Charlie Mumford struck a career-best 153 and his fourth century in 25 days as the Hampshire Academy beat Lymington by 61 runs to keep the pressure firmly on St Cross Symondians in the ECB Southern Premier League title race.
The Young Hawks trail St Cross by seven points with two matches left, at Totton & Eling on Saturday and then Hook & Newnham Basics away on September 3.
Opening the batting, Mumford, above, guided the Academy out of early trouble at 43-3 and towards a handsome 318-9, in response to which Lymington made a creditable 257.
A man-of-the-match award would have been interesting as team-mate, Alton raised Jude Wright hit 64 before celebrating a 5-38 return with the ball.
Josh Royan (3-36) and Guy Layman made early inroads for Lymington, but a massive 190-run partnership between Mumford and Wright took the initiative clean away.
Mumford peppered the short stadium-side boundary, with six maximums and 19 fours before Wright (64) offered up a return catch to Layman, who finished with 3-60.
The burly Lymington seamer also got Mumford as wickets fell as the Academy progressed to 318-9.
The Young Hawks trail St Cross by seven points with two matches left, at Totton & Eling on Saturday and then Hook & Newnham Basics away on September 3.
Opening the batting, Mumford, above, guided the Academy out of early trouble at 43-3 and towards a handsome 318-9, in response to which Lymington made a creditable 257.
A man-of-the-match award would have been interesting as team-mate, Alton raised Jude Wright hit 64 before celebrating a 5-38 return with the ball.
Josh Royan (3-36) and Guy Layman made early inroads for Lymington, but a massive 190-run partnership between Mumford and Wright took the initiative clean away.
Mumford peppered the short stadium-side boundary, with six maximums and 19 fours before Wright (64) offered up a return catch to Layman, who finished with 3-60.
The burly Lymington seamer also got Mumford as wickets fell as the Academy progressed to 318-9.
 Ryan Scott 80 |  Kamran (65) and Jovan (41) Dhariwal |
Lymington soon lost opener Ben Rogers, but from 51-3 (Terry Crabb 25) gradually worked their way into a decent position, through Ryan Scott, who struck an eye catching 80, and King Edward VI talent Kamran Dhariwal (65) and elder brother Jovan (41).
Wright’s influence with the ball began to count as the tall Churcher’s College prefect removed both Kamran Dhariwal (174-4) and Scott (200-5).
Oli Cordery (3-33), aged 15 from Hambledon, partnered Wright as Lymington gradually faded away to finish with a nonetheless creditable 257 all out.
Wright’s influence with the ball began to count as the tall Churcher’s College prefect removed both Kamran Dhariwal (174-4) and Scott (200-5).
Oli Cordery (3-33), aged 15 from Hambledon, partnered Wright as Lymington gradually faded away to finish with a nonetheless creditable 257 all out.
Jude Wright, fine all-round performance for Academy.
