Burridge successfully held their nerve as Havant tailender Richard Jerry came within 15 runs of rescuing the eight-time ECB Southern Premier Division champions from the brink of defeat and to steering them to astonishing win at Botley Road.
Havant appeared on course for a heavy defeat after collapsing to 39-5 chasing Burridge’s 232 all out, but Jerry (49), fired by Harry Gadd’s earlier fightback, took over the baton to run the hosts far closer than they anticipated.
Dan Stancliffe shone with the new ball, clean bowling Ben Walker for a third ball duck before trapping George Metzger (7) leg before. Opener Pete Hopson (12) fell two runs later and Havant were 37-4 when Brad Griffiths (2-26) caught and bowled Simon Loat (7). Four balls later skipper Chris Morgan was snapped up by Hilio De Abreu, his opposite number, again off Griffiths.
But from that uninspiring position, Havant mounted a spirited fightback, initially through Harry Gadd (55) and Jez Bulled (27), who added 65 for the sixth wicket before (at 129-7) the Portsmouth University student became Oli Southon’s second victim.
Perished
Jerry put on 54 for the eighth wicket with Richard Hindley (27), progressing 49, from 41 balls with six fours and a six, his enterprising groundstrokes meaning Havant were always up with the run rate. But with 16 required from three overs, Jerry perished to a good catch by Matt Norris on the long on boundary. That made it 216-9 and one run later Norris pouched another catch to dismiss Alfie Taw.
Earlier, a couple of early wickets for Jerry (3-35) - who dismissed opener Will Donald and South African Norris for six apiece - put Burridge on the back foot. Joe Collings-Wells fought back with a shot-strewn 37 but when he was run out by Gadd with the score on 55, the Burridge innings was interestingly placed.
De Abreu (58) and Chris Blake (75) then entered into what was ultimately a match-winning partnership of 115. The left hand/right hand combination worked the ball around and punished the bad ball.
The stand was broken by a phenomenal catch by Gadd to dismiss De Abreu. After De Abreu had skied his shot between mid-wicket and long on, Gadd, running at full pace from mid-wicket and with the ball coming over his shoulder, dived full length to take a wonder catch. It was a champagne moment, except that Gadd only drinks bottled lager....
Havant appeared on course for a heavy defeat after collapsing to 39-5 chasing Burridge’s 232 all out, but Jerry (49), fired by Harry Gadd’s earlier fightback, took over the baton to run the hosts far closer than they anticipated.
Dan Stancliffe shone with the new ball, clean bowling Ben Walker for a third ball duck before trapping George Metzger (7) leg before. Opener Pete Hopson (12) fell two runs later and Havant were 37-4 when Brad Griffiths (2-26) caught and bowled Simon Loat (7). Four balls later skipper Chris Morgan was snapped up by Hilio De Abreu, his opposite number, again off Griffiths.
But from that uninspiring position, Havant mounted a spirited fightback, initially through Harry Gadd (55) and Jez Bulled (27), who added 65 for the sixth wicket before (at 129-7) the Portsmouth University student became Oli Southon’s second victim.
Perished
Jerry put on 54 for the eighth wicket with Richard Hindley (27), progressing 49, from 41 balls with six fours and a six, his enterprising groundstrokes meaning Havant were always up with the run rate. But with 16 required from three overs, Jerry perished to a good catch by Matt Norris on the long on boundary. That made it 216-9 and one run later Norris pouched another catch to dismiss Alfie Taw.
Earlier, a couple of early wickets for Jerry (3-35) - who dismissed opener Will Donald and South African Norris for six apiece - put Burridge on the back foot. Joe Collings-Wells fought back with a shot-strewn 37 but when he was run out by Gadd with the score on 55, the Burridge innings was interestingly placed.
De Abreu (58) and Chris Blake (75) then entered into what was ultimately a match-winning partnership of 115. The left hand/right hand combination worked the ball around and punished the bad ball.
The stand was broken by a phenomenal catch by Gadd to dismiss De Abreu. After De Abreu had skied his shot between mid-wicket and long on, Gadd, running at full pace from mid-wicket and with the ball coming over his shoulder, dived full length to take a wonder catch. It was a champagne moment, except that Gadd only drinks bottled lager....