Eighteen wickets fell for less than 200 runs at Havant, where Basingstoke & North Hants lost eight batsmen before edging a narrow win, chasing their hosts’ 95 all out.
Bowlers reigned supreme on a Havant Park surface that hadn’t dried out after Thursday’s heavy rain, with Martyn James (3-23) quickly plunging Havant into trouble at 19-3.
With only nine more runs added, Sibonelo Makhanya (left) removed Hampshire U17 skipper Harry Gadd, before Richard Hindley (13) and Christopher Morgan (21) pushed the score past 50.
Mitchell Stokes then had Hindley trapped leg before and David Griffiths (2-20) did likewise to remove Morgan.
Havant’s top scorer Cameron Prentice (31) added useful lower order runs, but Stokes (4-27) removed the tail as the 2017 Premier champions were all out for 95.
The Bountymen’s reply started in the same vein as the visitors’ opener Dan Belcher and Craig Williamson were back in the pavilion, with only 19 scored thanks to Richard Jerry (3-30).
Ben Thane (10) and top scorer in the match Makhanya (35) took up the mantle and took the score to 42, before Thane departed.
Makhanya, playing his farewell Basingstoke match before returning to South Africa for pre-season training with the Dolphins, and Max Harsham moved the score to 63-3, before Richard Hindley (4-13) triggered a middle order collapse and suddenly the Bountymen were 69-7.
Jerry then removed Matt Thankachan to make it 81-8, but experienced pair Stokes (11) and James saw them home at 96-8 with 25 overs to spare.
Bowlers reigned supreme on a Havant Park surface that hadn’t dried out after Thursday’s heavy rain, with Martyn James (3-23) quickly plunging Havant into trouble at 19-3.
With only nine more runs added, Sibonelo Makhanya (left) removed Hampshire U17 skipper Harry Gadd, before Richard Hindley (13) and Christopher Morgan (21) pushed the score past 50.
Mitchell Stokes then had Hindley trapped leg before and David Griffiths (2-20) did likewise to remove Morgan.
Havant’s top scorer Cameron Prentice (31) added useful lower order runs, but Stokes (4-27) removed the tail as the 2017 Premier champions were all out for 95.
The Bountymen’s reply started in the same vein as the visitors’ opener Dan Belcher and Craig Williamson were back in the pavilion, with only 19 scored thanks to Richard Jerry (3-30).
Ben Thane (10) and top scorer in the match Makhanya (35) took up the mantle and took the score to 42, before Thane departed.
Makhanya, playing his farewell Basingstoke match before returning to South Africa for pre-season training with the Dolphins, and Max Harsham moved the score to 63-3, before Richard Hindley (4-13) triggered a middle order collapse and suddenly the Bountymen were 69-7.
Jerry then removed Matt Thankachan to make it 81-8, but experienced pair Stokes (11) and James saw them home at 96-8 with 25 overs to spare.
