Sarisbury Athletic will host Burbage & Easton Royal in the opening national round of the Village Cup at Allotment Road next Sunday (June 23).
Burbage, based on the outskirts of Marlborough, were crowned Dorset/Wiltshire county champions when they defeated Goatacre 2nd XI in a rain delayed regional final.  They posted 134 before dismissing Goatacre for 99.
Burbage currently lie third in Division 2 of the West of England Premier League - the same standing on the pyramid as Sarisbury, having won five and lost one of their seven league matches this season.

Kiwi all-rounder Matt Bacon and Scott Myers played the lead roles as Alton ended a six-match losing sequence with an 18-run win over Basingstoke & North Hants – a result which dumped the Bountymen on the ECB Southern Premier Division basement.
Bacon shone with bat and ball, making an important 46 and sharing a game changing partnership with Myers to help Alton recover from 51-4 to post 162.
The Otago paceman then took 5-56 as Basingstoke tumbled to 144 all out and a fifth defeat in six.
Alton, put into bat, were in difficulty at 51-4 when Myers (51) and Bacon (46) came together to double the score to 117.  The pair fell within five runs of each other, leaving Tom Allam (3-20), Mitch Stokes (3-47) and Brad Neal (2-20) to account for the lower order.
Requiring 163 off a rain trimmed 48 overs, Basingstoke promptly lost Dan Belcher and South African Brad Porteous for ducks, but Ben Thane (49) and Craig Williamson (18) put some handy runs on the board to 63-2.
                                                                                              Fruitful
Soon after Williamson became Bacon’s second victim, Thane hit the first six of the innings with a top edge over the slips, but two balls later the Basingstoke’s skipper was caught behind by Mark Heffernan as the New Zealander gained revenge for the six.
At this point, the Bountymen were 69-4, but Brad Neal was next out with only one run added. David Griffiths (19) enjoyed a fruitful partnership of 27 with Stokes (15) and did the same again with Joe Oates, but when the former Hampshire man was caught with the score on 125-8, the writing looked on the wall for the home side.
Without a run being added Ash Neal, joined him back in the May’s Bounty pavilion, leaving last pair Oates and Lawrence Benge to try and bat out eight overs for a draw.
Oates (32 not out) went on the attack hitting Julian Ballinger (3-40) for a straight six down the ground, but just when it looked like the improbable might happen,the XL Club ace bowled Benge and the Basingstoke were all out for 144.
Basingstoke captain Thane reflected: “We bowled well and fielded well in difficult conditions, but once again we have failed with the bat and have to do better in that department.”

Hampshire's T20 cricketers will be in action at Bashley (Rydal) on Wednesday July 17 as they prepare for the launch of this season's Blast. 
Dorset's Minor Counties cricketers will provide the opposition for an attractive evening fixture, which will see the likes of England World Cup stars James Vince and Liam Dawson, lining up alongside Karl Abbott and South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris, at the BCG.
Further details regarding the match will appear here later.   

Brad Currie produced a personal best 6-14 return as table topping Bashley (Rydal) skittled Lymington for a meagre 48 before stuttering to a five-wicket win.
The 20-year old left-armer seamer sent Lymington reeling with his late in-swing movement in the air and specifically off the Lymington Sports Ground surface.
He clean bowled three batsmen and trapped three more leg before.
But despite being shot out for their lowest ECB Southern Premier Division total – one run less than the 49 they mustered against the Hampshire Academy last season – Lymington hit back reducing Bashley to 22-4 and later 36-5 before the Premier Division leaders got home. 
Lymington faced the very real prospect of being bowled out for the lowest score in ECB Southern Premier Division history after losing seven wickets for only 13 runs in the bowler dominated ‘Kings of the Forest’ derby.
When rain stopped played after little more than 30 minutes of the morning session, they had still to reach double figures (9-5) and were some distance from overhauling Hursley Park’s all time low 37 all out against South Wilts made in 2006.
Put into bat under a heavy sky, Lymington lost Ben Rogers, bowled second ball by Currie, who soon after breached Ryan Scott’s tired defence.
Two run-outs later, Lymington were 8-4 – Dom Hand having perished to a direct hit by Currie (as he attempted an ambitious two) and Dan Cox to a Josh Digby throw.   
                                                                                      Technique
Then Harry Fisher, jet lagged after a late night return from Madagascar, got a brute of a delivery from Dan Goodey (2-28) to leave Lymington five down and only nine runs on the board.
They lurched into even deeper trouble at 13-7 before South African teenager Gareth Schreuder, whose 18 was the highest individual score of the match, showed better technique than his team-mates to deal with the trying conditions.
The Hilton College youngster at least got Lymington past the lowest SPD total before Currie bowled Josh Royan to end proceedings inside 21 overs.
Bashley’s response got away to an equally dramatic start, with Ben Walker deflecting Matt Metcalfe’s opening delivery on to his stumps – the second consecutive week Lymington’s captain had taken a wicket with his first ball.
It didn’t get much better for Bashley as Metcalfe (3-27) and Josh Proctor (2-21) produced equally exaggerated movement and hit the stumps four times to leave the visitors 22-4.
With the ball appearing to almost move too much at times, Phil Morris (16) got his head down and enhanced Bashley’ precarious position, effectively ending Lymington’s hopes of pulling off a miraculous victory.
There was still time for Tom Friend to fall leg before to Metcalfe, before Tom Jacques launched a six and a four to get Bashley across the line at 49-5.

ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE 
RESULTS – ROUND 7: 15 JUNE 2019

ECB Premier Division

Alton 162 (S Myers 51, Bacon 46, Allam 3-30, Stokes 3-47)
Basingstoke & North Hants 144 (Thane 49, Oats 32*, Bacon 5-56, Ballinger 3-40)
Alton won by 18 runs.

Burridge 245-8 (Collings-Wells 62, Kenway 36, White 31, De Abreu 30, Lock 25)
Havant 185-3 (Stone 63*, Hindley 60, Gaff 43)
Match drawn.

Lymington 48 (Schreuder 18, Currie 6-14, Goodey 2-28)
Bashley (Rydal) 49-5 (Morris 16, Metcalfe 3-27)
Bashley (Rydal) won by five wickets.

Postponed: Bournemouth v St Cross Symondians, South Wilts v Hampshire Academy.

Division 1

Andover 140 (C Ayres 76*, Watts 3-16, Loader 3-57)
New Milton 144-4 (L Beck 49, R Beck 35)
New Milton won by six wickets.

Calmore Sports 125 (Manning 26, Hurst 24*, McArdle 3-32, Hay 3-35)
Portsmouth 128-5 (Hay 45, Duggan 40, Hurst 4-25)
Portsmouth won by five wickets.

Hook & Newnham Basics 246 (M Buckingham 75, Murrell 45, James 30, Wells 4-46, H Calloway 3-48)
Ventnor 61 (Divecha 5-4)
Hook & Newnham Basics won by 185 runs.

Old Tauntonians & Romsey 179 (Wood 86, King 35*, Pye 3-11, Allmark 3-41)
Sarisbury Athletic 136 (Mills 39, Wright 28, S Hill 23, Tulk 3-14)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey won by 43 runs.

Sparsholt 78 (Martin 4-22, Bonser 3-14)
Rowledge 46-0 (Sebborn 26*)
Match abandoned after 14 overs – rain.

Division 2

Basingstoke & North Hants 145 (Donaldson 34, Jolly 25, Ponting 3-9, Budd 3-27)
Langley Manor 46 (Browne 24, Jolly 3-13, Chandler 3-13)
Basingstoke & North Hants won by 99 runs.

Fair Oak 242 (Bullough 89, Burrell 33, Featherstone 24*, Kerr 3-22)
Hartley Wintney 227 (W Kerr 65, J Teale 55, Chakrabati 38)
Fair Oak won by 15 runs.

Liphook & Ripsley 86 (Neave 19, Orchard 6-12)
St Cross Symondians II 87-5 (Jancur 3-22)
St Cross Symondians II won by five wickets [40-over match].

Postponed: Paultons v Totton & Eling, Waterlooville v South Wilts II.

Division 3

Fawley 187 (C Earl 33, Munir 28, Freeman 28, K Earl 28)
Fareham & Crofton 64 (Smith 5-11)
Fawley won by 123 runs.

Hambledon 186 (O Willoughby 65, Barber 38, Bowman 5-31, Royan 3-26)
Hythe & Dibden 82 (Gates 18, Barber 5-14, Harding 3-11)
Hambledon won by 104 runs.

Portsmouth & Southsea 281-6 (Bollom 86, Davies 72, Davidson 45*)
Lymington II 188 (reduced target 236 off 46 overs)(Chandler 88, Peach 4-20)
Portsmouth & Southsea 48 runs.

Trojans 153 (Oakden 43, Agha 38, Bhome 38, Stroud 4-27, Taylor 3-4)
Bashley (Rydal) II 154-3 (J Turner 39, Wilson 29*, Lewis 20)
Bashley (Rydal) II won by seven wickets.

Postponed: Tichborne Park v Purbrook.

​A trio of seasoned Basingstoke & North Hants cricketers have inspired Hampshire Seniors to a two-match winning start in the ECB 50-plus County Championship.
Andy Giles hit an undefeated 65 to guide the 50s to a seven-wicket win over Dorset (Tim Wheatley 3-34), while Keith Harris and skipper Keith Harsham were dominant in the equally emphatic victory over the Channel Islands.
Harris weighed in with a 5-20 return after Sparsholt raised Richard Headington (59) had provided the islanders with a positive start.  The visitors fell away to 149 all out, a target Hampshire polished off with Harsham cracking an unbeaten 49 to enhance the earlier work of Sparsholt chairman Andy Worth (42) and Stu Shapland (35).
Next up for the 50s is a home match against Cornwall at Privett Park, Gosport, on Wednesday, 1pm.

ECB Premier Division
Batting (most runs): Harry Came (St Cross Symondians) 292, Tom Morton (South Wilts) 276, Pete Hopson (Havant) 266, Ben Walker (Bashley Rydal) 212, James Hayward (South Wilts) 207.
Bowling (most wickets): Josh Digby (Bashley Rydal) 14, * Matt Bacon (Alton) 14, James Hayward (South Wilts) 13, Matt Metcalfe (Lymington) 13.
Division 1
Batting: * Fraser Hay (Portsmouth) 334, Jeremy Frith (Sparsholt) 275, Josh Buckingham (Hook & Newnham Basics) 263, Dave Banks (Sparsholt) 233, Matt Buckingham (Hook & Newnham Basics) 228, Lewis McManus (Andover) 216, Ben Duggan (Portsmouth) 214.
Bowling: Dan Wallis (Portsmouth) 18, Ollie Perrin (Sparsholt) 14, Chris Sanders (Sarisbury Athletic) 14, Mark Lavelle (Calmore Sports) 13.
Division 3
Batting: * Jason Knibbs (Hartley Wintney) 231, Jason Laney (St Crossd Symondians II) 229, Dimitri Adams (Totton & Eling) 218, James Taylor (Totton & Eling) 201.
Bowling: Jack Budd (Langley Manor) 12, James Allen (St Cross Symondians) 12, Sean Burton (Liphook & Ripsley) 12.
Division 3
Batting: Sufian Munir (Fawley) 236, Ed Primmer (Tichborne Park) 235, George Marshall (Hambledon) 222, Ollie Kanavan (P & S) 211, Alex Turner (Bashley Rydal II) 194.
Bowling: Syed Agha (Trojans) 17, Wayne Smith (Fawley) 15, Jamie Donaldson (Trojans) 14.

Sarisbury Athletic will have home advantage when they tip toe into the national rounds of the Village Cup next weekend - but will have to wait until this Sunday afternoon before they know which Wiltshire side will be visiting Allotment Road.
​Burbage & Easton Royal face Goatacre in a rain delayed Wiltshire county final - and Sarisbury super spy Keith Hammond will be on the boundary line (probably disguised as Postman Pat), video camera in his postbag poised to snare under cover footage of the opposition. 

Phil Morris, with a key half-century, and left-arm seamer Chris Vaughan, with a significant 4-32 return, were the key players as Bashley (Rydal) seconds maintained their unbeaten start in Southern Premier Division Three with a narrow four-run win over Portsmouth & Southsea.
It was a case of so near and yet so far again for Portsmouth & Southsea, who were once again left ruing a poor performance with the bat as they fell short chasing Bashley’s 125 all out at St James’s Park.
They looked in good order at 46-2 (Oli Kanavan 20/Jack Davies 17), but that however was as good as it got for the city side as wickets started to tumble, Vaughan removing four of the top six.
They still only needed four runs to win when Chris Turrell was clean bowled by Alex Turner second ball of the 40th over.
“We threw the game away,' said P & S vice-captain Matt Benfield. “It was nothing to do with the wicket and we only have ourselves to blame.  I have seen some collapses and this was right up there with the worst. Our batting was less than ordinary and all in all it wasn't a good day.”
The game started well for Portsmouth & Southsea after they won the toss, Jake Peach (3-22) bowling beautifully, swinging the ball both ways to remove Alex Turner and James Underwood and leave Bashley 1-2.
But Morris, with a resolute 55, supported by James Turner (23) and skipper Patrick Lewis (17) rallied to help the visitors reach 125.  
“Once we bowled them out cheaply we thought that it would be a case of knocking the runs off and having it done and dusted by 5-30pm,” said Benfield. “But it is never quite as simple as that and so it proved.”
Neil Taylor (2-15), with an immaculate ten over spell, and Sam Stroud (2-23) got into the P & S middle and late order as the hosts fell to 121 all out and a fourth successive defeat.
* Brothers in arms. Twins Alex and James Turner opened for Bashley, with Matt and Tom Benfield doing likewise for P & S.
* Rain hit the remainder of the SPL3 programme, with the matches at Fareham, Lymington and Purbrook being called off and Trojans’ game with Tichborne Park abandoned after the visitors had been bowled out for 134.

HARTLEY Wintney moved up to third spot in the Southern Premier League Division Two, after a four wicket win over basement side South Wilts II at Bemerton. 
South Wilts were put into bat and Jamie Teale (4-22) was soon in the thick of the action removing both openers Owain Phillips (9) and Tom Berzins (4). Fellow opening bowler Anthony Parson joined in the fun with 3-27 as he continued his great run of form.  He removed the next two batsmen Tom Cowley (7) and Tom Pearce (0) as the home side struggled to 26-6. 
Joint top scorer Sam Arnold (27) and skipper Rob Pittman (10) added 23 for the fifth wicket, before Parson struck again. 
Ben Huntley and Stephen Booth did not last long as South Wilts slumped to 61-7.  Jason Knibbs (2-30) and Roy Cockram (1-17) kept the pressure up. 
An excellent unbeaten 27 not out from Sam Pittman and 13 from James Wade helped the home side to 118 all out, as Teale returned to claim two more wickets. 
James Wade (2-26) made sure the Hartley reply did not start well, as Will Kerr (9) and Indy Chakrabati (0) were back in the pavilion with only 13 scored. 
South African teen Jason Knibbs and Hugo Hammond (13) added 34 for the third wicket and then Teale departed first ball being bowled, the second of two quick wickets for spinner Tom Pearce (2-17). 
Roy Cockram (28) and Knibbs then put on 45 for the fifth wicket, before Cockram was trapped leg before by Cowley (2-21) his first of two wickets.  James Beckwith helped the score to 110, before he was out. 
It was left to 19-year old opener Knibbs (34 not out), who anchored the innings perfectly,  and Parson to see Hartley over the line with 19 overs and four wickets in hand. 
Former Hursley Park pinch hitter Bothwell Chapungu has joined Totton & Eling as their overseas player and hit an unbeaten 56 before the leaders had their match with Fair Oak abandoned at 100-1.  The Zimbabwean had scored two sixes and eight fours.

Lymington teenager Gareth Schreuder hit an unbeaten half-century on trial for Surrey in a rain dogged scheduled three-day Second XI Championship match against Kent at Canterbury's Polo Fields.
The 19-year old batsman/wicketkeeper hit a patient 53 not out leading Surrey out of trouble at 99-4 to 213-5 by stumps on a delayed opening day.  Day two was completely washed out by heavy rain and any play on Thursday appears unlikely.
A highly talented sportsman from Hilton College, Schrueder played for the KZN Dolphins team which won the CSA Under-19 provincial championships in South Africa in January, having been selected to play for South Africa Colts against SA Schools following a successful Nuffield/Coke Week Festival in Cape Town before Christmas.      

​Craig Williamson (left) and the evergreen Keith Harris were the inspirations behind Basingstoke and North Hants IIs handsome 110-run victory over Southern Premier League Division 2 rivals St Cross Symondians’ second string at May’s Bounty.
Having been put into bat, Chris Jolley with a 21-ball 17, which included an early six, got the scoreboard ticking over nicely. Fellow opener Josh May also did well with 36, which included seven fours.
However, it was promising Craig Williamson with a fine 60 from 77 balls, which included nine fours and six, which was the highlight of the innings.
Along with Steve Bucksey (32) they put on 85 for the fourth wicket and then after that, some quick-fire scoring from Dean Nurse (12 from 12 balls) and Greg Donaldson (18 from 19 balls) helped the home side to a useful looking 220-9. James Allen (5-41) was the pick of the St Cross attack.
The Bountymen opened things up with a seam attack with Chris Chandler (1-14 from seven overs) removing opener Paul Hawkins. Jolley (2-21) then struck twice including key man former Hampshire batsman Jason Laney (37), leaving St Cross on 60-3.
The visitors tried to hit back, but the Basingstoke spinners then took over as they went from 88-3 to 110 all out. Keith Harris (4-9 from 5.1 overs) led the way, supported by Matt Thankachan (2-23) and Rakitha Perera (1-9 from 12 balls).
Rain affected other matches, with Mike Doubell (54) hitting a maiden fifty before Langley Manor (190) saw their derby with Paultons abandoned.   Liphook & Ripsley's game with Waterlooville was called off without a ball being bowled.

A century opening partnership between Jeremy Frith and Michael Haworth, followed by a Premier League spin best by Liam Doran, carried Sparsholt to an 89-run win over Calmore Sports and third place in Southern Premier League Division One.
In a match reduced to 46-overs per side due to rain, Frith (91) and Howarth (46) shared a 111-run stand which set Sparsholt up for a formidable 245-7 (Ben Perry 3-43) – Dave Banks weighing in with a boundary strewn 54 (four sixes and five fours) before tea.
Calmore’s run chase was cut to 221 off 39 overs but, after a positive start led by Mark Lavelle (34), the innings ebbed away.  Ollie Perrin (3-50) broke the mould, leaving left-hander Ben Johns (40) to fly solo before becoming a victim of Doran, whose 5-35 return was his best in the SPL.  They were dismissed for 131.

​Ventnor lie rock bottom of Southern Premier League Division 1 after suffering a sixth successive defeat to New Milton, who clawed their way from the basement with a second consecutive win.
George Watts (4-29) and Ryan Beck (20) did the damage as Ventnor, given a decent platform by Mark Fletcher (25) and Ben Herridge (25), collapsed from 64-1, losing four wickets for as many runs at one stage, three of them with their score at 89.
A Rob Snell (20) led tail wag lifted spirits from 93-8 to an improved 132 all out.
Ventnor hit back to have New Milton wobbling at 14-3 - Chris Russell (4-52) striking twice – before Lee Beck’s 59 (his second consecutive SPL1 fifty) steadied the ship and got the Green & Golds home.

The ECB Southern Premier League has announced that, following unacceptable behaviour at a recent Premier Division fixture between Lymington and the Hampshire Academy, actions have been taken accordingly - 
• Darren Cowley, Lymington: 4 match ban (2 suspended)
• Ben Huntley, Hampshire Academy: formal warning
• Tom South: 1 match ban (suspended)

​Lymington’s Neil Trestrail starred with a century as Hampshire Seniors won their fourth successive match in the National Over-Sixties County Championship, beating Buckinghamshire by 15 runs in a ran adjusted affair at High Wycombe.
Trestrail struck a 15-four 118 and shared a century stand with the consistent Iain Britton (51) as Hampshire 251-9.  Bucks fell 15 runs short chasing an abridged 168 off 30 overs.
Hampshire face Berkshire at Hursley Park next Tuesday (1pm).
Results –
Oxfordshire 156 (Orders 48, Marston 4-14) Hampshire 157-8 (Trestrail 58). Hampshire won by two wickets.
Berkshire 184-8 (Tooze 54, Townsin 42, Yates 3-38) Hampshire 187-3 (Wheeler 68, Britton 46, Board 28, Beale 24). Hampshire won by seven wickets.
Wiltshire 97 (Allen 43, Goodman 4-24, Yates 3-15) Hampshire 98-2 (Britton 46). Hampshire won by eight wickets.
Hampshire 251-9 (Trestrail 118, Britton 51) Buckinghamshire 153-9 (reduced target 168 off 45 overs)(Rolfe 67). Hampshire won by 

Sarisbury Athletic secured fourth place in Southern Premier League Division One with a three-wicket win over Andover at London Road – the victory clinched with five balls to spare. 
An overnight deluge left the Andover ground-staff with a mammoth task of getting the usually rock-hard London Road track ready for 100 overs of cricket. Despite their best efforts, water had leaked onto the playing surface, making it a crucial toss to win as the ground dried out in the blustery conditions. Sarisbury won it.
Andover openers Ali Hooper (14) and Glyn Treagus toiled in the conditions but with both back in the pavilion after five overs, it was clear that it would be a day for application with the bat.
In form duo, Matt Knight (49) and Lewis McManus (69), rebuilt the innings with a 90 run partnership, taking the total to 116 after 35 overs, with Knight falling agonisingly one run short of a deserved half-century.
Hampshire’s McManus once again showed his class at the crease with a composed fifty, picking off bad balls when they came along, including one huge six into the car park.
Charlie Ayers (16) looked to kick the innings up a gear with some lusty shots, but was unlucky to be run-out to a superb piece of fielding from Ricky Rawlins.
However, this laid the platform for Nathan Birks, celebrating his 19th birthday, to flay the Sarisbury attack in an enterprising 37 not out, including 2 maximums.
                                                                                   Patient knock
In the quest for quick runs, wickets fell in the final overs, leaving Andover on a competitive 214-8, Jordan Wright returning 3-36 for the visitors.
The Sarisbury run-chase started in explosive fashion with Rawlins (41) and Sam Floyd (31) punishing the new ball, racing to 50 off the first ten overs.
Matt Hooper had no choice but to rotate his bowlers and this was rewarded with great effect when Richard Taylor clean bowled Rawlins and Jordan Wright in consecutive deliveries, then found the edge of Floyd's bat to Treagus at slip, to swing the game back in Andover's favour. 
Talented Channel Islander Tom Nightingale (66) then played an unusually patient knock that was to eventually win Sarisbury the game, but not without moments of panic from the visitors.
Josh Hill (43) combined with Guernsey to put on 110 for the fourth wicket and got their side within touching distance of victory. Andover were to rue dropped catches and missed opportunities as the visitors put pressure on the home side.
Two more wickets for Taylor (5-37), giving him his first five wicket haul of the season, and two for the returning Mike Adams saw the chase go down to the final over.
With two new faces at the crease and four needed to win, batsman Will Bolton held his nerve to hit the winning runs for Sarisbury with three wickets intact and five balls to spare. 
 

Portsmouth dodged the rain to secure a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Old Tauntonians & Romsey in the Southern Premier League Division One. 
Their fourth successive win keeps Jack Marston's side second in the league hot on the heels of leaders Hook & Newnham Basics (writes Kevin Ricketts of The News, Portsmouth), whose match at Rowledge was washed out after 21 overs.
Marston admitted the biggest threat to his side was the weather.
“I won the toss and decided to bowl first because there was a lot of rain around,” said Marston. “ Fraser Hay (3-40) bowled well up top for us and we soon had OT's in trouble at 50 for five.
“Because he was struggling with his hip Fraser didn't try to bowl as fast as he usually does.  He concentrated on hitting the top of off stump and put the ball into good areas. When we brought our spinners on they strangled the life out of the OT's innings.”
Andrew Marston and Fahad Ahmed went for just 40 runs off their 20 overs, the former bowling his left-arm spin conceded a miserly 12 runs in his ten over spell.
“Andrew has such good control that he is difficult to score against. Unless batsmen are prepared to try and hit him off his length by sweeping or going down the wicket, they won't succeed. OT's had lost five wickets by then so that wasn't likely to happen.”
                                                                                  Quick fire
The hosts were restricted to 172 for nine - Charlie King’s 71 underpinning the innings - off their 50 overs but the weather started to close in. Knowing the game could be reduced because of rain Portsmouth knew they needed to score quickly at the start of their innings.
Opener Will Smitherman made sure that happened with a quick-fire 40 off just 45 balls including 6 fours and one six.  The rain finally arrived and forced the teams off with Portsmouth on 70-2.
With time lost the game changed into a 28 over affair and, thanks to Smitherman, Portsmouth only needed to score 20 off ten overs when they resumed.
"Will recognised the importance of scoring quickly and did what was necessary,' said Marston.
The captain and Hay easily scored the runs required to keep Portsmouth on the charge.
​Unbeaten leaders Hook & Newnham Basics were in a good position at Rowledge, Jack Murrell taking 3-11 as the hosts reached 64-3 (Chris Yates 29) before the weather intervened. 

Bashley (Rydal) share joint top spot in the ECB Southern Premier Division after making hard work of an eventual four-wicket win over Basingstoke & North Hants at the BCG.
After five completed fixtures, Bashley share pole position with South Wilts – both have 93 points – one more than Lymington, whom they visit in the eagerly awaited Kings of the Forest derby at the LSG on Saturday, 11am.
Left-armer Brad Currie (3-40) and Bournemouth University team-mate Dan Goodey, with a Premier Division best 6-50, routed Basingstoke inside 38 overs.
Currie made light of bowling with a fractured middle finger to rip out Ben Thane, Dan Belcher and David Griffiths to leave the visitors 22-3.
Goodey, the Devon Minor Counties seamer, then began to make his impression, bowling Jordan Hobday (15) and then having South African Brad Porteous caught to leave the Bountymen 42-5.
A short recovery from Mitch Stokes (8) and top scorer Brad Neal (18) was ended, as both were caught behind by Tom Jacques in quick succession, leaving the Bountymen 69 with seven wickets down. 
                                                                                        Best stand
Tom Allan (15) and Joe Oates (6) then looked to start building a useful partnership, before Goodey (6-50) bowled both in the space of one run. 
As last man Lawrence Benge strolled to the centre, with the visitors still nine short of 100, but along with Ash Neal they enjoyed the best stand of the Basingstoke innings as they added 30. 
The innings being ended when Benge (14) was bowled by Mitch Wilson, leaving Neal unbeaten on 15 and the Bountymen all out for 121. 
It left Bashley with a target of 122 in 88 overs and like Basingstoke they suffered early on. 
Both their openers were back in the pavilion with 30 scored, after Ben Walker (23) was bowled by Allam and Porteous did likewise to dismiss Tim Taylor (6). 
This brought Patrick Holly (37) and Michael Porter (34) together and the pair set about building a match winning third wicket stand worth 64 runs. 
The introduction of Ash Neal (2-29) and Oates (2-22) saw a mid-innings wobble, as the home side went from 110-3 to 117-6.  However, with the finish line in sight, Friend with an unbeaten 15, made sure of victory. 

BOURNEMOUTH skipper Chris Park saw his side crash from the brink of victory to a one-wicket defeat against the Hampshire Academy, who rallied from 55-9 to edge past the Lions’ 111 all out to win a rain-cut 45-over affair at Newclose.
Ed Denham (4-13) and off-spinner Robbie Pack (3-23) appeared to have bowled Bournemouth to an improbable victory, but a dramatic twist in the tail saw the Academy’s tenth wicket pair turn the match on its head.
Monaam Abbas (22 not out) and Hampshire’s island-raised head of player development Charlie Freeston (29 not out) guided the hosts to their victory target, with an unbroken stand of 60.
The Bournemouth wicketkeeper skipper, who was also guilty of dropping a catch with Hampshire nine down, said: “It about sums up our luck at the moment, it really does. At tea, nobody even thought about winning. Getting Hampshire Academy 55-9 was an incredible turnaround.
“We just couldn’t get the last wicket. Ninety-nine times out of 100 the bowling side would win that.
“When you can see the scoreboard saying 55-9, you do just think it’s a matter of time. Unfortunately, mother cricket bit us on the backside again.
“In the whole innings we dropped seven catches. I dropped a catch off Rob Pack’s last over which would have won us the game.
“It was just one of those games where you see the scoreboard total tick down. I just kept thinking ‘not again, please’. We just needed that little bit of luck and it just never came back to us.
“The ferry ride on the way home was very subdued and I was just gutted for the lads that we couldn’t get that wicket and tonic we needed to kick on for the rest of the season.”
                                                                                Pardoe pounces
Wicketkeeper-batsman Park (28) had earlier joint top-scored for Bournemouth with second team captain Jonny Coombs (28) and Simon Woodruff (23) the only others to reach double figures.
Bournemouth lost four of their top six batsmen to spin – Abbas (2-32) and Tom Prest (2-33) creating inroads – before Bashley (Rydal) product George Pardoe ripped into the lower order to finish with an SPL best 5-21 return.
Canford prospect Prest got the highest individual score of the game, holding Bournemouth at bay for long periods with a resolute 29 before becoming the third of Denham’s four victims at 53-6.
Two runs later Abbas and Freeston, above left, who was a decent batting all-rounder in his playing days, began their unlikely tenth-wicket stand, which doubled the Academy total and led to the county youngsters pulling off the result of the season so far in the ECB Southern Premier Division.
Park admitted his Bournemouth side, as a collective unit, should have done better with the bat.
“The Newclose pitch was unbelievably good – it was the best surface we will probably play on all year. For us to get bowled out for 111 was just not good enough,” he added. “There were too many batsmen giving their wickets away cheaply and playing poor shots – me included.”
Defeat meant Bournemouth remained second-from-bottom of the table. Lions have lost four of their five completed games this season.

Chris Stone admitted Havant made hard work of beating ECB Southern Premier Division basement-side Alton by two wickets at Havant Park. 
In the closing stages there was even a chance that the visitors might pull off a shock win as Havant lost three wickets at 134 chasing down Alton’s 138 all out.
With eight wickets down and Alton threatening, bowling hero Richard Jerry managed to squeeze a ball between the wicket-keeper and slips to score the winning runs.
“We didn't have a wonderful last five overs,” said Havant captain Chris Stone.” Winning this game was a lot harder than it should have been. At the moment our middle order batsmen are having a tough time of it.
“It is an area where we need to improve things. We know that it can be difficult when you have several players out of form at the same time. All they can do is be patient, keep working hard and try to face as many balls as they can.  Towards the end the momentum was definitely with Alton but the most important thing was picking up the win.'
At the start of the game Stone asked the visitors to bat first being conscious of the rain in the area.
Strike bowler Jerry (5-20) soon had Alton in all sorts of trouble removing their top three batsmen with just 23 runs on the board.  He returned later to help mop up the tail as Alton were bowled out for 138, Jude Wright top scoring with 31 before Toby Salmon (27) and Matt Bacon (26) gave the innings a late boost.
“Richard has been with us for a few years and consistently hits his line and length,' said Stone.  “At the same time he moves the ball away a bit. He caused South Wilts problems last week and Alton couldn't handle him. We bowled really well.”
The run chase seemed pretty routine as Havant's top four batsmen - Harry Gadd (27), Stuart Ransley (32), Pete Hopson (23) and Richard Hindley (20) - guided them to 103-3.
A sudden collapse, prompted by Salmon’s 3-20 return, saw Havant lose six wickets for 29 runs before the danger was finally averted. 
* Burridge’s home match against South Wilts was washed out without a ball being bowled, while only eight overs were possible in Winchester, where St Cross Symondians were 14-2 against Lymington when play was abandoned. 

Havant will host Surrey Championship side Normandy in the regional final of the ECB Royal London national club championships on June 30.
They comfortably brushed aside a weak visiting South Wilts team by 96 runs, while Normandy thrashed Basingstoke & North Hants by nine wickets.
Harry Gadd (62) and Peter Hopson (43) led the way as Havant eased their way to 207-6 (Richard Hindley 32*) against South Wilts, who fielded only three regular first teamers.
Only Raff Hussey (42) made any impression in South Wilts’ disappointing 111 all out, Jack Davies taking 4-25.
Basingstoke & North Hants were rolled out for 140 at Normandy, with Joe Oates hitting an late 33 not out after teenager George Metzger had made 29.  Normandy polished off the target for the loss of one wicket.
 

Left-hand duo Sam Floyd and Sam Hill powered Sarisbury Athletic into the national phase of the Village Cup with a comprehensive 86-run win over Liphook & Ripsley, last season’s beaten Lord’s finalists, at Allotment Road.
Floyd batted almost the entire length of Sarisbury’s 171-9, hitting ten fours in a patient 85.
Sarisbury were contained initially by a miserly eight-over spin spell by Dave Elliott, who took 3-18 off his eight overs.
But Floyd’s fruitful stands with Chris Sanders (19) and Michael Bond ensured that Sarisbury rose from an uncertain 43-3 to 132-4 before closing at 171-9.
Liphook began confidently enough through Rob Nicklin (23), but a three-wicket burst by Jason Allmark (3-11) followed by a five-wicket return by teenage left-arm spinner Sam Hill (5-10) sent eight wickets crashing for 28 runs and the visitors to 85 all out.

ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER CRICKET LEAGUE
RESULTS – ROUND 6 – 8 JUNE 2019 

ECB PREMIER DIVISION

Alton 138 (Wright 31, Salmon 27, Bacon 26, Jerry 5-20)
Havant 139-8 (Ransley 32, Gadd 27, Hopson 23, Salmon 3-25)
Havant won by two wickets.

Basingstoke & North Hants 121 (Goodey 6-50, Currie 3-40)
Bashley (Rydal) 125-6 (Holly 37, Porter 34, Walker 23)
Bashley (Rydal) won by four wickets.

Bournemouth 111 (C Park 28, Coombs 28, Woodruff 23, Pardoe 5-21, Prest 2-33, Abbas 2-32)
Hampshire Academy 115-9 (Freeston 29*, Prest 29, Abbas 22*, Denham 4-13, Pack 3-23)
Hampshire Academy won by one wicket.

St Cross Symondians 14-2 v Lymington. Match abandoned after 8 overs.

Postponed: Burridge v South Wilts.

DIVISION 1

Andover 214-8 (McManus 69, Knight 49, Birks 37, Wright 3-34)
Sarisbury Athletic 215-7 (Nightingale 66, J Hill 43, Rawlins 41, Floyd 31, Taylor 5-37)
Sarisbury Athletic won by three wickets.

Old Tauntonians & Romsey 172-9 (King 71, Hay 3-40)
Portsmouth 97-2 (target score 97 off 28 overs)(Smitherman 45, J Marston 27*)
Portsmouth won by eight wickets.

Rowledge 64-3 (C Yates 29, Murrell 3-11) v Hook & Newnham Basics. Match abandoned after 21 overs.

Sparsholt 245-7 (Frith 91, Banks 54, Haworth 46, Perry 3-43)
Calmore Sports 131 (Johns 40, Lavele 34, Doran 5-35, Perrin 3-50)
Sparsholt won by 114 runs.

Ventnor 132 (Herridge 26, Fletcher 25, Watts 4-29, R Beck 3-20)
New Milton 133-6 (L Beck 59, Russell 4-52)
New Milton won by four wickets. 

DIVISION 2

Basingstoke & North Hants II 220-9 (C Williamson 60, May 36, Bucksey 32, Allen 5-41)
St Cross Symondians II 110 (Laney 37, Harris 4-9)
Basingstoke & North Hants won by 110 runs.

Langley Manor 190 (Doubell 56, Smith 28, Richman 4-33) v Paultons. Match abandoned at tea.

South Wilts II 118 (S Pittman 28*, Arnold 27, J Teale 4-22, Parson 3-27)
Hartley Wintney 119-6 (Knibbs 34*, Cockram 28)
Hartley Wintney won by four wickets.

Totton & Eling 100-1 (Chapungu 56*, Taylor 25*) v Fair Oak. Match abandoned after 16 overs.

Postponed: Liphook & Ripsley v Waterlooville. 

DIVISION 3

Bashley (Rydal) II 125 (Morris 55, J Turner 23, Peach 3-22)
Portsmouth & Southsea 121 (Kanavan 20, Vaughan 4-31)
Bashley (Rydal) won by four runs.

Tichborne Park 134 (Ayling 32) v Trojans. Match abandoned at tea.

Postponed: Fareham & Crofton v Hythe & Dibden, Lymington II v Hambledon, Purbrook v Fawley.