Mike Adams - impressive After losing their curtain-raiser at Rowledge off the last ball, Portsmouth were bowled out for 95 on Southsea’s cold and windy seafront and ended up losing by five wickets to Andover in one of only two second tier matches completed due to wet weather.
Put into bat, opener Jack Marston walked out to the middle having hit scores of 45 (v Liphook, friendly), 69 (v Havant, friendly) and 53 (v Rowledge, SPL).
But he was dismissed by Mike Adams for a duck, Alex Hammond (1) was bowled by Babu Veetil (3-28), and skipper Ben Duggan (13) was trapped leg before by a low bounce delivery from Adams (3-21) as the hosts slipped to 19-3, writes Simon Carter of The News, Portsmouth.
That was bad enough, but then Portsmouth collapsed to 21-5 with Hemanshu Hirani and Will Smitherman lasting just seven balls between them and failing to trouble the scorers.
Dan Wallis (13) and Henry Woolf (16) at least made double figures as the hosts lurched to 66-8.
There followed a 23-run stand for the ninth wicket - the highest of the innings - between tailenders Rueben McArdle (11*) and Andrew Marston, who top scored with 19. Last man Harrison Webb recorded the fourth duck of the innings as Portsmouth were dismissed for 95. r.
There was early success for Duggan’s men when Andover replied.
Glynn Treagus, once a Minor Counties Championship winner with Dorset and a prolific SPL run scorer for many years, was clean bowled by Hirani second ball – the ball of the day, according to witnesses.
Woolf (2-29) bagged two wickets to reduce Andover to 32-3 (Taylor 21), but any hopes of a stunning victory were dashed when Charlie Ayers (28) added 40 for the fourth wicket with wicket-keeper Matt Knight, who remained unbeaten with a defiant but nonetheless crucial 22 off 77 deliveries.
The matches at May’s Bounty, Sparsholt and St Cross Symondians were cancelled.
Put into bat, opener Jack Marston walked out to the middle having hit scores of 45 (v Liphook, friendly), 69 (v Havant, friendly) and 53 (v Rowledge, SPL).
But he was dismissed by Mike Adams for a duck, Alex Hammond (1) was bowled by Babu Veetil (3-28), and skipper Ben Duggan (13) was trapped leg before by a low bounce delivery from Adams (3-21) as the hosts slipped to 19-3, writes Simon Carter of The News, Portsmouth.
That was bad enough, but then Portsmouth collapsed to 21-5 with Hemanshu Hirani and Will Smitherman lasting just seven balls between them and failing to trouble the scorers.
Dan Wallis (13) and Henry Woolf (16) at least made double figures as the hosts lurched to 66-8.
There followed a 23-run stand for the ninth wicket - the highest of the innings - between tailenders Rueben McArdle (11*) and Andrew Marston, who top scored with 19. Last man Harrison Webb recorded the fourth duck of the innings as Portsmouth were dismissed for 95. r.
There was early success for Duggan’s men when Andover replied.
Glynn Treagus, once a Minor Counties Championship winner with Dorset and a prolific SPL run scorer for many years, was clean bowled by Hirani second ball – the ball of the day, according to witnesses.
Woolf (2-29) bagged two wickets to reduce Andover to 32-3 (Taylor 21), but any hopes of a stunning victory were dashed when Charlie Ayers (28) added 40 for the fourth wicket with wicket-keeper Matt Knight, who remained unbeaten with a defiant but nonetheless crucial 22 off 77 deliveries.
The matches at May’s Bounty, Sparsholt and St Cross Symondians were cancelled.
