James Manning’s maiden century for Calmore Sports, scored off 59 balls, was to no avail as Hook & Newnham Basics raced to a thrilling three-wicket Southern Premier League Division 1 win with four balls to spare at the King George V Ground.
Calmore lost a wicket without a run on the board and after two strikes each by Sean Brewer (2-29) and Richard Willcock (2-32) were 96-4 (Ben Johns 32) when Manning (pictured) arrived at the crease to put the Hook bowlers to the sword.
Mayhem reigned as he cleared the KGV rope seven times alongside hitting six fours along the ground. His initial 50 came off 32 balls, the second 27 deliveries later as Hook found themselves chasing 227-7.
Although Jordan Hobday went cheaply, Hook looked to be cruising home on the back of a 124-run stand between Matt Love (62) and Willcock (56).
But Mark Lavelle’s spell of 4-51, which accounted for both Love and Willcock, caused a wobble and after a brace by Mike West (3-49), it needed Josh Buckingham’s cool had to get Hook across the line at 228-7 with just four balls remaining.
Andover’s 60-run defeat at Southsea, where Jack Marston (53) and PGS captain Joe Knooner-Evans (5-29) were Portsmouth’s match winners, has the Lions glancing anxiously at the two-down relegation zone immediately beneath them.
One solitary Andover point from Sarisbury Athletic’s London Road visit on Saturday will put Hartley Wintney down, but there will be much for Matt Hooper’s side to do should Liphook roll Ventnor at Ripsley Park.
Andover were dismissed for 131 at St Helen’s (Josh Ballentine-Dikes 35) after Portsmouth had posted 191-8, mainly on the back of a 92-run fifth-wicket stand between Marston and Vickram Dawson (40).
Calmore lost a wicket without a run on the board and after two strikes each by Sean Brewer (2-29) and Richard Willcock (2-32) were 96-4 (Ben Johns 32) when Manning (pictured) arrived at the crease to put the Hook bowlers to the sword.
Mayhem reigned as he cleared the KGV rope seven times alongside hitting six fours along the ground. His initial 50 came off 32 balls, the second 27 deliveries later as Hook found themselves chasing 227-7.
Although Jordan Hobday went cheaply, Hook looked to be cruising home on the back of a 124-run stand between Matt Love (62) and Willcock (56).
But Mark Lavelle’s spell of 4-51, which accounted for both Love and Willcock, caused a wobble and after a brace by Mike West (3-49), it needed Josh Buckingham’s cool had to get Hook across the line at 228-7 with just four balls remaining.
Andover’s 60-run defeat at Southsea, where Jack Marston (53) and PGS captain Joe Knooner-Evans (5-29) were Portsmouth’s match winners, has the Lions glancing anxiously at the two-down relegation zone immediately beneath them.
One solitary Andover point from Sarisbury Athletic’s London Road visit on Saturday will put Hartley Wintney down, but there will be much for Matt Hooper’s side to do should Liphook roll Ventnor at Ripsley Park.
Andover were dismissed for 131 at St Helen’s (Josh Ballentine-Dikes 35) after Portsmouth had posted 191-8, mainly on the back of a 92-run fifth-wicket stand between Marston and Vickram Dawson (40).
