Bashley (Rydal) have completed a unique Southern Premier League double by winning both the ECB Premier Division and the Division 3 championship in the same season.
They clinched a celebrated double with wins over Bournemouth (to win the Premier Division) and Purbrook to become Division 3 winners.
Tom Friend hit an unbeaten 84 as Bashley chased down Bournemouth's competitive 238-5 to win by five wickets with eight overs to spare, while at the BCG, Arno Hattingh hit 112 before Sam Stroud hit 82 and later took 5-27 in the second team's 60-run victory over Purbrook, for whom Josh McCoy scored 101.

ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE
RESULTS – ROUND 17 –  24 AUGUST 2019

ECB PREMIER DIVISION

Havant 318-4 (S Ransley 115, Hindley 84, H Gadd 72)
Basingstoke & North Hants 174 (Donaldson 59, Froud 27, A Neal 25, F Gadd 3-24, Morgan 3-46)
Havant won by 144 runs.

Bournemouth 238-5 (Matthews 73, Robinson 52, N Park 47, Woodruff 40, Grierson 3-33)
Bashley (Rydal) 240-5 (Friend 84*, Wilson 35*, Porter 32, Walker 30, Jacques 
Bashley (Rydal) won by five wickets. 

Burridge 173 (De Abreu 73, Chowdhury 28, Wheeler 4-40)
Hampshire Academy 144 (S Currie 47, White 3-18) 25)
Burridge won by 29 runs.

Lymington 261-8 (Schreuder 62, Crabb 54, Fisher 51, Rogers 26, Bacon 3-60)
Alton 168 (A Hammond 52, Heffernan 35, Harris 26, Attrill 4-48)
Lymington won by 93 runs.

South Wilts 233 (Godsal 52        )
St Cross Symondians 234-5
St Cross Symondians won by five wickets.

DIVISION 1

Andover 168 (Treagus 57, A Ayers 48, Divecha 5-21)
Hook & Newnham Basics 169-8 (Tjhomson 52, Franklin 30)
Hook & Newnham Basics won by two wickets

Old Tauntonians & Romsey 269-5 (Dhariwal 69, Wood 49, Tulk 40, King 39, Vaughan 36)
New Milton 190-8 (R Beck 106*, Golding 31, Watts 25, Brown 3-37)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey won by 79 runs.

Rowledge 312-6 (Baker 70, Randall 68, Plater 59)
Ventnor 47
Rowledge won by 165 runs.

Portsmouth 139 (Duggan 57, Hay 31, Frith 5-17, Banks 3-29)
Sparsholt 142-6 (Doran 35*, Haworth 35, Frith 34)
Sparsholt won by four wickets.

Sarisbury Athletic
Calmore Sports

DIVISION 2

Totton & Eling 135 (Lightfoot 32, Baldwin 6-38, Parson 3-19)
Hartley Wintney 137-4 (Baldwin 68, H Hammond 27, W Kerr 23)
Hartley Wintney won by six wickets.

Liphook & Ripsley 217-8 (Munt 55, Neave 33, Pryce 28, Morgan 3-19)
Langley Manor 139 (Doubell 54, Burton 4-31)
Liphook & Ripsley won by 78 runs.

Paultons
Basingstoke & North Hants II

South Wilts 225-8 (Cranch 76, Hansford 60, Booth 34, Allen 3-53)
St Cross Symondians II 132 (Hadfield 36, Booth 4-20, Burton 3-32)
South Wilts II won by 83 runs.

Waterlooville 140 (Birch 38, Hillman 23, Gwynn 4-5)
Fair Oak 101 (Gwynn 24, Hudson 3-18, Goddard 3-19, Silva 3-20)
Waterlooville won by 39 runs.

DIVISION 3

Bashley (Rydal) II 261-7 (Hattingh 112, Stroud 82, Vaughan 29)
Purbrook 201 (McCoy 101, Mengham 41, Spiers 30, Stroud 5-27)
Bashley (Rydal) II won by 60 runs.

Fawley 219 (Lush 53, Kadyan 39, Munir 25, S Le Clerq 6-55)
Hambledon 220-5 (Marshall 89, Thistlethwayte 37, S Le Clerq 33, Smith 3-54)
Hambledon won by five wickets.

Hythe & Dibden 308-4 (Gates 113, Millar 67, Young 47)
Lymington II 165 (Phillips 40, Whyte 25, Wakely 3-45, Royan 3-51)
Hythe & Dibden won by 143 runs.

Trojans 188-9 (Le Bas 74, Manjra 49, Turrell 4-32)
Portsmouth & Southsea 148 (Kanavan 25, Willey 24, Longman 4-33)
Trojans won by 41 runs.

Tichborne Park 96 (Jess 19, Anscombe 5-9)
Fareham & Crofton 88 (Headon 21, Allam 6-29, Jess 3-18)
Tichborne Park won by eight runs.

Were they at the wrong ground ? Two different badelynges appeared at Hursley Park’s delightful Quarters ground yesterday when perhaps they should have been 230 miles north at the Headingley Test.
Above the ducks head off to the practice nets and below check out Chris Westbrook’s square before they toss to decide whether to bat or cool down in a nearby pond.   

Basingstoke & North Hants will be without South African all-rounder Brad Porteous when they face Hartley Wintney in Sunday’s Finch Group Guy Jewell T20 Cup final at May’s Bounty, 2pm.
​Porteous took 24 wickets in addition to scoring 291 Southern Premier League runs this season has returned to his native South Africa to join the KZ Natal provincial squad for pre-season training.
With the weather set fair and admission free, Basingstoke anticipate a bumper crowd for a T20 finals day double, which begins at 10am, with Oakley taking on Hook & Newnham Basics B for the Cyril Thompson Shield.
Basingstoke have finished last in the Premier Division and will be relegated if Hook & Newnham’s King George V Ground is accredited.
Having won their last four games, Hartley Wintney are chasing a top three Division 2 finish and will be at full strength.
Hartley Wintney: Will Kerr, Harry Broderick, Hugo Hammond, Scott Baldwin, Jason Knibbs, Roy Cockram, Jamie Teale, Jonny Kerr, Will Ross, Anthony Parson, Dan Reynaldo.
Basingstoke skipper David Griffiths said: “After the season we have had it would be nice to win a trophy and we really played well (against cup holders Hook & Newnham Basics) in the semi-final. I hope we can repeat this.”
On Monday, Basingstoke U19 T20 Warriors are in action against Sway/Lymington in the Hampshire Vitality T20 finals day at May’s Bounty.

Sparsholt all-rounders David Banks [left] and Jeremy Frith [right] will be on their guard when they are batting together in the club’s final Southern Premier League Division 1 matches of the season.
With just eight runs between them in the contest to be SPL1’s top batsman – Banks has 629 runs and Frith 621 – running between the wickets during a partnership could be crucial and the proverbial “yes, no, sorry” scenario taboo.  
On the eve of the penultimate round of fixtures and with overseas players ineligible, Bashley’s Bradley Currie remains two victims behind Matt Metcalfe for the Premier Division bowling prize.
Tom Friend and Scott Myers are pursuing Tom Morton for the main batting award.
* Denotes overseas player ineligible for awards.
Premier Division
Batting: * Hilio de Abreu (Burridge) 570, Tom Morton (South Wilts) 527, Tom Friend (Bashley Rydal) 501, Scott Myers (Alton) 490, Michael Porter (Bashley Rydal) 481, Peter Hopson (Havant) 464, Tom Prest (Academy) 456.
Bowling: Matt Metcalfe (Lymington) 44, Bradley Currie (Bashley Rydal) 42, * Marvin Williams (St Cross Symondians) 38, * Matt Bacon (Alton) 35.
Wicketkeeping: Jez Bulled (Havant) 29, Chris Park (Bournemouth) 24, George Metzger (Academy) 23, Ed Ellis (St Cross Symondians) 22, Tom Morton (South Wilts) 21.
Division 1
Batting: David Banks (Sparsholt) 629, Jeremy Frith (Sparsholt) 621, * Fraser Hay (Portsmouth) 604, Ben Duggan (Portsmouth) 520, Ben Johns (Calmore Sports) 486, * Sam O’Brien (Sparsholt) 482.
Bowling: * Fraser Hay (Portsmouth) 38, Jeremy Frith (Sparsholt) 30, Martyn James (Hook & Newnham Basics) 29, Mark Lavelle (Calmore Sports) 29, Charlie Ayers (Andover) 28, Aniket Divecha (Hook & Newnham Basics) 27.
Wicketkeeping: Josh Buckingham (Hook & Newnham Basics) 27, Ben Wish (Rowledge) 21, Alex Hammond (Portsmouth) 18.
Division 2
Batting: * Jason Knibbs (Hartley Wintney) 540, Will Kerr (Hartley Wintney) 471, James Taylor (Totton & Eling) 443, Jason Laney (St Cross Symondians II) 420, Steve Harris (Langley Manor) 409, Suman Ganguly (Liphook & Ripsley) 405.
Bowling: Dave Orchard (St Cross Symondians II) 40, Charlie Gwynn (Fair Oak) 28, Keith Harris (Basingstoke & North Hants II) 27, Chris Chandler (Basingstoke & North Hants II) 27, Scott Dawes (Paultons) 26.
Wicketkeeping: Josh May (Basingstoke & North II) 21, Sam Pittman (South Wilts II) 19, Oli Thomas (Totton & Eling) 17, Dan Birch (Waterlooville) 17.
Division 3
Batting: Sufian Munir (Fawley) 710, Dan Wimble (Fareham & Crofton) 517, Jack Davies (Portsmouth & Southsea) 487, Zac Millar (Hythe & Dibden) 455, Matt Benfield (P & S) 435.
Bowling: Jake Peach (P & S) 33, Syed Agha (Trojans) 31, Sam Stroud (Bashley Rydal II) 31, * Luke Barber (Hambledon) 30, Wayne Smith (Fawley) 27, Jamie Donaldson (Trojans) 27, Ben White (Fareham & Crofton) 27.
Wicketkeeping: Nigel le Bas (Trojans) 21, Kieran Earl (Fawley) 19, Tom Kent (Fareham & Crofton) 17.
 
 * Sparsholt pictures above courtesy of Bob Selly.

Bashley (Rydal) seconds clinched promotion from Southern Premier League Division 3 with a crushing nine-wicket win over Trojans, who plunged into the two-down relegation zone on the back of a fifth defeat in six matches.
Tim Taylor (6-27) wreaked havoc as Trojans lost eight wickets for 48 runs, plunging from 39-2 to 87 all out.
Ed Boyd (30) held Bashley at bay for a long while after Sam Stroud (2-8) had taken two early wickets, but became a second of six victims for Taylor at 66-6 as Trojans imploded.
Jamie Donaldson took the sole Bashley wicket, after which James Turner (37) and Patrick Lewis (35) steered their side to victory – and promotion !
Bashley require 17 points from Saturday’s visit of Purbrook to the BCG to clinch the title.
Trojans, meanwhile, face a potential ‘loser loses all’ relegation showdown with Portsmouth & Southsea at St James’s Park.
They go into the lunchtime crunchtime showdown trailing P & S by five points.  Defeat would be catastrophic for the Stoneham club, who were relegated from SPL2 last season.
Despite their recent encouraging run, Fareham & Crofton aren’t out of the woods, with nine points separating them from Trojans in second from bottom position.
They lost by 69 runs to a Sufian Munir inspired Fawley, who will clinch the runners-up spot if they beat Hambledon at Holbury on Saturday.
Fawley were in a spot of bother (27-2) after two early strikes by Dan Wimble, but once Munir [left] found his range Fareham were in trouble themselves.
Nine sixes and ten fours later, Munir had posted 124 (94 in boundaries) and dominated a 141-run stand with Elliot Earl (55 not out) as Fawley powered on to 248-4.
Wimble blasted 74 back for Fareham, but his dismissal at 140-3 (Tom Kent 36) prompted Bailey Parratt (4-51) and Wayne Smith to take the last seven wickets for 39 runs. Fareham, away to Tichborne Park on Saturday, were dismissed for 179.
Matches at Hambledon (v Hythe & Dibden), Lymington II (P & S) and Purbrook (Tichborne Park) were cancelled after heavy overnight rain.

St Cross Symondians seconds require only 11 points from their remaining two matches against South Wilts II and Fair Oak to clinch promotion from Southern Premier League Division 2.
But they were taken to the wire in a late season thriller at Ripsley Park, where they eventually beat Liphook & Ripsley by nine runs in a match reduced to 41 overs per side due to tea-time rain. 
St Cross were reduced to 22-4 by Charles Janczur (4-35) and Suman Ganguly (a miserly 2-11 off ten overs), with only Jack Middleton of the top order still at the crease.
The left-hander, pictured in action, was initially accompanied in the rescue act by Blair Brown (31), then with wicket-keeper Robbie Hadfield added 82 before Middleton was caught (by Ganguly) went for an invaluable 65.  
Hadfield then stepped on the gas with his trademark sweeps, and with good support from the tail Symondians added 52 off the last five overs to reach 203 for 9 in 50 overs, Hadfield notching 51.  Rain reduced the Liphook target to 185 from 41 overs, and they made a good start, getting to 65 without loss through Chris Martin (40) and Rob Nicklin (30). 
From this point the St Cross bowlers made inroads, chipping away with regular wickets whilst keeping the run rate in check.  Dave Orchard bowled in typically miserly fashion, going for just 25 off his 10 overs, and picking up his 40th wicket of a fruitful season.  
Ganguly was Liphook’s main man, and whilst he remained at the crease they looked favourites, but the run rate pressure told when he attempted a sharp single and was run out by a smart bit of work by Hadfield for 63 at 159-7 in the 36th over.  
Liphook kept going, and in the penultimate over needing 14 to win Charles Janczur smashed the ball seemingly over the mid-wicket boundary, only for Matt Haworth to produce a flying leap and fantastic one-handed catch.  
Six balls later Alex Woolvine (4-21) sealed a precious victory with his fourth wicket in a great spell of leg spin and St Cross were home by 8 runs, Liphook being dismissed for 176. 
* Totton & Eling's scheduled derby match with Paultons was called off after heavy overnight left Southern Gardens unfit.
* Video footage from the Liphook & Ripsley v St Cross Symondians match is available courtesy of sandersteadcctv@gmail.com - https://youtu.be/LlzGm5AOaZM

​Hartley consolidated third place in Southern Premier Division Two with a two-wicket win over Fair Oak at Lapstone Park.
Openers Tom Hockenhull (32) and Will Hughes (25) gave Oaks a solid start with 67, but Jamie Teale (3-19) removed both of them and also skipper Ed Kemp with only four more runs added.  Fair Oak’s score soon became 80-5, as Jason Knibbs (3-36) dismissed both Craig Buttle and Rhys Oxley. 
Road named Charlie Gwynn (30) and Rufus Bullough (12) managed to get Fair Oak into three figures, before Knibbs struck again removing Bullough.  Just four more runs had been added, before Dan Reynaldo got out Max Watson and then Roy Cockram (2-14) took the wickets of Asad Abbas and Gwynn. 
Fair Oak’s final pair Andrew Mash (16 not out) and Ross Stewart managed to make sure the home side saw out their 50 overs as they finished on 146-9. 
Hartley’s reply did not get off to a good start, as they lost 540-run Knibbs, centurion against South Wilts II, for only four. 
However, skipper Will Kerr (55) and Harry Broderick (43) repaired the damage and moved the score to 95.  At this point the captain departed, but Broderick and Hugo Hammond (10) added another 27 runs. 
Teenager Broderick remained the main stay of the innings and when he was the fifth man out, only 16 was needed for victory.  However, the visitors still lost three more wickets getting over the finish line with five overs to spare. 

​​Promoted last season, South Wilts face a battle to preserve their Southern Premier League Division 2 status in the next two weeks.
A four-wicket defeat by Waterlooville, which coincided with relegation rivals Basingstoke & North Hants II beating Langley Manor, has left South Wilts two points adrift at the basement with two games to play.
Quite simply, they must out-point Basingstoke in the next fortnight.
They visit promotion contenders St Cross Symondians II on Saturday – Basingstoke are at  Paultons – before already relegated Langley Manor come to Bemerton.   Basingstoke‘s last match is against champions designate Totton & Eling.
South Wilts were on the back foot from the start of their rain trimmed 40-over affair against the Ville, who quickly prised out openers Sam Arnold and Jack Stearman.
​Joe Cranch (46) and Tom Pearce (34) effected repairs before the pair departed in quick succession, along with Rob Pitman – three wickets falling for two runs from 103-2.
Steve Riddle (38) pushed the score along, but South Wilts found their 163-8 overhauled with seven balls to spare, a maiden SPL half-century by Tommy Greene, left above, (57) underpinning their victorious 165-6.
Basingstoke nipped ahead of South Wilts II in the survival stakes when they chased down relegated Langley Manor’s 198-9 to win by five wickets.
Conor Browne (57) and Elliot Ponting (32) eased Langley Manor to 100-2, but it needed an unbeaten 40 from Jordie Smith to guide the visitors to a competitive total.
Teenager Josh May (62) led Basingstoke’s response, but it was Scott Dyer’s run a ball 45 not out that got the side home with four balls to spare. 

​St Cross Symondians pair Felix Organ and Harry Came played key roles alongside Liam Dawson as Hampshire salvaged a draw on the final day of their County Championship fixture with hosts Surrey at the Oval.
Dismissed for 367 in their first innings, Hampshire were 212 in arrears after a maiden double century by Ollie Pope (221 not out) took Surrey’s reply to 579-7.  
While Ian Holland, James Vince and Sam Northeast perished, so Organ raced to 50 in 55 balls with a six and eight fours.  The 20-year-old Canford product looked increasingly confident, but with a second century in as many matches beckoning, he like Northeast, contributed to his own downfall, giving Virdi the charge and missing the ball to be stumped by Foakes.
Hampshire were wobbling at 175-5, but Liam Dawson dug in, finding an ally in Came, who showed great composure for a player making his first appearance six days shy of his 21st birthday as concussion replacement for Aneurin Donald, injured in the field on day three.
Dawson’s 50 came 63 balls to wipe out the arrears and the pair shared a half-century stand in the game’s dying embers.  At stumps Dawson was 65 not out and Came unbeaten with 23 off 89 balls.
                                                                                  Hit on the head
Post match Hampshire skipper James Vince said: "“I’m pleased with the way our batsmen fought.
“There were only really two outcomes possible when we came here today, so we got the best we could have hoped for.
“We said runs were important and that if you go into complete survival mode and don’t score your runs you put yourself under unnecessary pressure.
“I thought Felix played really well at the top of the order. It’s the first time I’ve really seen him bat and there’s big potential there.
“Morne (Morkel) hit him on the head first ball of the game, but it didn’t faze him one bit. He played the pace and spin bowlers really well today
“It was good to see Harry Came come in in his first knock in first-team cricket and apply himself as he did. To soak up some pressure against a decent bowling attack was great to see. He’s obviously got a bit about him which is pleasing for us moving forward.
“‘Daws’ (Liam Dawson) just showed his experience really, was still able to score when he could and to blunt their attack as well.”
* Organ and Came expect to be in the St Cross Symondians side for Saturday’s ECB Southern Premier Division match against South Wilts at Bemerton, 12.30.

Hook & Newnham Basics are two points away from being crowned Southern Premier League Division One champions – without physically having to lift the willow or bowl a ball in anger last weekend.
Their washed out visit to Ventnor – which the club guestimates will cost them some £500 in non-refundable ferry fares – coincided with closest rivals Sparsholt and Portsmouth both losing.
Sparsholt came a cropper with a David Lloyd inspired two-wicket home defeat by Rowledge and Portsmouth lost at relegation battlers Calmore Sports – a result not received with overdue excitement at nearby OTs & Romsey, who also won.
David Lloyd (top left) and 18-year old spin all-rounder Ollie Baker inspired Rowledge to their first win in five matches at Sparsholt, whose progress was pegged by some decent bowling.
Michael Haworth (52) top scored for Sparsholt before becoming one of four victims for the developing left-arm spinner Baker (4-39), his dismissal triggering a collapse which saw four wickets fall (from 131-3) for six runs.  Sparsholt limped to 181 all out, mainly thanks to Liam Doran (26).
Chris Yates (26) and Baker (24) prospered as Rowledge lost wickets too regularly for comfort before Salesian head boy designate Jonty Sebborn (35) joined David Lloyd in a fifth-wicket stand which turned the tide in the visitors’ favour.
Lloyd went on to hit a match winning 58 not out as Rowledge got home with two balls to spare.
A season’s best 65 by James Manning, top right, which underpinned Calmore’s 187-6, proved pivotal in the five-run win over Portsmouth which gave the club’s survival prospects a timely lift.
Left-armer spinner Andrew Marston (3-19) bowled tidyily for Portsmouth who, despite losing two early wickets, appeared in charge while Fraser Hay (56) and Tom Wallis (37) were at the crease.
But Ben Perry (3-27) nipped out both batsmen as Portsmouth slipped from a promising 138-3 to 181 all out, Make Lavelle’s 3-44 return proving crucial.
Calmore’s celebrations dimmed when news leaked through that OTs & Romsey had bowled off-colour Sarisbury Athletic out for 105 (Chris Sanders 40) and won by four wickets.
Hampshire’s Chris Wood (30) and Rob Newman (24) got OTs across the line.
With two matches left, Calmore Sports (166) remain eight points ahead of OTs & Romsey.
Calmore’s last two matches are at Sarisbury and at home to New Milton, while OTs go to New Milton before hosting champions designate Hook & Newnham Basics on August 31.
Andover’s scheduled home game with New Milton was rained off.
 
 
 

George Pardoe took 5-22 and then guided Bashley (Rydal) to victory with the bat to set up a four-wicket win over Lymington – a result that has eased the New Forest club to within 12 points of a maiden ECB Southern Premier League championship.
They will look to tie up the title against Bournemouth at Chapel Gate on Saturday (12.30).
Pardoe, left, in sparking form for his home club since his ‘release’ from the Hampshire Academy, ripped through Lymington’s top order after opener Ben Rogers (15) had pinged three boundaries.
From 21-1, Lymington lost five wickets for only two runs – Pardoe adding Ryan Scott (5), Gareth Schreuder (0) and Harry Fisher (0) to his scalping list, which began when George Wilson caught Rogers.
Worse was to follow as Mitch Wilson trapped both Henry Edwards and Ross Whyte leg before for ducks. Lymington 23-6.
Premier Division sides seldom roll over. Lymington, once humbled for 21 in the old Southern League and skittled for a lowest 48 by the Hampshire Academy last year, rallied.   And how !
Dom Hand (42) and Matt Metcalfe [pictured below courtesy of the Lymington Times] promptly sewed together a face-saving century seventh-wicket partnership, the Lymington skipper hitting a six and ten fours in a SPL best 76 not out.
                                                                                            Sublime
Pardoe celebrated his maiden Premier League ‘five-for’ when he had Hand caught at 127-7, but with Josh Royan alongside, Metcalfe stayed on to the end as Lymington closed at 169-8 – some recovery from 23-6 !
Bashley’s run chase wasn’t that straight-forward.  They lost openers Tom Jacques (caught behind, 9) and Alex Turner (20) to a sublime piece of fielding by Adie Hunt (43-2), then Michael Porter (13) followed.
But Ryan Scott was butchered by Tom Friend, who hit him for three sixes in quick succession. Friend went on to strike five maximums in scoring 35 (off 15 balls) before Guy Layman brought relief to the Lymington camp by removing the Ventnor raised batsman and Ben Walker (35) at 120 and 122-5.
Bashley still needed another 48 to win, but Pardoe (25 not out) returned to the fray and with Wilson (21) guided the visitors to the brink of a four-wicket win … and to within 12 points of the coveted title.

Lymington’s Harry Fisher [left] scored his maiden Minor Counties Championship century, hitting an unbeaten 101 in Dorset’s drawn match with Wales at North Perrott.
He hit a patient nine-boundary hundred and shared an important ninth-wicket stand with Bournemouth’s Simon Woodruff after former Havant all-rounder Andy Gorvin (5-50) had reduced Dorset to 118-7.
Dorset 340-5 (Luke Webb 161, Scott Currie 67*, Andy Gorvin 3-61) & 247-8 dec (Harry Fisher 101*, Simon Woodruff 42, Gorvin 5-50), Wales 248 (Gorvin 73, Brad Currie 4-60, Scott Currie 2-30) & 132-3 (Woodruff 2-30). 
Bournemouth’s Dan Conway, meanwhile, made a fairy tale retirement for Minor Counties cricket. Playing his last game after 8 seasons with  Herefordshire, Conway took 6-51 and then hit the winning runs in the thrilling one-wicket win over Wiltshire at Brockhampton.
Tom Morton (40) and Will Wade (30) top scored in Wiltshire’s modest 140, but with Arthur Godsal taking 3-37, Herefordshire only gleaned a two-run first innings lead.
​Wiltshire got 208 in their second dig – a target which looked as though it might just be enough with Herefordshire nine down and still 13 runs adrift. Enter Conway. It was as if someone had written the script for him … 

Former Hampshire left-hander Jimmy Adams burst back on to the ECB Southern Premier League scene with an unbeaten 134 for St Cross Symondians against Bournemouth – and then admitted he was “a touch nervous” before going into bat.
St Cross drafted Adams into play because county prospects Felix Organ and Harry Came were at The Oval with Hampshire and MCC YCs captain Billy Mead was net bowling to Steve Smith & Co at the Lord’s Test.
But, playing his first competitive match since retiring from county cricket last September, Adams brushed the cobwebs off his bat to score an unbeaten century which set up a 75-run victory for St Cross at his favourite Green Jackets ground.
Despite retiring with over 20,000 runs to his name, Adams, 38, confessed he hadn’t entirely been inactive with willow in hand since last autumn.
“I’m second team coach at Hampshire now, so having a bat in my hand is second nature,” he smiled.
“I’ve played a couple of games this season and had a few nets, but must admit I was a touch nervous when I walked out to join Max Curtis in the middle.”
St Cross were 50-2 at the time, but by the time Adams came in for his tea-time cucumber sandwiches he had cracked four sixes and 13 fours and steered his Winchester side to 264-4.
It was Adams’s fourth century in six knocks for St Cross in the past 12 months, the left-hander having made 585 runs in his four games in 2018 – making a significant contribution to the club’s maiden Premier Division championship success in the process.
He shared a century stand with Ed Ellis (41) as St Cross put the game beyond Bournemouth’s reach.
“Jimmy stung us in the tail a little bit, showing his class again and showing his quality. He batted beautifully for his 130 and 264 was I think a little bit above par and we could've bowled slightly better,” reflected Bournemouth skipper Chris Park.
Bournemouth lost Dorset skipper Luke Webb first ball and appeared to be headed for a catastrophic defeat at 87-9 (Marvin Williams 3-22).
But Chris Park (67) and Dan Conway (32) doubled the Lions score by adding an unbroken 102 for the tenth wicket and lifting Bournemouth to 189-9 in the process. 
                                                                     Disappointing performance
Park admits his side's batting struggles are something "we do need to address in the winter" after another disappointing performance at the crease.
“To be 87-9 was just again not acceptable. It's something that's kind of bitten us in the bum every single week really is our batting. 
"It kind of flared up again on the weekend and myself and Dan Conway just had a little bit of fun at the end and enjoyed ourselves a little bit and managed to come away with three more bonus points than we were looking likely to. 
"It was a disappointing performance, but nice to come away with three bonus points and bat the 50 overs eventually in the second innings." 
Asked if good bowling or poor batting was the main factor in his side's second innings struggles, Park added: "It was a little bit of both. 
"There were some good balls in there admittedly, but also there were a lot of loose shots and easy wickets given to St Cross, which was disappointing. 
"That is something we need to address at the end of the season. 
"Our batting needs to be a lot stronger and our top five or six need to be scoring the majority of the runs to get us a good total. 
"It's something that we're aware of. We've done well in some games this year, but we've also obviously failed in quite a few games with the bat, which we do need to address this winter, maybe with recruitment as well." 
Bournemouth, who lie eighth in the log, host Premier Division title favourites Bashley (Rydal) at Chapel Gate on Saturday, 12.30.

Six Hampshire Academy prospects have been selected for the South & West in the ECB Under-17 Super 4s Regional Tournament which begins at Loughborough today.
They are batsman/wicketkeeper George Metzger (pictured in action), Tom South, Fletcha Middleton, opening batsman and off-spin bowler Tom Prest, Monaam Abbas, Harry Petrie, and left-arm seamer James Trodd.
* Fletcha Middleton (39) top scored for the South & West, while left-arm spinner Mo Abbas took 5-20 in the opening day victory over the Midlands.

​Seven-times champions Havant are facing the prospect of a worst-ever ECB Southern Premier Division finish.
An eighth defeat of the season by six wickets at the hands of Burridge has left the SPL’s most successful club in NINTH place – second from the bottom of the log – after eight defeats in the last nine games in all competitions.
Havant normally feature in championship races at this stage of the season – they won back to back titles in 2016 and 2017 – but if they fail to win at either Basingstoke & North Hants on Saturday or beat the Hampshire Academy on August 31, they will finish a lowest-ever ninth.
They were on the back foot against Burridge directly Harry Gadd was caught behind for a fourth ball duck and were rocking at 39-4 after a double strike by Alec Damley-Jones (4-21) saw Stuart Ransley, Peter Hopson and Chris Jones join the teenage opener in the Havant Park pavilion.
Wicket-keeper Jeremy Bulled (34) top scored and received help from Graham Burns (27 not out) as Havant were restricted to 137-7. 
Though Burridge opener Joe Collings-Wells had to retire hurt after facing just five balls they were rarely in trouble.
Fellow opener Azimunoor Chowdhury (44), Chris Blake (24) and Hilio de Abreu (22) laid the necessary platform for the win – only the second in six outings for Burridge in 50-over ‘white ball’ pennant matches.

Former Havant all-rounder Andy Gorvin is playing a lead role in St Fagan’s winning the ECB South Wales Premier League title.
He has so far scored 347 runs and taken 29 wickets (joint top in the division) for the Cardiff-based club, for whom South Wilts’ all-rounder Rob Franklin played as a youngster.
Gorvin had a day to remember in only his second Minor Counties Championship match for Wales against Dorset at North Perrott.
After Bournemouth’s Luke Webb had made 161 and Scott Currie 67 in Dorset’s 340-5, Gorvin rescued Wales from the depths of 156-9 (Bradley Currie 4-60), with 73.  Wales recovered to post 248, but Dorset’s 92-run first innings lead was dramatically weakened when Gorvin (5-17) exploded back on the scene to take all five wickets as Webb’s side sank to 47-5. An intriguing final day is in prospect.

South Wilts must beat defending champions St Cross Symondians at Bemerton on Saturday (12.30) if they are to stand any chance of securing runners-up spot in the ECB Southern Premier League.
They go into their penultimate match effectively lagging the Winchester club by 15 points, having not achieved a top two finish since their four-year monopoly of the title itself ended in 2015.
South Wilts’ final game on August 31 is at champions designate Bashley (Rydal), who need 12 points from two games to clinch the championship.
For the second consecutive week Jack Mynott played a lead role for South Wilts, gluing the innings after four wickets had fallen for 104 against a young Hampshire Academy, three of them to the spin of Tom Prest (2-31) and Kamran Khanna (3-47).
Mynott, who is hopeful of playing one or two high profile matches when he returns to his prep school teaching post in Kenya shortly, grafted 122 balls for his 65 (four boundaries) before being bowled by  Khanna, the young Bradfield spinner.
He saw numerous partners come and go, but Loughborough University bound Raff Hussey (25) was able to stay with him long enough to see a partnership of 36.  
When Mynott was dismissed at 159- 6, the future did not look too bright for South Wilts. 

Then newly-wed Aussie Peter Rowe (67: two sixes and seven fours) and Ryan Murray (35) added 99 for the sixth wicket – the best partnership of the match – South Wilts were headed for what had earlier seemed an unlikely 278-8
The Academy’s response was soon stopped in its tracks with Steve Warner (3-17) taking out Tom Prest and Tom South, followed by Arthur Godsal dismissing Fletcha Middleton and Luke Evans dismissing George Metzger to leave the county youngsters 73-4, with their top order batsmen all gone. 
Jamie Regan (28) and Monaam Abbas (27) steadied the ship for a while, but when Ryan Murray and Jack Mynott were introduced it spelt the end for the Academy. 
The Academy batsmen could neither score runs or protect their wickets as Murray claimed 3-14 from six overs (including two wicket maidens!) and the inspirational  Mynott  2-7.
Stephen Warner was reintroduced into the attack and clinched the 150-run victory for South Wilts, courtesy of a third catch by Peter Rowe. The Academy were dismissed for 128.​

As the penultimate round of Southern Premier League matches beckon, how are things shaping up at the top and bottom of the four divisions ?
SPL results secretary and stats supremo Stephen Jones has been burning the midnight oil and here are his findings -
Premier Division
Bashley (Rydal) need 12 points from their two remaining games to be confirmed as SPCL champions for the first time, even if St Cross Symondians get full points, so one win (at Bournemouth on Saturday ?) will certainly be enough, or even two high scoring losses.
Basingstoke & North Hants are confirmed as finishing bottom. 
Premier Division – Overs Pennant
Still a number of teams in the mix, St Cross Symondians (at South Wilts on Saturday) are currently four points ahead.
Division 1
Hook & Newnham Basics need only two points from their two remaining games to be confirmed as Division 1 champions (they host Andover on Saturday), even if Sparsholt get full points. Portsmouth can no longer catch Hook & Newnham.
Ventnor have been confirmed as finishing bottom for a while. OTs & Romsey are eight points behind Calmore Sports, and realistically need one more win than Calmore to be safe. New Milton play both OTs and Calmore in the final 2 weeks and need 7 points from their 2 remaining games to be safe.
Division 2
Totton & Eling are confirmed as promoted (neither Paultons nor Liphook & Ripsley can catch them) and need 27 points (realistically 1 win and 1 high scoring loss) to be Division 2 champions, even if St Cross Symondians II two get full points. 
St Cross Symondians II need 11 points from their two remaining games to join Totton & Eling as promoted. Paultons and Liphook & Ripsley need to win both their games and St Cross Symondians II to lose both their matches heavily. Paultons play Liphook on the last day.
Langley Manor are confirmed as finishing bottom. Any of the four teams in 6th to 9th (and even mathematically 5th) could also be relegated, depending on results.
Division 3
Bashley (Rydal) II are confirmed as promoted (neither Hambledon nor Hythe & Dibden can catch them) and need 17 points (realistically 1 win) to be Division 3 champions, even if Fawley get full points. 
Fawley need 18 points from their 2 remaining games to join Bashley (Rydal) 2 as promoted. 
Hambledon and Hythe & Dibden need to win both their games and Fawley to lose both their matches heavily. Fawley play both Hambledon and Hythe & Dibden in the final 2 weeks.
Lymington II have been confirmed as finishing bottom for a while. Any of the five teams in 5th-9th could also be relegated, depending on results. 
Trojans, deducted five points for fielding an unregistered player (at Fareham) play Portsmouth & Southsea at St James’s Park on Saturday.  

Winchester & District cricket and Easton & Martyr Worthy, in particular, has been saddened by the recent death of former opening batsman Mick Neville and, for a long period of time, a stalwart and popular umpire in and around the local Association scene.  He was also a keen lawn bowler.
His farewell will be at the Basingstoke Crematorium on Wednesday August 28 at 3.30pm. 
Donations in memory of Mick may be made to either Riverside Indoor Bowling Club,  Gordon Road, Winchester, SO23 7DD or Easton & Martyr Worthy Cricket Club, the Treasurer, Stuart Upcraft, ‘The Elms’, Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, SO21 1BN. 

Fancy watching a spot of Southern Premier League cricket over your mid-morning coffee and biscuits ?
​Try https://youtu.be/LlzGm5AOaZM where you will be able to watch action from the top Division 2 match between Liphook & Ripsley and St Cross Symondians II at Ripsley Park, courtesy of 
Sandersteadcctv@gmail.com.  
It’s an excellent watch – none more so than arguably the SPL ‘Catch of the Season’ : it’s possibly better than Joe Denley’s at Lord’s yesterday !

ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER CRICKET LEAGUE
RESULTS – ROUND 16 – 17 AUGUST 2019

ECB PREMIER DIVISION

Havant 137-7 (Bulled 34, Burns 27*, A Damley-Jones 4-21)
Burridge 139-4 (Chowdhury 44, Blake 24, De Abreu 22, Burns 3-30)
Burridge won by six wickets.

Lymington 169-8 (Metcalfe 76*, Hand 42, Pardoe 5-22)
Bashley (Rydal) 172-6 (Friend 36, Walker 36, Pardoe 25*, Wilson 21, A Turner 20)
Bashley (Rydal) won by four wickets.

South Wilts 278-8 (Rowe 67, Mynott 65, Murray 35, Hussey 25, Khanna 3-47)
Hampshire Academy 128 (Regan 28, Abbas 27, Murray 3-14, Warner 3-17)
South Wilts won by 150 runs.

St Cross Symondians 264-4 (Adams 134*, Ellis 41, Foyle 25)
Bournemouth 189-9 (C Park 67*, Conway 32*, Williams 3-22)
St Cross Symondians won by 75 runs.

Cancelled: Alton v Basingstoke & North Hants.

DIVISION 1

Calmore Sports 186-6 (Manning 65, Moss 28, A Marston 3-19)
Portsmouth 181 (Hay 56, Wallis 37, Perry 3-27, Lavelle 3-44)
Calmore Sports won by five runs. 

Sarisbury Athletic 105 (Sanders 40, Evans 4-14)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey 106-6 (Wood 30, R Newman 24)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey won by four wickets.

Sparsholt 181 (Haworth 52, L Doran 26, Baker 4-39)
Rowledge 185-8 (Lloyd 58*, Sebborn 35, Baker 24)
Rowledge won by two wickets.

Cancelled: Andover v New Milton, Ventnor v Hook & Newnham Basics.

DIVISION 2

Fair Oak 146-9 (Hockenhull 32, Gwynn 30, Hugher 25, J Teale 3-19, Knibbs 3-26)
Hartley Wintney 147-8 (W Kerr 55, Broderick 43, Gwynn 3-20)
Hartley Wintney won by two wickets

Langley Manor 198-9 (Browne 57, Smith 40*, Ponting 32)
Basingstoke & North Hants II 200-5 (May 62, Dyer 45*)
Basingstoke & North Hants II won by five wickets.

St Cross Symondians II 203-9 (Middleton 65, Hadfield 51, Brown 31, Jancur 4-35)
Liphook & Ripsley 176 (reduced target 185 from 41 overs)(Ganguly 63, Martin 40, Nicklin 30, Woolvine 4-21)
St Cross Symondians won by nine runs.

South Wilts II 163-8 (Cranch 46, Riddle 38, Pearce 34, Silva 3-13, Hudson 3-18)
Waterlooville 165-6 (Greene 57)
Waterlooville won by four wickets.

Cancelled: Totton & Eling v Paultons.

DIVISION 3

Fawley 248-4 (Munir 124, E Earl 55*)
Fareham & Crofton 179 (Wimble 74, Kent 36, B Parratt 4-51)
Fawley won by 69 runs.

Trojans 87 (Boyd 30, Taylor 6-27)
Bashley (Rydal) II 88-1 (J Turner 37*, Lewis 35*)
Bashley (Rydal) II won by nine wickets.

Cancelled: Hambledon v Hythe & Dibden, Lymington II v Portsmouth & Southsea, Purbrook v Tichborne Park.

Bournemouth’s Luke Webb smashed a stunning 161 to help Dorset into the box seat after day one of their Unicorns Championship Western Division clash with Wales at North Perrott.
Webb, who captains Dorset, elected to bat first and the home batsmen eased to 44 without loss before Bashley (Rydal) teen Alex Turner (14) became the first of three victims for Havant-raised Andrew Gorvin (3-61), who is playing for South Wales Premier League title contenders St Fagan’s in Cardiff this season.
North Perrott man Alex Eckland (9) fell cheaply, trapped lbw by Gorvin, while Bournemouth’s Luke Matthews (14) was run out by Tomos Jones as Wales checked Dorset at 113-3.
Webb, who hit 19 fours and a six, claimed a superb ton moments before St Cross Symondians’ vice-captain Ed Ellis was dismissed by Gorvin at 184-4.
After piling on another 50 runs, the Bournemouth batsman finally succumbed to Jones (1-56) having faced 253 balls – equivalent to 62.1 overs in his mammoth knock.
Hampshire Academy prospect Scott Currie (67no) and Lymington’s Harry Fisher (29no) also weighed in as Dorset reached 340 for five off 90 overs.
In reply, Wales capitulated to 39 for six off 21 overs as the in-form Bashley (Rydal) left-armer Brad Currie took 4-23 four for 23, leaving the visitors an enormous 301 runs behind and battling to save the follow-on with just four wickets remaining.
• Webb’s 161 for Dorset against Wales was in almost total contrast for his Bournemouth form, where he has made only 175 runs in his past 13 innings.  He made 141 at Basingstoke & North Hants on May 4, the opening day of the season.