Waterlooville are national indoor six-a-side cricket champions.
They crashed the Grace Gates at Lord's to totally outplay Hertfordshire's AK XI in the semi-finals before beating 2025 winners Whitstable by three wickets to bring the trophy back to Rowlands Avenue.
They are the sixth Hampshire team to lift the coveted ECB cup.
Like in the semi-finals at Cheltenham when the Ville bowlers ruled the roost, it was the ball that dominated - AK XI being skittled for 42 and Whitstable, a powerful ECB Kent Premier Division outfit, being rolled over for 79.
"Jon Hudson and Joe Mitchell bowled swing, while in both matches my teenage son Ray (with figures of 2-10 and 2-18) troubled batsmen with bouncers and short pitched deliveries. Spin pair Archie Reynolds and Charlie Whitfield were equally effective," beamed Ville manager Andy Reynolds.
The Asian AK XI were beaten out of sight in less than 14 overs, their paltry 42 all out taking the Reynolds brothers 27 balls to polish off.
Having beaten Derbyshire's Ockbrook and Borrowash in a repeat of the 2025 Lord's final, Whitstable were firm favourites to retain their title - but when their opening pair fell for ducks it was all Waterlooville.
"The boys were excellent from the get go, great bowling and fielding again which put the pressure on Whitstable from the first ball, " Reynolds added.
Whitstable lurched to 51-5 before a half-century by Henry Goss (55) lifted their score to 79.
"We batted sensibly and kept calm under pressure, with Charlie Whitfield making an unbeaten 22 in the final, which we won with eight balls to spare.
"It was a truly fantastic day for the club which, after last summer's Southern Premier League relegation, will give us a great boost for the outdoor season ahead," Reynolds concluded.
They crashed the Grace Gates at Lord's to totally outplay Hertfordshire's AK XI in the semi-finals before beating 2025 winners Whitstable by three wickets to bring the trophy back to Rowlands Avenue.
They are the sixth Hampshire team to lift the coveted ECB cup.
Like in the semi-finals at Cheltenham when the Ville bowlers ruled the roost, it was the ball that dominated - AK XI being skittled for 42 and Whitstable, a powerful ECB Kent Premier Division outfit, being rolled over for 79.
"Jon Hudson and Joe Mitchell bowled swing, while in both matches my teenage son Ray (with figures of 2-10 and 2-18) troubled batsmen with bouncers and short pitched deliveries. Spin pair Archie Reynolds and Charlie Whitfield were equally effective," beamed Ville manager Andy Reynolds.
The Asian AK XI were beaten out of sight in less than 14 overs, their paltry 42 all out taking the Reynolds brothers 27 balls to polish off.
Having beaten Derbyshire's Ockbrook and Borrowash in a repeat of the 2025 Lord's final, Whitstable were firm favourites to retain their title - but when their opening pair fell for ducks it was all Waterlooville.
"The boys were excellent from the get go, great bowling and fielding again which put the pressure on Whitstable from the first ball, " Reynolds added.
Whitstable lurched to 51-5 before a half-century by Henry Goss (55) lifted their score to 79.
"We batted sensibly and kept calm under pressure, with Charlie Whitfield making an unbeaten 22 in the final, which we won with eight balls to spare.
"It was a truly fantastic day for the club which, after last summer's Southern Premier League relegation, will give us a great boost for the outdoor season ahead," Reynolds concluded.
