Peter Hopson unbeaten 50 for Havant [Roy Honeybone]
Sparsholt frittered away the benefits of the sound start their opening pair gave them and suffered a third successive Southern Premier League Cup defeat against Havant, whose eight-wicket win was their first success in the East group.
Robbie Skeates (30) and Josh May (27) provided Sparsholt with a patient 69-run start, but once they departed in quick succession to the left-arm spin of Chris Morgan (3-12) the innings lost momentum.
Havant’s Premier Division spinners are always a handful at the Park and only Liam Doran and Lewis Mitchard managed to reach double figures as teenage left-armer Freddie Gadd (3-31) played his part in reducing Sparsholt to 145-9.
Elder brother Harry Gadd blasted eight boundaries in his aggressive 45, which Pete Hopson matched, also breaching the rope eight times in an unbeaten 50 as Havant stormed home in the 23rd over.
Robbie Skeates (30) and Josh May (27) provided Sparsholt with a patient 69-run start, but once they departed in quick succession to the left-arm spin of Chris Morgan (3-12) the innings lost momentum.
Havant’s Premier Division spinners are always a handful at the Park and only Liam Doran and Lewis Mitchard managed to reach double figures as teenage left-armer Freddie Gadd (3-31) played his part in reducing Sparsholt to 145-9.
Elder brother Harry Gadd blasted eight boundaries in his aggressive 45, which Pete Hopson matched, also breaching the rope eight times in an unbeaten 50 as Havant stormed home in the 23rd over.
