The draw for the semi-finals of the May's Bounty based Cyril Thompson T20 Trophy has been made, with Hook & Newnham Basics "B" playing Yateley on Tuesday evening and Chawton v Overton or Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall on August 7.
Recent results -
Aldermaston Rugby 120-7 (Mandeep Sharma 49*, Toby Charlton 3-33, Jacob Channon 2-26) Chawton 121-1 (Jacob Channon 77, Sam Charlton 29*). Chawton won by 9 wickets.
Hook & Newnham Basics "B" 227-3 (Tom May 102, Kev Light 46) Kingsclere 103 (Ed Lyle 19, Ollie May 3-10, Ollie Webster 3-12, John Clarke 2-16). Hook & Newnham Basics won by 124 runs.

The Isle of Wight youngsters were five minutes away from forcing a hard earned draw against their Dorset counterparts in the ECB Under 18 County Championship at Newclose.
They were denied when Dorset chased down a second innings 81 to win the three-day match by nine wickets just in the nick of time - the ground being submerged by a downpour soon after stumps were drawn.
Only 30-overs play was possible on day 1 with Dorset, put into bat, closing on 136/1, emerging Parley batsman Kieran Laird (66) and Harry Fairchild (46). Bournemouth left-hander Ben Rogers (68),  Parley's Sam Rook (28) and Freddie Pittaway (Ferndown Wayfarers)(37) weighed in as Dorset went on to total 339 (Tom Southcott 3-55). 
Bournemouth left-armer Conor Smith (4-42) and fellow spinner Tom Munnings (4-46) sent down a massive 43 overs as the IWCB was dismissed for 174 - Ventnor's Sam Mills (44) top scoring, supported by Ollie Cheeseman (34) and mainlanders Josh Carpenter (27) and Neil Shelar (24)
Smith enforced the follow on and finished with match figures of -139 off 48 overs as the Islanders fought hard to reach 248, Basingstoke's Shanton Shahane (79) leading the way.
It left Dorset needing 84 to win, but the an eye on the incoming weather, openers Archie Frost (30) and Laird (41 not out) scored 53 in nine overs to set up a win just before the rain came.
Dorset and the IWCB meet again in a T20 double header at Hamworthy on Sunday, before Dorset entertain Cornwall in a three-day county championship match at Wimborne on Tuesday August 1.

Alton's Sam Ruffell hit a century as the Isle of Wight CB posted a massive 363-7 to beat their Cornwall counterparts by three wickets in a run strewn three-day county Under-17 match at Newclose.
The island teens, backed by several mainland youngsters (Ruffell among them) spent plenty of time chasing leather as Cornwall openers Billy Taylor (127) and Dan Phillips, with a century in each innings, dominated the square.  The pair put on 242 in the first innings and 148 in the second as Cornwall ran up 414 and 224-4 in the second, Shanton Shahne taking 4-56.
The IOW responded with 276 - Ruffell making 79 and Oscar Vandercasteele 52 - before setting out on their mammoth yet successful run fourth innings chase.  Ruffell led the way with 108, supported by Francis Moore (52), Sam Mills (42), Will Mew (31) and Josh Carpenter with a key 26 not out at the end.

​An elated Rafferty Woods holds the Alan Rowe U11 Cup flanked by his delighted Hursley Park team-mates.

Hursley Park are celebrating a magnificent cup double for their Under-11s who have carried off the Winchester & District CA Oliver Cup and the Hampshire county Alan Rowe trophy.
Coached by Andy Spink and Raman Prendergast, they beat South Wilts by 24 runs in the T20 Oliver Cup final.
They then trimmed Odiham & Greywell by 13 runs to lift the county U11 crown, played under the 100 format.
William Cole struck an unbeaten 45 as Hursley posted 121 (Vivaan Laad 23) in the Oliver Cup before dismissing South Wilts for 87, skipper Rafferty Woods taking 4-12..
Cole inspired again in the 100-format Alan Rowe final, with Aryan Chitre the pick of the bowlers, taking three wickets, including two in one set.
Roshan Kumar took an outstanding catch which turned the Odiham & Greywell final in Hursley's favour. 

​Cricket in the Portsmouth area is about to say its fond and sad farewells to popular stalwart player and adminstrator John Meare, who died recently, aged 72 years. 
Mr Meare, who lived in Bridgemary, Gosport, and spent his working life in HM Naval Base, played for many seasons for RNAD before beginning a long asociation with Cormorants and United Services, Portsmouth.
He only bowled off a short run-up, three or four paces at most, but often bemused opposing batsmen with his speed.
Mr Meare, a 'gentle giant' on and off the field, devoted years to the sport he loved and was fixture secretary at Cormorants and US Portsmouth.  He played for and later managed the HM Naval Base sides in national competitions.
His funeral is at Portchester Crematorium at 3pm on Tuesday (July 18) and afterwards in the Cams Hill PH.

​A second consecutive defeat has loosened Compton & Chandlers Ford's grip in the Hampshire League title which they won last year.
Odiham & Greywell beat them by four wickets to strengthen unbeaten Hursley Park's lead at the top of Division 1.
Only Will Fisher (45 not out) stood firm as James Birch (6-26) and Scott McGnaughrin (3-56) skittled CCF for 95.
Ash Lovell (3-15) and Fisher (2-15) hit back, but their efforts were in vain.
Hursley Park, meanwhile, scored an eighth straight win with Oli Green, left, starring with bat and ball in the 43-run at lowly Winton.
Tom Flynn (37) top scored in Hursley's 153, but off-spinner Oli Green, having made 30, wrecked Winton with a career-best spell of 7-27. They were dismissed for 110.

Hursley Park created a spot of Hampshire League history when women's team duo Ashneet Chahal and Sara Baker opened the bowling in their 24-run Division 4 North victory over East Woodhay II at The Quarters.
They shared the new ball after Nick Best had plundered 109 of Park's 178-7. Chalal, who made 26 with the bat, struck twice in her first two overs and produced figures of 2-16 off her nine overs, with Baker conceding 22 off seven.  Mike Brimble took 3-9 as East Woodhay made 154 all out.

Hursley Park have stolen a mid-season march on champions Compton & Chandler's Ford at the top of the Hampshire Cricket League.
They effectively lead their close rivals by 14 points after Compton & CF crashed to a five-wicket defeat after being put into bat and dismissed for 141 (Scott Spearing 40) by Ryde.
Tom Durman hit 61 for Ryde having shared six of the CCF wickets with Kerry Rice.
The Flynn brothers, William (71) and Tom (69), starred as Hursley Park rattled up 257 and won by 68 runs at Bournemouth.
South African Ben Hummell hit 184 (26 fours) for East Woodhay against Hythe & Dibden.

It took more than the Just Stop Oil protestors to halt Lymington III's bid for a Hampshire League South West Division 5 victory over Brockenhurst at Balmer Lawn. 
​Lymington were on the brink of overhauling Brock's 124 all out when a herd of New Forest cattle surged on to the outfield, causing play to be halted. Fortunately, Mark Jackson negotiated a deal whereby the cows left the field, so Lymington could complete a six-wicket win.

The Isle of Wight Cricket Board have appointed Nick Heelan [above] as their Cricket Development Manager. 
Having recently retired from Hampshire Constabulary as a Senior Detective, Nick is well known across the Island having played both cricket and rugby on Vectis isle since 1998 when he moved across with his family. 
The Cricket Development Manager role is responsible for delivering Cricket across the Isle of Wight and some of the IWCB's key priorities include supporting our local clubs to thrive and grow, to deliver County Cricket across all the age groups, to deliver and develop Women and Girls Cricket and to continue to grow the Islands Disability cricket. 
Nick brings a wealth of Managerial experience with him to the cricket board combined with a passion for cricket and in particular Island Cricket.
Nick said ‘ I am really delighted to have been offered the CDM role as local cricket is something very close to my heart and I wanted to give something back to the sport that I have loved since childhood. 
"The ECB and IOW Cricket Board have a primary mission to ‘Make Cricket the Game for me’ and to be fully inclusive so I will strive to increase the size of the ‘cricket family' here on the Island and I send an open invite to anyone who would like to get involved in any way be it as a player, coach, Umpire , Scorer or as a volunteer to help with all the practical organisation required to please contact me at cdm@isleofwightcricket.co.uk