Basingstoke & North Hants II Back (from left): Matthew Deadman, Ashley Neal, Callum Coombs, Bradley Neal, Chris Oliver, Steve Bucksey. Front: Andrew Giles, Keith Harris, Chris Chandler (captain), Max Harsham, Chris Jolley. Photo: Elsa Morris
(left) Fair Oak put a dent into Basingstoke & North Hants IIs unbeaten start to the British Gas Southern Premier League Division 3 season with a three-wicket victory at Lapstone Park.
Oaks won an important toss and quickly removed in-form Basingstoke chairman Andy Giles.
But teenage opener Max Harsham (27) and third-wicket pair Chris Oliver (41) and Bradley Neal (42) steadied the Bounty and got the side into three figures.
But with Assad Abbas (3-27) and Ross Stewart (3-20) creating inroads, Basingstoke dropped to 178 all out (Chris Chander 22).
Oak pair Ed Kemp (37) and Andrew Sturman (39) put on 76 for the third wicket.
Steve Bucksey (3-34) aided a mini collapse as they slid to 125-6, but Bradfield College captain Charlie Gwynn, with a match winning unbeaten 39 and Richard Featherstone (19) got the home side to 168-7, from where Gwynn finished the job off.
Andy Neal and Harry Anstee powered an unbroken 143-run partnership as Bashley (Rydal) II swept to the top of Division 3 with a seven-wicket win over Hursley Park, who are bottom of the pile.
The pair pierced the Quarters boundary rope 17 times during their partnership, Neal making unbeaten 68 and Anstee 66 not out.
Winless Hursley had earlier totalled 194-5 – Luke Deacon (51) celebrating a maiden fifty – but Bashley were home and dry with ten overs to spare.
The father and son combination of Andy and Bradley Parratt helped guide Fawley to a six-wicket win over Alton II at the Jubilee Ground.
Young Bradley’s spin produced a 3-32 return as Alton made 168-9 – a total Fawley polished off, with father Andy Parratt (44) and Kiwi Matt Brown (43) at the helm.
Chris Stone was left out of Havant’s first team for the Premier Division defeat by St Cross Symondians – but responded with a century in the second team’s 26-run derby win over Waterlooville.
Stone (left) cracked a 17-boundary 113 and shared a 129-run stand with Steve Matthews (50) as Havant posted 199-9.
Previously unbeaten Ville prospered at 78-1 (James Hortle 45) but were eventually dismissed for 173 (Archie Reynolds 33), Matthews taking 3-20 and Pete Hayward 3-35.
Purbrook captain Martin Lee was delighted to see his side get their first Southern League Division Three win on the board with a 43 run success against Gosport Borough.
“The win is a nice little pressure release for us and we did the job on the day,” said Lee, who gambled by deciding to bat first on a strip dampened by overnight storms.
“The aim was to go out, get a decent total and then defend it. The thunderstorms hadn't done the wicket much good and it was pretty slow to try and score on.”
Purbrook made a solid start making 40-0 but then lost two wickets in two balls.
Sean Figgins (52) came in and steadied the ship to get Purbrook out of their sticky situation. They finished 178-9 with Berger Nel (17), Aaron Dean (16) and Hamid Khan (14) chipping in with valuable late runs.
The writing was on the wall for the Borough when they slumped to 72-5. Only Simon Creal (39 ) provided any resistance of substance.
“The wicket was damp but it didn't play badly,' said Borough vice-captain Lee Harrop. “Purbrook applied themselves a bit more than we did. We played some rash shots and paid the price. It means we have got ourselves in a little group at the bottom rather than putting some daylight between us and them.”
Oaks won an important toss and quickly removed in-form Basingstoke chairman Andy Giles.
But teenage opener Max Harsham (27) and third-wicket pair Chris Oliver (41) and Bradley Neal (42) steadied the Bounty and got the side into three figures.
But with Assad Abbas (3-27) and Ross Stewart (3-20) creating inroads, Basingstoke dropped to 178 all out (Chris Chander 22).
Oak pair Ed Kemp (37) and Andrew Sturman (39) put on 76 for the third wicket.
Steve Bucksey (3-34) aided a mini collapse as they slid to 125-6, but Bradfield College captain Charlie Gwynn, with a match winning unbeaten 39 and Richard Featherstone (19) got the home side to 168-7, from where Gwynn finished the job off.
Andy Neal and Harry Anstee powered an unbroken 143-run partnership as Bashley (Rydal) II swept to the top of Division 3 with a seven-wicket win over Hursley Park, who are bottom of the pile.
The pair pierced the Quarters boundary rope 17 times during their partnership, Neal making unbeaten 68 and Anstee 66 not out.
Winless Hursley had earlier totalled 194-5 – Luke Deacon (51) celebrating a maiden fifty – but Bashley were home and dry with ten overs to spare.
The father and son combination of Andy and Bradley Parratt helped guide Fawley to a six-wicket win over Alton II at the Jubilee Ground.
Young Bradley’s spin produced a 3-32 return as Alton made 168-9 – a total Fawley polished off, with father Andy Parratt (44) and Kiwi Matt Brown (43) at the helm.
Chris Stone was left out of Havant’s first team for the Premier Division defeat by St Cross Symondians – but responded with a century in the second team’s 26-run derby win over Waterlooville.
Stone (left) cracked a 17-boundary 113 and shared a 129-run stand with Steve Matthews (50) as Havant posted 199-9.
Previously unbeaten Ville prospered at 78-1 (James Hortle 45) but were eventually dismissed for 173 (Archie Reynolds 33), Matthews taking 3-20 and Pete Hayward 3-35.
Purbrook captain Martin Lee was delighted to see his side get their first Southern League Division Three win on the board with a 43 run success against Gosport Borough.
“The win is a nice little pressure release for us and we did the job on the day,” said Lee, who gambled by deciding to bat first on a strip dampened by overnight storms.
“The aim was to go out, get a decent total and then defend it. The thunderstorms hadn't done the wicket much good and it was pretty slow to try and score on.”
Purbrook made a solid start making 40-0 but then lost two wickets in two balls.
Sean Figgins (52) came in and steadied the ship to get Purbrook out of their sticky situation. They finished 178-9 with Berger Nel (17), Aaron Dean (16) and Hamid Khan (14) chipping in with valuable late runs.
The writing was on the wall for the Borough when they slumped to 72-5. Only Simon Creal (39 ) provided any resistance of substance.
“The wicket was damp but it didn't play badly,' said Borough vice-captain Lee Harrop. “Purbrook applied themselves a bit more than we did. We played some rash shots and paid the price. It means we have got ourselves in a little group at the bottom rather than putting some daylight between us and them.”
