SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE
RESULTS - ROUND 12: 21 July 2018
ECB PREMIER DIVISION

Lymington 221 (Royan 53, Metcalfe 34, M Salmon 3-37, Mortimer 3-46)
Alton 222-4 (Myers 79*, Gonella 65, A Hammond 39)
Alton won by six wickets.
 
New Milton 61 (T Arnold 32*, Digby 5-21)
Bashley (Rydal) 62-0 (Digby 37*, Thurgood 25*)
Bashley (Rydal) won by ten wickets.


Basingstoke & North Hants 231-7 (Thane 82, B Neal 36, Stokes 35)
Hampshire Academy 80 (Scriven 29, Makhanya 5-11, James 3-36)
Basingstoke & North Hants won by 151 runs.
 
Burridge 228 (Lock 118, Stancliffe 25)
St Cross Symondians 231-3 (Adams 121*, Stokes 78*)
St Cross Symondians won by seven wickets.
 
South Wilts 261-8 (Morton 71, Cowley 63, Godsal 51, Burns 5-57)
Havant 163-7 (Hopson 51, Gorvin 30, Weld 3-36, Franklin 3-37)
Match drawn.
 
DIVISION ONE
 
Hook & Newnham Basics 169 (Hobday 57, Baldwin 5-21)
Hartley Wintney 173-8 (Baldwin 37, J Kerr 35, M Kerr 30, Divecha 3-20)
Hartley Wintney won by two wickets.
 
Liphook & Ripsley 127 (Mount 27, Rouse 24, Donway 4-38, Pack 3-18)
Bournemouth 129-1 (N Park 70*, West 41)
Bournemouth won by nine wickets.
 
OTs & Romsey 111 (Vaughan 43, Tulk 24, Ayers 5-27)
Andover 114-9 (Treagus 28, Knight 23, J Trodd 5-42)
Andover won by one wicket.
 
Portsmouth 250-9 (Christian 65, Hay 54, Manning 3-34)
Calmore Sports 137 (Proudley 33, Johns 25, A Marston 4-34, Hay 3-15)
Portsmouth won by 113 runs.
 
Ventnor
Sarisbury Athletic
Result not received
 
DIVISION TWO
 
Langley Manor 261-9 (Ponting 80, Purnell 78, Babidge 5-45)
Trojans 181 (Boyd 51, Ahmed 40, Brown 6-52)
Langley Manor won by 80 runs.
 
Paultons 229 (Feltham 70, Grierson 44, A Neal 4-32, Belcher 3-34)
Basingstoke & North Hants II 227 (A Neal 37, Belcher 29, Denney 3-23, Metcalfe 3-32)
Paultons won by two runs.
 
Totton & Eling 196 (E Taylor 73, Morris 31, Hawkins 3-29)
St Cross Symondians II 199-3 (Hawkins 113*, Laney 30)
St Cross Symondians won by seven wickets.

Tichborne Park 84 (Keeley 4-15)
Rowledge 85-0 (J Wish 44*, Yates 38*)
Rowledge won by ten wickets.
 
Waterlooville
Sparsholt
Result not received

DIVISION THREE

Fair Oak 238-9 (Abbas 63, R Freemantle 33, G Stewart 29, Dunston 3-32, Willey 3-46)
Portsmouth & Southsea 122 (Briggs 27, Turrell 27, Bullough 4-25)
Fair Oak won by 116 runs.

Gosport Borough 111 (Larner 37)
Bashley (Rydal) II 114-3 (A Turner 36, Kennett 34, Underwood 27)
Bashley (Rydal) II won by seven wickets.

Hambledon 153-9 (Turner 48, S Le Clerq 40, Ruston 4-19)
Havant II 154-1 (Galliers 66, Ruston 40, Loat 26*)
Havant won by nine wickets.

Purbrook 197 (Cox 44, Harding 39, Attrill 4-29)
Lymington II 169 (Layman 50*, Moors 38, Amis 3-26, Dean 3-33)
Purbrook won by 28 runs.

Fawley 171 (K Earl 54, Freeman 30, Pearce 3-15, Burton 3-47)
South Wilts II 173-3 (Stearman 75*, Phillips 33, R Pittman 27*)
South Wilts II won by seven wickets.
 
 
 

* Missing are Hartley Wintney, OTs & Romsey, Ventnor, Tichborne Park and Waterlooville

SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE
RESULTS - ROUND 12: 21 July 2018
ECB PREMIER DIVISION

Lymington 221 (Royan 53, Metcalfe 34, M Salmon 3-37, Mortimer 3-46)
Alton 222-4 (Myers 79*, Gonella 65, A Hammond 39)
Alton won by six wickets.
 
New Milton 61 (T Arnold 32*, Digby 5-21)
Bashley (Rydal) 62-0 (Digby 37*, Thurgood 25*)
Bashley (Rydal) won by ten wickets.

Basingstoke & North Hants 231-7 (Thane 82, B Neal 36, Stokes 35)
Hampshire Academy 80 (Scriven 29, Makhanya 5-11, James 3-36)
Basingstoke & North Hants won by 151 runs.
 
Burridge 228 (Lock 118, Stancliffe 25)
St Cross Symondians 231-3 (Adams 121*, Stokes 78*)
St Cross Symondians won by seven wickets.
 
South Wilts 261-8 (Morton 71, Cowley 63, Godsal 51, Burns 5-57)
Havant 163-7 (Hopson 61, Gorvin 30, Weld 3-36, Franklin 3-37)
Match drawn.
 
DIVISION ONE
 
Hartley Wintney
Hook & Newnham Basics
 
Liphook & Ripsley 127 (Mount 27, Rouse 24, Donway 4-38, Pack 3-18)
Bournemouth 129-1 (N Park 70*, West 41)
Bournemouth won by nine wickets.
 
OTs & Romsey
Andover
 
Portsmouth 250-9 (Christian 65, Hay 54)
Calmore Sports 137 (    A Marston 4-34)
Portsmouth won by 113 runs.
 
Ventnor
Sarisbury Athletic
 
DIVISION TWO
 
Langley Manor 261-9 (Ponting 80, Purnell 78, Babidge 5-45)
Trojans 181 (Boyd 51, Ahmed 40, Brown 6-52)
Langley Manor won by 80 runs.
 
Paultons 229 (Feltham 70, Grierson 44, A Neal 4-32, Belcher 3-34)
Basingstoke & North Hants II 227 (A Neal 37, Belcher 29, Denney 3-23, Metcalfe 3-32)
Paultons won by two runs.
 
Totton & Eling 196 (E Taylor 73, Morris 31, Hawkins 3-29)
St Cross Symondians II 199-3 (Hawkins 113*, Laney 30)
St Cross Symondians won by seven wickets.

Tichborne Park
Rowledge
Rowledge won by ten wickets.
 
Waterlooville
Sparsholt

DIVISION THREE

Fair Oak 238-9 (Abbas 63, R Freemantle 33, G Stewart 29, Dunston 3-32, Willey 3-46)
Portsmouth & Southsea 122 (Briggs 27, Turrell 27, Bullough 4-25)
Fair Oak won by 116 runs.

Gosport Borough 111 (Larner 37)
Bashley (Rydal) II 114-3 (A Turner 36, Kennett 34, Underwood 27)
Bashley (Rydal) II won by seven wickets.

Hambledon 153-9 (Turner 48, S Le Clerq 40, Ruston 4-19)
Havant II 154-1 (Galliers 66, Ruston 40, Loat 26*)
Havant won by nine wickets.

Purbrook 197 (Cox 44, Harding 39, Attrill 4-29)
Lymington II 169 (Layman 50*, Moors 38, Amis 3-26, Dean 3-33)
Purbrook won by 28 runs.

Fawley 171 (K Earl 54, Freeman 30, Pearce 3-15, Burton 3-47)
South Wilts II 173-3 (Stearman 75*, Phillips 33, R Pittman 27*)
South Wilts II won by seven wickets.
 
 
 

Liphook & Ripsley are two wins away from a coveted place in the National Village Cup, but face a huge quarter-final hurdle against North Perrott, the second place WEPL Somerset Division club, at Willis Lame on Sunday, 1.30pm.  Neither club has reached the last eight before.

NEW MILTON
Standing (from left): Steve Watts, Ollie Wilmore, Campbell Golding, Lee Beck, Raff Hussey, Matt Baker. Front: Tom Arnold, George Beck, Nick Gargaro, Ryan Beck (cpt), Luke Mortimore (wkt).

New Milton are preparing for a massive weekend which sees them visit arch rivals Bashley (Rydal) in the penultimate round of Time pennant matches today (11am) and host County Division 2 promotion chasing Sway in the New Forest CA President's Cup final at Fernhill on Sunday lunchtime, 1pm.
It's alrady been a traumatic week for the Green & Golds with all-rounder Ryan Beck stepping down as captain and handing over the armband to 21-year old opening bowler George Watts. New Milton have lost all nine Premier Division matches.

Hampshire’s Jimmy Adams is set to make one of his occasional St Cross Symondians’ appearances tomorrow – and that could be bad news for title chasing Burridge !
The last time Adams played at The Ridge in May 2015 he hit an unbeaten century as St Cross chased down 217-9 to win by eight wickets.
A treble-figure repeat of that at Botley Road tomorrow (11am) could have serious consequences for Burridge, who are eight points behind South Wilts at the top of the ECB Southern Premier League table.
Adams, who played for St Cross as a junior long before embarking on a successful county career, also made a century in his last Symondians appearance against Havant in May 2017.
St Cross, who are in with a chance of lifting the all-day Time pennant, are sending a powerful side to Burridge, with Australian all-rounder Ian Holland set to play alongside the former Hampshire captain.
Matt Stokes, who took a hat-trick in that May 2015 win, returns, as does teenage batsman Billy Mead, who missed last week’s victory over Basingstoke & North Hants with a back injury.
Burridge have yet to name their side, but skipper Rick Ankers is known to have major bowling injury issues over Dan Stancliffe and Sully White.
St Cross Symondians: T Foyle, Mead, Adams, Came, Holland, Stokes, Ellis, H Foyle, A Ayres, Bransgrove, Mitchell.
Hampshire’s Academy side continues to lurk in third place and could pose a major threat to Burridge and South Wilts, who still have to visit the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground.
Eleven points adrift of South Wilts, but only two behind Burridge (who they play next Saturday), the Academy make a first ever visit to Basingstoke & North Hants.
Little George Metzger returns to his home May’s Bounty ground, while England Under-19 all-rounder Tom Scriven will be anxious to continue with the form which saw him hit a century in last week’s thrashing of Lymington.
The Academy shot Lymington out for 49 – but there’s no place ay May’s Bounty for hat-trick hero Ajeet Dale, whose pace spot goes to Chris Searle.
Hard working Basingstoke groundsman Craig Williamson, who hit 87* against St Cross Symondians last week, is absent and is replaced by Chris Jolley.
Academy: Felix Organ, George Metzger, Josh Wood, Tom Scriven, Fletcha Middleton, Scott Currie, Tom Prest, George Pardoe, Mo Abass, Sonny Reynolds, Chris Searle.
Alton, second from bottom after losing four of their last five matches, host Lymington 49ers at the Jubilee Ground.
South African import Marco Marais has been recalled by his native Border provincial side and has returned home having made only 164 runs in ten SPL knocks, including a best 73 against St Cross Symondians last month.

RYAN Beck has revealed he is stepping down as captain of ECB Southern Premier League outfit New Milton.
Beck, who helped the club gain its top-flight status in 2015, will take the reins for the last time when the Green & Golds visit neighbours Bashley (Rydal) on Saturday.
All-rounder Beck played a leading role as the Fernhill club comfortably held their own during their first two seasons in the Premier Division.
But a run of nine defeats and no victories this season has seen them crash to the foot of the table with a return to Division One a distinct possibility.
Beck will be replaced by 21-year-old fast bowler George Watts, who will continue a family tradition with father Steve and late grandfather Pete both having captained the club.
Bashley (Rydal): Porter, Thurgood, Millar, Digby, Morris, Jacques, Wilson, Taylor, Watkins, Lewis, Grierson.
New Milton: R Beck, J Lilley, L Beck, J Haggaty, N Gargaro, G Watts, T Arnold, C Golding, R Hussey, J Adams, J Arnold.

Table topping South Wilts could be without influential all-rounder James Hayward for the remainder of the season.
Hayward broke a bone at the base of his right thumb and also damaged ligaments taking a catch to dismiss Tim Taylor in last week’s comfortable 70-run win over Bashley (Rydal).
“I didn’t catch the ball cleanly and directly it struck me on the bone joint I knew something was wrong,” he explained.
“I was in a lot of pain and once it began to throb I suspected there was a break and the X-ray confirmed it.
“I’ve got to keep a cast over my right thumb and wrist for the next five weeks, so that’s me sidelined until mid-August at least.
“It’s a nuisance in more ways than one as I can’t drive a car, so will have to work from home and watch the cricket from the sidelines.
“Watching South Wilts play isn’t something I’ve experienced too much of, but at least I can help from the boundary line by talking to the batsmen and ensuring they remain focussed.
“There are seven matches still to play and we’re in a great position, so it’s essential we keep our eye on the ball and don’t slip up.”
Although he hasn’t score any runs for the past two weeks, Hayward has been in pretty good form this season, scoring over 300 league runs, including an unbeaten 113 at St Cross Symondians and a recent 84 against Basingstoke & North Hants.
Hayward’s injury means that South Wilts will be without three front-line batsmen for tomorrow’s visit to Havant, in the penultimate round of all-day Time pennant matches.
Jack Mynott and Will Wade are also absent as South Wilts defend an overall eight-point lead at the top of the Premier Division.
“We’re also five points up on St Cross Symondians in the Time pennant log with two to play, so it’s important we do well at Havant,” Hayward continued.
Hayward and Mynott are two of South Wilts’ spin bowling options, so skipper James Hibberd has drafted in Rob Franklin to operate alongside Joe Weld, who bowls with a flat round-arm action.
Joe Cranch is pencilled in to bolster the South Wilts top order, while Steve Warner returns to a four-pronged seam attack.
Defending champions Havant are experiencing an indifferent season and lie fifth in the log, all but mathematically out of the reckoning for a third successive title.
Skipper Chris Stone and Chris Morgan miss the game, so either in-form Stuart Ransley or Andy Gorvin will wear the captain’s armband.
Havant were knocked out of the ECB Royal London Cup by Clevedon last weekend, only Ransley (76) making his mark as Havant were bowled out for 135 and beaten by seven wickets, Jake Lintott cracking a boundary-strewn 93 not out.
Lintott made a one-off appearance for Hampshire in last season’s T20 Blast defeat by Somerset at the Ageas Bowl.
South Wilts: Hibberd, Morton, Cowley, Draper, Cranch, Godsal, Weld, Franklin, Evans, Murray, Warner.

BASINGSTOKE and North Hants will meet Hook and Newnham Basics in the August Bank Holiday Sunday final of the Finch Group Guy Jewell Cup after they beat Old Basing by six wickets.
The Bountymen, chasing 115 for victory, won thanks to an excellent knock of 62 from South African Sibonelo Makhanya, as Euan Rixson took 2-26.
Basing scored 114-5, thanks to Nick Willcock (39) Bob Selwyn 25 not out and Olly Oldcorn 22. Martyn James (2-29) and Makhanya (2-26) were the chief wicket takers.

Sarisbury Athletic are without skipper Ricky Rawlins as they bid to narrow Bournemouth’s lead at the top of Southern Premier League Division One with a win at relegation troubled Ventnor.
But influential brothers Josh and Sam Hill are back in the team which Sam Floyd will skipper. Ventnor have slipped into the drop zone after losing their last five games.
Sarisbury Athletic: Floyd, Clouting, Mills, Nightingale, J Hill, Journeaux, Ireland, Wright, Sanders, S Hill, Jewell.
Leaders Bournemouth take an unchanged side on the long haul trip to Liphook & Ripsley, who will more likely to be focussed on Sunday’s National Village Cup quarter-final tie at North Perrott.
Bournemouth are effectively 17 points clear at the top, but have to visit Allotment Road in mid-August.
Bournemouth: West, N Park, Webb, C Park, Denham, Woodruff, Hurley, Conway, Clutterbuck, Pack, Warner.
Calmore Sports face a testing trip to Southsea seafront and face a Portsmouth side that has won its last five games.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Johns, Wright, Manning, Moss, Proudley, Rose, West, Pegler, Blake, Ducellier.
Important win points are at stake at the Romsey Sports Centre, where OTs & Romsey host Andover, each side having won four times.
OTs hope to be unchanged, but Andover are boosted by the return of Will Arnold and Hampshire’s Asher Hart.
Andover: M Hooper, A Hooper, Hart, Duckworth, Treagus, Arnold, Ayers, Knight, Adams, Graham, Jansen.
Marooned at the basement are promoted Hartley Wintney, who host near neighbours Hook & Newnham Basics. With Will Kerr and Dan Wrenn hitting 50s, HW gave a decent account of themselves in the KGV derby, but Matt Love’s unbeaten 70 got Hook home.

Last week’s win at Rowledge has enabled Sparsholt to open up a sizeable lead at the top of Southern Premier League Division 2.
But tomorrow’s visit to Waterlooville’s Rowlands Avenue promises to be a major hurdle for Jeremy Frith’s side to clear if the silverware is to come to Locks Lane.
All-rounder Lewis Mitchard is back in the paddock for Sparsholt, while suspended opening batsman James Scutt sits out the second of a three-match ban for the Ville.
Sparsholt: Frith, Haworth, Vokes, Doran, Banks, Taylor, Doubell, Mitchard, O’Brien, Weir, Thornton.
Rowledge must win at erratic Tichborne Park to keep themselves in contention, but skipper Ben Wish is able to parade an unchanged side.
Rowledge: Ben Wish, Jake Wish, Chris Yates Jnr, David Lloyd, Sam Plater, Sam Moseley, Steve Martin, Will Ryman, George Keeley, Fraser Wilson, Ollie Baker.
Of the bottom two, Trojans go to Langley Manor and Paultons host Basingstoke & North Hants.  St Cross Symondians II entertain Totton & Eling II, who are without steam fair bound Ollie Perrin.
Title chasing SPL3 leaders Fair Oak must make do without both openers Will Hughes and Australia-bound Max Watson (on Wellington’s rugby tour) for the home match with Portsmouth & Southsea, who expect to be without key all-rounder Matt Benfield (Achilles) for the rest of the summer.
Fair Oak: Hockenhull, Gradwell, Kemp, Gwynn, Smith, Bullough, Abbas, Bass, McKenzie, Featherstone, Stewart.
Second placed Bashley (Rydal) have Simon Ridley at the helm for the eagerly awaited visit to Gosport’s Privett Park – the Borough being on a high after a low scoring victory at Portsmouth & Southsea, where they defended 99.  Ridley replaces the unavailable Chris Vaughan as captain, with Sam Kennett dropping down to replace Zach Millar, who plays in the New Milton derby.
Bashley (Rydal) II: Ridley, Underwood, A Turner, Kennett, S Morris, J Turner, C Gates, Pressland , Taylor, Eede, Laurent.
Fawley chase a fourth successive win at South Wilts, whose side has been disrupted by first team call-ups.
Fawley: C Earl, K Earl, A Parratt, B Parratt, K Sharma, K Sharma, Freeman, Smith, Munir, Bryers, Crossley.
Theses are desperate times for Lymington seconds, who host Purbrook at the Sports Ground, where Terry Crabb is due to make his first appearance.  His side are 20 points short of safety.
Lymington II: Kelly, Agha, Crabb, Barton, Whyte, Moors C, Robertson, Layman, Cox, Woodward, Willis

Teenage Bashley (Rydal) all-rounder George Pardoe bounced back from the disappointment of missing out on a maiden first innings century in Hampshire’s three-day ECB Under-17 County Championship defeat by Gloucestershire by scoring his first-ever hundred in the second.
Pardoe cut a disappointed figure when he was agonisingly caught out for 93 on Totton & Eling’s run strewn Southern Gardens surface.
But his disappointment turned to elation when he posted a second innings 111 – and gave Hampshire a chance of chasing down Gloucestershire’s demanding 298-run target. Pardoe (left) also took 3-30 bowling his seamers.
The Hampshire youngsters earlier let a chance of victory slip through their fingers as Gloucestershire, with a first innings lead of 36, sank to 111-8 (only 147 ahead) but recovered to make 261.
The highly rated Tom Price spun Gloucestershire to victory with ten wickets in the match and a decisive 6-71 in the second innings.
Scores:
Gloucestershire 369 (Naish 72, Millard 63, Price 53, Gadd 3-2, Pardoe 3-30, Reynolds 3-72) and 261 (Tryfonds 67, Trotman 50, Prest 4-69, Abbas 4-71).
Hampshire 333 (Pardoe 93, Gadd 67, Parratt 42, Price 4-102) and 244 (Pardoe 111, Southon 37*, Price 6-71).
Gloucestershire won by 57 runs.

Hampshire Seniors are through to the last 16 of the Sixties Cricket Championships after beating group winners Somerset by four wickets at Hursley Park.
A fifth straight win means that Hampshire finished runners-up in a competitive six-county group and will get an away tie in the initial national round.
With Rowledge all-rounder Chris Yates taking 3-38, Hampshire were able to claw Somerset back from a threatening 132-2 to an eventual 191-9.
Lymington’s Neil Trestrail (43) and Geoff Beale (32) provided Hampshire with a 67-run launch pad, but the outcome was back in the balance with the Seniors’ 129-5, four batsmen being stumped.
The experience of David Price pictured (34 not out) and Iain Britton (30), during a key 60-run stand, got Hampshire across the line.
* Dave Price picture courtesy of Neil Smith.

Fair Oak will face Rotherfield Park in the Winchester & District CA Tichborne Trophy final at Hursley Park on Thursday week, August 2.
In the semi-finals, Oaks edged a two-wicket win over Hursley, while Rotherfield Park knocked out cup holders Tichborne Park.
Chasing down Hursley Park’s 120-8 (Tom Flynn 38*), Oaks looked comfortable winners while Max Watson (26) and Phil Smith were together at 74-2.
But Aaron Williams (3-15) sparked a middle-order collapse, leaving Rufus Bullough (18 not out) to end Oaks’ worries.
Alton’s Dan Harris hit an unbeaten 50 and Joe Paul 48 as Rotherfield piled up 197-2 on the rustic and compact East Tisted village ground.
Tichborne fell 66 runs shot with 131-9 (Ed Primmer 36), Tom Paul taking 3-18.
The Igglesden Trophy final is between Scrummagers and Willow Tree on the Nersery Ground at The Quarters.

Opening batsman Stuart Ransley (pictured above - Roy Honeybone) and seamer Richard Jerry did their bit, but overall Havant produced a below par performance and were resoundingly beaten by seven wickets by West of England Premier League leaders Clevedon in the ECB Royal London Cup fifth round.
Ransley glued the Havant innings together after the hosts top order had been blown away. He batted the entire innings and was tenth out for 76 as Havant were dismissed for 135. Andy Gorvin was the only other batsman to reach double figures and together they raised 44 to lift Havant from 36-3.
Richard Jerry (3-24) gave Clevedon a scare by taking two wickets off the initial four balls of his opening overs - Harry Ellison was brilliantly caught one-handed by Chris Morgan at backward cover - and then took a third at 25.
But Jake Lintott, who played a T20 Blast match for Hampshire against Somerset last season, soon ended Havant's faint hopes of an upset with a volley of fours. He breached the boundary rope 17 times in a blistering 93* while the classy Connor Crane hit 31 not out at the other end.
* RL Cup quarter-finals on August 5: Stanmore v Clevedon, Brentwood v Roffey, Richmondshire (Yorks) v Ormskirk, Wolverhampton v Northern (Liverpool).

Harry Came hit his third century of the season, a match winning 102 not out for St Cross Symondians, who beat Basingstoke and North Hants by 91 runs at Winchester’s tree-lined  Green Jackets Ground.
Stephen Mitchell joined in the celebrations – his 6-43 was his best Premier Division return.
The win kept St Cross in the mix to win the Time pennant, awarded to the side with the best record in the nine-match all-day format.
St Cross, with Burridge and Bashley (Rydal) to play, lie five points behind South Wilts in the Time pennant log.
But Symondians found themselves in a spot of early bother, with Tom Foyle (16) and Hampshire’s Joe Weatherley (9) both back in the pavilion with only 25 runs scored.
St Cross, thanks to Came and Hampshire all-rounder Ian Holland (67), built the platform for victory with a third-wicket stand of 131.
Basingstoke broke through with a handful of wickets, but the emerging Alex Ayers (48) added 78 for the sixth wicket, before Came reached 102 (13 fours) and St Cross declared at 263-6.
The Bountymen were never in the hunt and relied solely on Craig Williamson’s overdue 87 not out to give them a decent total.
Stephen Mitchell, with a league best spell of 6-43 had Basingstoke on the rack.
* St Cross Symondians completed a Basingstoke double in Premier 2, bowling their May’s Bounty hosts out for 129 (Chris Jolley 46) before coasting to a seven-wicket win.

A crestfallen Tom Morton laid sprawled on the ground, his face pointing into a dusty batting crease after agonisingly running himself out three runs short of his first ‘coming home’ century for South Wilts.
Morton had earmarked the visit of Bashley (Rydal) to Bemerton to make his first ECB Southern Premier League hundred since returning to South Wilts after two seasons away with Middlesex Premier League winners Ealing.
He had made four fifty-plus scores in his ten previous South Wilts knocks this season and with 14 boundaries under his belt and 97 glowing on the electronic scoreboard, looked all set to notch his first SW treble figure score since Alton in August 2015.
But, having punched Ross Grierson off the back foot to backward cover, Morton set off for a quick single – only to see Bashley’s Mitch Wilson dive across and make a superb one-handed stop.
Wilson’s precise throw to teenage wicketkeeper Patrick Lewis was too quick and accurate for Morton to regain his ground and the South Wilts run gun was gone.
Skipper James Hibberd didn’t budge from the non-striker’s end.
But although South Wilts had dropped from an imposing 140-1 to 160-6 when Morton departed, his 97 provided the backbone for the table-topping Salisbury side to post 234-8 and go on to win the match by 70 runs.
Bashley were bowled out for 164 - just four overs from scheduled stumps.
“It was disappointing for Tom, as he really wanted that first hundred back, but it was a great knock which set up an important win for us going into what will be a key game at Havant this Saturday,” said South Wilts skipper James Hibberd.
Morton’s century stand with Will Wade (38) pointed South Wilts towards a potentially big score, but some poor shots led to a flurry of wickets before and after lunch.
From 160-6, South Wilts needed Arthur Godsal (40) and Joe Weld (28) to add a lively 70 and get the score up to 234-8 (Josh Digby 3-56).
Bashley (Rydal) never got a foothold from then on and lost wickets at regular intervals throughout, dropping to 103-6 at one stage.
Phil Morris (60) battled his way to a maiden SPL half-century as Luke Evans (3-35) and earlier Ryan Murray (2-37) made inroads.
Bashley had the opportunity to force a draw late on, but the tail enders didn’t seem over-concerned and Godsall (3-35) was happy to mop up.  Bashley were 164 all out.
“That’s probably as well as we’ve bowled as a unit this season,” Hibberd reflected.
* South Wilts have an injury worry over all-rounder James Hayward (injured right thumb) ahead of Saturday’s visit to Havant.  They will again be without Jack Mynott.

Tom Scriven hit a maiden ECB Southern Premier League century, hauling the Hampshire Academy out of the mire with a superb 121 before helping skittle hosts Lymington for a paltry 49, their lowest SPL score.
Opening pair Felix Organ and George Metzger, along with Josh Wood, were all back in the Sports Ground pavilion with only four runs on the board as Matt Metcalfe (2-43) and Simon Beetham (1-15) struck a triple new ball blow.
But that was as good as it got for Lymington as Scriven (pictured) and Fletcha Middleton (31) gradually repaired the damage and before lunch had put together a match-changing 109 fourth-wicket partnership.
Any prospect Lymington had of wresting the initiative back was thwarted by a post-break stand between Scott Currie (32) and Scriven, who celebrated his hundred before Dimitri Adams (2-78) took the fifth wicket.
Scriven, who played for England in this past winter’s ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand, looks to have ‘time’ to play his shots, and went on to hit two sixes and 11 fours, sharing another fruitful partnership with Tom Prest (31) as the Academy moved their total on to 237-7.
Lymington’s batting fell apart at the seams, Currie (3-14) taking three of the first four wickets for only 16 runs inside the opening six overs of their reply.
Dom Hand and Adams managed to get into double figures before each fell to Scriven (2-13).
Lymington lost their last six wickets for only 12 runs, Wellington College seamer Ajeet Dale ripping through the tail with a hat-trick to finish with 4-17.

Burridge owed much to South African Hilio De Abreu and Dan Stancliffe for the 32-run win at New Milton, which kept them within eight points of South Wilts at the top of the ECB Southern Premier League.
The visitors were in some difficulty at 95-5 (Richard Lock 26) when De Abreu (57) was joined by Stancliffe [left] in a stand of 87, which checked Milton’s best performance of the season.
Despite still being unable to bowl due to on-going back problems, Stancliffe hit a six and ten fours in a key 76 and added more important runs with Rick Ankers (38) as Burridge reached 268-9.
Tom Arnold (92), eventually eighth out at 225, and Raff Hussey (55) eased Milton’s reply to 101-1, with the Green & Golds still in the contest at 194-4.
De Abreu (3-27) and Nic McMurray (4-33) broke through as New Milton finished with 236 all out, defeated for a ninth successive time but encouraged by a much improved performance.

Richard Hindley and Chris Stone hit half-centuries before Richard Jerry celebrated his maiden five-wicket haul for Havant, who eased to a 122-run win at Alton – the Brewers suffering a fourth defeat in their last six games.
The 35th fifty of Hindley’s SPL career began on the second ball of the match, Peter Hopson having gone for a golden duck, the first of four victims for swing merchant Ben Mortimer (4-37)
The third-wicket stand between Hindley (50) and Stone (59), aided by lively 45 from Jez Bulled, enabled Havant to reach 208-8.
Julian Ballinger chipped away, taking 4-73 and taking his season’s tally to 32 wickets.
Alton, with former Northampton Saints batsman Dan Harris wearing the captain’s armband, fell apart against Jerry (5-17), who struck three times early on as the Brewers lurched to 31-5.
Left-arm spinner Chris Morgan (3-15) and Cam Prentice (2-17) took the remaining five wickets, with Scott Myers top scoring with 30 in Alton’s 86 all out. He earlier had three dismissals in his stand-in wicket-keeping role.
* Richard Jerry photograph by Roy Honeybone.

Promising King Edward VI all-rounder Jovan Dhariwal marked his full Old Tauntonians & Romsey debut with a half-century, but was unable to halt Bournemouth’s charge at the top of Southern Premier League Division One.
The 17-year old hit 52 before OTs conceded a 66-run defeat to Bournemouth, whose ninth win in 11 matches has established a 17-point lead over Sarisbury Athletic at the top.
Bournemouth’s Luke Webb dominated the match, hitting an undefeated 133, an innings which contained nine fours and six maximums.
Webb shared century partnerships with opener Tom West (52) and Chris Park (52) as Bournemouth powered to 257-3.
“Webby again was fantastic and very destructive,” praised third-wicket partner and Bournemouth skipper Chris Park.
“As soon as he was in on 70 or 80 with 10 overs left – some of the sixes he hit were unbelievable and he is enjoying batting at Bournemouth at the moment.
“He plays in third gear and, when he wants to go to fifth gear, he can. Clearing the boundary by 25 yards is quite a huge hit at Bournemouth.
“Our job during the final 10 overs was just to give him the strike. He deserved that role having worked hard for two hours knocking the bowlers around and finding the pace of the pitch.
“Having secured his first class university degree at Oxford Brookes, he is concentrating on cricket now and enjoying playing with a little bit of freedom.”
OTs used five slow bowlers as they tried in vain to curb Webb’s run onslaught – Bournemouth’s spinners fared better, taking a lion’s share of the spoils after tea.
OTs dropped to 65-3 before Dhariwal (52), left above, enjoyed partnerships with Rob Newman (24) and Stuart Tognarelli (39).
But having threatened at 163-4, OTs promptly lost five wickets for six runs and were facing the inevitable at 169-9, leg spinner Jem Warner (3-35) having dismantled the middle-order.
Keith Trodd (21) produced a late rally before OTs closed at 191 all out.

A century eighth-wicket partnership between Andrew Ireland and Chris Sanders put promotion chasing Sarisbury Athletic firmly in the box seat and set up a 152-run victory over relegation haunted Hartley Wintney at Allotment Road.
Ireland hit 72 and Sanders an unbeaten 56 to push Sarisbury to 308-9. Hartley were dismissed for 156.
Sarisbury were headed for a big score once Ricky Rawlins (56) and Dan Clouting (33) shared an opening stand of 89.
Three wicket spells by Danny Plume (3-45) and Jamie Teale (3-41) curbed Sarisbury’s progress and HW were back in the game at 165-7.
But it can be a dog’s life when you’re bottom of the table – and sure enough the entry of a pedigree Hungarian canine (owned by an embarrassed Sarisbury Athletic team manager Jon Floyd) on to the outfield caused some mayhem as Danny Nightingale’s bid to stop a four was thwarted by the pooch.  Who should have struck the ball and be denied a four : Floyd's son, Sam ! 
[Question: what decision did the umpires make when the dog interrupted play ? Did they award 5 runs, or .. ?  One for our panel umpires to debate !!]
The ball prised away from the sharp teeth of Jon Floyd’s dog, Sarisbury continued with an eighth-wicket stand which swung the match around.
Facing a second consecutive 300-plus run deficit, Hartley dropped away with only Jonny Rowland (55) making a real impact as Phil Jewell (4-27) and Tom Nightingale (3-23) reduced them from 89-2 to 156 all out.
Five successive defeats, the latest by 46 runs by Portsmouth on Southsea seafront, has the alarm bells ringing at Ventnor, who lie second from bottom.
Tom Friend did his bit with a 4-44 return with the ball and a quick-fire 40 with the bat.
But Portsmouth’s 208, built around Ben Duggan (41) and skipper Jack Marston (45), proved too many as Ventnor tumbled from 58-1 to 100-8 before Hugh Calloway (41) gave their eventual 162 all out an air of respectability.  Andrew Marston (4-16) bowled an effective spell of left-arm spin.

Andover took generosity to the extremes by gifting Calmore Sports 44 extras – and then losing their Southern Premier League Division 1 match at Loperwood Park by 41 runs.
Among those 44 sundries were 31 wides – Andrew Duckworth sending down 18 of them – giving Calmore extra overs to build a match winning score of 191-8.  Andover, struggling at 43-4, were dismissed for 150.
Calmore began confidently through Darren Vann (31), but when the impressive Luke Graham (3-13) caused 59-0 to become 66-3, it was time for repairs.
James Manning (23) and Mark Lavelle (23) added 64 to lift the hosts to 130 before they were parted.
While Andover maintained their extras giveaways, Matt Hooper (5-46) got wickets, reducing Calmore to 148-7 before Mike West (25) and Liam Newton (19) launched a late assault to take the defending SPL1 champions to 191-8.
Lavelle (4-23) got himself into the attack early as Andover lurched at 43-4.
Josh Ballentine-Dykes (41) and Rob Liney (21) lifted spirits, but the early damage was never repaired and two wickets each by Manning and West ended Andover’s resistance at 150.
The 41-run win enabled Calmore to keep tracks with Bournemouth and Sarisbury Athletic at the top.
Hook and Newnham Basics ended a five-match losing sequence, returning to winning ways as they beat visiting Liphook and Ripsley by 88 runs at the KGV.
Hook turned in a solid batting display, as nearly every player made it into double figures.
Jordan Hobday top scored with 60 from 42 balls, which included eight fours and one six.
Openers Jack Robson (34) and Richard Willcock provided a sound start, while Matt Love and Alex Brown were both caught after scoring 26, and Matt Buckingham made 23.
The ninth wicket pair Rupert Armstrong (13 not out) and Anik Divecha (12) added valuable late runs as Hook finished on 242.
Liphook, who visit North Perrott in the Village Cup quarter-finals this Sunday, got off to a flying start  as openers Ryan Covey (58) and Sam Franks (10) put on 50 in the opening nine overs.
Hook needed a breakthrough and first change bowler Willcock provided it as he had Franks caught by Hobday.
However, Liphook continued to look on top, thanks to Covey and Harry Munt (12), before an inspired double bowling change turned the game on its head.
Rhodes Franklin in his first over, bowled top scorer Covey and then Divecha did likewise removing Munt making it 88-3.
Franklin (4-32) and Divecha (2-17) then set about taking out most of the middle order, as the visitors soon found themselves 124-7.
Rob Nicklin (25) and Sean Burton (18 not out) were Liphook’s last hope, when they were parted thanks to another Hobday catch, off the bowling of Harry Warner (3-17), who finished off the job at 154 all out.

A five-wicket win at Rowledge has enabled Sparsholt to take a firm grip of the Southern Premier League Division Two title race.
But Jeremy Frith’s side has another crunch match looming on the immediate horizon – a trip to second placed Waterlooville this Saturday.
A season’s best 79 not out by Michael Haworth pointed Sparsholt to their ninth successive win from a top-table duel that produced glowing praise from standing South Coast Panel umpire Tim May.
Speaking against the background of growing on-field behavioural problems in local recreational cricket, May described the Rowledge-Sparsholt match as “the most impeccably well behaved game of cricket I have umpired in a very long time.
“Both teams merrily chatted long after stumps with their opponents and the two umpires.
“It was a very pleasant throw back to the old days.”
Rowledge, though, will have been disappointed to have allowed a promising position at 105-1 to be wrestled away.
Chris Yates (81) and Sam Plater (59) did the hard work before Sparsholt spin duo Frith (4-36) and Nick Doubell (3-37) created significant inroads for the visitors.
The Rowledge total of 194-9 was probably 25 or so shot of what skipper Ben Wish wanted – and so it proved.
Haworth played the pivotal role in the successful run chase, hitting 13 fours and sharing important stands with Frith (29) and Tim Vokes (22) before the middle-order all chipped in.
Sparsholt got home by five wickets with nine overs to spare and take a decent 26 point lead into Saturday’s testing visit to Waterlooville.

Vic Loveless will play his farewell innings and raise his bat for the very last time at Bramshaw Church, Judds Hill, Bramshaw, next Thursday (July 26) at 12.15pm.
The doyen of New Forest cricket and stalwart member of Calmore Sports, Vic passed away recently, aged 93 years.
A proud, much liked and respected nonagenarian, Vic had been a sportsman, a sports organiser and administrator, a successful businessman, an author, a writer, and a proud and loyal servant of the Crown.
A man whose dedication to cricket and passion for the game is unsurpassed locally.

  A full tribute will appear here shortly.

Trojans are rooted to the Southern Premier League Division 2 basement after a nine-wicket Stoneham Lane pasting from promotion chasing Waterlooville.
Shot out for 86 and comprehensively beaten inside 12 overs, Trojans are 18 points adrift of the nearest safety rung.
They fell from 34-0 to 86 all out – all ten wickets falling for 52 runs, with spinner Archie Reynolds (4-20) and former Gosport Borough seamer Conor Regan (3-25) doing the bulk of the damage.
Australian Alex Smith lashed nine fours and four sixes in a 35-ball 68 not out for the Ville.

Trojans troubles were enhanced with wins for Totton & Eling and Tichborne Park, the latter’s victory dumping Paultons into the mire.
Totton chased down Langley Manor’s modest 195 to win by four wickets at Southern Gardens.
The majority of the Manor’s top order made starts without going on, including Sam Thomson (30) and skipper Jack Budd (26), the innings falling away after double strikes by Sam Beer (4-33), left-arm spinner Ethan Taylor (3-31) and father James (2-42).
Steve Harris (46 not out) was left to paddle the canoe, with Dylan Hatton (22) offering the only late support.
Totton themselves were struggling at 56-4, but Owen Morris (49) and Ollie Perrin (40) steadied the ship before Billy Lighfoot (25) and Oli Thomas secured the victory at 196-6.

Martin Cheyney (100) and Tom Allam (87) plundered a 172-run opening partnership as Tichborne Park piled up 307-4 against visiting Paultons.
The pair breached the boundary rope 25 times, with Cheyney, left, (11 fours) scoring the only six in the stand.
Queenslander Ryan Brooks (47 not out) and Ben Allen (35) piled on the agony before Jake Bristow’s SPL best 6-32 sent Paultons tumbling from 62-1 to 128 all out, with Robbie Pike and Tony Richman each making 29, Andrew Denney earlier taking 3-49.
A seventh defeat in ten outings leaves Paultons (91) eight points adrift of Totton & Eling (99). The pair meet at Southern Gardens on Saturday week, July 28.