South Wilts left-arm spin all-rounder Archie Fairfax-Ross underlined the benefits of six winter months in Australia by scoring his maiden century against the Hampshire Academy on the Utilita Bowl Nursery Ground.
He peppered the boundary rope with eight maximums and six fours, 84 of his best yet 106 crossing the line. But, for all his efforts, South Wilts lost a 50-over warm-up match which produced 539 runs, by four wickets.
Fairfax-Ross, who wintered on Queensland's Gold Coast, was joined in the South Wilts 269-run fest by Harry Broderick (47) and Ben Howgrave-Graham, who smacked a quick-fire 45.
Andover's Sam Ashman (46) and Dom Kelly (50) responded for the Academy, whose match winner was Finn Gordon, who celebrated his 17th birthday with a blistering 73 not out, which included three sixes and eight fours. With support from Ethan Martin (21 not out), Gordon lifted the Academy from 160-5 to victory.
He peppered the boundary rope with eight maximums and six fours, 84 of his best yet 106 crossing the line. But, for all his efforts, South Wilts lost a 50-over warm-up match which produced 539 runs, by four wickets.
Fairfax-Ross, who wintered on Queensland's Gold Coast, was joined in the South Wilts 269-run fest by Harry Broderick (47) and Ben Howgrave-Graham, who smacked a quick-fire 45.
Andover's Sam Ashman (46) and Dom Kelly (50) responded for the Academy, whose match winner was Finn Gordon, who celebrated his 17th birthday with a blistering 73 not out, which included three sixes and eight fours. With support from Ethan Martin (21 not out), Gordon lifted the Academy from 160-5 to victory.