Former Zimbabwe international Richmond Mutambami led the run chase as Andover scored 285-4 to beat Sarisbury Athletic by six wickets and so keep Basingstoke & North Hants within touching distance at the top of Southern Premier Division 1.
Mutambami, who has made over 70 appearances for Zimbabwe, the last in Bulawayo T20 in May 2022, cracked 99, the bulk of them in poor light, before Babu Veetil applied the finishing touch to the run chase with a huge six off the first ball of the 48th and final over.
Andover had their target trimmed by 12 runs after poor weather led to Sarisbury's hefty 292-5 being cut.
Former South Wilts title winner Tom Morton struck 108 (five sixes and ten fours) and shared a profitable 149-run partnership with Jack Robson (75) after Sarisbury had slipped to 40-3.
Morton's dismissal, as one of four victims for left-armer Aiden Jansen (4-35), provided the perfect stage for Nathan Feltham to literally butcher an unbeaten 78 off 47 balls.
He hit four maximums and ten fours - Sarisbury's 292-5 containing 11 fours and 29 fours !
Andover got themselves a sound launch pad through Glyn Treagus (44), who enjoyed fruitful stands with Thanura Watta Waduge (44) - who made made an unbeaten second team hundred against Tichborne Park the previous week - and Ollie Wiliams before the Zimbabwean arrived at the crease.
Teenager Williams (46) went on to share another important 99-run stand with Mutambami as the runs began to pile up and Sarisbury, minus the injured Rob Franklin (side strain), began to struggle.
Despite the deteriorating conditions - dark rain bearing clouds swirling in 50 mph winds - Mutambami, who smacked 135 against Hambledon last month, smacked eight fours and three sixes in his 68-ball innings before he drilled a catch to Jaidel Richardson at cover
Having added another 74 with Josh Williams (38*), he fell to Matt Journeaux off the second ball of the 46th over (Andover 261-4), but Babu Veetil, so often 'the finisher', quickly announced his intentions by hitting his first two deliveries for four and six.
His second maximum - off the first ball of Kegan Holzmann’s last over - disappeared over long-on and was last seen headed towards the public bar of the Bold Forester !
Mutambami, who has made over 70 appearances for Zimbabwe, the last in Bulawayo T20 in May 2022, cracked 99, the bulk of them in poor light, before Babu Veetil applied the finishing touch to the run chase with a huge six off the first ball of the 48th and final over.
Andover had their target trimmed by 12 runs after poor weather led to Sarisbury's hefty 292-5 being cut.
Former South Wilts title winner Tom Morton struck 108 (five sixes and ten fours) and shared a profitable 149-run partnership with Jack Robson (75) after Sarisbury had slipped to 40-3.
Morton's dismissal, as one of four victims for left-armer Aiden Jansen (4-35), provided the perfect stage for Nathan Feltham to literally butcher an unbeaten 78 off 47 balls.
He hit four maximums and ten fours - Sarisbury's 292-5 containing 11 fours and 29 fours !
Andover got themselves a sound launch pad through Glyn Treagus (44), who enjoyed fruitful stands with Thanura Watta Waduge (44) - who made made an unbeaten second team hundred against Tichborne Park the previous week - and Ollie Wiliams before the Zimbabwean arrived at the crease.
Teenager Williams (46) went on to share another important 99-run stand with Mutambami as the runs began to pile up and Sarisbury, minus the injured Rob Franklin (side strain), began to struggle.
Despite the deteriorating conditions - dark rain bearing clouds swirling in 50 mph winds - Mutambami, who smacked 135 against Hambledon last month, smacked eight fours and three sixes in his 68-ball innings before he drilled a catch to Jaidel Richardson at cover
Having added another 74 with Josh Williams (38*), he fell to Matt Journeaux off the second ball of the 46th over (Andover 261-4), but Babu Veetil, so often 'the finisher', quickly announced his intentions by hitting his first two deliveries for four and six.
His second maximum - off the first ball of Kegan Holzmann’s last over - disappeared over long-on and was last seen headed towards the public bar of the Bold Forester !