ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER CRICKET LEAGUE
RESULTS – ROUND 16 – 17 AUGUST 2019

ECB PREMIER DIVISION

Havant 137-7 (Bulled 34, Burns 27*, A Damley-Jones 4-21)
Burridge 139-4 (Chowdhury 44, Blake 24, De Abreu 22, Burns 3-30)
Burridge won by six wickets.

Lymington 169-8 (Metcalfe 76*, Hand 42, Pardoe 5-22)
Bashley (Rydal) 172-6 (Friend 36, Walker 36, Pardoe 25*, Wilson 21, A Turner 20)
Bashley (Rydal) won by four wickets.

South Wilts 278-8 (Rowe 67, Mynott 65, Murray 35, Hussey 25, Khanna 3-47)
Hampshire Academy 128 (Regan 28, Abbas 27, Murray 3-14, Warner 3-17)
South Wilts won by 150 runs.

St Cross Symondians 264-4 (Adams 134*, Ellis 41, Foyle 25)
Bournemouth 189-9 (C Park 67*, Conway 32*, Williams 3-22)
St Cross Symondians won by 75 runs.

Cancelled: Alton v Basingstoke & North Hants.

DIVISION 1

Portsmouth 181
Calmore Sports 186-6
Calmore Sports won by four wickets.

Sarisbury Athletic 105 (Sanders 40, Evans 4-14)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey 106-6 (Wood 30, R Newman 24)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey won by four wickets.

Sparsholt 181 (Haworth 52, L Doran 26, Baker 4-39)
Rowledge 185-8 (Lloyd 58*, Sebborn 35, Baker 24)
Rowledge won by two wickets.

Cancelled: Andover v New Milton, Ventnor v Hook & Newnham Basics.

DIVISION 2

Fair Oak 146-9 (Hockenhull 32, Gwynn 30, Hugher 25, J Teale 3-19, Knibbs 3-26)
Hartley Wintney 147-8 (W Kerr 55, Broderick 43, Gwynn 3-20)
Hartley Wintney won by two wickets

Langley Manor 198-9 (Browne 57, Smith 40*, Ponting 32)
Basingstoke & North Hants II 200-5 (May 62, Dyer 45*
Basingstoke & North Hants II won by five wickets.

St Cross Symondians II 203-9 (Middleton 65, Hadfield 51, Brown 31, Jancur 4-35)
Liphook & Ripsley

South Wilts II 163-8
Waterlooville 165-6
Waterlooville won by four wickets.

Cancelled: Totton & Eling v Paultons.

DIVISION 3

Fawley 248-4 (Munir 124, E Earl 55*)
Fareham & Crofton 179 (Wimble 74, Kent 36, B Parratt 4-51)
Fawley won by 69 runs.

Trojans 87 (Boyd 30, Taylor 6-27)
Bashley (Rydal) II 88-1 (J Turner 37*, Lewis 35*)
Bashley (Rydal) II won by nine wickets.

Cancelled: Hambledon v Hythe & Dibden, Lymington II v Portsmouth & Southsea, Purbrook v Tichborne Park.

The 'Kings of the Forest' derby between Bashley (Rydal) and Lymington is set to go ahead at the BCG, as is St Cross Symondians' match with Bournemouth at the Green Jackets.
Yesterday's wet weather has, however, impacted today's SPL programme with these matches (as at 1030) being cancelled -
Andover v New Milton
Ventnor v Hook & Newnham Basics
Hambledon v Hythe & Dibden
Totton & Eling v Paultons
Lymington II v Portsmouth & Southsea
* Clubs seeking pitch inspections should contact Denis Emery asap.

​he Southern Premier and Hampshire Leagues are bracing themselves for the first total washout of the season following today’s heavy rain across the region.
With three rounds of matches remaining and championship, promotion and relegation issues reaching a climax, cricketers expect to wake on Saturday morning with news that squares and outfields are flooded – and that shopping and all those jobs around the house that need doing are high on the ‘alternative attraction’ agenda !
Senior umpiring guru Denis Emery will rise at dawn to get his panel of umpires clad in oilskins and wellies and inspecting grounds before they tuck into their bacon and eggs.
Premier Division leaders Bashley (Rydal), homing in on a maiden championship triumph, are due to host New Forest rivals Lymington, with a 36-point lead over second placed St Cross Symondians safely tucked under their belts.
A postponement will make it virtually impossible for 2018 winners St Cross (at home to Bournemouth) to make up the leeway, unless Bashley suffer heavy defeats in their remaining two games against Bournemouth and South Wilts.
At the bottom, time is not on the side of Basingstoke & North Hants, who will be certain to finish last if their match at Alton is rained off.  They trail the second-from-bottom Brewers by 52 points.
The other scheduled Premier Division games are Hampshire Academy v South Wilts and Havant v Burridge.
Hook & Newnham Basics, 33 points clear of Sparsholt at the top of Division 1, are due to set sail for the Isle of Wight to play relegated Ventnor, with chairman Keith Lovelock already penning a travel refund application to Wightlink.
Sparsholt have Rowledge visiting, with Portsmouth due at Calmore Sports.   Relegation rivals OTs & Romsey have Sarisbury Athletic as guests.
SPL2 leaders Totton & Eling have a derby with Paultons, while St Cross Symondians, 23 points behind them, await a call from Liphook & Ripsley.
Bashley (Rydal) II, whose lead at the top of SPL3 has been trimmed to 28 points, are scheduled to visit Trojans, who have slipped into the drop zone.  Resurgent Portsmouth & Southsea have little hope of playing at relegated Lymington – a game they ideally needed to play – which means next Saturday’s showdown with Trojans will almost certainly be a relegation decider.
County Division 1 top dogs Hook & Newnham Basics II host Bedhampton, with second placed Parley at home to Alton II.
 

Ben Attrill [left] hit three fifty-plus scores as the Isle of Wight rallied to clinch a place in the ECB 50-over B Cup semi-finals against Hertfordshire at Knebworth Park on Sunday, noon.
He made scores of 58 in the 61-run win in Cornwall and 51 in the three-wicket victory over Wiltshire – but saved his best against Dorset at Newclose.
The Island were in desperate trouble at 57-5 when Attrill (72) joined Grayshott’s Ali Wheble (62) in a century stand which carried the IOW to 220-6 and to an eventual 28-run win which secured top spot in the group.
Attrill, who is planning to spend the winter playing club cricket in Western Australia, also scored 58 in the three-day drawn match against Dorset.   All the Island team’s Championship matches were drawn.
Spinner Dan Cox took 19 wickets in both formats.
Island results -
50-over Cup Group 4B
Isle of Wight 220-6 (Attrill 72, Wheble 62) Dorset 192 (J Turner 65, Royan 27, Bailey 24, Braken 23, Cox 3-40).  Isle of Wight won by 28 runs.
Berkshire 206 (Zeph Wells 3-56) Isle of Wight 98 (Le Roux 31, Creighton 5-11). Berkshire won by 108 runs.
Wiltshire 231 (Cox 3-33, Lucas 3-41, Wells 3-44) Isle of Wight 232-7 (Attrill 51, Brown 44). Isle of Wight won by three wickets.
Isle of Wight 215-7 (Cox 72, Attrill 58, Brown 35) Cornwall 154 (Cox 3-20). Isle of Wight won by 61 runs.
County Championship Group 4B
Isle of Wight 152 (Attrill 58, Gordon 4-46, Braken 3-27) and 213-9 (Cox 47, Robson 38, Attrill 33, Wheble 28, Gordon 5-55) Dorset 203 (Neill 74*, Lewis 44, Attrill 6-63) and 106-5 (J Turner 35, Attrill 3-43).  Match drawn.
Isle of Wight 247 (Brown 41, Zeph Wells 37, Cox 35, Wheble 29) and 129-4 (Brown 54, Wheble 45*)
Wiltshire 244-7 (Wade 73, Cox 4-25) and 53-3.  Match drawn.
Cornwall 300-7 (Zach Wells 4-57) and 167-2.  Isle of Wight 217 (Robson 71, Brown 36) and 189-7 (Zeph Wells 59, Brown 44).  Match drawn.
Isle of Wight 247 (Brown 41, Zeph Wells 37, Cox 35, Wheble 29) and 129-4 (Brown 54, Wheble 45*)
Wiltshire 244-7 (Wade 73, Cox 4-25) and 53-3.  Match drawn.

Hampshire’s youngsters will have to be content with a bridesmaid’s tag in this season’s ECB Under-17 County competitions, being runners-up in the 50-over Cup and beaten semi-finalists in the three-day County Championships.
They hoped to wipe away the disappointment of losing to Northants in the Cup final by qualifying for the upcoming County Championships finals at Arundel Castle – but, having waltzed their way through the west group, were beaten by Surrey in the 3-day semi-finals.
The toss proved all important at Totton & Eling’s Southern Gardens, where Hampshire were rushed out for 90 and then dismissed again for 169 after Surrey had posted 207.  
Fletcha Middleton (55) and Harry Broderick (42) top scored for Hampshire, but Surrey, needing only 53 to win in their second innings, cruised home by eight wickets to tee up an Arundel gig against Cheshire on Tuesday week, August 27.
Left-armer Sean Hunt, who at 6'5" projects an intimidating presence to and from the crease, returned match figures of 10-85 for Surrey.

Hampshire lost by one run to Glamorgan in a dramatic last ball finish to a thrilling ECB Second XI Trophy T20 final at Arundel Castle.
Set a competitive 123 to win, Hampshire were on the brink of victory (at 120-7) when Ian Holland (58) drilled Roman Walker’s penultimate ball to extra-cover.
It left Lymington’s Gareth Schreuder with the unenviable task of scoring three runs off the last ball, which he was only able to hit for a single to deep mid-on.
The 19-year old wicketkeeper/batsman, who finished with 15 not out, had just previously added a precious 24 with Holland, who earlier lifted Hampshire from an uncertain 42-4, sharing an innings rescuing partnership with Tom Scriven.
In the end, Billy Root’s unbeaten 47 at the tail end of the Glamorgan innings proved crucial.
Earlier, Hampshire beat Durham by five wickets in the semi-final, Scriven (25) and Ollie Soames (23) sharing the decisive stand after the side had stumbled to 53-5 chasing 93.  
Sixteen year old Ben Glendinning (remember the name !) took all five Hampshire wickets at a personal cost of 13 runs.
James Fuller took 4-9 and 3-23 in the two matches.
Semi-final
Durham 93 (Weighell 27, Fuller 4-9, Holland 2-14) Hampshire 97-5 (Scriven 25*, Soames 23*, Glendinning 5-13). Hampshire won by five wickets.
Final 
Glamorgan 122-7 (Root 47*, Brown 17, Fuller 3-23) Hampshire 121-8 (Holland 58, Scriven 17, Schreuder 15*, Walker 3-17, Szymanski 2-30). Glamorgan won by one run.

Hampshire Seniors are set for a winner-take-all shoot-out with Somerset at Hursley Park next Tuesday afternoon to see who wins the National Over-60s South Group and proceeds to the final against either Lancashire or Warwickshire.
Beaten by Essex last month, but subsequently victorious against Hertfordshire, the Seniors moved into second place in the six-county group with a resounding nine-wicket win over Wales.
Now everything hinges on the outcome against Somerset, who have won both their matches and had two weather abandoned.
Inserted on a bright but blustery afternoon at The Quarters, Wales struggled against the accuracy of the Hampshire opening bowlers, led by the miserly Paultons' all-rounder Steve Mitchell, who conceded only 13 runs off his nine overs.
Hampshire exerted a stranglehold that saw the visitors limp to 50 at drinks.  Efforts to break the shackles were led by Michael Lloyd (52) but, with wickets falling regularly, Wales rarely exceeded three runs an over. 
                                                                                    Baker's victims
Rowledge left-armer Chris Yates (3-29) and Barry Goodman (4-37), in particular, hurt the visitors and despite some enthusiastic hitting, the final total of 146-8 was clearly well below par. 
Goodman struggled to locate his radar initially, but once he rearranged Lloyd’s stumps there was no holding the Hook & Newnham Basics ace. Goodman became Goldman in president John Rickard’s eyes.
Once again, the bowlers were well supported by some excellent ground fielding and with former Saints midfielder Graham Baker snaffling three victims behind the stumps. Hampshire looked competent and organised.
Neil Trestrail and Andre Manders started in the same mode as they finished against Hertfordshire last week, moving briskly to 29 before a misjudgement gifted Wales a run out and sent the Lymington batsman trudging back to the pavilion. 
Skipper Geoff Beale joined Manders and, with no alarms, took the hosts to 50 in 11 overs and 100 in 20.   The partnership of 121 was broken as Manders (71*) pulled a muscle and retired, leaving Beale (49*) to hit a four to win the game and secure an extra bonus point.

Dan Wimble blasted five sixes and ten fours in a blistering 93 as Fareham & Crofton successfully chased down Hythe & Dibden’s 235-7 to win by seven wickets and give their prospects of Southern Premier League Division 3 survival a significant boost.
It was Fareham’s four win in the past six matches and lifted them out of the danger zone, albeit only ten points ahead of Portsmouth & Southsea, whom they beat during their recent fine run.
But the omens didn’t look that good for the Bath Lane visitors when Tom Gates (82) and Zac Millar (70) shared a 116-run stand and eventually point Hythe to a handy 235-7.
That didn’t stop Wimble, who unleashed a boundary barrage on the Waterside bowlers as sixes and fours flew off his bat around the compact Jones lane ground.
Wimble shared consecutive 80-run plus partnerships with James Heiniger (32) and teenage left-hander Viraat Sahu, whose unbeaten 58 contained three maximums and five fours.
Fareham waltzed home with eight overs to spare.
But Tom Kent’s side know the club’s survival mission is far from over as P & S also keep winning – leaders Bashley (Rydal) feeling the full effects of a 52-run defeat the BCG as the Southsea side tightened the whole scenario at the foot of the table.
Jack Davies hit 100 (two sixes and 11 fours) and shared a marvelous 181-run launch with Matt Benfield (77) as Portsmouth & Southsea piled up an impressive 284 (Jake Peach 41).
Despite their lofty status, it was all too much for Bashley, who made a creditable 232 in response, with Patrick Lewis hitting 70.  
It was Bashley’s second defeat in three outings, one which has loosened their grip at the top, where their lead has been cut to 28 points.
Those results – third placed Hambledon and strugglers Trojans had their matches postponed – didn’t go unnoticed at Holbury, where Fawley closed the gap and planted Purbrook in the bottom four with a five-wicket win.
Similarly, with table topping Bashley (Rydal) II and relegation battlers Portsmouth & Southsea left on the menu, Trojans themselves are in trouble.
Josh McCoy’s 59 stood out in Purbrook’s 187-9 (Bailey Parratt 4-27), while Jon Lush (64) led the way as Fawley, aided by Kieron Earl (30) and Sufian Munir (31), cruised home with time to spare.
So, that’s left the for the teams batting to avoid dropping into the Hampshire League next season alongside relegated Lymington II ?
Remaining games –
Fareham & Crofton: Fawley (h), Tichborne Park (a), Bashley (Rydal)(h).
Purbrook: Tichborne Park (h), Bashley (Rydal)(a), Portsmouth & Southsea (h).
Trojans: Bashley (Rydal)(h), Portsmouth & Southsea (a), Lymington (h)
Portsmouth & Southsea: Lymington II (a), Trojans (h), Purbrook (a).

​South African youngster Jason Knibbs scored his second Southern Premier League century of the season as Hartley Wintney cruised to a 142-run victory over visiting South Wilts II.
His 100, which took his run tally for the season past the 500 mark, underpinned a formidable 265-5 by Hartley Wintney.
The left-hander, who announced his Hartley arrival with 117 on the opening day of the season against St Cross Symondians II, watched from the non-striker’s end as Will Kerr and Harry Broderick departed in quick succession.
But with Hartley Wintney rocking at 4-2 after early blows struck by James Wade and Matt Burton, Knibbs proceeded to share a free-flowing 144-run partnership with Scott Baldwin, who smashed 83.
South Wilts, 12 points ahead of Basingstoke & North Hants II in the relegation zone, lost Sam Arnold, trapped leg before first ball by Anthony Parson, who proceeded to rip through the visitors’ top order.
The former Finchampstead and Valley End seamer, who celebrated a 5-38 haul, removed Joe Cranch (19) and Steve Riddle in successive deliveries before the defiant Jack Stearman (20) and Rob Pittman perished to make it 55-5.
Luke Hansford (40) gave some beef to South Wilts’ middle-order, but Baldwin’s spell of 3-6 ended their token resistance at 123 all out.

Langley Manor are 49 points adrift and all but mathematically down after being bowled out for 101 and beaten by 26 runs by Paultons at Knellers Lane.
Simon Peters could hardly believe it, having reduced Paultons to 15-3 and later 63-5, four of his eventual 6-37 return coming with the new ball.  Scott Dawes (41) kept Paultons ticking over before Peters returned to the attack.  Nick Doubell produced a tidy spell of 2-16 off his ten overs.
But those bowling figures proved all in vain as the Manor plunged to 58-7 (Dawes 3-35) and 101 all out.
Waterlooville lie fourth from bottom but aren’t out of the mire after a five-wicket defeat by Liphook & Ripsley.   They made 161 (Tommy Greene 40), but were unable to prevent Harry Munt (30), Rob Nicklin (29) and Suman Ganguly (24) from easing Liphook to a comfortable win with nine overs to spare.
   

A second defeat in the past three matches has seen Totton & Eling’s once powerful lead at the top of Southern Premier League Division 2 trimmed to a mere 23 points.
Some 42 points clear of third placed Liphook & Ripsley, they are virtually assured promotion; indeed, they will be if St Cross Symondians II win at Ripsley Park on Saturday.
But skipper Sam Bracey ideally wants Totton to rise as SPL2 champions instead of becoming embroiled in a frantic scrap for the silverware with St Cross, who are gradually closing the gap.
Beating noisy neighbours Paultons at Southern Gardens this weekend is a must for Totton, who were rolled over for 106 and beaten by an identical margin at Fair Oak.
The Oaks posted 212-9, mainly on the back of second-wicket duo Tom Hockenhull (43) and Ed Kemp (29) and later, after a partial wobble, middle-order trio Rufus Bullough (27), Rhys Oxley (23) and Assad Abbas (24). 
Opener Oli Thomas (35) stood alone as Fair Oak cut through the Totton batting – key man James Taylor was on Team Solent soccer management duty - and was eighth out at 83.  Charlie Gwynn took 3-20.
Jack Middleton made an unbeaten 91 as St Cross Symondians beat relegation threatened Basingstoke & North Hants II by 67 runs.
Jason Laney (38) and Steve Hirst (27) earlier provided St Cross a bright 73-run start, which became 89-4 with four wickets falling for 16 runs to Greg Donaldson (3-28).
Middleton, the highly respected ladies’ hockey coach, later added an important 68 with James Allen (24) as St Cross batted themselves into a winning position.
Joshua Coombs (34) and Josh May (26) eased Basingstoke to 84-1 before leading SPL2 scalp hunter Dave Orchard pictured cherry-picked 5-30 and the visitors collapsed.   Josh Weir (36) helped BNH to an eventual 151.
Orchard now has 39 wickets and is only six victims short of a record Premier 2 haul.  Left-arm spinner and Sky Sports angling guru Andy Ford (once hit for six sixes in an over by Kevin Cresswell in a Southampton Evening League match at Mansell Rec) took 44 for Burridge in 2006.
Remaining matches –
Totton & Eling: Paultons (h), Hartley Wintney (a), Basingstoke & North Hants (a).
St Cross Symondians: Liphook & Ripsley (a), South Wilts II (h), Fair Oak (a).

Hampshire Under-17s were skittled for 90 and trailed their Surrey counterparts by 85 runs at the end of day one of the ECB County Championship semi-final at Totton & Eling.
Put into bat in bowler friendly conditions at Southern Gardens, Hampshire ran into immediate trouble against tall left-armer Steve Hunt (4-25), who quickly removed Tom Prest and Fletcha Middleton.
Only Toby Albert (19), Jamie Regan (15), Harry Broderick (14) and Tom South (12) got into double figures as Hampshire were dismissed for 90 inside 40 overs.
Surrey were reduced to 46-4, but Ashtead’s Ben Geddes hit 68 to put the visitors firmly in the driving seat at 175-8 at stumps.  James Trodd took 3-28.
The second day's play [Wednesday] was washed out by heavy rain.
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​Thirty-three points separate leaders Hook & Newnham Basics from second placed Sparsholt going into the final Southern Premier League Division 2 three-match run-in.
The pair both enjoyed comfortable wins in their respective round 15 matches, Hook by six wickets over Rowledge and Sparsholt by 36 runs against relegation strugglers Calmore Sports at Loperwood Park.
Hook and Newnham Basics bounced back from their Sparsholt defeat by bowling Rowledge out for 133 and winning at a stroll.
They were soon in control through Jack Murrell (3-20), the former Paultons seamer removing Chris Yates, Sam Plater and Fraser Wilson with only 15 scored.
Teenager Ollie Baker (25) and top scorer Jontie Sebborn (62) moved the score to 54, before Anik Devicha ran out Baker.   Sebborn continued to underpin the innings but was losing partners fast as lanky left-armer Liam Shore (2-42) sent  David Lloyd and Ian Metcalfe back to the KGV pavilion.
At 84-6 Rowledge looked in trouble, they were in even more dire straits soon after a Divecha (3-30) reduced them to 88-9.  Sebborn and Richard Forbes added 45 for the last wicket, before Richard Willcock trapped the top scorer as they were all out for 133.
Hook’s reply suffered the early loss of Harry Robson for four, but Daniel Moore continued his excellent recent form with 42 and along with Kieran Thomson (29) they took the score to 83.
At this point, both were dismissed, but any hopes the visitors had soon vanished as Willcock and Matt Buckingham (14) took the home side to 120. Buckingham being the last Hook man out as Willcock (18 not out) and Josh Buckingham (14 not out) saw them home with 16 overs to spare.
Jeremy Frith shone with bat and ball as Sparsholt ground out a 36-run win over Calmore Sports, whose bowlers gave little away – Steve Wright (1-11) and Mark Lavelle (1-16) conceding only 27 runs off their combined 20 overs.
Frith (46) and Sam O’Brien (30) added a crucial 50 before the evergreen Mike West (3-47) impacted the middle-order to leave Sparsholt defending 164-7.
Calmore, sweating with a bare seven-point lead over OTs & Romsey at the basement, were rolled over for 128 (Ben Johns 30) by Frith (4-12) and the emerging Liam Doran (3-37).
OTs & Romsey put up a decent fist of it on Southsea’s gale swept St Helen’s ground and went down by 16 runs after dismissing Portsmouth for 196.
Ben Duggan (65) top scored for Portsmouth, while Hampshire’s Chris Wood (40) and Charlie King (36) eased OTR to 93-2 before the innings fells away against spinner Fahad Ahmed (3-15), Andy Marston (3-32) and Fraser Hay (3-52).
Charlie Ayres hit an unbeaten 49 to steer Andover to a five-wicket win over Sarisbury Athletic, whose 134 contained a half-century by Jack Lovett (54).
Winless Ventnor are now officially relegated. Lee Beck and Dan Loader shared six wickets as Ventnor fell to 91 all out and an eight-wicket defeat at New Milton, for whom Toby Edwards (46) didn’t hang about.   The season can’t end soon enough for the beleaguered Steephill 

​​It’s been an agonizing wait – he’s previously been out four times in the nervous nineties and once on 99 – but Ryan Covey can at last celebrate his maiden ECB Southern Premier Division century.
It came with a match winning 100 not out, which carried Alton to a rain trimmed seven-wicket win over Havant at the Jubilee.
His 11-boundary hundred, scored off 110 deliveries, eased Alton past Havant’s 200-8 with eight balls of a truncated 44-over affair remaining.
Covey was run out for 99 at Bournemouth in June, but wasn’t prepared to allow a second opportunity to slip from his grasp as he delighted in making the winning hit to bring up his ton.
Alton needed one of their top order to get their head down and Covey obliged, playing an initial support role in a 53-run launch with Dan Harris (31) and then the decisive and unbroken stand with Scott Myers (31 not out) which got the Brewers home.
Havant’s total had been built around Pete Hopson (47), Stuart Ransley (43) and Richard Hindley (49), the innings falling away from 141-2.  Matt Bacon’s 4-28 return took his season’s tally to 35 wickets.
 

Hampshire’s aspiring cricketers will be in ECB County 2nd XI T20 Finals Day action at Arundel Castle on Thursday.
They play Durham in the second semi-final at 1.45pm and, if successful, will play either Glamorgan or Nottinghamshire in the tea-time final.
Hampshire: Felix Organ (captain), Harry Came, Scott Currie, Ajeet Dale,  James Fuller, Calvin  Harrison, Ian Holland, Gareth Schreuder, Tom Scriven, Ollie Soames, Ryan Stevenson. 

Hampshire’s Academy side is eyeing a fourth place ECB Southern Premier Division finish after snatching a two-wicket win over Bournemouth with four balls of a rain affected match at Chapel Gate remaining.
Put in, the Lions posted a modest 203-8 from their 50 overs.  The Academy chased down 196 to win from 46 overs, with Oli Southon smacking the second ball of Tom Robinson’s final over to the boundary.
Scott Currie took two early wickets before Luke Webb (31) steadied the Lions.  Off-spinner Tom Prest, who finished with 4-31, removed both Webb and Luke Matthews (21) before Currie returned to bowl Simon Woodruff (29).
The Dorset raised Academy pair – Currie (younger brother of Bashley Rydal’s Bradley) hails from Poole and Prest from Canford – reduced Bournemouth to 135-7 before Chris Park (29) and Robbie Pack (26) provided the innings with late impetus.
After the early loss of Tom South, Prest (22) and Fletcha Middleton (30) eased the Academy to 54-2 before Ed Denham (4-37) created uncertainty at 69-4.
Fifth-wicket pair George Metzger (45) and James Regan (35) added a vital 81 before the Academy lost three wickets for six runs and dropped to 156-7.
The county youngsters always looked as though they would get across the line once Mo Abbas and Southon came together, but it took them until the final over before Southon, who hit a match winning 26 not out, secured the win.
The Academy are now only nine points behind fourth-placed Lymington with three matches to play.

Thirty-six points behind, defending champions St Cross Symondians have a bit to do if they are to wrest the ECB Southern Premier Division title out of Bashley Rydal’s waiting hands.
But with three games to go they top the 50-over pennant table, three points ahead of the champions-in-waiting after a comprehensive seven-wicket win at Lymington, who have lost their last four matches.
They whipped Lymington, the early season pacemakers, out for 146 and coasted to victory on the back of an unbroken century stand between Max Curtis [pictured] and Matt Stokes.
South African Marvin Williams (3-28) and Simon Beetham (2-15) thrived in the damp, blustery conditions and reduced Lymington to 57-5.
Although seven batsmen got into double figures, only teenager Dan Cox (38) got more than 20.
The emerging Island-based spin all-rounder was supported by Matt Metcalfe and Josh Royan as Lymington’s ninth wicket yielded 44 runs before Hampshire prospects Harry Came and Felix Organ bagged two wickets each to terminate the innings. 
Came went quickly when St Cross replied and Metcalfe (2-38) nipped out Billy Mead (22) and Felix Organ second ball at 44-3.
But a St Cross victory was never really in doubt once Curtis (56) and Matt Stokes (44) found their bearings.  They added an unbroken 103 as St Cross cantered home with 16 overs to spare.                                                                 

Southern Premier League cricket, Wiltshire and the recreational game in north-west Hampshire has been saddened by news of the death of Andover stalwart Lesley Morgan, the club's President, past secretary, scorer, registration and Club Mark officer to name but many roles.
She was an integral member of Andover for over 40 years and right up until her untimely death, was actively pushing ACC forwards as President of the club. 
Lesley was massively involved with scorer coaching/development and was a past chairman of the Wiltshire CAO.  She also scored for the Minor Counties team.
* Lesley's funeral is at Salisbury Crematorium on Friday 31 August 2019 at 1pm.


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​​Hampshire Under-17s face Surrey YCs in the three-day ECB County Championship semi-finals at Totton & Eling’s Southern Ground, starting on Tuesday 11am.
Beaten in last month’s ECB 50-over Cup final, Hampshire emerged undefeated in the West group, winning three of their four matches, with Tom Prest scoring 514 runs, in addition to taking 19 wickets. Tom South [pictured by Roy Honerybone] has made 352 runs (plus 11 catches) and Toby Albert 316.  Mo Abbas and James Trodd have each taken 22 wickets and Harry Petrie 14.
Surrey YCs are similarly unbeaten, with Ashtead’s Ben Geddes the stand out batsmen, with three centuries to his name this season.
A serious knee injury has ruled Havant’s Freddie Gadd out of the Hampshire squad, but Toby Albert is fit to return.
Hampshire Under-17s: Fletcha Middleton, Tom Prest, James Regan, Toby Albert, Tom South, George Metzger, Harry Broderick, Mo Abbas, James Trodd, Harry Petrie, Josh Croom, Kam Khanna.

Bashley (Rydal) require 33 points from their last three matches of the season to secure the ECB Southern Premier Division title for the first time.
That target figure will diminish if defending champions St Cross Symondians, currently in second place, fail to take maximum points from their games.
Bashley have home matches with Lymington (Saturday) and South Wilts (August 31) either side of a visit to Bournemouth.
Those 33 points should comfortably be within Bashley’s reach, but if Michael Porter’s side thought the title was already in the bag, they got a rude awakening at May’s Bounty.
They eventually won there by 62 runs – but only after ninth-wicket pair Brad Currie and George Wilson had spared their batting blushes.
Put into bat in blustery bowler friendly conditions Bashley lost early wickets to Chris Jolley (3-42), before Michael Porter (28) and Tom Friend initiated a recovery.
Friend (35) took a particular liking to Ash Neal, dumping the young off-spinner out of the ground three times in one fateful over, which cost 23 runs.
Neal took some consolation by catching Friend soon after as Bashley lurched from 92-4 to 107-8, Kieron Wood, son of Julian, taking 2-11, his first SPL wickets.
Bottom-of-the-log Basingstoke were sniffing only a third win of the season, only to have their prospects blown away (quite literally) by Bashley’s ninth-wicket pair George Wilson (45) and Bradley Currie (40), who turned the game with a 73-run partnership.
Only opener Max Harsham (31) made his mark as Basingstoke sank to 55-7 in response, Currie (4-17) and George Pardoe (2-19) slicing through the top order.
It took a second consecutive half-century by young Joe Oates (56 not out) and a tenth-wicket stand of 56 involving Lawrence Benge (20) to get Basingstoke to a relatively respectable 137 all out.
Basingstoke, 51 points adrift at the bottom, will be relegated if they lose at Alton on Saturday.

 
 
 
 
 
 

​Jack Mynott starred with bat and ball as South Wilts pulled off a 76-run win over Burridge at Bemerton to secure a probable third place finish in the ECB Southern Premier Division.
Opening, he hit 71 to lead South Wilts out of trouble at 39-3 and point his side towards a match winning 223-7 before removing Burridge danger-men Joe Collings-Wells and former Hampshire batsman Derek Kenway in a decisive 3-21 spell.
Tom Morton, Arthur Godsal and James Hayward were all back in the Wilton Road pavilion before the South Wilts score reached 40.
But Mynott linked with Ben Draper (45) to add 93 and lift South Wilts to 132-4.
Carefully going about his business and striking only two boundaries in his patient 110-ball stay the crease, Mynott paved the way to enable South Wilts to strengthen their position.
Newly-wed Peter Rowe (32 not out) prospered with Raff Hussey (16), Ryan Murray (19) and latterly Luke Evans as South Wilts moved on to 223-7.
The Burridge reply never really got into gear after Will Harries (2-20) and Godsal had made early inroads.
They dropped to 49-3 before Mynott (at 79-4) nipped out Collings-Wells (48).
They rallied to 129 (Kieran Geyle 20) before James Hayward (3-8) struck three more blows.
Kenway (43) watched from the non-striker’s end as Hayward whirled his magical triple – and then became a second victim for Mynott - with the influential Hayward again the catcher.
Burridge fell away to 147 all out, with Mynott wrapping up his gold award by bowling teenage wicket-keeper Oli Wright.
 

New Zealand T20 international Tom Bruce put Havant’s to the sword and ended the local Southern Premier League club’s hopes of playing in a Lord’s ECB Royal London national club championship final.
Playing for Weybridge, Bruce hit three sixes and eight fours in an unbeaten 87 which swept the Surrey Championship side past Havant’s 173-7 and to a seven-wicket win with seven overs to spare.
Bruce, who has made 14 T20 International appearance for the Black Caps, shared a big stand with former Winchester College all-rounder/captain Ollie Mills, who made 59.
Chris Stone top scored with 73 for Havant, alongside Chris Morgan (31) and Richard Hindley (25).

​ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER CRICKET LEAGUE
RESULTS – ROUND 15 – 10 AUGUST 2019
 
PREMIER DIVISION
 
Bashley (Rydal) 199 (Wilson 45, Currie 40, Friend 35, Porter 28, Jolley 3-42)
Basingstoke & North Hants 137 (Oates 56*, M Harsham 31, B Currie 4-17)
Bashley (Rydal) won by 62 runs.
 
Bournemouth 203-8 (Webb 31, Woodruff 29, C Park 29*, Pack 26, Prest 4-31, S Currie 3-25)
Hampshire Academy 197-8 (target score 194 off 46 overs)(Metzger 45, Regan 35, Middleton 30, Southon 26*, Denham 4-37)
Hampshire Academy won by two wickets.
 
Havant 200-8 (Hindley 49, Hopson 47, Ransley 43, Bacon 4-28)
Alton 201-3 (Covey 100*, Harris 37, S Myers 31*)
Alton won by seven wickets.
 
Lymington 146 (Cox 38, Williams 3-28)
St Cross Symondians 147-3 (Curtis 58*, Stokes 47*)
St Cross Symondians won by seven wickets.
 
South Wilts 223-7 (Mynott 71, Draper 45, Rowe 32*)
Burridge 147 (Collings-Wells 48, Kenway 43, Hayward 3-8, Mynott 3-21)
South Wilts won by 76 runs.
 
DIVISION 1
 
Portsmouth 196 (Duggan 65, Hay 28, R Newman 3-45, Evans 3-39)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey 180 (Wood 40, King 36, Dhariwal 25, Ahmed 3-15, Marston 3-32)
Portsmouth won by 16 runs.
 
Rowledge 133 (Sebborn 62, Baker 25, Murrell 3-20, Divecha 3-30)
Hook & Newnham Basics 135-4 (Moore 42, Thomson 29)
Hook & Newnham Basics won by six wickets
 
Sarisbury Athletic 134 (Lovett 54, M Hooper 3-23)
Andover 135-5 (C Ayers 49*, A Ayers 28, Treagus 24, J Hill 3-57)
Andover won by five wickets.
 
Sparsholt 164-7 (Frith 46, O’Brien 30, West 3-47)
Calmore Sports 128 (Johns 30, Frith 4-12, Doran 3-37)
Sparsholt won by 36 runs.
 
Ventnor 91 (Woodhouse 28, L Beck 3-28, Loader 3-28)
New Milton 92-2 (Edwards 46, Mortimore 23*)
New Milton won by eight wickets.
 
 
DIVISION 2
 
Fair Oak 212-9 (Hockenhull 43, Kemp 29, Bullough 27, Abbas 24, Adams 3-39)
Totton & Eling 106 (Thomas 35, Gwynn 3-20)
Fair Oak on by 106 runs.
 
Hartley Wintney 265-5 (Knibbs 100, Baldwin 83, Teale 27*)
South Wilts II 123 (Hansford 40, Parson 5-38, Barlow 3-6)
Hartley Wintney won by 142 runs.
 
Paultons 127 (Dawes 41, Peters 6-37)
Langley Manor 101 (Dawes 3-35)
Paultons won by 26 runs.
 
St Cross Symondians II 218-7 (Middleton 91*, Laney 38, Hirst 27, Donaldson 3-28)
Basingstoke & North Hants II  151 (Coombs 34, Weir 32*, May 26, Orchard 4-11)
St Cross Symondians II won by 67 runs.
 
Waterlooville 161-5 (Greene 40, Goddard 32)
Liphook & Ripsley 162-5 (Munt 30, Nicklin 29, Ganguly 24)
Liphook & Ripsley won by five wickets.
 
DIVISION 3
 
Hythe & Dibden 235-7 (Gates 82, Millar 70, Stow 27)
Fareham & Crofton 238-3 (Wimble 93, Sahu 58*, Heiniger 32)
Fareham & Crofton won by seven wickets.
 
Portsmouth & Southsea 284 (Davies 100, M Benfield 77, Peach 41, Presland 3-49)
Bashley (Rydal) II 232 (Lewis 70, Hattingh 39, Saunders 3-36)
Portsmouth & Southsea won by 52 runs.
 
Purbrook 187-9 (McCoy 59, Barber 25, B Parratt 4-27)
Fawley 189-5 (Lush 64, Munir 31, K Earl 30,
Fawley won by five wickets.
 
Matches postponed: Hambledon v Lymington II, Tichborne Park v Trojans.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Havant pictured before last week's ten-run win over South Wilts.
Standing (from left): Jez Bulled, Richard Jerry, Stu Ransley, Graham Burns, Alfie Taw, Siviwe Gidana. Seated: Harry Gadd, Pete Hopson, Chris Stone, Chris Morgan, Simon Loat.

​Havant will be without the holidaying Brothers Gadd for Sunday's ECB Royal London Cup National Stage tie at fifth-placed Surrey Championship side Weybridge.  

Hampshire face past finalists Essex in the ECB 50-plus County Championship quarter-finals at New Milton’s Fernhill ground tomorrow [Sunday], 11am.
Hampshire: Andy Worth, Andy Giles, Chris Wheeler, Stu Shapland, Keith Harsham, Matt Thankachan, Andre Manders, Neil Taylor, Nick Gargaro, Keith Harris, Tim Wheatley, Ian Stuart, Pete Doust.

Hampshire Under-17s have been drawn 'away' to Surrey YCs in the ECB County Championship semi-finals - but will host the three-day match at Totton & Eling's Southern Gardens ground on Tuesday-Thursday, 11am start, as Surrey are unable are find a suitable ground.
The winners will play either Cheshire or Nottinghamshire in the final at Arundel on August 27.