Ben Hyde, Hartley hitting hero [Dave Vokes]
Hartley Wintney broke their six-match duck with a dramatic one-wicket win at Ventnor, where they recovered from 75-6 to edge past the islanders’ 203-9 with ten balls to spare.
They looked set to suffer a seventh straight defeat when Hampshire Under-15 prospect Harry Broderick and skipper Rhys Batcup (45) came together to add 60 for the seventh wicket, but both departed within two runs of each other.
Ben Hyde and Australian teenager Ben Earney took up the mantle to take the score to 161-9, leaving the last pair to score another 43 to get Hartley home.
Hampshire Physical Disability all-rounder Ben Hyde rose to the challenge, cracking two sixes and five fours in his 49 scored off 37 balls, made in an unbroken last wicket stand of 43 with Dan Reynaldo. HW made their 204-9 with 10 balls to spare.
Ventnor’s 203-9 emerged from an uncertain 70-4, teenager Ben Herridge (39) and Charlie Sammons (43) adding 70 for the fifth wicket.
They looked set to suffer a seventh straight defeat when Hampshire Under-15 prospect Harry Broderick and skipper Rhys Batcup (45) came together to add 60 for the seventh wicket, but both departed within two runs of each other.
Ben Hyde and Australian teenager Ben Earney took up the mantle to take the score to 161-9, leaving the last pair to score another 43 to get Hartley home.
Hampshire Physical Disability all-rounder Ben Hyde rose to the challenge, cracking two sixes and five fours in his 49 scored off 37 balls, made in an unbroken last wicket stand of 43 with Dan Reynaldo. HW made their 204-9 with 10 balls to spare.
Ventnor’s 203-9 emerged from an uncertain 70-4, teenager Ben Herridge (39) and Charlie Sammons (43) adding 70 for the fifth wicket.
