St Cross Symondians enjoy a seven-point lead over the Hampshire Academy as the race for the ECB Southern Premier League championship goes into the home straight.
There are two more rounds of matches left, with St Cross hosting Bournemouth at the Green Jackets ground on Saturday (12.30), while the Academy visits Totton & Eling.
St Cross chased down a Hook & Newnham Basics total of 236-9 to win by five-wicket at the KGV, while the Hampshire youngsters, led by Charlie Mumford’s career-best 153 and a fine all-round performance by Jude Wright (64 and 5-38), beat Lymington by 61 runs.
Hook, still harbouring a slim mathematical chance of avoiding relegation, were 57-3 but recovered through Sam Lockwood (68), who followed up a 97-rujn stand between left-hander Harry Robson (51) and Matt Buckingham (46).
Left-hand slim all-rounder Charlie Gwynn (pictured in action at South Wilts by Roy Honeybone) was the star of the show for St Cross, following up a tidy spell of 3-23 with a match winning 83 with the bat after the visitors had made a similarly uncertain start.
They were 52-3, with Hampshire’s Felix Organ (27) trapped leg before, before Joe Weatherley partnered Gwynn for the match winning stand.
Glad to get some time in the middle, Weatherley hadn’t batted competitively since Hampshire’s win over Yorkshire at Scarborough in late July, but he made a comfortable 56 in a 128-run stand.
Gwynn went on to strike two sixes and nine fours in his 83 before handing over to Ed Ellis (29 not out) and Harry Trussler to ease St Cross over the winning line with seven overs to spare.
There are two more rounds of matches left, with St Cross hosting Bournemouth at the Green Jackets ground on Saturday (12.30), while the Academy visits Totton & Eling.
St Cross chased down a Hook & Newnham Basics total of 236-9 to win by five-wicket at the KGV, while the Hampshire youngsters, led by Charlie Mumford’s career-best 153 and a fine all-round performance by Jude Wright (64 and 5-38), beat Lymington by 61 runs.
Hook, still harbouring a slim mathematical chance of avoiding relegation, were 57-3 but recovered through Sam Lockwood (68), who followed up a 97-rujn stand between left-hander Harry Robson (51) and Matt Buckingham (46).
Left-hand slim all-rounder Charlie Gwynn (pictured in action at South Wilts by Roy Honeybone) was the star of the show for St Cross, following up a tidy spell of 3-23 with a match winning 83 with the bat after the visitors had made a similarly uncertain start.
They were 52-3, with Hampshire’s Felix Organ (27) trapped leg before, before Joe Weatherley partnered Gwynn for the match winning stand.
Glad to get some time in the middle, Weatherley hadn’t batted competitively since Hampshire’s win over Yorkshire at Scarborough in late July, but he made a comfortable 56 in a 128-run stand.
Gwynn went on to strike two sixes and nine fours in his 83 before handing over to Ed Ellis (29 not out) and Harry Trussler to ease St Cross over the winning line with seven overs to spare.