Rhodes Franklin played key role for Hook.
Tom May Hook & Newnham Basics seconds lost three wickets in a dramatic final over just as they were within striking distance of inflicting a first defeat of the season on Southern Premier Division 2 leaders Hambledon at the KGV.
Going into the last two overs, Hook - chasing 275-8 - needed just 12 runs to win with five wickets in hand.
But Dan Moore was caught by Glanfield off the second ball of Matt De Villiers’ last over, before keeper Mark Butcher ran out Lewis Watts two balls later.
Hook needed 10 off the last over, and after a dot ball Henry Glanfield struck when he had Will Wyatt caught by Dan McGovern.
Josh Balcombe promptly hit six runs off the next two balls, a two and a four, leaving Hook requiring four off the last two deliveries.
They didn’t add a further run. Glanfield saw to that. Balcombe spooned up a caught and bowled and then Kevin Light was bowled.
Hook had lost their last five wickets for seven runs in the space of 11 balls, with Glanfield finishing with 4-42 and De Villiers with 4-50.
Tom May (81) and Rhodes Franklin (71) had appeared to have batted Hook into a winning position, with the score on 246-4 before Franklin was caught by McGovern off the bowling of De Villiers.
Left-hander McGovern (115) and De Villiers (53) put on 84 for the second wicket with Glanfield (36) with the tall Australian adding 83 more for the third wicket with De Villiers - the 21-year old South African retaining his sensational record of having scored at least a half-century in every game he’s played for Hambledon.
Going into the last two overs, Hook - chasing 275-8 - needed just 12 runs to win with five wickets in hand.
But Dan Moore was caught by Glanfield off the second ball of Matt De Villiers’ last over, before keeper Mark Butcher ran out Lewis Watts two balls later.
Hook needed 10 off the last over, and after a dot ball Henry Glanfield struck when he had Will Wyatt caught by Dan McGovern.
Josh Balcombe promptly hit six runs off the next two balls, a two and a four, leaving Hook requiring four off the last two deliveries.
They didn’t add a further run. Glanfield saw to that. Balcombe spooned up a caught and bowled and then Kevin Light was bowled.
Hook had lost their last five wickets for seven runs in the space of 11 balls, with Glanfield finishing with 4-42 and De Villiers with 4-50.
Tom May (81) and Rhodes Franklin (71) had appeared to have batted Hook into a winning position, with the score on 246-4 before Franklin was caught by McGovern off the bowling of De Villiers.
Left-hander McGovern (115) and De Villiers (53) put on 84 for the second wicket with Glanfield (36) with the tall Australian adding 83 more for the third wicket with De Villiers - the 21-year old South African retaining his sensational record of having scored at least a half-century in every game he’s played for Hambledon.
Tim Jackson 5-29 for Waterlooville
A spectacular yet controversial mid-wicket boundary catch which led to Hugo Hammond’s dismissal proved a major talking point after Hartley Wintney’s three-wicket defeat by Waterlooville.
Having arrived at the crease with Hartley 57-2 (Jon Kerr 25), Hammond had to hold the innings together as wickets fell all too regularly (for his liking) at the other end, principally to Ville’s Tim Jackson, who produced league best figures of 5-29.
It didn’t stop Hammond from playing his normal attacking game – two sixes and three boundaries in his 49-ball knock – but with Hartley’s score at 144-7 (James Mulvey 28) he was spectacularly caught in the deep.
Having been dropped inside the boundary rope by Alex Shephard (for what would have been a regulation catch), the Ville fielder redeemed himself two overs later in spectacular fashion.
Hammond smoked the ball high to the mid-wicket boundary, where this time Shephard caught the ball – at head height - but with his momentum taking him over the boundary line he was able to flick the ball into the air, step over the line and then dive back into play, taking a marvellous one-handed grab.
Hammond, who had top scored with 43, wasn’t terribly excited about being given out, especially as his dismissal ended any realistic prospect of Hartley scoring more than 155 all out.
Bowlers enjoyed the upper hand through the match and Hartley Wintney allowed a marvellous opportunity to win the match to slip through the fingers.
With Jamie Teale taking 3-24 and Scott Baldwin 2-30, they had Waterlooville on the canvas at 66-6 and when opener Gabe Broadhurst (39) fell, Hartley were close to victory.
It looked nigh impossible for the Ville at 96-7, but a run a ball 33 from Sam Hillman and a dogged 21 not out from Sam Robinson saw the visitors home with 10.2 overs to spare.
Having arrived at the crease with Hartley 57-2 (Jon Kerr 25), Hammond had to hold the innings together as wickets fell all too regularly (for his liking) at the other end, principally to Ville’s Tim Jackson, who produced league best figures of 5-29.
It didn’t stop Hammond from playing his normal attacking game – two sixes and three boundaries in his 49-ball knock – but with Hartley’s score at 144-7 (James Mulvey 28) he was spectacularly caught in the deep.
Having been dropped inside the boundary rope by Alex Shephard (for what would have been a regulation catch), the Ville fielder redeemed himself two overs later in spectacular fashion.
Hammond smoked the ball high to the mid-wicket boundary, where this time Shephard caught the ball – at head height - but with his momentum taking him over the boundary line he was able to flick the ball into the air, step over the line and then dive back into play, taking a marvellous one-handed grab.
Hammond, who had top scored with 43, wasn’t terribly excited about being given out, especially as his dismissal ended any realistic prospect of Hartley scoring more than 155 all out.
Bowlers enjoyed the upper hand through the match and Hartley Wintney allowed a marvellous opportunity to win the match to slip through the fingers.
With Jamie Teale taking 3-24 and Scott Baldwin 2-30, they had Waterlooville on the canvas at 66-6 and when opener Gabe Broadhurst (39) fell, Hartley were close to victory.
It looked nigh impossible for the Ville at 96-7, but a run a ball 33 from Sam Hillman and a dogged 21 not out from Sam Robinson saw the visitors home with 10.2 overs to spare.
