GREAT SCOTT ! LYMINGTON-ALTON GET ALL TIED UP ...

Ryan Scott, pictured in action against Burridge by the Lymington Times.

Just as victory came into sight, Lymington lost four wickets for five runs and ended up tieing an ECB Southern Premier Division thriller against Alton, each side scoring 168.
A superb spell of new-ball bowling by Matt Metcalfe (4-9 in ten overs) left Alton wobbling at 31-4.
But the Brewers rallied and through a superb captain’s knock by Scott Myers (70), aided by Mark Heffernan (26), managed to post 168 all out.
Ryan Scott carried Lymington’s response almost single-handed and, despite losing a succession of batting colleagues, scored 95 (two sixes and eight fours) to ease the reply to 163-7.
When Scott was eventually caught five runs short of his century, were Lymington 163-8, six runs shy of victory but with the dependable Metcalfe still in.
Three runs later, Josh Procter was run out (backing up too far) at the non-striker’s end (166-9), then two runs on, last man George Willis was trapped leg before by Myers for a duck.  Lymington 168 all out.
As regards the run out, Alton’s Mark Heffernan tweeted after the match: “I’ve never run someone out backing up before, but with three runs to win and asking the bloke (Josh Procter) not to take the p**s with his backing up, to see him four steps down the pitch before I’ve bowled the next ball, I felt I had to.
“Not something I wanted to do, but it’s a league game.”