Oli Southon, too hot for Basinstoke [Ian Thacker]
Basingstoke & North Hants are tottering on the brink of a second consecutive Southern Premier League relegation after an 86-run defeat by Rowledge at School Road.
It left them occupying the second relegation place, five points behind fellow strugglers Old Tauntonians & Romsey, whose noon visit to May's Bounty on Saturday is critical.
Lose and Basingstoke will almost certainly be playing Hampshire third tier cricket next summer. A Stoke win would carry the survival battle into the final round of matches on August 29.
Captain Matt Deadman will demand a far better batting performance - Basingstoke having been bowled out for 147 after Rowledge had posted 233-8.
Abdullah Abid (3-37), who clean bowled three of the Rowledge top five, was the pick of the Basingstoke attack.
Former Burridge and Hampshire Academy all-rounder Oli Southon (5-13) was simply too good for Basingstoke, who sank to 88-8 before Tom Dyer (40*) and Ali Brown (24) improved their lot.
It left them occupying the second relegation place, five points behind fellow strugglers Old Tauntonians & Romsey, whose noon visit to May's Bounty on Saturday is critical.
Lose and Basingstoke will almost certainly be playing Hampshire third tier cricket next summer. A Stoke win would carry the survival battle into the final round of matches on August 29.
Captain Matt Deadman will demand a far better batting performance - Basingstoke having been bowled out for 147 after Rowledge had posted 233-8.
Abdullah Abid (3-37), who clean bowled three of the Rowledge top five, was the pick of the Basingstoke attack.
Former Burridge and Hampshire Academy all-rounder Oli Southon (5-13) was simply too good for Basingstoke, who sank to 88-8 before Tom Dyer (40*) and Ali Brown (24) improved their lot.
