Matt Deadman hits first 50 of the season [Martin Fisher]
Basingstoke & North Hants paid the penalty for twice surrendering good positions against Calmore Sports and suffered a narrow six-run defeat to the upcoming national Village Cup finalists.
Chasing Calmore's 192-8, Basingstoke raced to 109-1 and were later in an equally encouraging situation at 152-4 when they lost five wickets for 13 runs and were all out for 186.
Matt Deadman, with a breezy 53 which included three sixes, and Dubs Wood (49) made the early running before Mark Lavelle (4-29) and Liam Carty (2-24) began to create inroads and send the Bountymen into decline.
Ali Brown and Jake Fincken added 30 for the last wicket to take Basingstoke to 186 off the penultimate ball.
Earlier, Ben Johns (39) top scored for Calmore, with Ben Fisher (37) and Ben Perry (26) adverting middle-order problems created by Joe Oates (4-47). Deadman took four catches.
Chasing Calmore's 192-8, Basingstoke raced to 109-1 and were later in an equally encouraging situation at 152-4 when they lost five wickets for 13 runs and were all out for 186.
Matt Deadman, with a breezy 53 which included three sixes, and Dubs Wood (49) made the early running before Mark Lavelle (4-29) and Liam Carty (2-24) began to create inroads and send the Bountymen into decline.
Ali Brown and Jake Fincken added 30 for the last wicket to take Basingstoke to 186 off the penultimate ball.
Earlier, Ben Johns (39) top scored for Calmore, with Ben Fisher (37) and Ben Perry (26) adverting middle-order problems created by Joe Oates (4-47). Deadman took four catches.
Ben Fisher important 37 for Calmore [photo his dad !]
