​LONGPARISH, who lie 12th in Hampshire League Division 1 after Callum Giles (73) had inspired a dramatic one-wicket win at Ryde.
Standing (from left): Ben Gardner, Jordan Blackmore, Jack Ashmore, Sam Gardner, Nathan Smith, Toby Trinder.  Front: Chris Clarke, Zac Allen, William Samways, Callum Giles. Michael Taplin.

Mottisfont (from left): Ian Bradwell (56 years). Graham Blake (69), Craig Proctor (37). Richard Blake (37). Edwin Moody (64). Steve Godwin (54) Front: Jalpan Patel (41). Ian Jerram (65). Graham Collins (59). Darryl Lawrence (27), Pete Southwell (70).

There’s nothing like a bit of experience when it comes to winning a tight cricket match – and Mottisfont’s ‘Dad’s Army of a team had plenty of that when they beat Laverstock & Ford by one run in a Hampshire League Division 4 West thriller.
The Font sent out a team with a combined age of 579 years, one player aged 70, three in their mid to late 60s and there more of 54 years or more.
Richard Blake (47 runs) and Ian Bradwell (34) top scored in Mottifont’s 155-9, Laverstock finishing one short at 154 all out, 
Bradwell completed a fine day’s work with figures of 3-38, while Blake, Proctor and Patel took two wickets each.

South Wilts thirds suffered a bizarre and somewhat rare hat-trick of run outs in the penultimate over of their Hampshire League Division 2 match against East Woodhay at Bemerton.
With three balls of the 44th over of their innings remaining, South Wilts were handily placed at 209-5.
Off the fourth ball Freddie Sharlow was run out attempting a second run (210-6).
Next ball skipper Tom Pearce, who had made 45, was run out was non-striker and when new batter Rebecca Blake ran past him.
Then off the very last ball, Amila Maduragoda was run out as he too attempted a second run.
Ironically, the 45th over was a maiden, South Wilts closing  at 211-8, with extras top scoring with 50.
East Woodhay went on to win by four wickets, batting themselves out of trouble at 135-6.

Harry Shardlow and William Welch hit centuries before South Wilts’ pulled off a one-run victory over  Purton in a remarkable Wiltshire Under-15 League match at Bemerton which produced a staggering 677 runs and with the outcome in doubt until the very last ball.
Sharlow, with two sixes and 20 fours in his unbeaten 150, shared two significant partnerships, initially 171 with Welch (104) and then 150 with Alex Vincent (49) as South Wilts posted 339-7 in 40 overs.
With Adam Davison scoring 136, Purton hit back hard and eventually needed two runs to win off the last ball, which George Nash arrowed through the stumps of Cavan Bramwell (37) to give South Wilts a one-run win.  Purton closed an agonising 338-7.
South Wilts scorer Adrian James completed a marathon day with the books, starting at 10am with the U13s and not finishing until 7.10pm when stumps were drawn on the Purton thriller.  

Ben Rogers hit an unbeaten 120 to power Bournemouth to a 51-run victory over neighbours Parley in the HCB Under-17 Kerry Cup.  
His century contained four sixes and 12 fours and came in a hefty second-wicket stand with Conor Smith (40) as Bournemouth posted 181-4 before restricting Parley to 130-9 (Kieran Laird 43).
Second round draw: Alton v Trojans, Hursley Park v Bournemouth, Hambledon v Aldershot, Compton & Chandler's Ford v Havant or Petersfield, Rowledge v Hartley Wintney, Sparsholt v Hedge End or Winchester District, Totton & Eling v Bashley (Rydal).

Tichborne Park opener George Ayling (pictured) thought he was on a winner after smashing a career-best 155, including 11 sixes and 11 fours, off the Ryde attack in a Hampshire League Division 1 run fest at Harding Shute.
He scored just of half of Tichborne Park’s towering 304 all out – but it wasn’t enough !
Ayling found himself upstaged by 16-year old Oscar Vandecastle, who struck an unbeaten 138 to sweep Ryde to a remarkable one-wicket victory with 14 balls to spare.
The teenager hit two sixes and 13 fours, carefully shepherding Ryde from 227-8 and into a winning position.  Ryde’s last two wickets added 78 runs.  It was their first win of the season.
Compton & Chandler's Ford now top Division 1 after an emphatic 119-run win at Odiham & Greywell coincided with Old Basing losing.

Standing (from left): Ollie I’anson, Toby Gray, George McCarthy, Tinashe Chimbambo, Will Fisher, Fawwaz Anjum.  Front: Scott Spearing, Mat Scorey, Alex Spearing, Andy Gorty, Ethan Sharpe. 

Four wins from their opening five matches has taken Compton & Chandler’s Ford to within three points of Old Basing at the top of Hampshire League Division 1.
Powerful batting has enabled CCF to post totals of 275-plus on three separate occasions, with Will Fisher and Jameel Khan each scoring centuries.
Compton have just signed 33-year old Zimbabwean Tinashe Chimbambo, who plays franchise  cricket for Mountaineers and made 89 on debit against Longparish last weekend.
Results –
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 337-8 (Fisher 137*, Gorty 69, Jassal 47) beat Portsmouth 208 (Gorty 6-53, Rathod 3-28) by 129 runs.
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 227-8 (Rathod 68, Fisher 42) beat Winton 225-9 (Gorty 4-25) by two wickets.
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 95 (Power 5-23) lost to Tichborne Park 96-4 by six wickets.
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 275-9 (Khan 112*, Gorty 57, A Spearing 30) beat Alton II 144 (Sundram 3-37) by 131 runs.
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 294-8 (Chimbambo 89, Gorty 55, Sharpe 49, Spearing 37*) beat Longparish 111 (Anjum 4-25, Fisher 4-23) by 183 runs.