Ben Huntley smacked a quick fire 40 off 18 balls and followed it up with a tidy seven-over spell before South Wilts’ pre-league warm-up match against Corsham was abandoned when rain swept across Bemerton.
The game was interestingly poised with Corsham 137-4, needing 89 more runs off the last 15 overs to overhaul South Wilts’ 225 all out.
That competitive score owed much to the burly left-hand teenager from South Newton, who arrived at the crease with his side wobbling at 153-8.
But Huntley (left), who has been with the Hamnpshire Academy, clubbed two big sixes on to the football pitch and hit four other boundaries – his unbeaten 40 giving the team’s eventual 225 all out an air of respectability.
Earlier, South Wilts had slumped from a promising 77-1 (Jack Stearman 40) to 81-5, four wickets falling for four runs in less than ten minutes.
Peter Rowe (31), Arthur Godsal (18) and Jack Mynott (36) redeeming the situation before Huntley produced his late innings fireworks.
The left-arm paceman then stuck an early blow with the ball before Will Harries took 2-31 to leave the West of England Premier Division 2 visitors 54-3.
Liam Hughes (48) and Tom Young (35 not out) appeared to guide Corsham into a strong position, but when Peter Rowe collected a return catch to dismiss the former immediately before the rains came down, the outcome was back in the balance.
South Wilts II, meanwhile, pulled off a fine eight-wicket win over Southern Premier League Division 1 side Calmore Sports, who suffered an astonishing top order collapse against seamers Nick Partridge and Jayden Atkinson.
Calmore were progressing nicely at 30-0 through Matt Taylor (20) and Ben Johns (16), but then Partridge (3-19) and Atkinson (3-30) struck to leave the visitors 37-6.
Ben Perry (43) and Mark Lavelle (24) improved Calmore’s lot at 93-7 before Mike West’s 21 not out pushed the score along to 136, at which point Sam Pittman stumped Perry and Tom Lewis (3-6) finished the innings with a hat-trick.
Once Joe Cranch (31) and Sam Arnold (19) launched the South Wilts reply with a half-century opening stand there was little doubt about the outome.
George Edwards (40) and Ben Howgrave-Graham (34) completed the formalities with stacks of time to spare.
The game was interestingly poised with Corsham 137-4, needing 89 more runs off the last 15 overs to overhaul South Wilts’ 225 all out.
That competitive score owed much to the burly left-hand teenager from South Newton, who arrived at the crease with his side wobbling at 153-8.
But Huntley (left), who has been with the Hamnpshire Academy, clubbed two big sixes on to the football pitch and hit four other boundaries – his unbeaten 40 giving the team’s eventual 225 all out an air of respectability.
Earlier, South Wilts had slumped from a promising 77-1 (Jack Stearman 40) to 81-5, four wickets falling for four runs in less than ten minutes.
Peter Rowe (31), Arthur Godsal (18) and Jack Mynott (36) redeeming the situation before Huntley produced his late innings fireworks.
The left-arm paceman then stuck an early blow with the ball before Will Harries took 2-31 to leave the West of England Premier Division 2 visitors 54-3.
Liam Hughes (48) and Tom Young (35 not out) appeared to guide Corsham into a strong position, but when Peter Rowe collected a return catch to dismiss the former immediately before the rains came down, the outcome was back in the balance.
South Wilts II, meanwhile, pulled off a fine eight-wicket win over Southern Premier League Division 1 side Calmore Sports, who suffered an astonishing top order collapse against seamers Nick Partridge and Jayden Atkinson.
Calmore were progressing nicely at 30-0 through Matt Taylor (20) and Ben Johns (16), but then Partridge (3-19) and Atkinson (3-30) struck to leave the visitors 37-6.
Ben Perry (43) and Mark Lavelle (24) improved Calmore’s lot at 93-7 before Mike West’s 21 not out pushed the score along to 136, at which point Sam Pittman stumped Perry and Tom Lewis (3-6) finished the innings with a hat-trick.
Once Joe Cranch (31) and Sam Arnold (19) launched the South Wilts reply with a half-century opening stand there was little doubt about the outome.
George Edwards (40) and Ben Howgrave-Graham (34) completed the formalities with stacks of time to spare.
