PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA, who boast the solitary 100 per cent record in the Southern Premier League after 11 straight wins. Jack Davies, with 586 runs, is vying for the Division 3 batting prize, with skipper Ben Saunders (27) well placed in the bowling stakes.
Portsmouth & Southsea: Standing (from left): Paul Barsby (coach), Tom Benfield, Alex Davidson, Jono Willey, Dean Lee, Shaun Briggs, Jake Peach. Seated: Matt Benfield, Jack Davies, Ben Saunders, Keiron Dunstan, Max Goddard.
Dean Lee belted his highest score for Portsmouth & Southsea as the Southern Premier League Division 3 leaders took another step towards promotion.
Lee, batting at seven, struck an unbeaten 79 off 63 balls as P & S thrashed Trojans by 119 runs at St James’.
That was their 11th successive league win and they are now the only side across all four tiers of the SPL to still boast a 100 per cent record.
They are now a massive 75 points clear of third-placed Langley Manor - the top two go up - with seven weeks remaining.
Matt Benfield hit 73 at the top of the order, but there was only 135 on the board when he was sixth out, Trojans having stuck to their task well in the sweltering heat..
But Lee put on 41 for the seventh wicket with Maxwell Goddard and another 47 for the eighth with skipper Ben Saunders as P & S closed on 237-9. Lee hit eight fours and three sixes.
Jono Willey (2-27) quickly reduced Trojans to 6-2 and Saunders (4-14) ripped out the middle order as the visitors succumbed to 118 all out (Rhaul Bhome 36). Simon Carter, The News.
Portsmouth & Southsea: Standing (from left): Paul Barsby (coach), Tom Benfield, Alex Davidson, Jono Willey, Dean Lee, Shaun Briggs, Jake Peach. Seated: Matt Benfield, Jack Davies, Ben Saunders, Keiron Dunstan, Max Goddard.
Dean Lee belted his highest score for Portsmouth & Southsea as the Southern Premier League Division 3 leaders took another step towards promotion.
Lee, batting at seven, struck an unbeaten 79 off 63 balls as P & S thrashed Trojans by 119 runs at St James’.
That was their 11th successive league win and they are now the only side across all four tiers of the SPL to still boast a 100 per cent record.
They are now a massive 75 points clear of third-placed Langley Manor - the top two go up - with seven weeks remaining.
Matt Benfield hit 73 at the top of the order, but there was only 135 on the board when he was sixth out, Trojans having stuck to their task well in the sweltering heat..
But Lee put on 41 for the seventh wicket with Maxwell Goddard and another 47 for the eighth with skipper Ben Saunders as P & S closed on 237-9. Lee hit eight fours and three sixes.
Jono Willey (2-27) quickly reduced Trojans to 6-2 and Saunders (4-14) ripped out the middle order as the visitors succumbed to 118 all out (Rhaul Bhome 36). Simon Carter, The News.
