The leading three clubs in the British Gas Southern League Division 3 promotion race all crashed to defeat – two of them to sides in the relegation zone.
Leaders Basingstoke & North Hants II suffered a shock five-wicket loss to bottom of the table Hursley Park.
Fellow strugglers Fair Oak chased down Bashley Rydal’s 256-8 to win by seven wickets and Gosport Borough nailed Waterlooville.
Matt Branford (67) and Joe Theobald, with 58 and a 3-44 return, were Hursley’s heroes at May’s Bounty.
Harry Anstee, pictured, hit a maiden 107 for Bashley II, from 103-3 Oaks won the match at the BCG – Ed Kemp and Asad Abbas each hitting 93 not out in an unbroken 157-run stand.
Top order duo Tom Larner (62) and Lee Harrop (69) helped Gosport reach 259 in the 54-run win over Waterlooville.
Fawley’s survival prospects took a double hit with a 38-run defeat at Purbrook coinciding with Alton II winning by four wickets at Havant.
Leaders Basingstoke & North Hants II suffered a shock five-wicket loss to bottom of the table Hursley Park.
Fellow strugglers Fair Oak chased down Bashley Rydal’s 256-8 to win by seven wickets and Gosport Borough nailed Waterlooville.
Matt Branford (67) and Joe Theobald, with 58 and a 3-44 return, were Hursley’s heroes at May’s Bounty.
Harry Anstee, pictured, hit a maiden 107 for Bashley II, from 103-3 Oaks won the match at the BCG – Ed Kemp and Asad Abbas each hitting 93 not out in an unbroken 157-run stand.
Top order duo Tom Larner (62) and Lee Harrop (69) helped Gosport reach 259 in the 54-run win over Waterlooville.
Fawley’s survival prospects took a double hit with a 38-run defeat at Purbrook coinciding with Alton II winning by four wickets at Havant.
