Ex-Hampshire all-rounder Gareth Berg hit a quickfire half-century – but Nathan Schulz gave Burridge a ‘winning’ draw in ECB Southern Premier League clash with Lymington
The South African teenager Schulz struck an SPL best 90, striking 11 fours and three sixes off 78 balls to change the complexion of the top flight basement battle.
Replying to Lymington’s 249 all out off a rain trimmed 59 overs, Burridge were in trouble on 44-4. But 19-year old Schulz - who plays for Cape Town CC and learned his cricket at the famous Rondebosch Boys High School - was the dominant partner in a 107-run stand for the fifth wicket.
Chris Blake (31) was Schulz’s first partner, until he retired hurt, and Will Donald (25) was the second.
Schulz departed to an inauspicious shot as the ball ballooned to Lymington keeper Ali Wheble.
But with the return of Blake and the arrival of Dan Stancliffe (29 not out), momentum was maintained with Burridge staying ahead of the Lymington run rate.
It was largely left to former Hampshire all-rounder Gareth Berg (2-50) and Kiwi James Hartshorn (2-76) to remove the late order batters, but Lymington fell two wickets short of gaining an outright win.
Intervened
Burridge closed on 222-8 off 51 overs and, due to their superior run rate, took 16 points to Lymington’s 11 and moved off the bottom of the top flight as a result.
Losing the toss for the fifth consecutive league fixture, Lymington had got off to a good start before rain intervened, holding up play for 30 minutes, while the surface offered some help to the bowlers.
KES product Kamran Dhariwal (31) and newly-wed skipper Ben Rogers (29) put on 58 for the first wicket before teenage duo Wheble (40), and Josh Royan (52) added 75 for the third.
Wheble then added another 72 for the fifth wicket as Berg - still a regular in the County Championship for Northants at the age of 41 - took a liking to the Burridge bowlers with a breezy 50 off 55 balls, including six fours.
Typical of Lymington, the innings then subsided as the last six wickets fell for only 35 runs. The return of opening bowler Sullivan White (4-37 in 15 overs) was responsible for most of the late damage, taking three wickets. He was helped by fellow opener Stancliffe (2-65) while captain Hilio De Abreu chipped in with 2-35.
The South African teenager Schulz struck an SPL best 90, striking 11 fours and three sixes off 78 balls to change the complexion of the top flight basement battle.
Replying to Lymington’s 249 all out off a rain trimmed 59 overs, Burridge were in trouble on 44-4. But 19-year old Schulz - who plays for Cape Town CC and learned his cricket at the famous Rondebosch Boys High School - was the dominant partner in a 107-run stand for the fifth wicket.
Chris Blake (31) was Schulz’s first partner, until he retired hurt, and Will Donald (25) was the second.
Schulz departed to an inauspicious shot as the ball ballooned to Lymington keeper Ali Wheble.
But with the return of Blake and the arrival of Dan Stancliffe (29 not out), momentum was maintained with Burridge staying ahead of the Lymington run rate.
It was largely left to former Hampshire all-rounder Gareth Berg (2-50) and Kiwi James Hartshorn (2-76) to remove the late order batters, but Lymington fell two wickets short of gaining an outright win.
Intervened
Burridge closed on 222-8 off 51 overs and, due to their superior run rate, took 16 points to Lymington’s 11 and moved off the bottom of the top flight as a result.
Losing the toss for the fifth consecutive league fixture, Lymington had got off to a good start before rain intervened, holding up play for 30 minutes, while the surface offered some help to the bowlers.
KES product Kamran Dhariwal (31) and newly-wed skipper Ben Rogers (29) put on 58 for the first wicket before teenage duo Wheble (40), and Josh Royan (52) added 75 for the third.
Wheble then added another 72 for the fifth wicket as Berg - still a regular in the County Championship for Northants at the age of 41 - took a liking to the Burridge bowlers with a breezy 50 off 55 balls, including six fours.
Typical of Lymington, the innings then subsided as the last six wickets fell for only 35 runs. The return of opening bowler Sullivan White (4-37 in 15 overs) was responsible for most of the late damage, taking three wickets. He was helped by fellow opener Stancliffe (2-65) while captain Hilio De Abreu chipped in with 2-35.