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DRAMA AT THE PARK AS HAVANT SNATCH ONE-WICKET WIN

20/7/2021

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Havant's Peter Hopson who top scored in the match [Roy Honeybone]
Debutant Sid Mutta struck the winning run off the only ball he faced as Havant leapt into the top four in the ECB Southern Premier League top flight with a tense one-wicket victory over Lymington.
Third teamer Mutta was only playing due to Havant having to rejig their teams due to player self-isolating.
Coming in last man with the scores ties, Mutta hit his first delivery from Matt Metcalfe through the onside as Havant took their place in a tightly-congested Premier Division top four.
With leaders Bournemouth, Bashley (Rydal) and third-placed St Cross both losing, the top four are now separated by 13 points with six games remaining.
With self-isolations ruling out the partying Freddie and Harry Gadd, new-look Havant also handed a 1st XI debut to Sam Woodgate and called up the ever reliable Julian Atkins.
Lymington got first use of a decent track at a sun-kissed Havant Park, but only opener Terry Crabb (30) and South African Ximus Du Plooy (22) reached double figures among the top six with seamer Richard Jerry (3-32) and spinners Chris Morgan (3-28) and Richard Hindley (2-31) among the wickets.
Crabb, meanwhile, fell caught and bowled to Ben Walker who had to come out of semi bowling retirement to plug a gap in the bowling resources.
Du Plooy fell to a good catch by Mutta at mid-wicket off Jerry as Lymington - who had been chasing a sixth straight win - dipped from 66-2 to 83-6.
Ryde School teacher Henry Edwards (38) top scored but wicket-keeper Jeremy Bulled snaffled five catches as the visitors were bowled out for 157 in the 44th over.
Havant's response mirrored Lymington's. Opener Pete Hopson (44), Simon Loat (13), Morgan (24), Walker (16) and Hindley (12) all got starts but couldn't grab the game by the scruff of the neck.
Havant found themselves 32 runs short with only Bulled of the experienced batters left when Walker departed at 126-5.
Jerry (4) didn’t last long but Atkins (3) helped Bulled add a crucial 22 runs for the seventh wicket before he departed with five runs needed.
Alfie Taw (2) and Woodgate (0) were then dismissed - the latter after Metcalfe had brought the scores level with a wide.  Then came Sid’s match winning moment and Havant were home with 13 balls to spare.
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