COVEY LOOKS TO LORD IT ON VILLAGE CUP FINAL STAGE

Ryan Covey will be looking to continue his superb Village Cup form when Liphook & Ripsley face North Yorkshire side Folkton & Flixton in the final at Lord’s on Sunday, 11am.
The opening bat has so far made one century (in the Hampshire final v Easton & Martyr Worthy), plus three 60-plus scores and a fifty in Liphook’s eight wins.

LIPHOOK & RIPSLEY’S ROAD TO LORD’S
* denotes home team
Round 1
Liphook & Ripsley 186 (Covey 64, Munt 64, Nicklin 37, Mitchard 5-31, inc hat-trick)
* Sparsholt 179 (Frith 46, Mitchard 42, Covey 3-36)
Liphook & Ripsley won by seven runs.
Round 2
Liphook & Ripsley 221-8 (Covey 63, Campbell 59*, Nicklin 56)
* Hursley Park 125 (Oliver 4-28, Burton 3-37)
Liphook & Ripsley won by 96 runs.
Round 3
* Bramshaw 185 (B Streather 61, Elliott 4-47)
Liphook & Ripsley 186-7 (Munt 72, Covey 51)
Liphook & Ripsley won by three wickets.
Round 4 [Hampshire final]
Easton & Martyr Worthy 166-8 (Stanbrook 56, White 3-41)
* Liphook & Ripsley 168-2 (Covey 104, Munt 37)
Liphook & Ripsley won by eight wickets.
Round 5
Cookham Dean 109 (Davis 65, Ganguly 4-20, Covey 3-17)
* Liphook & Ripsley 110-3 (Munt 37, Covey 25)
Liphook & Ripsley won by seven wickets.
Round 6
* Liphook & Ripsley 238 (Ganguly 87, Rouse 66, Covey 35, Meardon 4-37)
Oxford Downs 167 (Ellwood 43, Sutton 35, Elliott 3-31, Munt 3-34)
Liphook & Ripsley won by 71 runs.
Round 7
* North Perrott 243-7 (Retter 69, Symes 55, Ieland 45, Baird 43, Ganguly 3-41)
Liphook & Ripsley 246-4 (Neave 70, Munt 61, Ganguly 51)
Liphook & Ripsley won by six wickets.
Semi-final
Liphook & Ripsley 218 (Covey 68, Neave 51, Ahmed 4-28)
* Mayfield 125 (Burton 4-25)
Liphook & Ripsley won by 93 runs.