St Cross Symondians Under-15s Rory Kilpatrick kept his nerve during a batting collapse to hit an unbeaten 41 and guide St Cross Symondians to a five-wicket ECB Under-15 Cup victory over Wimborne & Colehill at the Green Jackets Ground.
After bowling Wimborne out for 88, Hampshire champions St Cross appeared to be cruising towards victory at 51-1 – but they promptly lost three wickets without adding a single run.
Kilpatrick, who had been batting well with Jack Roberts (19), later found a reliable partner in Oliu Knight (12) and together they knocked off the remaining runs.
Earlier, Harry Cross (3-20) and Arthur Molden (2-6) reduced Wimborne to 34-5. Fred Boger (36) boosted the visitors’ score.
St Cross now face a trip to Somerset for the ECB south and west regional play-offs on July 25.
