Chris Morgan produced a stunning all-round performance by hitting 71 and then taking five cheap Sarisbury Athletic wickets as Havant romped to a 148-run Southern Premier League Cup victory to clinch second place in the East Premier/1 group.
Morgan (71) and opener Peter Hopson (70) shared a century fourth-wicket partnership as Havant eased to 223-9 (Jordan Wright 3-50).
The Havant captain, utilizing his skills and benefitting from batting higher up the order, twice cleared the Allotment Road boundary alongside hitting eight fours, while Hopson hit nine fours.
Two early strikes by Richard Jerry (2-20) led to Sarisbury dropping to 39-4 (Sam Floyd 18) before Morgan (left) emerged with his flighted left-arm spin.
He sliced through the rest of the Athletic batting to take five of the last six wickets to fall at a personal cost of 20 runs. Sarisbury Athletic were 75 all out.
Morgan finished the truncated season with 20 wickets, three more than teenager Freddie Gadd, who also bowls left-arm spin, took 17 in his debut SPL season.
Morgan (71) and opener Peter Hopson (70) shared a century fourth-wicket partnership as Havant eased to 223-9 (Jordan Wright 3-50).
The Havant captain, utilizing his skills and benefitting from batting higher up the order, twice cleared the Allotment Road boundary alongside hitting eight fours, while Hopson hit nine fours.
Two early strikes by Richard Jerry (2-20) led to Sarisbury dropping to 39-4 (Sam Floyd 18) before Morgan (left) emerged with his flighted left-arm spin.
He sliced through the rest of the Athletic batting to take five of the last six wickets to fall at a personal cost of 20 runs. Sarisbury Athletic were 75 all out.
Morgan finished the truncated season with 20 wickets, three more than teenager Freddie Gadd, who also bowls left-arm spin, took 17 in his debut SPL season.
