​VENTNOR secured their second consecutive Isle of Wight Indoor Cricket Cup title after producing commanding performances in the finals against Northwood B and St Helen's. 
With George Watts and skipper Danny Cox scoring 30 not out and 24 respectively, Ventnor reached 134-4 before skittling Northwood for a paltry 38, Charlie Calloway and Watts taking two wickets each.
Off-spinner Cox (2-16) and Will Mew (2-17) did the damage as St Helen's (who beat Porchfield in their semi-final) were dismissed for 76 in the final, Ventnor, 52-3 at one stage, winning by three wickets through an unbeaten 26 by Toby Noyes.
Ventnor will represent the IWCB in 2025 ECB indoor championships.

Four matches remaining and South Wilts are right in the mix in the ECB Southern Premier League championship race.
A comfortable seven-wicket win over Basingstoke & North Hants leaves  them in third spot, five points behind the top table topping Hampshire Academy and two adrift of Bashley (Rydal), in second place.
Of the clubs in contention - St Cross Symondians lurk menacingly in fourth place - South Wilts have arguably the least demanding run in.
Remaining fixtures for the title contenders -
Academy: St Cross Symondians (a), Alton (h), Basingstoke & North Hants (a), South Wilts (h).
Bashley (Rydal): Bournemouth (a), St Cross Symondians (h), Alton (a), Basingstoke & North Hants (h).
South Wilts: Burridge (a), Lymington (a), Havant (h), Academy (a).
St Cross Symondians: Hampshire Academy (h), Bashley (Rydal)(a), Bournemouth (h), Burridge (a).
Basingstoke lost four wickets before the score reached 50 at Bemerton - Aussie Ryan Freeman taking 2-35 - and needed a fifth-wicket rescue act from George Metzger (48) and Matt Deadman (21) to get anything like a competitive score on the board.
The pair added 55 before Metzger was bowled by Rob Pittman at 100-4. Tom Grant (3-35) took three of the next five wickets to fall as Basingstoke dropped to 137-9 before last pair Ali Brown and Prashant Yelpale added a bonus 29.
Jack Mynott led the way with an unbeaten and ten boundary 62 as South Wilts recovered from the early loss of James Degg to cruise home in the 33rd over.
Tom Cheater (37), Harry Broderick (24) and Ben Draper (24 not out) played key support roles, while Brown's left-arm spin was rewarded with a 2-38 return.
Basingstoke host Lymington at May's Bounty on Saturday (12.30) with a 16-point cushion over bottom side Havant, whom they visit on August 17.

Teenage opener Harry Fairchild hit an unbeaten 88 to sweep defending champions Wimborne to a seven-wicket win over Bere Regis - a result which coincided with leaders Dorchester losing tO Poole Town.
Bere Regis were dismissed for  135 (Paul Veit 46) - a total which Wimborne chased down, with Fairchild hitting a six and11 fours in his 88 not out.
He had previously been in good form for Dorset Under-18s scoring 57 and 101 in the ECB defeat by Cornwall in Penzance.
Richard Armstrong hit 91 not out as Poole Town scored 214-5. Dorchester replied with 162-5.

How often in his long and distinguished career has Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara taken more wickets than he scored runs in a match ?
Never maybe ?  
Well, that was until he turned out for Dorset League Division 3 leaders Shillingstone against Cattistock & Symene and, coming to the crease at five after a healthy knocks by Nick Marshall (91) and Sam Morris (88), he was caught off the bowling of Oliver Batt for just three.
Shillingstone went on to post a match winning 257-9 before unleashing their star bowler Kumar Sangakkara, who took four Cattistock wickets for ten runs with his off-spin as the visitors collapsed from 155-4 to 165 all out !  
It was Sangakarra's seventh appearance for Shillingstone during which he's made 359 runs, including 126 at Abbotsbury, and taken 15 wickets, his spell of 4-10 against Cattistock being his best figures.
His solitary wicket in first class cricket came in Harare in May 2004 when a three-day match between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe A was drifting towards a draw. He was successful with a leg before wicket appeal, finishing with 1-13 of four overs.
Sangakkara averaged 57.40 in Test cricket and 42 in ODIs.  At the time of his retirement, Sangakkara was the second-highest ODI run-scorer after Sachin Tendulkar, and the sixth-highest Test run-scorer. He scored 38 centuries in Test cricket and 25 in ODIs. 

WIMBORNE are through to regional finals day of the ECB Twenty20 National Cup.
Six wins from six in the group stages, over Chalke Valley, Blandford and Sherborne, qualified Wimborne for the Dorset finals.
In the semis, held at Hamworthy, Wimborne eased to a 58-run win over Poole Town. They posted a total of 151-6, with Harry Serjeant (51) and Harry Fairchild (31*) top scoring.  Poole were restricted to just 93-8. Connor Houldsworth (2-12) and Alfie Appleby Ingram (2-15) were the pick of the bowlers.
The Dorset final then saw a clash with Bere Regis, who had defeated Broadstone in the last   four.  Wimborne totalled 152-8, with opener Hugh Atkinson (52) playing a starring role, hitting eight boundaries.
Bere Regis were then bowled out for 128, both Atkinson and Appleby Ingram taking three wickets apiece. Wimborne now progress through to the south region finals at Amersham and play Sussex champions Preston Nomads CC in the semi-finals.  Burridge and Banbury play the other semi.

PARLEY
Back (from left): Billy Fletcher, Jack Nicholls, Louis Parkin, Marcus Bragginton, Lewis Barber, Max Trueman. Front: Sid Farney, Sam Collins, Cameron Laird, Tom Saunders, Spencer Savage.

Tom Saunders starred as Parley beat Bournemouth by 11 runs to lift the Wimborne Evening League's Campbell T20 Cup at Hamworthy Sports Club.
Having hit an unbeaten 81 (eight fours and two sixes), Saunders took 3-14 with the ball, in addition to taking two catches.  Parley made 154-4 (Sam Collins 28) before restricting Bournemouth to 136-8, Lewis Fear scoring 38.

Ventnor teenager Sam Mills hit a superb 94 to point the Isle of Wight to an exciting three-wicket win over the MCC at Shanklin, where Harry Anstee (115*), Jack Marston (59) and Sam Martin-Jenkins (48*) scored the bulk of the visitors' 281-6.
Ventnor pair Sam Guerin (60) and Boo Fletcher (42) gave the IWCB a 105-run start before five wickets fell or 23 runs.  Cue Hampshire U16 starlet Mills, fresh from victims behind the stumps, to strike a 17-four 94 and share a decisive stand with Dan Cox (37). The Island won with nine overs to spare, Simon Beetham taking 3-43.

The Isle of Wight Over-50s in their new sponsored kit.

​A village cricketer has spoken of the “surreal shock” of dismissing the great Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara in Division Three of the Dorset County League last weekend.
Sangakkara has moved to Dorset because his children attend Bryanston School and turned out for Shillingstone CC on Saturday, because his long-time agent Charlie Austin plays for the club. They came up against Kingston Lacy at Pamphill Green in Wimborne Minster.
In a 76-run victory, Sangakkara, batting at No 5, made 68 from 50 balls (including a partnership of 63 with first-drop Austin) before being bowled by medium pacer John Burns, who could not quite believe what had happened.
“He made batting look so effortless and we were all awestruck watching him,” said Burns. “He had hit me for six a few overs before but he was coming down the wicket every few balls. I held back my length and he missed it and the ball hit the leg stump.
“I didn’t really celebrate because I couldn’t believe it – I was in shock. I expected the ball to sail back over my head and if he had connected I think they would still be looking for the ball today!  The whole experience was surreal and it was a privilege to meet and play against him.
“I was starstruck afterwards but he was very nice taking photos and signing things afterwards. “He even came to the local pub and bought us all a round of drinks.”
Sangakkara had promised Shillingstone that he would turn out for them this season, having taken part in a charity Q & A  - in aid of the Somerset & Dorset Air Ambulance - for them earlier this year.  
“There was a massive buzz in the changing room, which is a mix of ages young and old, and everyone was excited to have him in there,” said Sangakkara’s new team-mate Nick Marshall.
“One of our players lent Kumar some whites to wear. We were all getting out cheaply and he came in and took his time not playing any risky shots, before starting to go a bit harder. “He spoke to us about how to approach batting on different wickets.”
Sangakkara, 46, scored more than 28,000 runs for Sri Lanka across formats, including 12,400 in Test cricket at an extraordinary average of 57. That places him sixth on the all-time Test run-scoring list.
He retired professionally at the end of 2017 and now divides his time between media work, often with Sky, and as director of cricket for Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals.
Since moving to Dorset he has been helping to train the county’s unbeaten over-50s team.