 Hilio de Abreu, nearing 500 Premier Division runs. |  Alex Damley-Jones, maiden five-wicket Premier Division haul. |
Hilio De Abreu is within touching distance of making 500 ECB Southern Premier Division runs for the season after his 97 set up an important victory for Burridge at Lymington.
His knock, which glued Burridge’s 243 all out together, aided by a maiden five-wicket haul by teenager Alec Damley-Jones, eased the visitors to a 66-run win that banished any fears last season’s runners-up might find themselves unexpectedly dragged into the relegation fray.
Burridge had been slipping down the log after only one win in seven previous Time pennant outings, but 243 was always going to beyond Lymington’s remit on the town’s tired Sports Ground track.
Joe Collings-Wells (45) gave Burridge a bright start, but it was largely down to De Abreu’s patient 144-ball sojourn at the crease that the visitors were able to post their winning score.
The Cape Town all-rounder, arguably the most effective performer in the Premier Division this season struck 14 fours in his 97, taking his season’s run tally to 493, just behind South Wilts’ skipper Tom Morton in the race to become the first batsman to reach 500 runs.
Richard Lock (25), Dan Stancliffe (16) and Archie Ayling (22) – teenage son of former Hampshire all-rounder Jon Ayling – all chipped in, while Matt Metcalfe wheeled away, taking 4-74.
Fifties have been few and far between for Lymington all summer long and only Terry Crabb (55) got one as the Premier Division’s early pace setters gradually ebbed away to 108-6 (Gareth Schreuder 22).
The end was nigh when the New Zealander became the first of five wickets for 19-year old King Edward VI raised Damley-Jones, whose 5-24 return also included the scalps of Ben Attrill (29) and Conor Moors (23), whose late resistance did at least get Lymington an extra batting bonus point at 177 all out.
His knock, which glued Burridge’s 243 all out together, aided by a maiden five-wicket haul by teenager Alec Damley-Jones, eased the visitors to a 66-run win that banished any fears last season’s runners-up might find themselves unexpectedly dragged into the relegation fray.
Burridge had been slipping down the log after only one win in seven previous Time pennant outings, but 243 was always going to beyond Lymington’s remit on the town’s tired Sports Ground track.
Joe Collings-Wells (45) gave Burridge a bright start, but it was largely down to De Abreu’s patient 144-ball sojourn at the crease that the visitors were able to post their winning score.
The Cape Town all-rounder, arguably the most effective performer in the Premier Division this season struck 14 fours in his 97, taking his season’s run tally to 493, just behind South Wilts’ skipper Tom Morton in the race to become the first batsman to reach 500 runs.
Richard Lock (25), Dan Stancliffe (16) and Archie Ayling (22) – teenage son of former Hampshire all-rounder Jon Ayling – all chipped in, while Matt Metcalfe wheeled away, taking 4-74.
Fifties have been few and far between for Lymington all summer long and only Terry Crabb (55) got one as the Premier Division’s early pace setters gradually ebbed away to 108-6 (Gareth Schreuder 22).
The end was nigh when the New Zealander became the first of five wickets for 19-year old King Edward VI raised Damley-Jones, whose 5-24 return also included the scalps of Ben Attrill (29) and Conor Moors (23), whose late resistance did at least get Lymington an extra batting bonus point at 177 all out.
