two each – in plunging from 63-1 to 86-6. 
The downfall brought together a fascinating father and son batting combination of James and Leo Taylor (22), who added 41 for the seventh wicket.
The Taylors are made of stern stuff and the Academy had to work to shift them before 16-year old Leo, having hit four boundaries, became the first of three victims for Archie Fairfax-Ross (3-21) at 127 whereupon three more wickets fell for five runs.
Taylor senior went for 31, trapped leg before – the Academy’s accurate bowling being underlined by three Totton batsmen being bowled, two trapped leg before and two caught behind by Charlie Mumford.
Academy openers Tom Cheater (35) and Mumford (15) traded in boundaries, 40 of the initial 46 runs crossing the rope – the Southern Gardens raised Cheater hitting Brighton Mugochi’s left-arm spin to the line off three successive deliveries of the sixth over.
The pair exited to consecutive deliveries with the Academy reply at 46, but Kelly (38) and Millfield team-mate Joe Eckland (37 not out) soon got things back on course with a 62-run stand.
Teenage left-arm spinner Toby Green (2-25) combined with gloveman James Taylor to squeeze out a bowling bonus point before Eckland completed the formalities.

Hampshire Seniors are loosening up for a treble helping of home matches in the various national competitions this week.
Like Lord Sugar, the Seniors are still searching, not for an apprentice, but a win to halt a run of five successive defeats in the Sixties Championship. They will take heart that Surrey, who come to Sparsholt's Norman Edwards Ground on Tuesday (1230) have lost five of their own games. Opener Chris Evans has often been Hampshire's nemesis in the past ...
Hampshire 50s, in contrast, are going nicely with four wins and share second place in the south-west group with Dorset, both one point behind leaders Cornwall.  Hampshire host the Isle of Wight at Bashley (Rydal) on Wednesday, 1pm.
Pete Green's 70s will look to build on last week's excellent nine-wicket win over Somerset when they entertain Wiltshire at Twyford's pleasant Hunters Park (John Paine's pride and joy) on Thursday, 1pm.

Australian seamer Sam Beer (left) celebrated a second consecutive five-wicket haul as St Cross Symondians beat Bournemouth to keep ECB Southern Premier League leaders South Wilts comfortably within their sights.
The Victorian followed up his 5-24 return against Hook & Newnham Basics with a 5-55 haul as St Cross bowled Bournemouth out for 172 before Harry Foyle’s 63 not out got them across the line by five wickets.
With two key home games against Bashley (Rydal) and South Wilts on the immediate horizon, St Cross lie only 13 points off top spot – a situation that could easily be overturned in one afternoon.
With Hampshire involved in Vitality Blast T20 Cup action this coming weekend – they host Gloucestershire at the Ageas Bowl on Friday evening (7pm) – St Cross will expect to have Felix Organ back for Bashley’s visit to the Green Jackets ground on Saturday, 11am.
And skipper Ed Ellis may well be fit to return after fracturing his right middle finger against the Academy.  South African all-rounder Michael Booth is, however, troubled by a niggling groin problem.
The St Cross win at Chapel Gate aggravated the situation Bournemouth find themselves in – the 25-points penalty the Southern Premier League imposed on them after the opening round match against Hook & Newnham Basics on May 7 was abandoned due to an ‘unsafe’ pitch is beginning to bite hard.
The points deduction, coupled with back-to-back defeats by Burridge and St Cross Symondians, has left Bournemouth bottom of the table – and in need of a win pretty soon !

Sam Beer was their nemesis, taking the first two wickets before Bournemouth rallied through Tasmanian left-hander Tom Willoughby (41) and Simon Woodruff, who were parted by the left-arm spin of Charlie Gwynn (2-34 off 17 overs) at 89-2.
Woodruff (53) had to curb his normal attacking instincts and with a patient half-century did his best to hold the innings together as none of the last seven batsmen made double figures. Beer saw to that.

​Defending a modest 172, Bournemouth enjoyed immediate success when Dan Conway bowled the dangerous Tom Foyle for a second ball duck.
Soon after, Woodruff bowled young opener Ben Foster to leave St Cross 26-2, but Harry Trussler (41) and Harry Foyle got their heads down to deny Bournemouth any further inroads for a while.
Nonetheless, Bournemouth kept plugging away and with Trussler falling to the left-arm spin of Rob Pack, the match was in the balance with St Cross 103-5 and still needed another 70 for victory.
But Bournemouth were unable to shift Harry Foyle or the incoming Sam Beer (24 not out), the all-rounders going on to win the game for St Cross Symondians, Foyle hitting a disciplined 63 not out.
Like Woodruff earlier, Foyle, normally aggressive at the crease, got his head down and batted 129 balls for his match-winning innings which contained six boundaries.

Anne Carter has resigned as Hampshire League secretary. 

Its little wonder South Wilts are riding high at the top of the ECB Southern Premier League – their batsmen can’t stop scoring hundreds !
The unbeaten 105 skipper Ben Draper made to lay the foundations for a comprehensive win over Havant was the fifth century a Bemerton batter had made in the side’s four Time pennant victories.
Tom Morton set the ball rolling with back-to-back hundreds, firstly 110 against Bashley (Rydal) and then that powerful 130 in the ruthless nine-wicket demolition of the Hampshire Academy on June 11.
Jack Stearman partnered him that sun filled Ageas Bowl evening with 107 not out. A week later, Peter Rowe lit up Totton & Eling’s Southern Gardens with 166 runs of the highest quality.
Draper’s 105 not out was the South Wilts’ captain’s third in the Premier League – he made previous tons against St Cross Symondians in 2017 and at Bournemouth two years later – and underpinned a rain trimmed total of 234-5 which was always beyond Havant’s reach.
The 109-run win was South Wilts’ fourth in the all-day ‘time’ format and maintains a five-point lead over the Hampshire Academy (who beat Totton & Eling by five wickets) and 13 over St Cross Symondians. Approaching the halfway point, they appear the only two realistic challengers to their championship crown.
South Wilts’ visit to Winchester’s Green Jackets ground on Saturday week, July 9 is clearly one to ring fence in terms of where the trophies are handed out at the end of the season.
Draper said that “South Wilts had got all three disciplines right against Havant – strong batting, good bowling and fine fielding.”   His assessment was spot on. 

​South Wilts were firmly in the driving seat when they sat down for lunch a healthy 111-2 – Morton’s breezy 24 kick starting the innings before the unflappable Jack Stearman set his course for another key knock at the top of the order.
Peter Rowe came and went cheaply, leaving Stearman and Draper to add 63 before the break.
Havant’s Ben Walker must have felt he was skippering with one hand tied behind his back.
With Richard Jerry (side muscle) and Sony Reynolds (back) injured and university captain Nick Ward returned home to Folkestone, Walker was Havant’s sole seamer, though his nine overs cost only 16 runs.  The remaining 51 overs were spin.
Stearman, only two shy of 400 Premier League runs this season, was happy enough and, having hit a six and eight fours in his 75, looked all set to score his second century of the season when he missed a straight one from 14-years old Matt Hayward.   
Stearman’s departure at 169-3 allowed Draper centre stage – and he certainly didn’t disappoint the bumper turn out of vice-presidents who broke off from their smoked salmon lunch to stand and applause his century which contained a six and 13 fours, many from his favoured sweep shot off the spinners.
Draper is enjoying a golden summer, closing in on 1,000 runs in all cricket, with four fifty-plus scores for Wiltshire in addition to his run glut for South Wilts.
“He went from third to sixth gear in very quick time against Havant. His innings was a joy to watch,” praised team-mate at Wiltshire boss Tom Morton.
                                                                                             Disbelief
In days gone by, Havant might have engaged in a run chase but, a club in transition, they are a pale shadow of the side that nailed eight separate championships between 2000 and 2017.
Young Charlie Whitfield (19) led a sound enough start but from 38-0 Havant lost seven wickets for 28 runs and plunged to 66-7 – Chris Stone watching on in horror and disbelief as a succession of partners came and went and the visitors’ changing room door almost came off its hinges.
Aayran Sen (3-35), the Mumbai spin magician, opened the can, removing Harry Gadd courtesy of a superb catch in the deep by Stearman before birthday boy Tom Lewis (3-38), bowling in a hideous pair of yellow boots (£5 from a charity shop ?) sliced through the top order. 
Attack was Stone’s only form of defence and he continued his excellent recent form – an unbeaten 97 against Hook & Newnham Basics and 123 at Bournemouth – with a boundary strewn 50, two sixes, eight fours, so 44 of them crossing the rope.
Five of Havant’s batsmen managed only single-figure scores – two colts bagged ducks – before Matt Burton (2-23) and Josh Croom wrapped things up.  Havant 125 all out, beaten by 109 runs.

ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE
RESULTS - ROUND 8 - 26 JUNE 2022
ECB PREMIER DIVISION (time pennant)

Bournemouth 172 (Woodruff 53, Willoughby 41, Beer 5-55) St Cross Symondians 173-5 (H Foyle 63*, Trussler 41, Beer 24*). St Cross Symondians won by five wickets.
Burridge 204 (Chowdhury 45, Paskins 34, Collings-Wells 34, Stancliffe 27, Digby 7-21) Bashley (Rydal) 208-3 (Tripcony 60, Friend 55*, J Gordon 49, Porter 30*). Bashley (Rydal) won by seven wickets.
Hook & Newnham Basics 114 (Thane 35, Warner 29, Cox 6-33, Hartshorn 3-33) Lymington 117-2 (Scott 46, Rogers 29, Royan 23*). Lymington won by eight wickets.
South Wilts 234-5 (Draper 105*, Stearman 75) Havant 125 (Stone 50, Sen 3-35, Lewis 3-38). South Wilts won by 109 runs.
Totton & Eling 145 (J Taylor 31, Middleton 30, Fairfax-Ross 3-21) Hampshire Academy 149-5 (Kelly 38, Eckland 37*, Cheater 35). Hampshire Academy won by six wickets. 

DIVISION 1 (50-0vers)
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Basingstoke & North Hants 174 (Donaldson 44, Wood 35, Thankachan 34, Vinn 27, Carty 4-41) Calmore Sports 175-6 (Johns 105*, Wood 3-41). Calmore Sports won by four wickets.
Liphook & Ripsley 128 (Covey 36, Nicklin 31, Egleston 4-14, Walters 3-15) Alton 129-3 (Myers 40*, Heffernan 33, Harris 27). Alton won by seven wickets.
Rowledge 218-9 (O Ryman 67, Seeborn 56, Baker 33, Littlewood 32) New Milton 185 (R Beck 88, L Beck 39, Edwards 29, Harvey 3-31, Yates 3-42). Rowledge won by 33 runs.
Sarisbury Athletic 286 (Floyd 89, Franklin 52, J Hill 41, Grierson 25, Ley 3-35, Lovell 3-71) Sparsholt 155 (Doran 50, Sumner 25, Berrill 21, S Hill 3-31, Wright 3-38). Sarisbury Athletic won by 131 runs.
Ventnor 260-9 (Thimodya 87, Snell 60, Whyte 31, McArdle 3-44) Portsmouth 256-5 (target score 256 off 48 overs)(Jalill 68, Daini 57, Marston 55, Wimble 35). Portsmouth won by five wickets.

DIVISION 2 (50 overs)

Andover 258 (Ayers 130) Fawley 102 (Veettil 5-32, Nyumbu 3-18). Andover won by 156 runs.
Fair Oak 166 (Doubell 48, Reed 25, Jackson 4-41, Hillman 3-16) Waterlooville 166-7 (Reynolds 64, Robinson 28*, Stewart 3-36). Match tied.
Hambledon 293 (De Villiers 123, Le Clercq 54) Bashley (Rydal) II 192 (target score 227 off 35 overs)(Trodd 38, Anstee 25, Khan 4-20, Turner 3-34). Hambledon won by 35 runs.
Hartley Wintney  261-7 (Hammond 52, J Kerr 43, Bone 37,Puddifant 37) St Cross Symondians II 264-5 (Laney 80, Hirst 40, Barrett 42, Swann 38, Clarke 32*). St Cross Symondians II won by five wickets.
Hook & Newnham Basics II 163 (Neville 42, Murrell 28, Armstrong 22, Light 20, Vaughan 3-37) Old Tauntonians & Romsey 167-4 (King 42*, Wathen 37*, Vaughan 24, Gardner 4-23). Old Tauntonians & Romsey won by six wickets.

DIVISION 3 (50 overs)

Basingstoke & North Hants II 207 (Jayakody 95*, Pearce 3-29)  South Wilts II 14-0. Match abandoned, rain.
Gosport Borough 88 (Harris 40, Dunstan 3-12, Willey 3-22) Portsmouth & Southsea 89-2 (Bollom 37*, Davies 24*). Portsmouth & Southsea won by eight wickets.
Havant II 220-8 (Feeney 35, Matthews 27, Wilkinson 24, Loat 23) Purbrook 129 (Gurney 56, Matthews 3-19). Havant II won by 91 runs.
Langley Manor 298 (Harris 109*, Budd 108, Browne 30, Felstead 3-57) Trojans 258 (Agha 103, Ahmad 41, Brown 3-43). Langley Manor won by 40 runs.
Sway 310-6 (Steadman 101, Hall 72, Bernard 46, Noble 42) Paultons 259-8 (Ennew 51, Rogers 40, Longland 40, Barton 36, Dawes 24, Grasham 3-36). Sway won by 51 runs.

Portsmouth’s prospects of clawing their way back into the Southern Premier Division 1 promotion race will hinge on a successful outcome of their trip to Ventnor’s Steephill bowl.
With four defeats (and only three wins) in seven outings, Portsmouth are languishing in seventh place, 38 points adrift of leaders Rowledge.
Returning skipper Ben Duggan knows only too well a fifth loss will leave the city club dangling on the lip of the relegation zone – not something president Arthur Shaw had in his pre-season manifesto.
Portsmouth’s hopes aren’t helped by a long term side muscle injury sustained by player/coach Steve Warner, the ex-South Wilts all-rounder fearing he could be in for a season-long absence.
Similarly, a fourth defeat will seriously dent Ventnor’s title prospects, though with eight of the sides in Division 1 arguably capable of beating each other there is a long way to go yet.
Portsmouth: Duggan, Marston, Mitchell, Jalil, Wimble, Daini, Kooner evans, smitherman, silva, McArdle, Rao.
Table topping Rowledge face their longest trip of the season to lowly New Milton, but have top order batsman Jonty Seeborn available now his term at Exeter has ended. 
New Milton, 18 points above the second relegation place, have big hitting Toby Edwards back alongside Lee Beck and, on paper, name a strogner side than the one thrashed by 204 runs at Sarisbury Athletic last week.
New Milton: Watts, Edwards, L Beck, Loader, R Beck, Griffiths, Hall, Mills, Bartlett, Wooster, Freeman.
Rowledge: B Wish, Yates, Harvey Seeborn, J Wish, LeRoux, O Ryman, Littlewood, Lloyd, Baker, Forbes.
Second placed Calmore Sports, now home to Cornwall League side Grampound Road in the next round of the Village Cup on Sunday week (July 3), host Basingstoke & North Hants, who will have influential all-rounder Ash Neal on duty or the final time this season.
Having completed his studies at Bournemouth university, Neal is off travelling and will hand the captain’s armband to Joe Oates.
Calmore have Shaun Johnson and Dan Croft to beef up the seam bowling unit, weakened by left-armer Steve Wright’s absence in Canada, where he is exploring the possibility of joining the Mounties.
Calmore Sports: Bailey, Carty, Croft, Johns, Johnson, Lavelle, Manning, Moss, Parker, Perry, Rose.
Only ten points separate Basingstoke from third placed Sarisbury Athletic, who make a change behind the stumps for Sparsholt’s visit to Allotment Road, with Simon Orr coming in.
Sarisbury smashed the New Milton attack for 313-6 last week with Nathan Feltham hitting George Watts for 28 runs off one over, mainly in the allotments !
Sarisbury Athletic: J Hill, Grierson, Rawlins, Floyd, Orr, Feltham, Franklin, Wright, Degrussa, S Hill, Jewell.
Struggling Liphook & Ripsley entertain Alton at Ripsley Park.

Calmore Sports' Voneus Village Cup 'round of 16 tie' against Cornishmen Grampound Road on Sunday week, July 3, has been switched to Loperwood Park as their west country opponents are hosting the Cornwall League T20 finals and cannot find another local ground.
It will save Calmore an expensive overnight trip to the outskirts of Truro and give them a great chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals.
The prize for beating Grampound Road will be a home last eight tie against either Pentyrch or Goatacre.