Left-hand opener Dubs Wood and Dean Nurse hit half-centuries as Basingstoke & North Hants extended their winning start with a three-wicket victory over Rowledge at May's Bounty.
It was their third successive win, leaving the Bountymen a solitary point behind leaders Andover in the embryo Southern Premier Division 1 table.
The pair each hit 56, their fifty-plus stand putting Basingstoke in a strong position before a middle-order wobble saw four wickets fall for 31 runs before they overhauled a Rowledge total of 177 with four overs to spare.
Some bright stoke play between Jonty Seeborn and Zac LeRoux gave Rowledge a promising start, but the innings stalled at 45-3, with Bradley Neal taking 2-24 and then removing Australian youngster Conor Cook with a stunning catch low down. At 56-4, Rowledge weren't in great shape.
Jake Wish (60) and teenager Olly Ryman (27) produced a patient partnership to lift Rowledge to 167-7, but Basingstoke's four-pronged spin attack was in motion, and with Ash Neal (3-23) and Alistair Brown (3-26) sharing six wickets, the visitors fell to 171 all out..
It was their third successive win, leaving the Bountymen a solitary point behind leaders Andover in the embryo Southern Premier Division 1 table.
The pair each hit 56, their fifty-plus stand putting Basingstoke in a strong position before a middle-order wobble saw four wickets fall for 31 runs before they overhauled a Rowledge total of 177 with four overs to spare.
Some bright stoke play between Jonty Seeborn and Zac LeRoux gave Rowledge a promising start, but the innings stalled at 45-3, with Bradley Neal taking 2-24 and then removing Australian youngster Conor Cook with a stunning catch low down. At 56-4, Rowledge weren't in great shape.
Jake Wish (60) and teenager Olly Ryman (27) produced a patient partnership to lift Rowledge to 167-7, but Basingstoke's four-pronged spin attack was in motion, and with Ash Neal (3-23) and Alistair Brown (3-26) sharing six wickets, the visitors fell to 171 all out..
Basingstoke blasted out the traps with 35 on the board in no time and looked to be heading for a comfortable victory - but two quick wickets, firstly a stumping from Ben Wish and then a sharp run out from Ryman reduced them to 60-2.
Wood and Nurse consolidated and batted with patience to take the game away from Rowledge, an 80-run partnership almost seeing them home.
But Rowledge didn't give up and Wood's exit created dressing room nerves. Tight bowling from the visitors - the miserly Oli Baker took 1-9 off his ten overs - led to the loss of three more wickets and it needed Nurse to smack 16 runs off one over to tip the scales.
Wood and Nurse consolidated and batted with patience to take the game away from Rowledge, an 80-run partnership almost seeing them home.
But Rowledge didn't give up and Wood's exit created dressing room nerves. Tight bowling from the visitors - the miserly Oli Baker took 1-9 off his ten overs - led to the loss of three more wickets and it needed Nurse to smack 16 runs off one over to tip the scales.