Sam Floyd continued his sparkling form by hammering a maiden century as Sarisbury Athletic maintained their Southern Premier League Division 1 promotion push.
After scores of 83 (v New Milton) and 89 (v Sparsholt) in the previous fortnight, Floyd finally reached three figures against rock bottom Liphook & Ripsley.
He smacked 14 fours and two sixes in hitting 120 off 115 balls as Sarisbury powered their way to 283-9 at Allotment Road. Floyd and Jack Lovett (56) added 138 for the fourth wicket.
No one was more delighted than Sam’s father Jon, in his day a flamboyant left-hander, who immediately announced a Happy Hour at the club bar. Jon Floyd is SA chairman.
Rob Franklin (3-45) and Australian Ronan DeGrussa (2-38) reduced Liphook to 124-7 (Suman Ganguly 47) before tailenders Joel Randell (45) and teenager Oscar Amis (32) added 74 for the eighth wicket.
That stand was eventually broken by the unlikely figure of Ricky Rawlins, who had Amis caught by Simon Orr in what was his first bowling spell since 2019.
Sam Hill (4-41) claimed the final two wickets as Liphook, losing for the eighth time in nine SPL outings, were dismissed for 219 off the third ball of the last over.
Sarisbury are now just eight points behind second-placed Calmore following their third straight victory. They are only 11 adrift of leaders Rowledge, who tied with Sparsholt.
After scores of 83 (v New Milton) and 89 (v Sparsholt) in the previous fortnight, Floyd finally reached three figures against rock bottom Liphook & Ripsley.
He smacked 14 fours and two sixes in hitting 120 off 115 balls as Sarisbury powered their way to 283-9 at Allotment Road. Floyd and Jack Lovett (56) added 138 for the fourth wicket.
No one was more delighted than Sam’s father Jon, in his day a flamboyant left-hander, who immediately announced a Happy Hour at the club bar. Jon Floyd is SA chairman.
Rob Franklin (3-45) and Australian Ronan DeGrussa (2-38) reduced Liphook to 124-7 (Suman Ganguly 47) before tailenders Joel Randell (45) and teenager Oscar Amis (32) added 74 for the eighth wicket.
That stand was eventually broken by the unlikely figure of Ricky Rawlins, who had Amis caught by Simon Orr in what was his first bowling spell since 2019.
Sam Hill (4-41) claimed the final two wickets as Liphook, losing for the eighth time in nine SPL outings, were dismissed for 219 off the third ball of the last over.
Sarisbury are now just eight points behind second-placed Calmore following their third straight victory. They are only 11 adrift of leaders Rowledge, who tied with Sparsholt.
Portsmouth’s inconsistent campaign continued with a 21-run defeat against New Milton, one of only three teams below them in the table.
The visitors were allowed to post 230 at St Helens after being reduced to 95-4 and 167-7.
Ben Griffiths (50) and Lee Beck (49) top scored while tailenders Joe Hall (34) and Ed Bartlett (22) added crucial late order runs.
Joe Kooner-Evans bagged 3-44 while U15 Charlie Collins bagged 2-30 off 10 overs.
In reply, skipper Ben Duggan (39) and Jack Marston (21) put on 60 for the first Portsmouth wicket before Hall (3-25) removed them both. He then dismissed overseas all-rounder Minhaj Jalill (10) as the hosts slipped to 82-3.
Dan Wimble hit 53 - his highest score since leaving Hampshire Leaguers Fareham & Crofton to try his hand in the SPL - but Portsmouth were restricted to 209-8 (Kooner-Evans 26*) to suffer their fifth loss in nine matches.
The visitors were allowed to post 230 at St Helens after being reduced to 95-4 and 167-7.
Ben Griffiths (50) and Lee Beck (49) top scored while tailenders Joe Hall (34) and Ed Bartlett (22) added crucial late order runs.
Joe Kooner-Evans bagged 3-44 while U15 Charlie Collins bagged 2-30 off 10 overs.
In reply, skipper Ben Duggan (39) and Jack Marston (21) put on 60 for the first Portsmouth wicket before Hall (3-25) removed them both. He then dismissed overseas all-rounder Minhaj Jalill (10) as the hosts slipped to 82-3.
Dan Wimble hit 53 - his highest score since leaving Hampshire Leaguers Fareham & Crofton to try his hand in the SPL - but Portsmouth were restricted to 209-8 (Kooner-Evans 26*) to suffer their fifth loss in nine matches.