Hampshire Seniors are through to the last 16 of the Sixties Cricket Championships after beating group winners Somerset by four wickets at Hursley Park.
A fifth straight win means that Hampshire finished runners-up in a competitive six-county group and will get an away tie in the initial national round.
With Rowledge all-rounder Chris Yates taking 3-38, Hampshire were able to claw Somerset back from a threatening 132-2 to an eventual 191-9.
Lymington’s Neil Trestrail (43) and Geoff Beale (32) provided Hampshire with a 67-run launch pad, but the outcome was back in the balance with the Seniors’ 129-5, four batsmen being stumped.
The experience of David Price pictured (34 not out) and Iain Britton (30), during a key 60-run stand, got Hampshire across the line.
* Dave Price picture courtesy of Neil Smith.
A fifth straight win means that Hampshire finished runners-up in a competitive six-county group and will get an away tie in the initial national round.
With Rowledge all-rounder Chris Yates taking 3-38, Hampshire were able to claw Somerset back from a threatening 132-2 to an eventual 191-9.
Lymington’s Neil Trestrail (43) and Geoff Beale (32) provided Hampshire with a 67-run launch pad, but the outcome was back in the balance with the Seniors’ 129-5, four batsmen being stumped.
The experience of David Price pictured (34 not out) and Iain Britton (30), during a key 60-run stand, got Hampshire across the line.
* Dave Price picture courtesy of Neil Smith.
