Teenage left-arm pace bowler Josh Croom is back to spearhead the Hampshire Academy attack in today’s top of the table ECB Southern Premier Division clash with Bournemouth at Chapel gate, 11.30.
After an amazing winter at the Darren Lehmann Academy in Adelaide and success for Glenelg in the South Australia West End Premiership, Croom suffered a foot fracture in a mid-April Hampshire second team game in Canterbury.
He’s not played any competitive cricket since, confessing: “It’s been a long, frustrating two months but I couldn’t thank Hampshire enough for all the time and support they’ve given me, to get me back to full-fitness.
“I’ve spent the last two months doing gym and rehab, four days a week, and the past three weeks  gradually building up to bowling off my full run-up.  Fingers crossed today goes well.”
Only four points separate the leading pair, with Bournemouth set to open up a sizeable lead at the top if they record a fifth win on the bounce.
Bournemouth have skipper Chris Park back behind the stumps.
Bournemouth: C Park, Collins, N Park, Webb, Matthews, Pack, Hurley, Conway, Denham, Woodruff, Brecken.
Academy: J Barker, W LF Jackson, T Albert, C Mumford, H Broderick, J Eckland, T Cheater, D Kelly, J Trodd, J Croom, K Khanna.

ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE
RESULTS – ROUND 8: 19 JUNE 2021

ECB PREMIER DIVISION (50 overs)

Alton 73 (Hale 31, Burton 4-29, Godsal 3-32) South Wilts 75-3 (Morton 34, Draper 29*, Walters 3-26).  South Wilts won by seven wickets.

Lymington 223-8 (Rogers 62, Scott 51, Royan 43, Crabb 28, Divecha 4-35) Hook & Newnham Basics 181 (M Buckingham 78, Wade 3-20, Procter 3-31). Lymington won by 42 runs.

St Cross Symondians 213-9 (Trussler 52, Organ 39, H Foyle 26, Mike Howarth 24, Stancliffe 6-46) Burridge 104 (Chowdhury 24, Candy 21, Booth 3-23). St Cross Symondians won by 109 runs.

Cancelled: Havant v Bashley (Rydal)

Sunday: Bournemouth v Hampshire Academy.

DIVISION 1 (40 overs)
Andover 117 (Smith 39, Taylor 22, Bradley 4-14) Basingstoke & North Hants 118-2 (Deadman 39, A Neal 34, Donaldson 20). Basingstoke & North Hants won by eight wickets.

New Milton 132 (Golding 40, Watts 29, Brook 3-23, Kooner-Evans 3-28) Portsmouth 136-1 (Christian 63*, Duggan 60*). Portsmouth won by nine wickets.

Sarisbury Athletic 142-8 (J Hill 42, Franklin 32*, Smith 29, Banks-Williams 3-30) Sparsholt 145-3 (Sumner 58*, Doran 46). Sparsholt won by seven wickets.

St Cross Symondians II 148-9 (Hyland 33, Laney 23, Clarke 22, Foster 22, Littlewood 3-49) Rowledge 58. St Cross Symondians II won by 90 runs.

Cancelled: Calmore Sports v Totton & Eling
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DIVISION 2 (40 overs)

Bashley (Rydal) II 221-7 (Andrew 81, Lewis 30, Wilson 21, Kennett 20, Chandhoke 3-52) Paultons 142-8 (Feltham 38, Pike 38). Bashley (Rydal) II won by 69 runs.

South Wilts 192-8 (Cranch 48, Howgrave-Graham 31, Falconer 27, Williams 5-29) Fawley 192-8 (Freeman 49, A P{arratt 29, C Earl 27, B Parratt 24, Atkinson 5-32). Match tied.

Ventnor 86 (Blackman 20, Ganguly 3-19) Liphook & Ripsley 87-6 (Ganguly 39). Liphook & Ripsley won by four wickets.

Waterlooville 120-8 (Jackson 30, Birch27, Gwynn 4-11) Fair Oak 121-4 (McKenzie 46, Gwynn 29, Hughes 26). Fair Oak won by six wickets.

Cancelled: Old Tauntonians & Romsey v Hartley Wintney.

DIVISION 3 (40 overs)

Langley Manor 207-4 (Budd 101, Browne 54, Perera 3-38) Basingstoke & North Hants 162 (Perera 37, Williamson 24, Dobell 4-25, Spencer 3-29). Langley Manor won by 45 runs.

Trojans 24-1 v Hythe & Dibden. Match abandoned after 6.1 overs due to unfit pitch.

Cancelled: Portsmouth & Southsea v Gosport Borough, Purbrook v Hook & Newnham Basics II, Tichborne Park v Hambledon.

The Southern Premier League has confirmed the following disciplinary action has been taken so far this season.
In all of these instances the member club in question took fast and appropriate action, requiring the league to do nothing more than endorse the action taken.
The SPL has pointed out that "it is useful to remember that decisions are made by clubs and leagues are based on the facts of each individual situation as reported by the umpires. The appropriate mitigation or aggravation is then applied to reach the final sanction."
Players disciplined are - 
Joe Cranch (South Wilts II) – failing to follow umpire instructions: 1 match ban plus 3 suspended for 12 months
Rob Pittman (South Wilts II) – failing in responsibility as captain: 2 match ban, suspended for 12 months
Zach Millar (Hythe & Dibden) – dissent: 1 match ban plus 3 suspended for 12 months, plus fine plus supporting colts training
James Parnell (Langley Manor) – dissent: formal warning
George Metzger (Havant) – dissent: 1 match ban suspended for 12 months
James Trodd (Hampshire Academy) - dissent: 1 match band suspended for 12 months

Faltering champions Bashley (Rydal) are set to pitch Hampshire Under-15s spinner Ethan Baker into their potentially significant ECB Southern Premier Division red ball visit to Havant, 11.30.
The spin teen took the headlines with an 8-15 return in a Southern League Cup match last season and, according to Bash skipper Michael Porter, is pushing the ball through quicker and with more control this season.
Bashley, who also give a first team debut to Ben Francis, who has scored four second team 50s since arriving from Christchurch, plan to field three spin bowlers in their attack.
Left-hand opener Ben Walker, who picked up a championship winners medal with Bashley in 2019, is an important absentee for Havant who, like Bash and St Cross Symondians, have lost twice in recent weeks and can ill afford a third defeat.
Experienced Hampshire 50s all-rounder Pete Hayward takes Walker’s place and could be a handful in the anticipated damp conditions.
Havant: Simon Loat, Pete Hopson, George Metzger, Harry Gadd, Richard Hindley, Jez Bulled, Chris Morgan, Fred Gadd, Richard Jerry, Pete Hayward, Alf Taw.
Bashley (Rydal): Digby, Gordon, Fisher, Porter, Friend, Jacques, Francis, Rhodes, Stroud, Baker, Fletcher.
With Harry Came gone to Derbyshire, Felix Organ involved with Hampshire’s Vitality T20 Blast and his own availability uncertain due to school coaching commitments in Oxford, Ed Ellis is juggling names for St Cross Symondians’ home match with Burridge.
Three successive wins since being thrashed by nine wickets by Bashley (Rydal) on the opening day of the season have swept South Wilts into third spot, eight points behind the Academy and 12 adrift of leaders Bournemouth, who go head-to-head at Chapel Gate on Sunday.
They are without Devizes farmer Tom Grant against unchanged Alton, so second team skipper Rob Pittman is called up to play an off-spinning role.
Man of the moment Matt Burton, with nine wickets in South Wilts’ last two matches, will share the new ball with Arthur Godsal against a Brewers side on a high after beating St Cross Symondians last week when Julian Ballinger took his 600th SPL wicket.
South Wilts: Morton, Stearman, Rowe, Hayward, Draper, Hussey, Godsal, Pittman, Warner, Lewis, Burton.
Alton: Gonella, South, Middleton, Harris, Myers, Hale, Wright, Heffernan, Walters, Salmon, Ballinger
Islander Ben Attrill, arguably Lymington’s best batsman in last week’s seven-wicket beating by South Wilts, misses the basement battle against Hook & Newnham Basics at the KGV.
Seamer Sean Brewer is back for Hook, who go into the match with a five-point lead over Lymington.
Hook & Newnham Basics: J Buckingham, Lockwood, Robson, M Buckingham, Love, Willcock, Murrell, Divecha, Moore, Brewer, Balcombe.
Lymington: Metcalfe, Crabb, Royan, Mortimore, Rogers, Scott, Du Plooy, Cox, Smith, Proctor, Wade.
The Bournemouth-Academy match will be previewed separately.
​Near neighbours Calmore Sports and Totton & Eling feature in the Southern Premier Division 1 lead match at Loperwood Park, 12.30.
The sides lie second and third in the log behind unbeaten leaders New Milton, with Totton five points ahead of their hosts after seven rounds of games.  Calmore are without Hampshire media man Will Brewster, who is helping Tom Cowley fork the waterlogged outfield at the Ageas Bowl.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Bailey, Johns, Taylor, Moss, Johnson, Manning, Perry, Fisher, Wright, Lepervanche.
Leaders New Milton plans to extend their four-match winning start against Portsmouth on Southsea seafront, where captain George Watts will need to do as he’s told, with his father Steve drafted into the side.
Joe Kooner-Evans, who played the key role in last week’s win at Sparsholt, is expected to feature for Portsmouth.
New Milton: G Watts, Edwards, Hall, Greig, L Beck, Golding, S Watts, Bartlett, Mills, Loader, Humphrey.
Youthful Rowledge have hit a couple of bumps in the road with defeats at Calmore Sports and Basingstoke & North Hants in the past fortnight.  They host St Cross Symondians II at Church Road, where all-rounder Jake Wish remains on water boy duty with a hand injury.
Row​ledge: Ben Wish, David Lloyd, Sam Plater, Ricky Yates, Jonty Sebborn, Zac Le Roux, Olly Ryman, Ryan Littlewood, Hamish Watson, Ollie Baker, Ethan Martin.
Sarisbury Athletic have won both matches since Josh Hill took over the captaincy, so visiting Sparsholt will be anxious to avoid being the third recent faller at Allotment Road.
He’ll have the experience of the incoming Michael Bond to fall back on. Will Bolton takes the gloves as Simon Orr can’t make it.
Sarisbury Athletic: Hill, Rawlins, Smith, Lovett, Sanders, Franklin, Wright, Bond, S Hill, Bolton, Jewell.
Sparsholt: David Banks, Josh May, Lewis Mitchard, Liam Doran, Dan Sumner, Ashley Collison, Stuart  Taylor, Dan Weir, Joshua Banks-Williams, Tom Ley , Greg Whiting.
Vital relegation avoiding points are at stake at London Road, where strugglers Andover and Basingstoke & North Hants collide.
Andover lie bottom following a five point deduction for an administrative slip are and desperate to win having not sampled champagne success since beating Portsmouth on May 8.  The lions hand an SPL debut to Sam Ashman as reward for his unbeaten second team century against Lymington II. Inspired by Joe Oates, Basingstoke ended a three-match losing streak by beating Rowledge last week.
Andover: M Hooper, Knight, Adams, Taylor, Ashman, Smith, Veettil, Duckworth, Birks, Ayers, Vanandel.
Last week's emphatic win at Waterlooville has given OTs & Romsey a 13-point advantage at the top of SPL2, one they'll look to expand when Hartley Wintney visit the Romsey Sports Centre.
Second placed Fair Oak host Waterlooville, who go to Lapstone Park minus influential all-rounder Jon Hudson and aiming to put their poor OTR showing behind them.
Director of Cricket Andy Reynolds reflected: "It was a poor performance last Saturday. Our lads just didn’t turn up, made too many mistakes and didn’t get back into the game. We are looking for a response"
Waterlooville: Archie Reynolds*, Alex Shephard, Tim Jackson, Sonny Reynolds, Dan Birch, Haydn Knight, Namish Verma, Sam Robinson, Sam Hillman, Ashan Silva, Harry McBride+
Visitors to Steephill, Liphook & Ripsley will be keeping an anxious eye on whether the Portsmouth-Fishbourne car ferry is fully operational - which it wasn't on Friday morning, with the 0900 sailing cancelled !
Ventnor celebrated their first win on mainland soil since August 2018 when they won at Paultons last week and have ex-Worcestershire seamer Chris Russell back.
Ventnor: R.Whyte, R.Snell; A.Alleyne; B.Woodhouse, M.Fletcher; M.Blackman; C.Russell; C.Calloway; Zeph Wells; Zach Wells; C.Read.
Skittled for 48 by Fair Oak last week, South Wilts II are another side looking for redemption away to Fawley, one of two vital games involving the bottom sides on Southampton Waterside.
Sam Pittman will captain South Wilts, who named a stronger looking side with Joe Cranch back opening the batting.
South Wilts: Cranch, Litchfield, Edwards, Pearce, Falconer, Howgrave-Graham, S Pittman, Partridge, Atkinson, Richards, Brewer.
Like South Wilts II, Paultons will quickly want to forget their 77 all out against Ventnor and have Nigel Feltham and Robbie Pike back for the trip to winless Bashley (Rydal) II, whose ground was swamped by Friday's heavy rain.
Paultons: Simon Ennew, Lee Wateridge, Cameron Grierson, Ben Rogers, Nathan Feltham, Robert Pike, Tony Richman, Darryn Stairs, Liam Longland, Harmon Chadhoke, Andrew Denney.
Undefeated Division 3 top dogs Hambledon face a cross-countryside away day at Tichborne Park, who have a survival battle on their hands after three successive defeats.
Hambledon: Spencer le Clerq, Henry Glanfield, and nine others.
Second placed Gosport Borough, with a tough one at Portsmouth & Southsea, still have a fitness worry over skipper Lee Harrop's hamstring and have Craig Stares unavailable.
But the emerging John Adams plays and P & S will have to work out how to combat three Creals.
Gosport Borough: From: L Harrop, J Adams, C Creal, O Creal, S Creal, J Harris, G Kitchin, C Pennicott, J Richards, V Richards, S Taylor, M Toogood.
Hook & Newnham Basics II visit the bottom club Purbrook and call up Will Wyatt for the injured Kieran Thomson.
Hook II: Light: Warner, Allnutt B, May O, Shore, Gardner, May T, Brown, Watts, Neville, Wyatt.
Hythe & Dibden need to start putting some points on the board after five successive defeats. They host Trojans in a game that can now go ahead following the eviction of unwanted travellers from Jones Lane.
Hythe & Dibden: T Richards, T Gates, M Young, Z Millar, J Stovell, W Royan, D Taylor, N Vaughan, B Holbrook, T Ndowora, L Vaughan.
Langley Manor rose to fourth after a crushing win over Tichborne Park, but can expect Basingstoke & North Hants II to provide tougher opposition at May's Bounty. 

Hampshire Seniors lost eight wickets for 55 runs as they allowed a promising position to escape from their grasp against their Kent counterparts in the National Sixties Championships at Gravesend, where the veteran Spitfires won by 23 runs.
With Andy Steggall (left)(70) and skipper Neil Trestrail (57) at the helm, Hampshire were motoring nicely at 170-2 and seemingly in a good position to overhaul Kent's 248-5 - and celebrate a unique double over their Bat & Ball ground hosts.
But it all apart as Tony Mitchell and Rupert Staple shared the eight wickets that sent Hampshire crashing to 225 all out.   Earlier Jim Phillips hit 101 not out for Kent.
Hampshire Seventies ran into similar batting problems and were dismissed for 143 by Somerset ​at North Perrott, Pete Green's 70 contributing almost half the team's total. Tony Adams made 18 and there were 23 extras.  Somerset 70s totalled 159-5.

Jack Budd struck his maiden Southern Premier League century as Langley Manor went on a 298-run spree against Division 3 strugglers Tichborne Park at Knellers Lane.
Budd hit 137 - fives sixes and 14 fours - and shared a bumper 229-run stand with Conor Browne (78), the second highest SPL3 opening partnership. Tichborne, fried in the baking heat, conceded 41 extras as thge Manor ran up 298-3, Graham Noble hitting 28 despite suffering from pad rash.
Tichborne's troubles didn't end there. Having lost all three times since beating Trojans on the opening day of the season, they lost their first four wickets for only nine runs before Will Allam (38), who took two of the Manor wickets, and Kieran Connell (31) gave their response some shape. Little Tommy Spencer took 3-21 as Tichborne Park fell to 124 all out and a crushing 174-run defeat.

​What a start to the season Hambledon have made with all three teams unbeaten and topping their respective Southern Premier and Hampshire League divisions.
Dons made it four wins from four with a comfortable seven-wicket victory over SPL 3 strugglers Hythe & Dibden, while the seconds are out on top in Division 4 South and the club’s third team leading Division 5 South East.
A fine all-round bowling display enabled Hambledon to extend their 100 per cent start, all six bowlers used took a wicket as lowly Hythe & Dibden were bowled out for 134 at Ridge Meadow.
Hambledon lost just three wickets en route to their latest victory which sees them top the table with a maximum average of 22 points
James Restell (2-35) took the first two wickets to fall before Will Hardman (1-24) accounted for Hythe opener Tom Gates (23). Tom Richards (26) was top score while Spencer Le Clerq (2-7), Henry Glanfield (2-17) and George Harding (2-23) all picked up two wickets.
Openers George Marshall (27) and Dan McGovern (25) gave Hambledon a solid start in reply before Chris Pratt and captain Le Clerq came together at 77-3. They added an unbroken 55 for the fourth wicket with Pratt ending unbeaten on 35 and Le Clerq on 19 not out. Virus-free. www.avg.com 
Back from his university studies in South Wales, Jack Hawkins-Richards, left, (4-25) helped mop up the tail as Gosport Borough climbed into second place, 17 points behind Hambledon, with a 41-run win over Basingstoke & North Hants at Privett Park.
Basingstoke lost their last six wickets for 23 runs and went down by 41 runs chasing Gosport’s 165 (Ryan Connor 3-44), having earlier had the Borough in a spot of bother.
Richard Vinn (43) and Scott Dyer (22) gave them a fighting chance at 101-4 after which the innings caved in, Basingstoke lost their last four batsmen for only two runs to be 124 all out, Scott Taylor bowling an economical 109 off his eight overs.
Gosport had earlier required an eighth wicket stand of 43 between Taylor (19) and former Hampshire Seniors ace John Adams (24) as the hosts - who had slipped from 94-4 to 106-7 - eventually reached 165 (Craig Stares 32).
Hook seconds, who visit rock bottom Purbrook on Saturday, saw their unbeaten Premier 3 start ended by Portsmouth & Southsea, who had opener Jack Davies to credit for their three wicket win at the KGV.
Hook began brightly enough through Harry Warner (32) and Tom May (20), but they sank from 52-0 to 105-5 before Alex Brown (36) and Charlie Neville (33) revived their fortunes.
Alas, from 146-5, Hook lost their last five wickets for 29 runs and were all out for 175.
Lewis Watts (2-29) struck two immediate blows by dismissing the Benfield brothers, Tom and Matt and after a triple inflicted strike by spinner Neville were rocking at 58-5.
But with Dean Lee (22) a reliable partner, Davies began to wrestle the initiative away from Hook – their sixth-wicket stand doubling the visitors’ total. 
Left-hander Davies then found another ally in former Waterlooville spin all-rounder Max Goddard (24), the duo adding 30 before skipper Ben Saunders emerged to clinch victory.  Davies finished 67 not out.

Purbrook suffered another batting collapse as their bid for a first Southern Premier League victory of 2021 goes on.
Two weeks previously, a spectacular run of wickets had seen them plummet from 60-2 to 65-9 against Basingstoke & North Hants II. 
At the weekend they had reached 105-3 in reply to Trojans’ 214-5 total - only to see five wickets clatter for the addition of just three runs.
Purbrook were restricted to 154-9 (Sean Figgins 41) and their fourth successive defeat leaves them rooted to the foot of the table.
Trojans openers Nigel Le Bas (53) and Ed Boyd (43) had earlier put on 60 for the first wicket. When Boyd fell - one of three victims for the evergreen Ian Limb (3-36) - Trojans were 120-4 in the 28th over before Arsalan Yasin hit an unbeaten 60 and Ollie Kelly 26.
Purbrook shrunk to 31-3, but rallied through Figgins and Martin Lee (29), who added 74.  They were all out for 154 with Nisan Ahmad and Yasin sharing six of the wickets.

Ventnor’s long wait for a Southern Premier League victory on mainland soil, stretching back to late August 2018, is over.
Two months or so shy of three years since they won at Liphook & Ripsley, Ventnor toasted a handsome 133 run Division 2 victory at Paultons – and how they celebrated, with popular island guitarist Rob Snell and Fiona leading the team in song and dance on the car ferry’s upper deck on the way home.
Barbados left-hander Anthony Alleyne naturally joined in, playing a Captain Tobias Wilcox of 1975 Coconut Airways role fame as the lyrics of ‘Barbados Sky’ filled the clear blue sky above Southampton Water.
It was appropriate that Snell should take the lead as he’s been in good nick in the past fortnight, hitting an unbeaten 76 in the Steephill win over Hartley Wintney and 68 to secure a decent 210-8 score at Paultons.
Ventnor lost Ross Whyte – bowled by new signing Darryn Stares (from Havant), one of four 16-year olds in the Paultons camp – early on, but Snell curbed his natural attacking instincts to help Alleyne (40) provide the islanders with a decent base.
Snell took Ventnor to 144 before handing the baton to Martin Blackman (40) and Charlie Calloway to hit a quick fire 23 not out and steer the visitors into a winning position.
Paultons skipper Simon Ennew was delighted with the debut bowling performances of Stares and Liam Longland, who has switched with father Paul from OTs & Romsey and who had Snell stumped.
“Darryn and Liam were brilliant on debut, unfortunately the batters let them down after a superb bowling performance. The least said about our batting the better,” Ennew reflected.
Calloway, with an SPL best 4-12 and Snell (2-12), sent Paultons crashing to 25-6 before Longland (26) underlined his batting potential as the hosts lurched to 50-8 before a last wicket stand of 27 left them with a slightly better 77.
A third win in five five has lifted Ventnor to seventh place, but Paultons have dropped to third from bottom ahead of Saturday's visit to winless Bashley (Rydal) II.
Footnote: Ventnor actually ended the 2018 season with three successive mainland wins, those at Andover and Hook & Newnham Basics preceding the victory at Liphook.

Talented Newbury teenager Toby Arnold notched his second century in four days to set up an emphatic 132-run victory for Hampshire over Sussex in the Second XI County Championship T20 at Hove.
Fresh from scoring 151 for the Academy at Bashley (Rydal) on Saturday, the 19-year mauled the Sussex attack - England's Ollie Robinson (0-30) and all - for 105 as Hampshire racked up 207-4 before dismissing Sussex for a paltry 75, Wellington College's Harry Petrie taking 4-14 and Scott Currie 2-18.  Albert hit three sixes and 12 fours.
Things didn't go so well for Albert or Hampshire in the second match. He managed only 14 as Hampshire were pegged to 143-7 (Tom Scriven 37), Sussex knocking off the target eight wickets down.

Old Tauntonians & Romsey have taken a firm grip in Southern Premier Division 2 after a fifth successive win saw Waterlooville skittled for 107 and comfortably beaten by six wickets in front of a dejected Rowlands Avenue crowd.
Second placed Ville began brightly enough through Archie Reynolds (34) and Alex Shephard, but all too quickly 52-1 became 65-5 when the captain was run out.  Spinners Joe Vaughan (who caught and bowled both his victims) and Matt Bampton did the damage.  Harry Tulk weighed in with 3-12 as the Ville sank to 107 all out. 
Such a small target was never going to prove too challenging for the leaders, and opener Jovan Dhariwal (45), left,- on his return from Cambridge University, where he has already won a Blue - ensured a solid start to OTs’ reply. But they took their time, eventually wrapping up victory on 108-4 in the 35th over.
Skipper Charlie Gwynn produced a stunning spell to wrap up second placed Fair Oak’s 121-run win at Bemerton, where South Wilts II sank to a league low 48 all out.
Fresh from his second year studies at Exeter, Jimmy Hawkins (4-23) reduced SW to 19-5 before Gwynn brought himself on to take four wicket for one run.  Fair Oak’s 169-7 was underpinned by Will Hughes (55) and Tom Hockenhull (44).
Hartley Wintney snatched a dramatic six-wicket win over Bashley (Rydal) seconds with only two balls of their thriller to spare.
Chasing Bashley’s 213-7, Hartley got away to a flying start through Will Ross (49) and Jon Kerr (48), who struck nine fours and six sixes between them before departing in quick succession to leave the score 109-2.
But skipper James Mulvey (65) was up for the challenge, hitting five sixes in handy partnerships with Tom Hudson and Jamie Teale, who hit two maximums off Phil Morris to win the match to leave four times beaten skipper Sean Read pondering a call to the Samaritans.
Earlier, Bournemouth University toe repair man Dan Andrews (73) and Ben Francis (61) top scored in Bashley’s 213-7.
George Neave was left stranded on 99 as Liphook & Ripsley posted a winning 227-9 against Fawley. He hit a six and 12 fours, coming in after Liphook had lurched to 73-4. Neave has only one SPL treble to his name, an unbeaten 114 at Rowledge in 2017.
Liphook are going to be far stronger now Suman Ganguly his back from India. He marked his return with 4-20 and shared eight wickets with ex-Rowledge ace Joe Randall (4-28).

Leaders New Milton extended their winning Southern Premier Division 1 start to four games with a tense four-run victory over previously undefeated Calmore Sports at Fernhill.
Ben Perry needed to hit the final ball of the match, bowled by George Watts, to the boundary to tie the game - or hit a six to give Calmore victory.  In the end he did neither, Watts (1-19 off eight overs) instead rearranging his stumps.
Calmore would have been heartened after bowling out the table-toppers for 163, South African Harlan Greig hitting 51 before New Milton tumbled from 93-2. But Ed Bartlett (4-20) ripped through their own top order in reply to leave Calmore 58-5.
Calmore, who travel to Maidenhead on Sunday to play Cookham Dean in the National Village Cup, rallied through James Manning (26) and Lavelle himself but both departed in quick succession as the visitors dipped to 113-7 when off-spinner Perry (34) and Mike West (10 not out) came together to add 46 for the last wicket and ensure some frantic New Milton nail-biting.
Beaten Calmore skipper Mark Lavelle reflected: “It was a great fight back from us, initially with the ball with the ball and then Jimmy Manning and myself pulled us back into it with the bat, but went in quick succession.
“Pez gave us hope but just wasn’t meant to be. It was a really good game of cricket that ebbed and flowed.”
Calmore’s first slip of the summer enabled neighbours Totton & Eling (their opponents at Loperwood Park on Saturday, 12.30) to nick second place. They easily beat Andover by 78 runs, the result putting the lions on bottom of the table.
Former Berkshire Minor Counties all-rounder Harry Stephens shone for Totton, with 42 and 3-26, but it was Brighton Mugochi (68) and Owen Morris (41) who top scored in their 236-7.  Andover rolled over for 158, Nathan Birks hitting 70 and Toby Green taking 3-14. 
Josh Hill led from the front once again as Sarisbury Athletic strolled to a six-wicket win over St Cross Symondians II, whose much changed side bore little resemblance to the one that crushed Portsmouth a week earlier.
In trouble at 115-5, St Cross climbed to an eventual 185-6 due to Dylan Clarke (53) and Charlie Preston, whose 37 included two sixes and three fours. Ricky Rawlins (50) laid down the marker before Hill blazed four maximums and six 4s to clinch an easy Athletic win.

Hook & Newnham Basics and Odiham & Greywell have confirmed their places in Basingstoke's long standing Guy Jewell Cup, which was cancelled last year due to the pandemic.
Hook bounced back from their Southern Premier Division thrashing at Bournemouth to beat Old Basing by eight wickets - Matt Buckingham (50) and Sam Lockwood (42*) guiding them past OB's 125-8.  Darren Turner (37) top scored, while Shane Brewer took 4-32.
Odiham & Greywell made 153-3 (Walsh-Smith 77*) to beat East Woodhay's 138 (Tom Flack 49).
Cup holders Hartley Wintney begin their trophy defence against Rotherfield Park at May's Bounty next Monday (June 21), with Basingstoke & North Hants set to lock horns with Hook B on an evening to be confirmed.​

TEAM SOLENT face Loughborough Students in the British Universities Championship semi-finals at Totton & Eling's Southern Gardens ground on Wednesday [June 16), 1100.
Solent comfortably defeated Oxford University and Surrey in their group matches and expect to be at full strength for the semi-final.  Admission is free and a licensed bar will be available.
Team Solent: Gareth Schreuder, Alex Adlam, Arthur Godsal, Billy Blighton, Harry Warner, Jack Stearman, James Trodd, James Degg, Matt Graves, Rafiu Riyad, Prince Singh, Tom South, Yannick.

Joe Kooner-Evans returned from his fresher year at Swansea University and produced a memorable all-round display as Portsmouth defeated Southern Premier Division 1 rivals Sparsholt by six wickets at Locks Lane.
First, he took three of the first four Sparsholt wickets to fall - all clean bowled - as the hosts tumbled to 45-4.   Then, as Portsmouth looked like stumbling in their bid to chase 174 for victory, he compiled his maiden SPL half-century.
Kooner-Evans, who has been playing for Neath in the ECB South Wales Premier League at the historic Knoll ground, arrived at the crease with his side 68-3 having lost three wickets - openers Ben Duggan (39) and Jack Marston (15) and skipper James Christian (0) - for just four runs.  It was 85-4 when Will Smitherman (3) became the third victim for off-spinner Liam Doran (3-34).
But Kooner-Evans found great support in Hemanshu Hirani (39), who helped him add 78 for the fifth wicket and swing the pendulum firmly back in Portsmouth’s favour.  Hirani hit four fours and a six in his 47-ball innings, while Kooner-Evans struck nine fours in his unbeaten 61 made off 54 deliveries. There were still 20 balls remaining when Kooner-Evans struck the match-winning boundary.
Earlier, Peter Symonds College student Tom Ley [pictured left] spared Sparsholt’s blushes. The Winchester side faced a below-par score at 128-8, went into tea with 170 on the Locks Lane electronic scoreboard.
Ley hit five fours and a six in his 39-ball knock, Ash Collison (23), Scott Taylor (23) and Dave Banks (21) all having made starts.  Ley added an unbroken 44 with Greg Whiting.

Basingstoke & North Hants’ near two-year wait for a Southern Premier League victory is over.
The Bountymen had been waiting since June 20 2019 (when they won by 30 runs at Burridge) to get an entry in the win column – something they achieved with a five-wicket success against Rowledge, which lifted them off the foot of the Division 1 table.
Joe Oates was the toast of May’s Bounty, his unbeaten 65 easing Basingstoke to victory after Rowledge had been pegged to 183-9.
Basingstoke made a hesitant start losing Matt Deadman and Ash Neal before teenager Josh Coombs (21) joined them on the dressing room balcony at 53-3.
But when Brad Neal (37) was joined by Oates, the tide turned as the pair pieced together a 92-run partnership that took Basingstoke to 145-3 and effectively decided the game.
Matt Donaldson’s quick fire 20 proved time for Oates, whose sensible innings eased Basingstoke home with ten balls to spare.
Earlier, teenager Tyler Bradley’s second consecutive three-wicket haul – the youngster has eight victims for 53 runs in his last three seam bowling stints – had Rowledge wobbling at 35-4 (Sam Plater 21).
But fellow teens, Odiham & Greywell raised Zac le Roux (37) and 15-year old Ollie Ryman, left, who clouted two sixes and six fours in his 66, rallied with a stand of 85, which went a long way to providing Rowledge with a competitive total.

Nineteen-year old Hampshire prospect Toby Albert struck a superb 151 to set up a surprise Academy victory over defending 2019 ECB Southern Premier Division champions Bashley (Rydal).
Little more than 24 hours later, he lasted a mere five balls before being caught at slip at Burridge.  Cricket can be a great leveler at times !
But, in his role as Academy captain, the Newbury-based teen was more concerned about his young team winning at Burridge – which they did by two wickets in an anxious finish – than a second top individual performance.
“It was a terrific two days for the lads. To score 306 and beat the champions one day and next chase down near enough 200 to win on a wearing surface at Burridge was fantastic and will give the boys tremendous confidence,” he beamed.
The two victories have catapulted the Academy into second place in the Premier Division, four points behind Bournemouth, whom they meet in a top-of-the-table showdown at Chapel Gate on Sunday, 11.30.
Albert was quickly at the crease after opener Joseph Eckland had bagged a second ball duck at the BCG - and immediately survived a confident leg before appeal by Ben Fletcher.  An inside edge spared him.
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He certainly made the most of his good fortune, initially sharing a 90-run partnership with Canford’s James Barker (25) which was to provide the platform for a large Academy total.
Hitting the ball cleanly and piercing the field on 22 occasions (he also hit two sixes), Albert dominated from the crease and, with Harry Broderick (56) alongside, took the Academy score to 231 before the Hartley Wintney all-rounder was caught.
Albert went on to make 151 – his highest competitive score behind the 169 he made for Hampshire Under-17s against Worcestershire two summers ago – earning glowing praise from watching Hampshire batting coach Tony Middleton.
“It was a very impressive knock. Toby hit the ball so cleanly, featuring in two important partnerships with James (Barker) and Brodders, which set the innings up.
“It’s particularly pleasing the way Toby has come back from some pretty serious knee surgery and has also made one or two good scores for the Second XI this season, including a century against Middlesex.”
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Josh Digby wheeled away, breaking both partnerships and dismissing the three principal run makers in a 5-46 return before Louis Pritchard, teenage son of former Essex Championship winning captain Paul Pritchard, chipped in with a handy 26 to move the Academy score on to 306-9.
Bashley needed to set a new Premier Division record total for a side batting second and winning if they were to chase the Academy score down – but the BCG is compact and the strip a shirt front, so a home win was always a possibility.
It didn’t help Bashley losing Jacob Gordon (22) before they had got going, but after being contained early on Digby (56) got the scoreboard clicking and with Harry Fisher (51) took the home reply to 121-1.
When the Exeter University geography student became the second of four victims for Hook & Newnham Basics youngster Max Simpson (4-49), Bashley were 162-3 off 30 overs and needing a further 144 off the last 20.  A tall order.
Nonetheless, Michael Porter (49) too motored along nicely but when he followed Tom Friend (22) and Tom Jacques back to the pavilion (at 235-6) Bashley were almost cooked.  Mitch Wilson (22) struck some lusty below before Bashley finally waved the white flag with a creditable 285 on the board.  James Trodd took 2-36.

​"We were always ahead of the game,” Middleton reflected, though 24 hours later he sat nervously as the Academy youngsters chased down a Burridge total of 197-9 to win by two wickets with four balls to spare.
Burridge lost early wickets to Trodd (2-27) and Harry Petrie (3-34), but managed to rebuild through a stand of 71 for the fourth wicket between Hilio De Abreu (37) and Chris Blake (29).
At 138-7 (Pritchard 2-26), however, they looked set for a low score, but Dan Stancliffe (left) smacked a timely 51 adding vital runs with Will Candy and Sully White as Burridge reached 197-9.
Stancliffe then took a wicket with his fifth ball and when Albert perished for two, the Young Hawks were 7-2.
Charlie Mumford (39), who made a century for Bedford School at Eton College the previous day, and Broderick (62) swung the match back again with a century stand, only for past Cape Town all-rounder De Abreu (3-33) to break the stand and leave the Academy 164-7.
But the Ageas youngsters bat deep with Dom Kelly (30) and Harry Petrie adding 30 for the eighth wicket to take the Academy to within touching distance of their second win of a scorching hot and tiring weekend.

Barton Peveril College
Back (from left): Ed Davies, Kian O'Connor, Gary Dhaliwell, Harshpreet Singh, Josh Bennett, Ben Harding . Front: Ed Bethal, Ashneet Chahal, Izzy Apperley, Matt White, PJ Watkins.

Eastleigh’s Barton Peveril College are through to the British Sixth Form T20 finals in Derby next Wednesday (June 23) after a captain’s innings by Matt White carried them to victory over Truro, who set a competitive score of 123.
Prospects didn’t look good for BP when they lost both openers cheaply, but Ed Davis smacked 36 off ten balls to drag the side back into the regional final.
Captain and wicket-keeper, Matt White, was the key to the run chase, batting through and finishing on 52 not out.  He was ably assisted by Ashneet Chahal, who finished 16 not out, their partnership seeing Barton over the line with eight balls to spare.
Coach Simon Woodley said: “This was a very impressive victory with several key players missing, including the usual opening batting pair and the opening bowler.  
“We now prepare for finals day against the other regional winners.  This is the second time in three years Team BP have reached national finals day, showing the growing strength of the cricket programme, run in partnership with Hampshire Cricket Club.

​Former Hampshire opener Jason Laney answered a late St Cross Symondians’ call up to play against Alton and hit a century – but was unable to prevent the overnight leaders being dumped off the top of the ECB Southern Premier League.
Alton chased down a towering 281 to win by six wickets with nine balls to spare – Julian Ballinger, the Brewers’ chairman, pictured left celebrating his 600th SPL victim in the process.
Laney had been due to play for St Cross seconds in a best forgotten six-wicket defeat by Sarisbury Athletic at the Green Jackets, but with Ed Ellis and Felix Organ unavailable and Harry Came gone to Derbyshire his experience – and runs – were needed alongside the Watercress steam railway line.
Laney, who scored over 4,000 first class runs for Hampshire and is now a qualified plumber, didn’t disappoint, his 102 (two sixes and nine fours) largely underpinning the St Cross total which wobbled a little at 105-4.
But Laney added a substantial 156 with Harry Foyle (77) which took the visitors to 261-4 before Ballinger’s milestone 600th scalp triggered a massive collapse.
Laney, trapped leg before, fell at 261, a victim of the evergreen off-spinner, who finished with 5-40 and South African Bash Walters 4-38 as St Cross lost their last six wickets for 20 runs and were 281 all out.
Abhay Gonella (73) led the Alton run chase which began with handy contributions from Tom South (26) and Fletcha Middleton (29), and really clicked into gear when skipper Dan Harris (56) came to the crease. The pair added 102.
Gonella’s key knock, which ended at 221-4, may only have contained four boundaries, but was vital to the Alton cause as the Brewers’ headed towards their first win in four starts.
After he had gone, Scott Myers, with a six and seven fours in his unbeaten 60, and Ryan Hale got Alton home with nine balls to spare.
The win lifted them off the bottom and dropped St Cross Symondians, nursing a second consecutive defeat, to fourth place, 12 points behind leaders Bournemouth ahead of Saturday’s visit of unpredictable Burridge to the Green Jackets Ground, 11.30.

​Burridge successfully held their nerve as Havant tailender Richard Jerry came within 15 runs of rescuing the eight-time ECB Southern Premier Division champions from the brink of defeat and to steering them to astonishing win at Botley Road.
Havant appeared on course for a heavy defeat after collapsing to 39-5 chasing Burridge’s 232 all out, but Jerry (49), fired by Harry Gadd’s earlier fightback, took over the baton to run the hosts far closer than they anticipated.
Dan Stancliffe shone with the new ball, clean bowling Ben Walker for a third ball duck before trapping George Metzger (7) leg before.  Opener Pete Hopson (12) fell two runs later and Havant were 37-4 when Brad Griffiths (2-26) caught and bowled Simon Loat (7). Four balls later skipper Chris Morgan was snapped up by Hilio De Abreu, his opposite number, again off Griffiths.
But from that uninspiring position, Havant mounted a spirited fightback, initially through Harry Gadd (55) and Jez Bulled (27), who added 65 for the sixth wicket before (at 129-7) the Portsmouth University student became Oli Southon’s second victim.
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Jerry put on 54 for the eighth wicket with Richard Hindley (27), progressing 49, from 41 balls with six fours and a six, his enterprising groundstrokes meaning Havant were always up with the run rate.  But with 16 required from three overs, Jerry perished to a good catch by Matt Norris on the long on boundary. That made it 216-9 and one run later Norris pouched another catch to dismiss Alfie Taw.
Earlier, a couple of early wickets for Jerry (3-35) - who dismissed opener Will Donald and South African Norris for six apiece - put Burridge on the back foot.  Joe Collings-Wells fought back with a shot-strewn 37 but when he was run out by Gadd with the score on 55, the Burridge innings was interestingly placed.
De Abreu (58) and Chris Blake (75) then entered into what was ultimately a match-winning partnership of 115. The left hand/right hand combination worked the ball around and punished the bad ball. 
The stand was broken by a phenomenal catch by Gadd to dismiss De Abreu. After De Abreu had skied his shot between mid-wicket and long on, Gadd, running at full pace from mid-wicket and with the ball coming over his shoulder, dived full length to take a wonder catch.  It was a champagne moment, except that Gadd only drinks bottled lager....

ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE
RESULTS – ROUND 7: 12 JUNE 2021

ECB PREMIER DIVISION [50 overs]

Bournemouth 206-7 (Webb 57, N Park 51, Matthews 21, R Willcock 3-44) Hook & Newnham Basics 89 (Love 21, Hurley 3-7, Conway 3-26). Bournemouth won by 117 runs.

Burridge 232 (Blake 75, De Abreu 58, Collings-Wells 37, Jerry 3-35) Havant 217 (H Gadd 55, Jerry 49, Bulled 27, Hindley 27, Stancliffe 3-26). Burridge won by 15 runs.

Hampshire Academy 306-9 (Albert 151, Broderick 56, Pritchard 26, Barker 25, Digby 5-46) Bashley (Rydal) 285 (Digby 56, Fisher 51, Porter 49, Simpson 4-49). Hampshire Academy won by 21 runs.

Lymington 157 (Attrill 43, Cox 30, Burton 3-29) South Wilts 160-3 (Draper 55, Stearman 43, Morton 21). South Wilts won by seven wickets.

St Cross Symondians 281 (Laney 102, H Foyle 77, Trussler 28, Ballinger 5-40, Walters 4-38) Alton 285-4 (Gonella 73, S Myers 60, Harris 56, Middleton 29, South 26). Alton won by six wickets.

Burridge 197-9 (Stancliffe 51*, De Abreu 37, Blake 29, Petrie 3-34) Hampshire Academy 198-8 (Broderick 62, Mumford 39, Kelly 33, De Abreu 3-33). Hampshire Academy won by two wickets.

DIVISION 1 [40 overs]

New Milton 163 (Greig 51, Watts 28, Lavelle 3-40) Calmore Sports 159-8 (Perry 34, Bartlett 4-22). New Milton won by four runs.

Rowledge 183-9 (O Ryman 66, Le Roux 37, Plater 21, Bradley 3-14) Basingstoke & North Hants 186-5 (Oates 61, B Neal 37, J Coombs 21). Basingstoke & North Hants won by five wickets.

Sparsholt 170-8 (Ley 48*, Collison 23, Taylor 23, Banks 21, Kooner-Evans 3-19) Portsmouth 176-5 (Kooner-Evans 61, Duggan 39, Hirani 39, Doran 3-54). Portsmouth won by five wickets.

St Cross Symondians II 185-6 (Clark 53, Preston 37, Naik 23, Foster 22) Sarisbury Athletic 187-4 (J Hill 69, Rawlins 50). Sarisbury Athletic won by six wickets.

Totton & Eling 236-7 (Mugochi 68, Stephens 42, Morris 41) Andover 158 (Birks 70, Green 3-14, Stephens 3-26). Totton & Eling won by 78 runs.

DIVISION 2 [40 overs]

Bashley (Rydal) II 213-7 (Andrew 73, Francis 61) Hartley Wintney 219-4 (Mulvey 65, J Kerr 48, Ross 41). Hartley Wintney won by six wickets.

Liphook & Ripsley 227-9 (Neave 99, Martin 27, Munt 23) Fawley 73 (Gangully 4-20, Randall 4-28). Liphook & Ripsley won by 154 runs.

Ventnor 210-8 (Snell 68, Alleyne 40, Blackman 34) Paultons 77 (C Calloway 4-12). Ventnor won by 133 runs.
Fair Oak 169-7 (Hughes 55, Hockenhull 44) South Wilts II 48 (Gwynn 4-1, Hawkings 4-23). Fair Oak won by 121 runs.

Waterlooville 107 (A Reynolds 34, Tulk 3-12) Old Tauntonians & Romsey 108-4 (Dhariwal 45). Old Tauntonians & Romsey won by six wickets.

DIVISION 3 (40 overs)

Gosport Borough 165 (Stares 32, Adams 24, V Richards 20, Connor 3-44) Basingstoke & North Hants II 124 (Vinn 43, Dyer 22, Richards 4-25). Gosport Borough won by 41 runs.

Hythe & Dibden 134 (Richards 26*, Gates 23, Roberts 21) Hambledon 135-3 (Pratt 35, Ndowora 3-38). Hambledon won by seven wickets.

Hook & Newnham Basics II 175 (Brown 36, Neville 33, Warner 31) Portsmouth & Southsea 176-7 (Davies 65*, Goddard 24, Lee 22). Portsmouth & Southsea won by three wickets.

Langley Manor 298-3 (Budd 137*, Browne 78, Noble 23) Tichborne Park 124 (W Allam 38, Connell 31, Newens 21, Spencer 3-21). Langley Manor won by 174 runs.
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Trojans 214-5 (Yasin 68, Le Bas 53, Boyd 43, Kelly 26) Purbrook 154 (Figgins 41, Lee 29, Limb 21*, Yasin 3-13, Ahmad 3-40). Trojans won by 60 runs.

Bournemouth are top of the ECB Southern Premier League for the first time since they were champions in August 2010.
They leapt to pole position with a thumping 117-run win over Hook & Newnham Basics – a result which coincided with unexpected defeats for overnight leaders St Cross Symondians at Alton and Havant by 15 runs at Burridge.
It sets up a fascinating top-of-the-table showdown against the Hampshire Academy at Chapel Gate next Sunday (11.30), the Young Hawks moving to within four points of Bournemouth after double weekend successes against Bashley (Rydal) and Burridge.
Half-centuries by opener Nick Park (51) and Dorset captain Luke Webb (57), who shared a 109-run partnership after Sam Collins had gone cheaply.
Luke Matthews (21), Simon Woodruff (19) and Adam Davies all helped the score along as Bournemouth posted 206-7, with spin duo Richard Willcock (3-44) and Aniket Divecha (2-46) the visitors most effective bowlers.
Hook’s batting simply fell to pieces as Dan Conway (3-26), Ed Denham (2-21) and Oli Breckon tore into their top order, with only Matt Love (21) and Jordan Hobday (16) putting up much resistance.
Jake Hurley chipped in with 3-7 as Hook’s last six wickets fell for 20 runs and the side to a dismal 89 all out. 

​South Wilts eased themselves into third place in the ECB Southern Premier Division with an emphatic seven-wicket win over Lymington, who sank to the bottom of the pile in the process.
Matt Burton (3-29) once again impressed with the new ball, underlining the importance of line and length as he clean bowled both Lymington openers Ben Rogers and Luke Mortimer, before nailing South African Ximus du Plooy leg before.
The game was effectively over with half the Lymington side back in the pavilion for 38, five wickets falling for 12 runs after Ben Rogers (13) had played three eye catching boundary shots before playing across a straight one, as he so often does.
Terry Crabb went for a duck, Ryan Scott nicked one behind, du Plooy went leg before and Mortimore, after some plucky resistance, departed as Burton’s third victim to leave the hosts in tatters at 38-5.
Dan Cox (30) and Ben Attrill (43), who travel across from the east coast of the Isle of Wight to play for Lymington each week, got their heads down, stabilising the innings with a sixth-wicket stand of 72.  It was arguably Attrill’s best knock in Lymington colours.
After Cox had provided Ben Draper with the second of his third victims, Attrill and Josh Royan (18) put on another 26 before Arthur Godsal (2-32) bowled Attrill and the innings ended at 157 with two run outs.
Prior to those two late fielding dismissals, four of Lymington’s batsmen were bowled, another trapped leg before and three caught behind by Ben Draper, whose keeping skills are improving week by week.
Tom Morton (21) hit five fours to get the South Wilts reply off to a positive start, while young left-hander Jack Stearman was happy to play an anchor role.
He saw Peter Rowe and James Hayward perish to South Wilts raised James Wade (2-25) but seeing the visitors’ 78-3 on the scoreboard was the last success Lymington enjoyed.
Draper drove South Wilts home, hitting nine fours in his 55 not out, while Stearman played the support role and finished with an unbeaten 43 as victory was completed with 11 overs to spare.
A fourth successive defeat has planted Lymington at the bottom of the table ahead of Saturday’s key visit to fellow strugglers Hook & Newnham Basics, who lie two points ahead of them after seven rounds of matches.

It was a day of eye catching and surprise performances in the ECB Southern Premier Division, with -

• Alton bowling St Cross Symondians off top spot by chasing down the overnight leaders' 281 to win by six wickets with nine balls to spare;
• Bournemouth taking over at the top with an easy win over Hook & Newnham Basics;
• Toby Albert scoring a career-best 151 as a young and inexperienced Hampshire Academy beat 2019 champions Bashley (Rydal);
• Havant slipping to a 15-run defeat at Burridge; and
• Lymington being planted on the bottom after suffering a fourth successive defeat by six wickets by South Wilts.

Results -
ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE
RESULTS – ROUND 7: 12 JUNE 2021
ECB PREMIER DIVISION [50 overs]

Bournemouth 206-7 (Webb 57, N Park 51, Matthews 21, R Willcock 3-44) Hook & Newnham Basics 89 (Love 21, Hurley 3-7, Conway 3-26). Bournemouth won by 117 runs.

Burridge 232 (Blake 75, De Abreu 58, Collings-Wells 37, Jerry 3-35) Havant 217 (H Gadd 55, Jerry 49, Bulled 27, Hindley 27, Stancliffe 3-26). Burridge won by 15 runs.

Hampshire Academy 306-9 (Albert 151, Broderick 56, Pritchard 26, Barker 25, Digby 5-46) Bashley (Rydal) 285 (Digby 56, Fisher 51, Porter 49, Simpson 4-49). Hampshire Academy won by 21 runs.

Lymington 157 (Attrill 43, Cox 30, Burton 3-29) South Wilts 160-3 (Draper 55, Stearman 43, Morton 21). South Wilts won by seven wickets.
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St Cross Symondians 281 (Laney 102, H Foyle 77, Trussler 28, Ballinger 5-40, Walters 4-38) Alton 285-4 (Gonella 73, S Myers 60, Harris 56,      28, South 26). Alton won by six wickets.

DIVISION 1 [40 overs]

New Milton 163 (Greig 51, Watts 28, Lavelle 3-40) Calmore Sports 159-8 (Perry 34,   Bartlett 4-22). New Milton won by four runs.

Rowledge 183-9 (O Ryman 66, Le Roux 37, Plater 21, Bradley 3-14) Basingstoke & North Hants 186-5 (Oates 61, B Neal 37, J Coombs 21). Basingstoke & North Hants won by five wickets.

Sparsholt 170-8 (Ley 48*, Collison 23, Taylor 23, Banks 21, Kooner-Evans 3-19) Portsmouth 176-5 (Kooner-Evans 61, Duggan 39, Hirani 39, Doran 3-54). Portsmouth won by five wickets.

St Cross Symondians II 185-6 (Clark 53, Preston 37, Naik 23, Foster 22) Sarisbury Athletic 187-4 (J Hill 69, Rawlins 50). Sarisbury Athletic won by six wickets.

Totton & Eling 236-7 (Mugochi 68, Stephens 42, Morris 41) Andover 158 (Birks 70, Green 3-14, Stephens 3-26). Totton & Eling won by 78 runs.

DIVISION 2 [40 overs]

Bashley (Rydal) II 213-7 (Andrew 73, Francis 61) Hartley Wintney 219-4 (Mulvey 65, J Kerr 48, Ross 41). Hartley Wintney won by six wickets.

Liphook & Ripsley 227-9 (Neave 99, Martin 27, Munt 23) Fawley 73 (Gangully 4-20, Randall 4-28). Liphook & Ripsley won by 154 runs.

Ventnor 210-8 (Snell 68, Alleyne 40, Blackman 34) Paultons 77 (C Calloway 4-12). Ventnor won by 133 runs.

Fair Oak 169-7 (Hughes 55, Hockenhull 44) South Wilts II 48 (Gwynn 4-1, Hawkings 4-23). Fair Oak won by 121 runs.

Waterlooville 107 (A Reynolds 34, Tulk 3-12) Old Tauntonians & Romsey 108-4 (Dhariwal 45). Old Tauntonians & Romsey won by six wickets.

DIVISION 3 (40 overs)

Gosport Borough 165 (Stares 32, Adams 24, V Richards 20, Connor 3-44) Basingstoke & North Hants II 124 (Vinn 43, Dyer 22, Richards 4-25). Gosport Borough won by 41 runs.

Hythe & Dibden 134 (Richards 26*, Gates 23, Roberts 21) Hambledon 135-3 (Pratt 35, Ndowora 3-38). Hambledon won by seven wickets.

Hook & Newnham Basics II 175 (Brown 36, Neville 33, Warner 31) Portsmouth & Southsea 176-7 (Davies 65*, Goddard 24, Lee 22). Portsmouth & Southsea won by three wickets.

Langley Manor 298-3 (Budd 137*, Browne 78, Noble 23) Tichborne Park 124 (W Allam 38, Connell 31, Newens 21, Spencer 3-21). Langley Manor won by 174 runs.

Trojans 214-5 (Yasin 68, Le Bas 53, Boyd 43, Kelly 26) Purbrook 154 (Figgins 41, Lee 29, Limb 21*, Yasin 3-13, Ahmad 3-40). Trojans won by 60 runs.

Former Flamingo captain Stuart Shapland (left) led the way with a half-century as Hampshire Seniors dug themselves out of early trouble to beat their Isle of Wight counterparts by four wickets and win their second ECB 50-plus County Championship group match at Newclose.
Responding to the IWCB's 164-5 (Kerry Rice 71), the Seniors dropped to 39-3 before Shapland (56) and Keith Harsham (35) repaired the damage. A handy 23 from Pete Hayward got Hampshire home.
Hampshire 70s collapsed from 129-2 to 184 all out against Sussex in the National Seventies Championships at Twyford after Peter Green (65) and Ian Watson (44) had laid a solid foundation.  The elders kept missing straight balls, three being bowled and six trapped leg before, Bexhill's Alan May weighing in with 6-41.
The outcome was in the balance with Sussex 78-4, but an unbroken  century partnership between Martin Burgess (65) and (retired) six-time British Open Rackets champion Willie Boone (40) swept the visitors to victory.

 The Southern Premier Division 1 leadership is up for grabs when table topping New Milton host Village Cup hopefuls Calmore Sports at Fernhill, 1230.
Four points currently separate only two unbeaten SPL1 sides, who have each won their opening three matches.
Both sides are minus key players, with New Forest master coach Ryan Beck hoping his gout will clear up soon. The influential Will Brewster and Oxford Blue Ben Fisher are absentees for the visitors.
New Milton: Watts, Edwards, Greig, L Beck, Hall, Golding, Hussey, Loader, Mills, Bartlett, Orman.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Bailey, Johns, Taylor, Moss, Johnson, Manning, Perry, West, Wright, Lepervanche.
Third placed Totton & Eling lost their unbeaten tag at Rowledge but expect to resume normal service when lowly Andover visit Southern Gardens.
Andover: Hooper, Treagus, Andrews, A Duckworth, Ayers, Birks, R Duckworth, Knight, Veettil, Adams, Smith.
Jake Wish split the webbing between his fingers in last week’s win over Totton, but has been handed the water boy job when Rowledge go to May’s Bounty to play winless Basingstoke & North Hants.
But while the inspirational left-hand all-rounder fills up the canteens, the experienced Sam Plater returns at the top of the order and Will Ryman is back from his fresher year at Durham University – but will probably have to bat one behind his 15-year old brother Ollie, who is in good nick.
Rowledge: Ben Wish, Sam Plater, Jonty Sebborn, Zac Le Reux, Will Ryman, Olly Ryman, Ryan Littlewood, Ollie Baker, Ethan Martin, Ricky Yates, David Lloyd.
Sparsholt suffered a double setback last weekend when New Milton pipped them at Locks Lane and Calmore Sports knocked them out of the Village Cup – but both were close run affairs.
The Trees host run shy Portsmouth, while a few miles away St Cross Symondians II, minus ton-up Harry Trussler, entertain Sarisbury Athletic at the Green Jackets ground.
Sarisbury Athletic: J Hill, Rawlins, Bolton, Lovett, Sanders, Franklin, Wright, S Hill, Bradley, Jewell, Orr.
It’s first v second in Premier 2 too, with OTs and Romsey defending their unbeaten four-match start with a ten-point lead over hosts Waterlooville, who are at full strength.
Waterlooville: Archie Reynolds, Alex Shephard, Namish Verma, Sonny Reynolds, Jon Hudson, Dan Birch, Tim Jackson, Sam Robinson, Ashan Silva, Harry McBride, Sam Hillman
Third placed Fair Oak go to South Wilts II, while Ventnor look to end a barren sequence of mainland results at Paultons, whose side is gaining a youthful look with Havant’s Darryn Stares the latest teenage recruit.  Newly wed Josh Metcalfe plays alongside Tony Richman.
Paultons: Simon Ennew, Cameron Grierson, Lee Wateridge, Ben Rogers, Josh Metcalfe, Robert Pike, Tony Richman, Darryn Stairs, Archie Dunn, Harmon Chadhoke, Andrew Denney.
Ventnor: R.Whyte; R.Snell; A.Alleyne; M. Fletcher; B.Woodhouse; M.Blackman; G.Legg; C.Calloway; Zach Wells; Zeph Wells; C.Turpin.
Rock bottom Bashley (Rydal) II make the long haul north to Hartley Wintney, with Liphook & Ripsley hosting Fawley.
Premier 3 front runners Hambledon look to have a home banker against Hythe & Dibden at Ridge Meadow, while Hook & Newnham Basics II face a tricky test against Portsmouth & Southsea, who opened their account last weekend.
Kieran Thomson and Ben Allnutt are both back from injury, while Alex Brown takes the gloves at the KGV.
Hook & Newnham Basics II: Light, Thomson, Warner, Brown, Allnutt, May O, Shore, Gardner, May T, Watts, Neville.
Hambledon: Le Clerq, McGovern, G Marshall, Glanfield, Pratt, Butcher, J Marshall, Khan, Hardman, Harding, Restall.
Gosport Borough are without Mark Toogood for the visit of Basingstoke & North Hats to Privett Park, so emerging all-rounder John Adams is recalled .
Gosport Borough: (from) L Harrop, O Creal, C Pennicott, C Creal, C Stares, V Richards, J Adams, S Taylor, S Creal, G Kitchin, J Harris, J Richards.