Steve Harris hits season's best [Dave Vokes]
Steve Harris and James Purnell hit their highest individual scores of the season has Langley Manor recovered from a worrying 29-3 to post a winning 219-4 which set up a 42-run victory to deny Portsmouth & Southsea a third place Southern Premier Division 3 victory.
This summer’s leading SPL run scorer Jack Budd (21) and little Tommy Spencer were among the three wickets to fall at 29, but Harris, with five sixes and four boundaries in his 88, and Purnell, with a league best 84, loosened Portsmouth & Southsea’s grip on the game.
But the visitors, who had seven games called off due to the weather this season, made a positive start with Shaun Briggs (58) and Matt Benfield (35) sharing a 74-run start, but having reached 122, the innings lost momentum and Todd Garner took 3-15 as they closed 177 all out.
The three wickets Hook & Newnham Basics’ Liam Shore took as Trojans were dismissed for 88 means the tall left-arm paceman has won a share of the Division 3 bowling prize.
Shore, along with evergreen Basingstoke & North Hants stalwart Keith Harris, has taken 23 wickets this term. Harris might be able to give Liam a lift to the presentation dinner !
Hook rallied from 38-4 to post 166 against Trojans at Stoneham Lane, where Tom May (66) held things together after Jacob Chance (5-38) had driven through the middle-order. He added an important 71 with Charlie Neville (21) before a quick-fire 22 by Shane Brewer lifted the total on to 166.
Shore’s new ball spell of 3-17 reduced Trojans to 38-4 and later to 82 all out, Oli May enjoying a late bunny hunt to finish with 3-3.
This summer’s leading SPL run scorer Jack Budd (21) and little Tommy Spencer were among the three wickets to fall at 29, but Harris, with five sixes and four boundaries in his 88, and Purnell, with a league best 84, loosened Portsmouth & Southsea’s grip on the game.
But the visitors, who had seven games called off due to the weather this season, made a positive start with Shaun Briggs (58) and Matt Benfield (35) sharing a 74-run start, but having reached 122, the innings lost momentum and Todd Garner took 3-15 as they closed 177 all out.
The three wickets Hook & Newnham Basics’ Liam Shore took as Trojans were dismissed for 88 means the tall left-arm paceman has won a share of the Division 3 bowling prize.
Shore, along with evergreen Basingstoke & North Hants stalwart Keith Harris, has taken 23 wickets this term. Harris might be able to give Liam a lift to the presentation dinner !
Hook rallied from 38-4 to post 166 against Trojans at Stoneham Lane, where Tom May (66) held things together after Jacob Chance (5-38) had driven through the middle-order. He added an important 71 with Charlie Neville (21) before a quick-fire 22 by Shane Brewer lifted the total on to 166.
Shore’s new ball spell of 3-17 reduced Trojans to 38-4 and later to 82 all out, Oli May enjoying a late bunny hunt to finish with 3-3.
