Sheep farmer Henry Smith led the way with an unbeaten 67 as South Wilts seconds comfortably sheared off Gosport Borough’s 230 to beat their mid-table Southern Premier Division 3 rivals by seven wickets at Privett Park.
Opener Smith underpinned the run chase and enjoyed fruitful partnerships with teenage left-hander Matt Falconer (39), Joe Cranch (28) and Rob Pittman (30) before completing the formalities with Steve Riddell, 29 not out.
Tailender Tyrel Chicot belted a quickfire half-century - but Gosport Borough were still well beaten..
The West Indian smacked seven fours and three sixes in racing to 58 off 27 balls after coming in at No 9.
Opener Jayaram Jayaraj had top scored with 62 as Borough were bowled out for 230.
Rob Pittman took 3-63 to take his SPL3 wicket tally to 27, the same haul as Portsmouth & Southsea skipper Ben Saunders.
Paultons are in danger of slipping into the Division 3 relegation zone after Havant seconds inflicted a fifth successive defeat by an eight-wicket margin.
Havant’s top order were all in form as their side strolled to an eight-wicket victory at Whitemoor Lane.
Asked to chase 235, openers Andrew Galliers (62) and Steven Matthews (58) put on 118 before Simon Loat (47 not out) and Stuart Ransley (46 not out) shared an unbroken stand of 102 for the third wicket as Havant romped home in the 38th over.
Paul Longland had top scored with 91 (ten fours) and Andrew Collins made 35 as Paultons posted 234 all out (Ali Gardner 3-44).
Basingstoke & North Hants seconds remain stranded in the relegation zone after an eight-wicket defeat by high fliers Langley Manor, who comfortably chased down 201-9 to win.
They are 24 points behind Trojans with the visit to winless Purbrook on Saturday week critical to their hopes of avoiding the drop.
Basingstoke made a comfortable start ay Knellers Lane through Chris Froud (32) and Laurence Benge (21), but the innings gradually subsided once the spin of little Tommy Spencer (3-17) impacted and the score dropped to 127-7.
Jamie Brown and Craig Renders took two wickets each before eight wicket pair Tyler Bradley (37) and Chris Chandler (23) added 67 to lift the visitors to 201-9, with a precious late batting bonus point secured.
The pair combined against to dismiss Langley opener Craig Browne, but after that Rob Budd’s eldest son Jack (68) and, more particularly, Steve Harris, with a boundary laced 88 not out (four 6s and nine 4s), dominated from the middle. Langley were home with 14 overs to spare.
Opener Smith underpinned the run chase and enjoyed fruitful partnerships with teenage left-hander Matt Falconer (39), Joe Cranch (28) and Rob Pittman (30) before completing the formalities with Steve Riddell, 29 not out.
Tailender Tyrel Chicot belted a quickfire half-century - but Gosport Borough were still well beaten..
The West Indian smacked seven fours and three sixes in racing to 58 off 27 balls after coming in at No 9.
Opener Jayaram Jayaraj had top scored with 62 as Borough were bowled out for 230.
Rob Pittman took 3-63 to take his SPL3 wicket tally to 27, the same haul as Portsmouth & Southsea skipper Ben Saunders.
Paultons are in danger of slipping into the Division 3 relegation zone after Havant seconds inflicted a fifth successive defeat by an eight-wicket margin.
Havant’s top order were all in form as their side strolled to an eight-wicket victory at Whitemoor Lane.
Asked to chase 235, openers Andrew Galliers (62) and Steven Matthews (58) put on 118 before Simon Loat (47 not out) and Stuart Ransley (46 not out) shared an unbroken stand of 102 for the third wicket as Havant romped home in the 38th over.
Paul Longland had top scored with 91 (ten fours) and Andrew Collins made 35 as Paultons posted 234 all out (Ali Gardner 3-44).
Basingstoke & North Hants seconds remain stranded in the relegation zone after an eight-wicket defeat by high fliers Langley Manor, who comfortably chased down 201-9 to win.
They are 24 points behind Trojans with the visit to winless Purbrook on Saturday week critical to their hopes of avoiding the drop.
Basingstoke made a comfortable start ay Knellers Lane through Chris Froud (32) and Laurence Benge (21), but the innings gradually subsided once the spin of little Tommy Spencer (3-17) impacted and the score dropped to 127-7.
Jamie Brown and Craig Renders took two wickets each before eight wicket pair Tyler Bradley (37) and Chris Chandler (23) added 67 to lift the visitors to 201-9, with a precious late batting bonus point secured.
The pair combined against to dismiss Langley opener Craig Browne, but after that Rob Budd’s eldest son Jack (68) and, more particularly, Steve Harris, with a boundary laced 88 not out (four 6s and nine 4s), dominated from the middle. Langley were home with 14 overs to spare.