The second round of the Southern Premier League Cup was washed out, with half the scheduled fixtures called off without a ball being bowled and the other seven abandoned.
There was no play in the Premier/Division 1 games at Bournemouth, Havant and New Milton, while the regional second tier matches at Bashley (Rydal), Fawley, Gosport Borough, and South Wilts also suffered the same fate.
In the matches that did get underway, Hampshire prospect Harry Came picked up a bat for the first time this summer and was 33 not out when rain washed out the key West section game between St Cross Symondians and Bashley (Rydal).
Tom Prest (33) and Harry Broderick (23) shared a 58-run start for the Hampshire Academy against Portsmouth at St Helen’s, before left-arm spinner Andy Marston came on to remove both openers in quick succession.
Hambledon, opening match winners over Gosport Borough, were going nicely at 176-3 at Hartley Wintney when play was abandoned in the 30th over.
Openers George Marshall (44) and Spencer le Clerq (35) put on 94. With ten of the 40 overs left, Henry Glanfield was 35 not out and threatening another big score.
The launch of the All-Wight League was similarly affected, though at 17-3 Shanklin were grateful when the rains came at Westhill against arch rivals Ventnor.
Scores –
East Premier/Division 1
Hampshire Academy 75-3 (Prest 33, Broderick 23, A Marston 2-19) v Portsmouth.
Rowledge 56-2 (Sebbon 16*, J Wish 18*) v Burridge.
Match postponed: Havant v St Cross Symondians II.
West Premier/Division 1
South Wilts 50-2 (Hayward 18*) v Lymington.
St Cross Symondians 59-1 (Came 33*) v Bashley (Rydal).
Matches postponed: Bournemouth v Totton & Eling, New Milton v Calmore Sports.
East Division 2/3
Hambledon 176-3 (Marshall 44, Le Clerq 35, Glanfield 35*) v Hartley Wintney.
Liphook & Ripsley 91-3 (Martin 41*) v Portsmouth & Southsea.
Match postponed: Gosport Borough v Tichborne Park
West Division 2/3
Old Tauntonians & Romsey 41-1 (Chapungu 34*) v Paultons.
Matches postponed: Bashley (Rydal) II v Langley Manor, Fawley v Trojans, South Wilts II v Fair Oak.

St Cross Symondians are concerned that rain could put paid to their hopes of landing a crucial league cup win over Southern Premier champions Bashley (Rydal) at the Green Jackets tomorrow, 12.30.
Confidence is high in the St Cross camp after last weekend’s impressive Tom Foyle inspired 127-run victory over Bournemouth.
And with Bashley losing a last-ball thriller against Andover, the opportunity is there for St Cross to take a firm grip of the West Premier/Division 1 group – that’s provided they play and can inflict a second defeat on Michael Porter’s side.
The problem is that 2.5mm of rain is due to fall on Winchester between breakfast and tea-time – making it a potentially trying afternoon for the players, who are required to arrive at the game changed and then sit alone in their cars while the rain comes down !
Bashley are strengthened by the return of left-hand batsman Ben Walker (left), “whose quality and experience will be crucial in what is a massive game for us now,” concedes Porter.
St Cross Symondians: T Foyle, Trussler, Stokes, Ellis, Lewis, Bransgrove, H Foyle, Beetham, Brooke, Woolvine, Nicholls. 
Bashley (Rydal): Porter, Turner, Tayler, Walker, Fisher, Jacques, G. Wilson, Digby, M. Wilson, Clutterbuck, Crisp.
Lymington, thrashed at Calmore Sports last week, have Terry Crabb replacing Ben Rogers at the top of the order against South Wilts in one of only two designated home league cup matches at the Sports Ground.
Ben Draper skippers South Wilts in a competitive match for the first time, with Ed Freeman wearing the captain’s armband for Lymington.
Lymington: Freeman, Crabb, Cox, Scott, Royan, D Bailey, J Bailey, Robertson, Tollerfield, Ingles, Layman, Sykes. 
South Wilts: Peter Rowe, Jack Stearman, Tom Grant, James Hayward, Ben Draper, Raff Hussey, Ben Howgrave-Graham, Will Harries, Steve Warner, James Wade, Matt Burton.
Calmore Sports will be buoyant after their Lymington triumph (in which Ben Johns hit an unbeaten century) and bring in Callum Holloway at New Milton.
Calmore Sports: Johns, Brewster, Holloway, Fisher, Manning, Taylor, Lavelle, Perry, Newton, Stanton, Lepervanche.  
Bournemouth host round one winners Totton & Eling.

Tichborne Park will be without the influential Allam brothers for the scheduled Southern Premier League Cup East Division 2/3 match against Gosport Borough at Privett Park, 12.30.
Will is recovering from a shoulder injury – he should be fit for the round 3 game with Hartley Wintney – while sibling brother Tom, back from a brief spell at Basingstoke & North Hants, has a troublesome big toe.
Tichborne won their first match against Purbrook, while Gosport went down to a Henry Glanfield inspired Hambledon.
Tichborne Park: M Cheyney, E Primmer, K Connell, T Barnett, D White, J Bristow, S Newens, J Wilks, M Dryden-Brownlee, A Gunner, G Power.
Liphook & Ripsley face a weekend double, hosting league cup rivals Portsmouth & Southsea before travelling to the outskirts of Haywards Heath to play Balcombe in the Village Cup on Sunday.
Liphook’s team to play P & S is unchanged from that which trimmed Waterlooville, while P & S, with skipper Jack Davies fit, have Matt Benfield ​(pictured by The News), Chris Bollom and Oli Kanavan all in good nick after getting fifty-plus scores in the warm-up match at Havant.
Liphook & Ripsley: Rob Nicklin, Chris Martin, Harry Munt, Jonathan Pryce, George Neave, Gabriel Broadhurst, Sean Burton, Dan Harvey, Oscar Amis, Charles Janczur, Dave Elliott.
Portsmouth & Southsea: J Davies, M Benfield, O Kanavan, T Benfield, A Davidson, J White, B Saunders, J Peach, J Wiley, C Turrell, K Dunstan.
Having plundered 137 off 73 balls, including 14 sixes, off the South Wilts’ attack last week, left-hander Nathan Feltham was first name down on the Paultons’ team-sheet for the derby against OTs & Romsey at the town Sports Ground.
Paultons went on to win that match comfortably, while OTs came unstuck against Bashley (Rydal) II, who host Langley Manor at the BCG.
Paultons: Metcalfe, Rogers, Lee, Hamid, Smart, Drake, Feltham, Dawes, M Holgate, J Holgate, Denney.
South Wilts are still licking their wounds after that Feltham mauling, but beef up their bowling attack for Fair Oak’s visit to Bemerton.
All-rounder Tom Pearce is back and will share some of the spin bowling duties with teenager Tom Lewis, who took a career-best 8-27 against Shrewton last week.
South Wilts: Wade, Edwards, Lloyd, Pearce, Pittman, Bolam, Partridge, Atkinson, Richards, Lewis, Hewlett.
The Parratt dynasty lives on at Fawley, with Andy's youngest son Connor playing alongside elder brother Bailey against Trojans at Holbury.   Andy himself is arranging video links from his match at Burley, one of the New Forest's nicest grounds.
Fawley: C Earl, Edwards, Munir, K Earl, Crossley, B Streather, Croxall, C Parratt, Leach, Bryers, B Parratt.

​Hampshire will play five group-stage matches in the new Bob Willis Trophy behind-closed-doors in the South Group, facing Essex, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. The two group winners with the most points will go on to contest a five-day final.
They begin their campaign against Sussex, travelling to Hove in the opening round of fixtures on Saturday 1st August, before facing Middlesex at Radlett on Saturday 8th August.
Hampshire, who will utilise Arundel Castle for their two home fixtures, will host Surrey on Saturday 15th August, before then welcoming Essex to the venue for the penultimate South group fixture of the campaign starting on Saturday 22nd August.
Kent will be Hampshire’s opponent for the final group fixture which gets underway on Sunday 6th September, with the competition’s five-day final scheduled to begin on Wednesday 30th September.
Fixtures in the Bob Willis Trophy will be played behind-closed-doors, however fans will be able to follow all of Hampshire’s matches courtesy of live streams.
The domestic competitions will be staged under strict health and safety protocols with the Bob Willis Trophy also set to feature ECB Board-approved changes to playing conditions to help ensure the wellbeing of players, most significantly fast bowlers, following the long lay-off due to COVID-19.
HAMPSHIRE’S FIXTURES
Sussex v Hampshire, Hove, Sat 1st–Tues 4th August
Middlesex v Hampshire, Radlett, Sat 8th–Tues 11th August
Hampshire v Surrey, Arundel Castle, Sat 15th- Tues 18th August
Hampshire v Essex, Arundel Castle, Sat 22nd–Tues 25th August
Kent v Hampshire, Canterbury, Sat 6th–Tues 9th September
Bob Willis Trophy groups:
NORTH: Derbyshire, Durham, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire.
CENTRAL: Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Worcestershire.
SOUTH: Essex, Kent, Hampshire, Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex.

Hampshire have named an unchanged and youthful Academy side for the rain threatened second round of Southern Premier League Cup (Premier/Division East) match against Portsmouth at St Helen’s, Southsea, 12.30.
They handed out a nine-wicket thrashing to Alton in their opening game, teenage pair Harry Broderick and Dom Kelly sharing six three wickets as the Brewers were dismissed for 174.
Wimborne -based Tom Prest led the victory charge with an unbeaten 86.
Portsmouth ran Burridge close, eventually losing by two wickets off the penultimate ball, with Ben Duggan and Will Smitherman catching the eye with the bat, each scoring 40 in the Southsea side’s 190-8.
Left-arm spinner Andy Marston, who missed the narrow Burridge defeat, gets the call up.
But tomorrow’s weather forecast does not look terribly promising, with light rain threatening to move into the region before lunch.
Portsmouth: Duggan, T Wallis, Christian, J Marston, Smitherman, D Wallis, Hammond, Woolf, McArdle, A Marston, Webb.
Academy: Tomlinson, Prest, Broderick, Middleton, Khanna, Metzger, Wheeler, Huntley, Kelly, La Fontaine-Jackson, Mumford.
Unchanged Burridge also look to build on their initial success and will be favourites against visiting Rowledge, even though the Surrey county border side beat Sparsholt last weekend.
Division 1 side Rowledge have a fitness worry over the evergreen David Lloyd, but skipper Ben Wish expects to wheel his experienced spin all-rounder out on to the field.
Rowledge are in Village Cup action at l’Anson League side Blackheath on Sunday, with skipper Ben Wish planning to give several promising youngsters a run out.
Burridge: Joe Collings-Wells, Shu Chowdhury, Hilio De Abreu, Chris Blake, James Hughes, Daniel Stancliffe, Jack Paskins, Dan Damley Jones, Sullivan White, Francis Moore, Alec Damley-Jones
Rowledge: B Wish, J Wish, Lloyd, C Yates Jnr, Plater, R Yates, Baker, Ryman, Randall, Sebborn, E Martin.
Havant were given a good work out by Portsmouth & Southsea last weekend, chasing down the visitors’ 229-6 to win by six wickets, with Harry Gadd hitting 67 and Chris Morgan an unbeaten 42.
They entertain St Cross Symondians seconds, who were due to play in Southern Premier Division 1 after finishing runners-up (to Totton & Eling) in the third division last summer.
St Cross won at Sarisbury Athletic last week and included in their ranks 34-year old former Middlesex seamer Chris Whelan, who ironically made his county championship debut against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl in 2005, dismissing Sean Ervine in both innings.  Hampshire included Kevin Pietersen (who got a first innings duck) and Shane Warne.  
Whelan later played for Worcestershire and finished with 90 county wickets. After an injury plagued county career ended, Whelan played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Shropshire, dismissing Bournemouth opener Nick Park in one match at Dean Park.
Havant: Morgan, Bulled, Hindley, Jerry, Stone, H Gadd, Hopson, F Gadd, Taw, Whitfield, Stares.
Sparsholt have a double header against Sarisbury Athletic, hosting them in the SPL Cup at Locks Lane tomorrow (12.30), and then visiting their Division 1 rivals in the National Village Cup at Allotment Road on Sunday, 1pm.

SATURDAY
Southern Premier League Cup (12.30)
Premier/Division 1 East: Burridge v Rowledge, Havant v St Cross Symondians II, Portsmouth v Hampshire Academy, Sparsholt v Sarisbury Athletic.
West: Bournemouth v Totton & Eling, Lymington v South Wilts, New Milton v Calmore Sports, St Cross Symondians v Bashley (Rydal).
Division 2/3 East: Gosport Borough v Tichborne Park, Hartley Wintney v Hambledon, Liphook & Ripsley v Portsmouth & Southsea.
West: Bashley (Rydal) v Langley Manor, Fawley v Trojans, OTs & Romsey v Paultons, South Wilts II v Fair Oak.
Hampshire Competitions
See https://hantsdistrictcomps.play-cricket.com/Competitions
Winchester Club Championship (1pm)
Division 1: Alton II v Compton & Chandler’s Ford, Easton & Martyr Worthy v Hursley Park, Fair Oak v St Cross Symondians III, IBM Hursley v Sparsholt, Longparish v RAM. Division 2: Compton & Chandler’s Ford III v Alton II, Hursley Park v Easton & Martyr Worthy, Sparsholt v IBM Hursley, St Cross Symondians v Fair Oak, Twyford v Longparish.
Isle of Wight League (1.30)
Division A: Ryde 1 v Newport, Northwood v St Helens, Shanklin &  Godshill v Ventnor. Division B: Ryde Cavaliers v Freshwater (Smallbrook), Arreton v Ryde 2, Ventnor II v Northwood II.
Friendlies
Alton v Hook & Newnham Basics, Andover v Basingstoke & North Hants, Waterlooville v Hook & Newnham Basics II.
SUNDAY
National Village Championships
Balcombe v Liphook & Ripsley, Blackheath (Guildford) v Rowledge, Bramshaw v Oakley, Overton v Ventnor, Redlynch & Hale v Oldbourne, Sarisbury Athletic v Sparsholt (Allotment Road), Shrewton v Goatacre, Tichborne Park v Easton & Martyr Worthy.

COMPETITIVE cricket on the Isle of Wight gets underway this weekend as 13 teams from eight clubs play in two mini-leagues.
The teams will be split into two All Island leagues (A and B), with each team playing each other once in a 40-over format, run under strict Covid-19 playing guidance from the ECB.
The league will see — for the first time in many years — Southern and Hampshire league sides take on Island teams, with Shanklin v Ventnor the stand-out tie.
It follows a series of online meetings with clubs as to the way forward for Island cricket after losing half the season to coronavirus.
With players still 'rusty' from the enforced furlough from Britain's favourite summer sport, at least they have had some preparation after two weekends of fixtures since lockdown measures on cricket were relaxed.
The Isle of Wight Cricket Board (IWCB) also aims to host an 'All Stars' game on August 29 for a one-off match.
Once the league ends, new competition, The September Cup, will follow, to extend the Island's cricket season into the autumn.
IWCB cricket development manager, Stuart Chatfield, said: "The league and cup will give the players what they wanted — competition at the weekends.
"From a recent questionnaire we sent out, more than 75 per cent of those who completed it wanted to see some sort of competition this season. It will see many sides take on teams from different leagues, which will make it really exciting.
"But most pleasing is the clubs were keen to enter teams and make the league a success, with them working together sharing grounds and players to get the games on.
"From speaking to numerous cricketers over the past few days, about how much they are looking forward to the league this season, they understand it's a first in more than 25 years — and is unlikely to ever happen again.
"This season has sparked a new interest in local cricket.  "Those who would normally play in mainland sides have also chosen to return to Island clubs.  It's going to be incredibly hard to predict the league and cup winners.
"Even in these unusual times, we encourage as many as possible to get along to the games and watch some exciting cricket, with bars open and clubs pleased to see you."
Saturday’s fixtures: Division A: Ryde 1 v Newport (Hardings Shute), Northwood v St Helens (The Park), Shanklin and Godshill 1 v Ventnor 1 (Westhill). Division B: Ryde Cavaliers v Freshwater (Smallbrook), Arreton v Ryde II (Haseley Manor), Ventnor II v Shanklin (Steephill). All games start at 1.30pm. 

Hartley Wintney will be donning their all-red t20 kit in Saturday’s Southern Premier League Cup group match against Hambledon on the Cricket Green, 12.30 – in support of the Ruth Strauss Foundation.
The 40-over East Division 2 game will be played using white balls and features two of Hampshire’s oldest clubs, Hambledon having been founded in c1750 and Hartley Wintney some 20 years later.
Following the huge success of Lord’s turning red last year, The Ruth Strauss Foundation is calling on players and clubs to help turn cricket red again while watching The Ruth Strauss Foundation Test - England v West Indies at Emirates Old Trafford, 24-28 July.
Ashes winning England captain Andrew Strauss set all cricket clubs across the country a challenge to paint their club Red (not literally) on Saturday.
Hartley Wintney secretary Andrew Ross explained: “This is becoming a new annual event run by Andrew Strauss in memory of his late wife to raise money for the Ruth Strauss Foundation, supporting breast cancer victims. 
                                                                                 Keeping switches
“In a nut-shell we’re asking everyone to turn up around the Green to watch the game in a red top, simple as that. Hambledon are delighted to get involved.
“During the innings break we are hoping to get a "socially distanced" group photo in front of the pavilion with everyone - players and those watching - and send it to the Foundation to show our support of this great event.”
It will be Hartley Wintney’s first SLC match, while Hambledon plan to build on last weekend’s comprehensive 92-run win over Gosport Borough in which Norwegian prospect Henry Glanfield scored an unbeaten 112 before taking 4-27.
Will Kerr captains the HW side, but hands over the wicket-keeping gauntlets to Hugo Hammond so as concentrate on his batting. 
Hambledon give a debut to teenage off-spinner Jack Pearce, grandson of the Bognor Regis Town soccer legend, but wicket-keeper Will Bond is unavailable.
Hartley Wintney: W Kerr,  A Brown, J Kerr, H Hammond, S Baldwin, J Mulvey, W Ross, J Teale, A Parson, M Teale, D Reynaldo.
Hambledon: Spencer Le Clercq, George Marshall, Henry Glanfield, Chris Pratt, Indy Chakrabarti, Simon Barnard, Ollie Willoughby, Rory Morris, Mark Butcher, Jack Pearce,  Shahryar Khan.

* You can support the Ruth Strauss Trust by placing an order for a red shirt via this link: https://ecb-comms.co.uk/1FT6-6YGAH-F0811CBC224512D27G3D2Z5536F60886EDBDF8/cr.aspx

Former South Wilts all-rounder Owen Alsop blazed a match winning 135 off 96 balls on a one-off return visit to Bemerton with Burbage & Easton Royal, who chased down 282-4 to win by three wickets off the last ball.
Earlier, opening pair Peter Rowe (75) and the emerging Jack Stearman (55) got South Wilts off to a solid start, which Ben Draper (30) and James Hayward (52 not out) improved before Raff Hussey struck a breezy 28 not out.
But, Matt Burton apart, South Wilts were unable to contain Alsop, who provided rich entertainment for a sizeable Wilton Road crowd.
South Wilts visit Lymington in the Southern Premier League Cup on Saturday, 12.30.

Harrison Clarke announced his arrival on the Totton & Eling stage by plundering a boundary strewn century on debut which set up a 24-run Southern Premier League Premier/Division 1 Cup win over New Milton.
The tall Parley raised opener cracked three sixes and 13 fours in his 126 scored off 109 balls, which pointed Totton to 248-7.  New Milton replied with a creditable 224-8.
Totton, last season’s Southern Premier Division 2 winners, are enjoying rich pickings from Dorset youth development, with Oli Thomas, Owen Morris and Jack Owens all headed up the busy A31 each week to play at Southern Gardens.
Clarke (left), who is studying at Bournemouth University, hasn’t played much cricket in the past few seasons, but there was little sign of rustiness as the commanded the middle.
He and Thomas (27) provided a 77-run start before the Bryanston schooled wicketkeeper was stumped by Luke Mortimore off Ryan Beck.  Joe Hall then bowled Morris to leave the hosts 108-2 and a little behind the desired run rate.
But Brighton Mugochi (41) and Clarke put Totton back on top before George Watts (4-42) began to create inroads, eventually having the dominant Parley recruit caught after a superb maiden knock.
New Milton got off to a blistering but short lived start with Toby Edwards (16) smashing four consecutive in Dan Collier’s opening over, but was then removed the next over by Hakim Peruzi for 16.
Campbell Golding arrived at the crease and continued the Green & Gold’s fast pace. He was the stalwart in the visitors’ innings as he smashed 12 fours and a six in his 68, but he was caught by Collier off Christchurch reared Jack Owens in the 25th over.
With Golding departing, New Milton were well ahead of the run rate but lacked wickets to go with it.
Watts carried his excellent form with the ball over to the bat as he scored a handy 45 not out off 36 balls. He was assisted by Hall (29), but New Milton were unable to keep up with the rising run rate and eventually fell short 24 runs of their target. 

Old Tauntonians & Romsey conceded a staggering 52 extras – 44 of them in wides – effectively gifting Southern Premier League Division 2/3 West Cup visitors Bashley (Rydal) II a 20-run victory.
Their wayward bowling contributed almost a quarter of Bashley’s 215-8 – chief culprit Jacob Folkestone being taken off after two overs, having conceded 29 runs, including 11 wides and a no-ball.
Bashley weren’t doing that well at 63-4, but were revived by Simon Watkins who, playing his first SL match since July 2018, hit three sixes and nine fours in a fine 71.
Umpiring duo Denis Emery (pictured) and Keith Williams almost needed a rub down at tea-time after signalling so many wides.  Bashley then kept the elderly pair active, bowling 18 of their own !
OTs appeared in a strong position at 127-2 when Rhys Wathen (52) fell to promising 14-year old spinner Ethan Baker.
At 152-5, OTs position weakened – Ben Fletcher (4-48) making inroads - but Jovan Dhariwal (68) remained a threat.  His dismissal and that of Charlie King (22) soon after ended their hopes, OTs closing at 195-7.

Charlie Ayers didn’t let the inconvenience of inadvertently forgetting to take his cricket kit to the game concern him one iota as he rocked up at Bashley (Rydal) to produce a match winning Southern Premier League Cup performance for Andover.
In borrowed whites and boots, and with (sanitised) gear cobbled together from willing team-mates he went to the crease with Andover in a spot of bother at 61-4 in response to Bashley’s 211-6 – and promptly turned the match on its head.
Ayers smashed three sixes and 12 fours in an unbeaten 91 which got Andover home by two wickets off the last ball of the match, Mike Adams scoring the winning runs.
Sibling brother Alex, Andover’s teenager batsman/wicketkeeper, shook his head in disbelief, describing Charlie’s knock and his cricket in general as “ridiculous.” 
“You’ll never seen such a disorganised cricketer. He hadn’t picked up a bat since last August, but then he goes out and does that !”
Andover’s innings got off to a poor start as Bashley pair, seamer George Wilson (3-48) and spinner Dom Clutterbuck (2-37) reduced them to 50-4 after 12 overs. 
Charlie Ayers (above) and Nathan Birks  (18) started to repair the damage with some lusty boundaries and quick singles, taking the score to 100 off 24 overs before Birks was well caught off the bowling of Josh Digby (2-39). 
Matt Hooper and Babu Veettil were removed soon after and at 120-7 Andover were staring down the barrel of defeat. 
But a swashbuckling partnership of 70 between Ayers and Richard Taylor (29) tilted the scales and left Andover needing 21 to win off the last three overs. 
                                                                                                Stranded
Richie Taylor well caught on the mid-wicket boundary, but Ayers hit a flurry of boundaries with his borrowed bat to leave Andover needing just five runs for victory off Digby’s 40th and last over.  
Only three runs came off the first five balls, but with Ayres stranded at the non-striker’s end, Mike Adams remained ice cool to hit the final ball of the game over long-off for two to seal a dramatic  win for Andover. 
Earlier Babu Veettil (0-15) and Adams (1-14) showed no sign of rust from the extended Covid-related lay-off, bowling disciplined spells with the  new ball. 
Adams was rewarded with the key wicket of Bashley captain Michael Porter (19), well caught at mid- wicket by Aidan Jansen.
Bashley recovered well with teenager Alex Turner (56) and Tim Taylor (51)  combining for a 93 run partnership to leave last season’s Premier Division champions handily placed at 115-1 after 25 overs. Taylor (1-33)  struck to remove Turner for well made half-century and, soon after, spinner Matt Hooper had Taylor smartly stumped by Alex Ayers to leave Bashley at 150-4 with eight overs remaining and still looking someway short of a competitive total. 
Harry Fisher (50), who has joined the champions from Lymington, played an inventive innings to take the Bashley onto 211-6, despite the commendable efforts of Matt Hooper, who ended with figures of 4-46.

​A chanceless and forceful century by Tom Foyle set up a crushing 127-run victory for St Cross Symondians over Southern Premier League Cup West Division rivals Bournemouth, who were outplayed in every department. 
Foyle struck 103 as St Cross piled up 275-4 in their 40 overs before dismissing a demoralised Bournemouth for 148 in the Green Jackets Ground sunshine.
Not even a ball sanitizer break every 20 minutes or so could stem the St Cross run flow, Foyle and Harry Trussler (17) setting off at six an over – a rate they maintained throughout the afternoon session.
Bournemouth continued to bowl in the wristy Foyle’s scoring arc and paid a severe penalty as the left-hand St Cross opener plundered a six and 13 fours – his second wicket partnership with Matt Stokes (28) taking the score on to 125-1 and setting up a formidable total.
Looking increasingly confident, Foyle went on to bring up his first SL century in five seasons – his only previous hundred coming at Havant in August 2016.

​​Ellis, who struck two maximums and seven fours in a crisp and enterprising 58, before Jack Bransgrove (35 not out) and Harry Ed Foyle (18 not out) added to Bournemouth’s misery.
Bournemouth, wilting in the heat, didn’t distinguish themselves in the field – nor did they with the bat as Simon Beetham (4-13) bowled straight and quickly removed Nick Park, Adam Davies and Sam Collins to leave the visitors 13-3.
Luke Matthews (48) steadied the ship, but regularly lost partners. From 43-5, Bournemouth could only look to respectability, but only Alex Nippard (23) and Jake Hurley (23) offered any support before Harry Foyle and Stokes took wickets each to end their misery at 148 all out.

​To put the icing on the cake of a successful launch to their Southern Premier League Cup bid, St Cross Symondians’ seconds won by 35 runs at Sarisbury Athletic.
In their Premier/Division 1 East match at Allotment Road, they rallied from 115-6 (Kevin Neave 36) to post a healthy 212-7, Winchester College economics lecturer Ben Gould hitting an unbeaten 71 on debut, adding vital late runs with Dave Orchard (34).
Kegan Holzmann (3-36) struck early blows and at 51-4, Sarisbury were on the back foot.
Rob Franklin (left), a past Premier League title winner with South Wilts, struck back with 88, but with Orchard taking 4-25, Sarisbury were dismissed for 177.

* Sarisbury Athletic face a Southern Premier League Cup and National Village Cup double header against Sparsholt this coming weekend, July 25/26.
They travel to the Norman Edwards Ground for a Premier/Division 1 SLC match on Saturday (12.30), with 2019 semi-finalists Sarisbury hosting the Village Cup tie at Allotment Road on Sunday, 1pm.

Fair Oak pulled off a narrow five-run Southern Premier League Cup victory out of the fire against Division 2/3 West rivals Fawley, who at one stage appeared to be holding all the cards, writes Greg Boughton.
Oaks lost both openers at 33 (Gregor McKenzie 23), but Ed Kemp (62) constructed stands of 50 with Charlie Gwynn (23) and Jimmy Hawkings (the third home batsman to be out for 23) before falling to Bailey Parratt (3-29) for a fine 62.  From 180-7 the innings subsided quickly, the last couple of wickets yielding just five runs.  Roly Coutts and Sufian Munir each took two Oaks wickets.
With Fawley strolling to 101-1 and Will Crossley and Brendan Streather well set, Oaks had plenty to do.  But leggie Rufus Bullough had Streather (30) taken by James Gradwell and skittled danger-man Munir for 17 en route to figures of 2-40.  Gwynn and McKenzie applied pressure with tight bowling spells in the middle overs as the balance began to tilt in the home side’s direction.
Fawley needed to up the scoring rate, but the return of Charterhouse schooled opening bowler Hawkings (3-23) had the opposite effect.  He dismissed top scorer Crossley (left) for 72 and Tom Edwards for 18 before running out Callum Earl late on to leave the visitors five runs short when their 40 overs expired.  Fawley closed 180-6.
Trojans, who go to Fawley on Saturday, were always in the driving seat against a weakened Hythe & Dibden once openers Nigel le Bas (45) and Ed Boyd (30) had put on 81.  Syed Agha added 48 as Trojans progressed to 202-6.
Hythe were in desperate trouble at 51-1, but recovered to reach 166 all out through Tom Richards (37) and Fabio Roberts (57). Harvey Singh took three of their wickets.
 

​Henry Glanfield has made a stunning return to cricketing action.
The Hambledon all-rounder missed most of the 2019 season patrolling the Ridge Meadow boundary in a moon boot after breaking an ankle falling off a pavement kerb.
But he turned in a sparkling display as Hambledon beat Gosport Borough by 92 runs in their opening Southern League Cup East Division 2/3 group match.
Batting first wicket down, he strode to the middle after captain Spencer Le Clerq (37) and George Marshall (33) had put on 68 for the first wicket, writes Simon Carter of The News, Portsmouth.
Glanfield was still there at the close, hitting his maiden century – 112 not out, including one six and 11 fours – as Hambledon rattled up 279-4 off their 40 overs.
Indy Chakrabati hit 30 off 22 balls while wicket-keeper Will Bond struck an undefeated 24 off 16 deliveries. Spinner Jack Richards (2-50) was the most successful Gosport bowler.
Glanfield hadn’t finished yet, and proceeded to bag 4-27 as Borough were restricted to 187-8.
Chasing a large total, they needed a good start but didn’t get one as Glanfield had opener Simon Creal caught by PGS all-rounder Chris Pratt for just seven.
Glanfield went on to dismiss top scorer Jacob Harris (43), Michael Rees (0) and Charlie Cleal (9) as Gosport slipped to 138-6.
Borough’s tail wagged slightly with No 7 Gavin King (35 off 33 balls) and captain Greg Kitchin (29) taking them to an eventual 187-8.Hambledon won by 92 runs.

Portsmouth’s first competitive game with Burridge since 2011 ended with a tense two-wicket last-over loss in the first round of the Southern League Cup at sun kissed St Helens.
The higher-division visitors triumphed on Southsea seafront when, chasing 190 for victory, they hit the winning runs off the penultimate ball of their 40-over allocation, writes Simon Carter.
Portsmouth had earlier been bowled out for 189 in the Premier/Division 1 East group match, losing their last wicket to the penultimate ball of their innings.
Their day started badly when opener Tom Wallis was dismissed for a duck off Dan Stancliffe’s fourth delivery.
But fellow opener Ben Duggan and Will Smitherman both hit 40 – the Isle of Wight based left-hander off only 44 balls – and Jack Marston hit 26 before he was bowled by visiting skipper Hilio De Abreu.
There were also 27 extras, including 14 wides.  Sully White (3-38) was Burridge’s leading bowler, 
Portsmouth Grammar School educated Joe Collings-Wells, pictured, hit an 87-ball 80 for Burridge, including 12 fours and a six.
Next highest score was recorded by James Hughes, the former Locks Heath player who was making his competitive debut for Burridge.  He struck 39 but the visitors still had work to do when he was out at 172-6.  Burridge quickly subsided to 179-8 but ninth wicket pair Jack Paskins and Millfield’s Francis Moore  kept their nerve.     Portsmouth News.
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Toby Barnett celebrated his Tichborne Park debut with an unbeaten half-century as his side successfully chased down Purbrook’s 178 in the Southern Premier League East Division 2.
The Froxfield raised batsman hit a solid 59 not out as Tichborne won by four wickets with time to spare.
Martin Lee’s 82 underpinned the Purbrook innings – the visitors having had the initiative wrestled away from them having been 75-0 (Josh Spiers 28) at one stage.
Ropley recruit Seb Newens (3-32) and Trevor Booker (3-30) bowled Tichborne back into the match.
Tichborne made a steady start through Ed Primmer (26) and Tom Allam, but having reached 44-0 they lost four wickets for 26 runs – three of them to Frank Leslie (3-25) – needing Barnett to keep a cool head.
He found support from Brad Hole (25) and teenager Kieran Connell (21 not out) to ease Tichborne home and boost confidence ahead of Saturday’s visit to Gosport Borough.
Liphook & Ripsley got their East 2 challenge off to a positive start with a five-wicket win over Waterloovile, whose 187-7 was based around openers Jon Hudson (57) and Archie Reynolds (47).  But Rob Nicklin (45), Harry Munt (39) and Jon Pryce (37) chased the total down.

Ben Johns set up Calmore Sports’ emphatic 109-run Premier/League 1 cup win over Lymington by carrying his bat for an unbeaten 115 – his sixth Southern League century.
The young left-hander, who makes a habit of notching hundreds on the opening day of the season (albeit this one was a bit later than normal), struck four sixes and 12 fours as Calmore piled up 207-8 before shooting a relatively young Lymington out for 98.
Debutant Ben Fisher (22) and James Manning (20) gave support, while youngsters Josh Royan (3-25) and Charlie Inglis (3-40) shared six of the Calmore wickets.
South African Yannick De Mezieres Lepervanche (4-31) quickly removed Lymington opening pair Ben Rogers and Ryan Scott, leaving Royan (29) the only visiting batsman to make a relatively meaningful contribution.  Fisher (3-6) and Ben Perry (3-6) cleaned up.

Hampshire’s Director of Cricket, Giles White was purring with satisfaction after watching teenage duo Tom Prest and Fletcha Middleton sweep the Academy to a nine-wicket Southern Premier League Cup win over Alton with a near century unbeaten partnership.
Prest (left) hit 86 not out and Middleton an unbeaten 44 as the county youngsters chased down Alton’s 174 with seven overs to spare.
“Watching those two lads bat was like seeing James Vince and Liam Dawson at that age,” he beamed.
Opener Prest struck three sixes and eight fours, with Middleton joining him at the crease after the Dorset teen had shared a 77-run start with Hartley Wintney raised Harry Broderick (33), who earlier excelled with the ball.
Broderick took 3-28, Millfield seamer Dominic Kelly 3-16 and Ben Huntley 2-35 as Alton lost their first six wickets for 46 runs.
Mark Heffernan (61) and Jack Myers (39) came to the rescue with a stand of 96 for the seventh wicket. With support from the tail, Alton progressed to 174 – but that improved total still proved easy pickings for the Academy side.

South Wilts seconds thought they were on to a good thing when a five-wicket return by Nick Partridge reduced Paultons to 49-5 in their opening Southern Premier League Cup tie at Whitemoor Lane.
But then left-hander Nathan Feltham arrived at the crease to smash a truly remarkable six-strewn 137 which set up a 52-run victory for Paultons.
Partridge took full advantage of the seam friendly new-ball conditions and, bowling right-arm away swing, celebrated his return to South Wilts from Steeple Langford with figures of 5-19.
But as conditions eased and spin was introduced, Feltham took complete control, belting nine fours and 14 sixes, mainly between deep mid-wicket and long-on, several of which sailed over the trees and out of the ground.
“It was some of the best ball striking you’ll ever see and some of the biggest sixes ever hit on our ground,” said Paultons skipper Josh Metcalfe.
“We’ve always know Nath has the ability to play shots like that and take bowling attacks apart but even he will admit he doesn’t do it enough.”
Feltham took just 73 balls to hit his 137 – 120 of which came in boundaries – his second 50 (which brought up his century) came off 14 deliveries and carried Paultons on to 222 all out.
Several South Wilts batsmen made starts – teenage duo Ben Howgrave-Graham (26) and Edward Wade (25) got going alongside Partridge (23) and Steve Riddle (20) – but with the ball continuing to seam about, Paultons continued to achieve breakthroughs just when partnerships were forming.
Metcalfe himself reveled in the conditions, taking 5-25 as South Wilts were dismissed for 170.

Five batsmen celebrated the long overdue return of competitive cricket with centuries as the Southern Premier League Cup got off to a flying start in the glorious mid-July sunshine.
Tom Foyle's century provided the platform for St Cross Symondians to inflict a heavy defeat on visiting Bournemouth, while fellow left-hander Ben Johns carried his bat for an unbeaten 115 as Calmore Sports thrashed Lymington by 109 runs.  Playing his first match for several seasons, Parley raised Harrison Clarke slammed 126 on debut for Totton & Eling.
Henry Glanfield, who missed the entire 2019 season with a broken foot, scored 112 not out for Hambledon against Gosport Borough.
The most remarkable knock of the day came from Nathan Feltham, who smashed 14 sixes in a 73-ball 137, scored after Paultons had slumped to 49-5 against South Wilts at Whitemoor Lane.  
A full league cup round up will appear later.​

Southern Premier League Cup
Premier/Division 1 East

Alton 174 (M Heffernan 61, J Myers 39, Kelly 3-16, Broderick 3-28)
Hampshire Academy 175-1 (Prest 86*, Middleton 44*, Broderick 33)
Hampshire Academy won by nine wickets.

Portsmouth 189 (Duggan 40, Smitherman 40, J Marston 25, S White 3-38)
Burridge 190-8 (Collings-Wells 80, Hughes 39)
Burridge won by two wickets.

Sparsholt 138-9 (Skeates 27, Haworth 24)
Rowledge 140-6 (J Wish 38*, Sebborn 26, C Doran 4-33)
Rowledge won by four wickets.

St Cross Symondians II 212-7 (Gould 71*, Neave 36, Orchard 34, S Hill 3-41)
Sarisbury Athletic 177 (Franklin 88, Orchard 4-25, Holzmann 3-36)
St Cross Symondians II won by 35 runs.

Premier/Division 1 West

Bashley (Rydal) 211-6 (A Turner 56, Taylor 51, Fisher 50*, M Hooper 4-46)
Andover 212-8 (C Ayres 92*, Taylor 29, G Wilson 3-48)
Andover won by two wickets.

Calmore Sports 207-8 (Johns 115*, Royan 3-25, Inglis 3-40)
Lymington 98 (Royan 29, Lepervanche 4-31, Perry 3-6, Fisher 3-18)
Calmore Sports won by 109 runs.

St Cross Symondians 275-4 (T Foyle 103, Ellis 58, Bransgrove 35*, Stokes 28)
Bournemouth 148 (Matthews 48, Hurley 23, Nippard 23, Beetham 4-13)
St Cross Symondians won by 127 runs.

Totton & Eling 248-7 (Clarke 126, Mugochi 41, Thomas 27, Watts 4-42)
New Milton 224-8 (Golding 68, Watts 45, Owens 3-32)
Totton & Eling won by 24 runs.

Division 2/3 East

Hambledon 279-4 (Glanfield 112*, Le Clerq 37, Marshall 33, Chakrabarti 30)
Gosport Borough 187-8 (Harris 43, King 35, Kitchin 29, Glanfield 4-27)
Hambledon won by 92 runs.

Purbrook 178 (Lee 82, Spiers 28, Booker 3-30, Newens 3-32)
Tichborne Park 179-6 (Barnett 59*, Primmer 26, Hole 25)
Tichborne Park won by four wickets.

Waterlooville 187-7 (Hudson 57, Reynolds 47, Goddard 32, Amos 3-37)
Liphook & Ripsley 189-5 (Nicklin 45, Munt 39, Pryce 37)
Liphook & Ripsley won by five wickets.

Division 2/3 West

Fair Oak 185 (Kemp 62, B Parratt 3-29)
Fawley 180-6 (Crossley 72, B Streather 30, Hawkings 3-28)
Fair Oak won by five runs.

Bashley (Rydal) II 215-8 (Watkins 76, Extras 67)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey 194-7 (Dhariwal 68, Wathen 52, Fletcher 4-48) 
Bashley (Rydal) II won by 21 runs.

Paultons 222 (Feltham 137, Partridge 5-19)
South Wilts II 170 (Howgrave-Graham 26, E Wade 25, J Metcalfe 5-25)
Paultons won by 52 runs.

Trojans 202-5 (Agha 48, Le Bas 45, Boyd 30, Richards 4-28)
Hythe & Dibden 166 (Roberts 57, Richards 37, Singh 3-36)
Trojans won by 36 runs.

The 49th edition of The Cricketer Village Cup will start on Sunday, July 26 – three months later than originally planned.  It was suspended indefinitely following the coronavirus outbreak.
The rearranged tournament will stick to its original 40-over format, with rounds taking place each Sunday until the final at Lord’s in mid-September
Groups have been redrawn, with first round ties including: Blackheath v Rowledge, Bramshaw v Oakley, Sarisbury Athletic v Sparsholt, Tichborne Park v Easton & Martyr Worthy, Overton v Ventnor, Shrewton v Goatacre, Redlynch & Hale v Oldbridge, Horningsham v Parley, Balcombe v Liphook & Ripsley. 

Bashley (Rydal) will be without five of last season’s ECB Southern Premier League championship winning side when they entertain Andover in the League Cup curtain raiser at the BCG, 12.30.
Leading run scorer Tom Friend, Ben Walker, left-armer Brad Currie, promising all-rounder George Pardoe and left-arm spinner Ross Grierson are all missing.
But, on a positive note, Bashley include their two winter signings Dorset pair Dom Clutterbuck and Harry Fisher, alongside Sam Crisp, an exciting 16-year old left-arm pace bowler from Poole Town.
Of the five absentees, Currie will return to action as soon as his ‘isolation’ period ends – he is in the Hampshire ‘bubble’ having been training alongside sibling brother Scott in the county squad – and may be back for the round two league cup matches.
Bashley (Rydal): Porter, Turner, Taylor, Fisher, Holly, Jacques, Digby, G Wilson, M Wilson, Clutterbuck, Crisp.
Hampshire’s Academy youngsters will be watched by county coach Adrian Burrell and director of cricket Giles White when they take on Alton at the Jubilee Ground.
James Tomlinson will lead a young, inexperienced but talented Academy side - most of whom will get their first sighting of a steam train passing by at the far end of the ground now that the Mid-Hants Watercress Line has re-opened !
Hampshire Academy: Tomlinson, Prest, Broderick, Middleton, Wheeler, Metzger, Mumford, Le Fontaine-Jackson, Kelly, Huntley, Khanna.
There will be a fresh look to the St Cross Symondians team – minus Jimmy Adams, Harry Came and Felix Organ – against Bournemouth at the Green Jackets Ground.
Guernsey all-rounder Matt Stokes is included, while Bournemouth hope to field Parley pair Sam Collins and Alex Nippard.
St Cross Symondians: T Foyle, Trussler, Stokes, Ellis, Lewis, H Foyle, Beetham, Bransgrove, Brooke, Nicholls, Wolverine. 
The Winchester club’s second team, promoted as runners up to SPL2 champions Totton & Eling last season, are also in the Premier/Division 1 section and visit Sarisbury Athletic in an East Division affair at Allotment Road.
St Cross Symondians II: Orchard, Laney, Hankin, Wheeler, Gould, Allen, Haworth, Neave, Holzmann, O’Connor, Hirst.
New Milton visit Totton & Eling’s Southern Gardens headquarters in the other Premier/Division 1 West match.
New Milton: George Watts, Toby Edwards, Luke Mortimore, Lee Beck, Campbell Golding, Ryan Beck, Ollie Nicholls, Dan Loader, Alex Mills, Nick Gargaro, Joe Hall

The region’s cricket starved enthusiasts will at long last have some competitive action to watch on Saturday when the Southern Premier League’s newly created 40-over League Cup competition begins.
Fifteen matches (starting at 12.30pm) are set to take place across the area, with the teams split into Premier/Division 1 and Division 2/3 east and west divisions.
The competition will run for nine successive Saturdays until September 12, with the top teams in the divisions playing a final a week later on September 19.
There will be something unusual about the cricket – the teams will be virtually bereft of overseas players, who frequently have a significant impact on matches.
Cape Town all-rounder Hilio de Abreu, now domiciled in the UK, may be the only foreigner in action tomorrow. He plays for Burridge against Portsmouth at St Helen’s on Southsea seafront.
Eighteen SPL clubs had originally lined up overseas aid this summer, but the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent suspension of recreational cricket across the country led to plans being cancelled and all the visiting players remaining in the southern hemisphere.
                                                                                           Arrival
With no promotion or relegation involved, most clubs are using the League Cup to blood promising young players, among them Burridge and Lymington, who go to Calmore Sports.
Hilio De Abreu, pictured, who scored close on 700 runs and took almost 40 wickets in all cricket for Burridge last season, is expected to lead his side against Portsmouth.
All rounder Jack Paskins, an arrival from nearby Locks Heath, debuts along with Millfield’s Francis Moore, a right-arm pace bowler.
Burridge: Joe Collings- Wells, Shu Chowdury, Hilio De Abreu, Chris Blake, James Hughes, Dan Stancliffe, Jack Paskins, Dan Damley- Jones, Sully White, Francis Moore, Alec Damley-Jones.
Prominent Sway duo Dan and Josh Bailey are among five debutants listed in a youthful Lymington line-up at Loperwood Park, where hosts Calmore Sports field Hampshire media supremo Will Brewster and Ben Fisher, previously with South Wilts.
Calmore Sports: Johns, Brewster, Moss, Fisher, Manning, Taylor, Lavelle, Perry, Newton, Stanton, Lepervanche. 
Lymington: Freeman, Robertson, Scott, Hand, Rogers, Royan, D Bailey, Hart, J Bailey, Ingles, Tollerfield.
Continuing the young player theme, Rowledge give a first outing to 15-yerar old Ethan Martin against Sparsholt at Church Road.
Rowledge: B Wish, C Yates Jnr, S Plater, R Yates, O Baker, J Wish, J Sebborn, J Randall, W Ryman, D Lloyd, E Martin.