Ryan Scott, complete with bat and pads, scores 51 [Terry Nash]
Ben Rogers - to the rescue ... twice ! Lymington Times picture Lymington’s Ryan Scott scored his first ECB Southern Premier Division half-century of the season against Hook & Newnham Basics – after having opening his car boot on arrival at the King George V Ground only to find he’d left his kit at home !
Cue a panic call to team-mate Ben Rogers, who did a U-turn on the M3 and drove back to Scott’s pad in Southampton's West Quay to fetch his bat, gloves and pads.
Two hours later, the pair were celebrating as they both made down the order fifties and helped Lymington win a crunch bottom of the table match by 42 runs.
Lymington got off to a steady start with openers Terry Crabb (28) and Dan Cox (11) putting on 35 before the Kiwi left-hander was run out by Jack Murrell.
The visitors promptly lost three wickets for 29 runs, including South African Ximus du Plooy, who has mustered only 45 runs in his last seven Lymington knocks.
Reunited, Ben Rogers (62) and a now kitted out Scott (51) turned the tide with a 76-run stand which, with the aid of a later fling by Josh Royan (43) enabled Lymington to post a challenging 223-8, Aniket Divecha’s efforts being rewarded with a 4-35 return.
Hook are finding it hard to score any runs themselves and any fading hope they had of pulling off an improbable victory ended at 96-6 with James Wade (3-20) ripping through the Basics’ middle-order after Josh Procter (3-31) had struck two early blows.
Matt Buckingham (78) refused to buckle. Aided by Murrell (21) in a 47-run rally, ended by full flannelled Scott (2-19), the pair helped Hook get some batting bonus points on the table. Josh Balcombe (17*) helped as a further 30 runs were garnered for the tenth wicket, Hook eventually being dismissed for 181.
So, Scott had plenty to smile about post match, unlike teenage team-mate Hugo Smith, who finished the day in A & E after dislocating his shoulder in a fielding accident late in the game. It's the fourth time the rugby playing Smith has suffered such an injury.
Lymington dedicated their 42-run victory as an early birthday present to club stalwart Tony Wharton, who is now almost an octogenerian.
Cue a panic call to team-mate Ben Rogers, who did a U-turn on the M3 and drove back to Scott’s pad in Southampton's West Quay to fetch his bat, gloves and pads.
Two hours later, the pair were celebrating as they both made down the order fifties and helped Lymington win a crunch bottom of the table match by 42 runs.
Lymington got off to a steady start with openers Terry Crabb (28) and Dan Cox (11) putting on 35 before the Kiwi left-hander was run out by Jack Murrell.
The visitors promptly lost three wickets for 29 runs, including South African Ximus du Plooy, who has mustered only 45 runs in his last seven Lymington knocks.
Reunited, Ben Rogers (62) and a now kitted out Scott (51) turned the tide with a 76-run stand which, with the aid of a later fling by Josh Royan (43) enabled Lymington to post a challenging 223-8, Aniket Divecha’s efforts being rewarded with a 4-35 return.
Hook are finding it hard to score any runs themselves and any fading hope they had of pulling off an improbable victory ended at 96-6 with James Wade (3-20) ripping through the Basics’ middle-order after Josh Procter (3-31) had struck two early blows.
Matt Buckingham (78) refused to buckle. Aided by Murrell (21) in a 47-run rally, ended by full flannelled Scott (2-19), the pair helped Hook get some batting bonus points on the table. Josh Balcombe (17*) helped as a further 30 runs were garnered for the tenth wicket, Hook eventually being dismissed for 181.
So, Scott had plenty to smile about post match, unlike teenage team-mate Hugo Smith, who finished the day in A & E after dislocating his shoulder in a fielding accident late in the game. It's the fourth time the rugby playing Smith has suffered such an injury.
Lymington dedicated their 42-run victory as an early birthday present to club stalwart Tony Wharton, who is now almost an octogenerian.
