 Ash Neal, valiant 55 : Ian Thacker |  Ethan Taylor quick fire 56 |
Basingstoke & North Hants' season could hardy have begun on a more disappointing start with warm-up defeats by Hook & Newnham Basics and Alton preceding an eight-wicket beating from Southern Premier Division 1 rivals Totton & Eling at Southern Gardens.
Ash Neal, making a welcome return after missing last season with a knee injury, batted almost the entire Basingstoke innings - his valiant 55 witnessing nine different partners and ending on the last ball of Stoke's 151 all out.
His only support came from Matt Donaldson (28), who arrived at the cease with Basingstoke tottering at 53-5, Matt Simms (3-32) having made inroads.
Rain left Totton requiring a straightforward 103 to win of 23 overs.
Former Sparsholt run gun Joe Merlino was run out for a second ball duck but Ethan Taylor took things into his own hands, belting 56 off 26 balls, including four sixes and seen boundaries. Totton won inside 11 overs.
Ash Neal, making a welcome return after missing last season with a knee injury, batted almost the entire Basingstoke innings - his valiant 55 witnessing nine different partners and ending on the last ball of Stoke's 151 all out.
His only support came from Matt Donaldson (28), who arrived at the cease with Basingstoke tottering at 53-5, Matt Simms (3-32) having made inroads.
Rain left Totton requiring a straightforward 103 to win of 23 overs.
Former Sparsholt run gun Joe Merlino was run out for a second ball duck but Ethan Taylor took things into his own hands, belting 56 off 26 balls, including four sixes and seen boundaries. Totton won inside 11 overs.
