​Josh Buckingham peppered the KGV boundary hitting one six and 16 fours in a 65-ball innings of 94 as Hook & Newnham Basics charged to an eight-wicket win over Southern Premier Division 1 debutants Fair Oak, their mission completed with 15 overs to spare.
Anticipating a tough start at their highest participation level locally, Oaks lost two early wickets, but a third-wicket stand of 81 between Aussie debutant Connor Gibson (43) and Sam Reed (46) took them to the hundred mark without further loss.  A clatter of wickets then followed, with the visitors declining to 163 for 8. Charlie Neville (3-32 and a catch) was prominent.
A fine partnership between youngsters Tom Clark (50*) and Lewis Goodyear (29*) rescued Fair Oak from the doldrums.  Together they took their side to a competitive 230-8.
After tea the Hook batsmen won the game.  They lost Sam Lockwood for 44 to a run-out with the score on 80, but keeper-batsman Josh Buckingham then peppered the boundary in a 65-ball innings of 94 to ensure a home victory.  Buckingham fell to a Tom Merrill catch off Monty McKenzie at 221, but Neville was there throughout the innings.  He finished not out on 60 with the hosts banking 21 points with fifteen overs to spare.  

​Sri Lankan Dineth Thimodya took his Ventnor run tally surging past the 3,000 mark, scoring his eighth Southern Premier League century in the nine-wicket demolition of Division 1 rivals Waterlooville at Steephill. 
The left-hander hit an unbeaten 122 as Ventnor made short shrift of the Ville’s 213, winning with six overs to spare to kick start their 175th anniversary season in style. 
Thimodya hit four sixes and 15 fours and shared a double-century stand with Dan Cox, who finished 77 not out.   Ville’s innings had been based around opener Charlie Whitfield, late of Havant, who made 60. 

The www.vimpsatthecrease.com cricket website is once again backing the Southern Premier League with 'Cricketer of the Week' awards, the first of which this season goes to Havant's Stu Ransley for two key innings in the Division 1 win at Rowledge and the following day's rain delayed T20 Cup victory over Totton & Eling at Southern Gardens.
Ransley's 62 at Rowledge hauled Havant from an uncertain 115-4 to a match winning total. The following day he struck 59 not out in the T20 Cup final.

Old Tauntonians & Romsey all-rounder Rob Newman struck his first Southern Premier League century in four seasons to set up a 47-run win over promoted Hambledon at the Romsey Sports Centre. 
Struggling against the spin of little Ollie Bembridge (4-42) and South African Justin Behrens (3-22), OTs were 117-5 when Newman arrived at the crease to hit a six and 19 fours, an innings which shaped an eventual 260. 
Henry Glanfield (90) and Behrens (59) hit back for Hambledon, but a telling spell of 4-25 by Hampshire’s Chris Wood ended their resistance at 213 all out. 
Sarisbury Athletic’s powerful batting line up prevailed in a 65-run win at Totton & Eling, where Jack Robson [44], Ricky Rawlins [38], and Nathan Feltham [36] top scored for the visitors. Brighton Mugochi [75] responded for Totton. 

​Lymington’s long wait for a win against arch New Forest rivals is over – the 22-run ECB Southern Premier League victory at the Fagan Fields being their first success since August 2018.
They successfully defended 227, with Bashley skipper Michael Porter hitting a defiant 73 before the hosts were dismissed for 205.  The 37 'wides' Bashley sent down had a major bearing on the outcome.
Returning after a sucessful winter in Victoria sub-district cricket, Monam Abbas (33), with Terry Crabb alongside, had 55 runs on the board in ten overs.  Jovan Dhariwal (26) helped things along before Gareth Berg celebrated his captainchy debut with 50 to ensure a competitive total.  Returning after Academy cricket, Ethan Baker took 3-53, with Jacob Gordon and George Wilson sharing another six wickets.
Incoming Australian Eddie Withington took 3-35 for Lymington, including Bashley opener Will Tripcony. Bashley found it difficult to progress and Porter enjoyed only moderate support from his teammates as Lymington held their catches. The last five Bashley wickets fell for 30 runs. 

​A seventh-wicket partnership between teen talents Ollie Webster and Zack Basey turned the tide on Southsea seafront, where the Hampshire Academy pulled off an 80-run win over promoted Portsmouth.
The Academy, who lifted the ECB Southern Premier League title last season, weren’t in the best shape at 116-5 when left-hander Finn Gordon departed for a well made 58.
But the county youngsters bat deep with Charterhouse all-rounder Webster [left] and leg-spinner Basey more than capable lower middle-order batsmen.
Webster (63), who plays his junior cricket at Hook & Newnham Basics,  has shone for the county pathway teams for a while now and, as his two sixes and seven boundaries suggests, can hit the ball a fair distance. 
Verwood-based Basey (55) is no mean performer with the willow either and his role in an innings turning 70-run stand and beyond took the Academy to 264-8.
Mohammed Ashraful, the former Bangladesh captain, is clearly going to be the lynch pin PCC batsman again this season and when his 71 (nine fours) took Portsmouth’s reply to 137-2, the city club fancied their victory chances.
But when he was caught behind and Harry Gadd (43) followed soon after, Portsmouth collapsed in quite astonishing fashion – eight wickets falling for 43 runs and the side to 184 all out.
Berkshire raised leg-spinner Abdullah Iqbal took 4-34, gloveman Andrew MacEwan snapping up four catches, including one to remove Ashraful.

Tom Cheater made his highest South Wilts score but visitors Alton cruised to a five-wicket win in the ECB Southern Premier League curtain raiser at Bemerton.
The Oxford UCCE student made 80 but, Tom Grant (32) apart, lacked any real support from his team-mates as South Wilts slithered to 178 all out.
The Brewers, 79 without loss at one stage, polished off the target with ten overs to spare.
Cheater, now batting in middle-order, struck a six and 11 fours, but saw a succession of team-mates depart, Jude Wright (4-53) striking two early blows before South Wilts lost three wickets for one run at 101. Tom South took two of them.
Cheater departed at 156 – a third victim for Wright – having made half the South Wilts total, which left Grant (32) the responsibility of adding runs at the end.
It was to no avail as Abhay Gonella (69) and Freddie Egleston (38) put South Wilts firmly in driving seat with an opening stand of 76.  It was all downhill after that as Grant’s three-wickets apart, Alton cruised to victory.
* South Wilts’ opening bowler Rhys Willmore has returned to South Africa for personal and family reasons.

​St Cross Symondians clung on to beat ECB Southern Premier League rivals Burridge by four runs after Dan Stancliffe had threatened to win the game for the visitors single handed.
The visitors’ lead all-rounder finished 70 not out with Burridge ending four runs adrift of the St Cross total of 230 when his last wicket partner, Sully White was trapped leg before wicket by Raff Organ.
His dismissal ended a gallant fightback by Burridge, who were not in great shape at 140-6 when Stancliffe was joined by Oli Southon (31) for a 59-run stand which rekindled Burridge’s prospects.
A three-wicket spell by Charlie Gwynn (4-26) tilted the match back in Symondians’ favour at 205-9, but Stancliffe and White proceeded to add a further 21 runs before the tenth wicket fell.
It was too close for comfort for St Cross, who earlier batted themselves into a strong position through Greg McKenzie (66) and latterly Gwynn (50).
Southon (3-33) and Ben White (3-39) shared six wickets for Burridge, while Queenslander Toby Snell, who played for Australia in the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cup in Antigua, bagged three catches on debut, later getting a third ball duck.

ECB PREMIER DIVISION

Basingstoke & North Hants 186-9 (Nanthakumar 69*, Donaldson 38, Fouche 3-29) Bournemouth 187-1 (Rogers 66*, Webb 60*, Van Gool 50). Bournemouth won by nine wickets.   

South Wilts 178 (Cheater 80, Grant 32, Wright 4-55) Alton 183-5     (Gonella 69, Egleston 38, Grant 3-43). Alton won by five wickets.

Lymington 227 (Berg 50, Abbas 33, Wilson 3-24, Gordon 3-33, Baker 3-53) Bashley (Rydal) 205 (Porter 73, Witherington 3-35). Lymington won by 22 runs.    

St Cross Symondians 230 (McKenzie 66, Gwynn 50, Howarth 28, O Southon 3-33, B White 3-39) Burridge 226 (Stancliffe 70, Collings-Wells 28, Gwynn 4-26). St Cross Symondians won by four runs. 

Hampshire Academy 264-8 (Webster 63, Basey 57) Portsmouth 184  (Ashraful 71, H Gadd 43, Iqbal 4-34). Hampshire Academy won by 80 runs.

DIVISION 1

Rowledge 233-9 (M Martin 48, Lloyd 38, O Ryman 28, Littlewood 24) Havant 234-5 (S Ransley 62*, Hopson 46, Stone 35, Baker 4-36). Havant won by five wickets.

Waterlooville 213 (Whitfield 60, Silva 30, Shephard 28, Thimodya 3-31) Ventnor 214-1 (Thimodya 122*, Cox 77*) Ventnor won by nine wickets.

Fair Oak 230-8 (Clark 50*, Reed 46, Gibson 43, Goodyear 29*, Neville 3-32) Hook & Newnham Basics 232-2 (J Buckingham 94, Neville 60*, Lockwood 44). Hook & Newnham Basics won by eight wickets.

Old Tauntonians & Romsey 260 (Newman 114*, King 25, Tulk 24, Bembridge 4-42, Behrens 3-22) Hambledon 213 (Glanfield 90, Behrens 59, Wood 4-25). Old Tauntonians & Romsey won by 47 runs.

Sarisbury Athletic 256-9 (Robson 44, Rawlins 38, Feltham 36) Totton & Eling 191 (Mugochi 75, J Taylor 27). Sarisbury Athletic won by 65 runs.  

DIVISION 2

Andover 209 (Veetil 66, Hooper 42, Goddard 3-37) Portsmouth & Southsea 117 (Wheeler 50, Veetil 5-19, Jansen 3-17). Andover won by 92 runs.

Hartley Wintney 245 (Williams 107, Munt 34, Rasheed 3-39) Calmore Sports 246-3 (Johns 126*, Brewster 34, Taylor 31). Calmore Sports won by seven wickets.

New Milton 322-5 (Davids 198*, Parsons 75, Neave 3-58) Liphook & Ripsley 176-8 (Neave 55*, Nicklin 45, Denham 3-19). New Milton won by 146 runs. 

Sway 278-7 (Harradine 64, Hall 54, Crossley 32, Young 31) Fawley 205 (B Parratt 51, K Earl 37, Singh 30, C Earl 28, Thomas 3-23, Grasham 3-36). Sway won by 73 runs. 
 
Trojans 289 (Khan 91, Perrara 89, Khaneja 37, Ponting 4-49) Langley Manor 292-3 (Browne 114, Ervine 74, Budd 50). Langley Manor won by seven wickets.

DIVISION 3

Alton II 232-9 (Van der Linde 73, Paul 73, Bishop 3-31, Green 3-36) Hursley Park 131 (Khurana 26, Bishop 25*, Prendergast 25, W Bridger 3-22, Tank 3-36).  Alton II won by 101 runs.

Fareham & Crofton 286-7 (Jeffery 107, R Barnwell 54) Gosport Borough 227-7 (Adams 59, Creal 45, B Barnwell 3-32). Fareham & Crofton won by 59 runs.

Hook & Newnham Basics II 156 (T May 48, Warner 31, L Longland 3-36, Dawes 3-23). Paultons 107 (P Longland 22, Hall 3-28, O May 3-37). Hook & Newnham Basics II won by 49 runs.

Parley 219-8 (Collins 73, Savage 35, Huns 29, Powell 28*, Orchard 4-16) St Cross Symondians II 162 (Laney 51, Howarth 25, Huns 5-7, Green 3-31). Parley won by 57 runs. 

Sparsholt 221 (Southgate 81, Gurney 69, Duckworth 4-45, Hawk 3-29)
Odiham & Greywell 182 (Hawk 43, Sharp 34, L Doran 29, Collins 29, C Doran 4-35, Robbins 3-58). Sparsholt won by 39 runs.

T20 CUP FINALS, 2024

Havant 186-5 (S Ransley 59, Morgan 37*, Woolley 35, Hopson 31) Totton & Eling 169-9 (E Taylor 58, Parmar 46, Hayward 3-26). Havant won by 17 runs.

2024 PLATE FINAL

Fair Oak 151-5 (Clark 50, Reed 30, Wheble 24, White 3-20) Burridge 142-7 (Collings-Wells 32, Stancliffe 30, Smith 3-11). Fair Oak won by nine runs.

​The curtain is poised to rise on the 26th season of ECB Southern Premier League cricket, with the Hampshire Academy set to open their title defence against newly promoted Portsmouth on Southsea seafront, 12.30.
There’s a tasty New Forest derby between Bashley (Rydal) and Lymington, while St Cross Symondians receive Burridge.  Bournemouth entertain Basingstoke & North Hants and Alton, minus Dan Harris, begin at South Wilts.
Normally this website would provide team news etc, but a lukewarm response from captains – seven of the ten Premier Division did not reply to emails asking for ‘news’ – means that this item (welcomed by many) is now withdrawn.
A great shame ...

Promoted Fair Oak simply can’t wait to get started in Southern Premier Division 1, the highest position they have achieved on the Hampshire pyramid
Having snatched the SPL2 runners-up spot in a dramatic finale to 2024, they begin a potentially demanding summer against free scoring Hook & Newnham Basics at the KGV.
“We know how tough it is going to be with such a young group, virtually all of whom have come though out juniors,” said skipper Harry Reed, who has the distinction of being the oldest player in the team at Hook … at 23 years of age !
James Gradwell is injured and Rhys Oxley unavailable. Harry Warner is surprising named in Hook’s second geam.
Hook & Newnham Basics:  Lockwood, Neville, Dyer, M Buckingham, Armstrong, J Buckingham, James, Murrell, Gardner, Watts, Divecha.
Fair Oak: H.Reed, H.Nicholls, C.Gibson, S.Reed, J.Lewis, M.McKenzie, T.Clark, B.Smith, M.White, L.Goodyear, T.Merrill
Ethan Randall, who led the Hampshire Academy to the ECB Premier Division title last season, has returned to his Rowledge roots and plays as an all-rounder against relegated Havant at School Road.
Australian Justin Felsch has returned from the Bankstown Grade club in Sydney for a second season at Rowledge, who give a debut to promising South African teen Hayden Ewing.
Will Ryman is ruled out after knee surgery. 
Rowledge: Ben Wish, David Lloyd, Justin Felsch, Ethan Martin, Max Martin, Ollie Baker, Olly Ryman, Zac Le Roux, Jonty Sebborn, Ryan Littlewood, Hayden Ewing. 
Waterlooville parade former Havant duo Matty Hayward and Charlie Whitfield, alongside Kiwi Luke Anderson, against Ventnor the Steephill bowl.
Mark Holmes is back playing for the ialanders.
Waterloville:  Anderson L, Birch D, Hayward M, Hudson J, Mitchell J, Reynolds A, Reynolds R, Robinson S, Shephard A, Silva A, Whitfield C.

Fareham & Crofton must face neighbours Gosport Borough at Privett Park (12.30) without last season’s Southern Premier League Division 3 leading run getter.
Left-hander Tom Kent grabbed the batting award by virtue of his 691 runs in 2024, but can’t make tomorrow’s A32 derby.
Both sides will have new captains with Cape Town’s Craig Jeffery IC of a young Fareham side and 
Jacob Harris tossing the coin for the Borough.
Fareham & Crofton: Robbie Barnwell, Jon Tucker, Craig Jeffery, Jeremy Bulled, Ben Kissane, Joneil Richards, Morgan Frost, Kapil Gurhani, Dan Reader, Blake Barnwell, Toby Rayner. 
Hampshire League champions Odiham & Greywell face a testing debut at Sparsholt, who expect to be in the mix with Aussie ‘smoking’ Joe Merlino among the runs one again. 
Odiham won all bar won of their HL matches in 2024, losing their last match to Ferndown Wayfarers. 
Odiham & Greywell:  Gareth Sharp, Scott Collins, Ed ikin, Jonathan Hawk, Liam Doran, Darren Turner, Tom Jackson, Phil Thomas, Scott Mcgaughrin, Jack Malden, Rowan Duckworth 

​Gareth Berg started a new chapter in his long cricket career when he lead Lymington out for the first time at arch ECB Southern Premier Division rivals Bashley (Rydal) on Saturday. 
The former Middlesex, Hampshire and Northants all rounder has skippered Italy in various ICC competitions, but hasn’t captained any of his county or club sides on a regular basis. “I’ve always been a vice captain” he said, “but having been the captain of Italy for the past six years I’ve come to realise I enjoy captaincy and I feel I’m a decent leader. I'm really looking forward to the challenge”.
So what sort of captain can Lymington’s players expect this season? “My captaincy will be the same for Lymington as it was for Italy, ie. lead by example and expect high standards. As a captain I lean on senior players a lot, and ultimately I want a leadership group to be thinkers and come up with solutions with me and together we make decisions. But my decisions will be final as it’s ultimately it’s my responsibility”.
“We’ll have a blueprint or brand of cricket we will play as a team and as a club, which I believe is to go and win every game we can, be smart and read the game and situations well, and react fast to anything that’s in our way”. He added, “as a club we want to see trophies that’s for sure, but in doing so we need to create a winning mentality and make sure as cricketers we believe in our abilities and have the confidence to execute our skills well."
Team spirit is a major part of Berg’s philosophy. “Togetherness for me is a big one. There’s only two certainties in this world…. the sky and the earth. If we enjoy each others’ successes and also friendships we are on the right path. After we are all done playing we will be dust in the wind, so enjoy the days of cricket and being together."
                                                                   Chris Rogers favourite skipper
In a professional career that spanned three decades the Cape Town born all-rounder played under such eminent cricketers as James Vince at Hampshire and Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan at Middlesex. But it was another Middlesex captain who Bergy lists as his favourite ever skipper.
"Australian Chris ‘Buck’ Rogers was one hell of a leader. He fought hard and played positive cricket. It was enjoyable off the field too”.
Unlike many professional cricketers who give up playing when their county careers end, even at 44 years of age Berg still seems to have the fitness, drive and ambition to keep going. At what point does he think he might hang up his boots and retire to the bar? “Not too sure yet” he says, “one thing is for sure, I’ve still got that fire in the belly. When that desire of wanting to do well and keeping high standards dissipates then I guess I need to re-evaluate my role”.
It's not just on the field that Bergy has been making his mark on Lymington. In preparation for the new season he donned his overalls to paint the sight-screens and tidy up the nets, and he's keen to immerse himself in all the club's activities. But having lived in the famous old sailing town for a while now, has Berg been tempted to buy a yacht? “I’m not really into yachts" he laughed, "but possibly a jet ski and a motorboat will be next on the cards! Lymington is a beautiful town and our family have thrived living here”.

Will Allam's unbeaten century was to no avail as Tichborne Park crashed to a nine-wicket defeat by Sparsholt in a Winchester National Village Cup derby at the Norman Edwards Ground.
He rescued Tichborne from 86-7 (Skinner 50) with an undefeated 112, which included five sixes and 12 fours, raising their total to 237-9 in the process.
But Sparsholt's response was equally brutal, Tom Berzins hiting 20 fours and a six in his 116 out, having shared a massive 192-run opening partnership with Robbie Skeates (68). Sparsholt won with 12 overs to spare.

​New Forest duo New Milton and Sway, each hoping to be among the Southern Premier Division 2 promotion contenders, introduce newcomers for their respective curtain raisers against Liphook & Ripsley and at Fawley.
Cam and Teddy Golding have joined the Green & Golds from Ferndown Wayfarers, Cam having been Sherborne school 1st XI captain in 2022 while Teddy has been training with Hampshire Academy. 
Ed Bartlett skippers New Milton, while Liphook big gun Ryan Covey, Portsmouth's best known soccer fan behind John Westwood, is undecided whether to journey to Fernhill or watch his beloved Blues take on Hull City at Fratton Park, a match Sway scorer Graham Symons will follow avidly.    
New Milton: James Adams, Ollie Shrubsole, Thaakier Davids, Josh Parsons, Cam Golding, Ben Griffiths, Teddy Golding, Ed Bartlett,  Eddie Wooster, Ed Denham, Josh Bennett
Fresh from a successful bonding weekend on the Isle of Wight, Sway field a strong side for their visit to Fawley’s Abormac Ground. Matt Young and Tom Richards have moved from Hythe & Dibden. 
The batting is strengthened with Will Crossley, Alex Hall and Aussie Thor Harradine all included.
Sway: Noble, Young, Crossley, Hall, Harradine, Steadman, Richards, Burton, Grasham, Thomas, Waller.
The other SPL2 matches are Hartley Wintney v Calmore Sports, Langley Manor v newly promoted Trojans, and Portsmouth & Southsea v Andover at St James's Park.   

Broadhalfpenny Down, nestled in the Hampshire countryside beside the iconic Bat & Ball Inn, is revered as the cradle of cricket — the site of the first official first-class match in 1772.
For over three decades, Harry Bates (above) has lovingly tended this historic ground, preserving its beauty and heritage with quiet dedication and an unwavering eye for detail.
The film follows Harry and his wife Nina through their final season, facing the unpredictability of the English weather to the relentless challenges posed by mischievous moles. Their humour, resilience, and shared love for the game shine throughout.
Featuring rarely seen archive footage and candid interviews with players past and present, The Final Cut offers a rich, layered portrait of a man whose life has been inextricably woven into the grass he tends.
The Final Cut was made by Spice Productions, Directed by Ollie Lambert and Executive Produced and Presented by Robbie James. It has been released on the cradleofcricket channel on YouTube on 1 May 2025.
Robbie James said “For us, this was our dream project to work on. We’ve both got a deep routed love for cricket, and meeting Harry and Nina along with telling the story of such a significant ground has been one of the great joys in both our careers”.
David Henderson said “it’s a beautifully told story, about legacy, stewardship, and the enduring spirit of cricket”.
Today, the Broadhalfpenny Down is home to touring matches, Blind and Visually Impaired cricket, as well as Hambledon Cricket Club and Broadhalfpenny Brigands cricket matches every weekend during the Summer.
Broadhalfpenny Down is currently running a crowd funding campaign to restore the ground to its former glory, at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/cradleofcricket.

A devastating five-wicket spell by Nic Gargaro, followed by an unbeaten half-century from Andy Steggall swept Hampshire Seniors to a six-wicket victory over Berkshire in the National Sixties Championship.
England pick Gargaro ripped through the Berkshire top order to finish with figures of 5-8 before off-spinner Martin Shephard weighed in with 4-28 as the hosts were dismissed for 120.
Skipper Steggall hit a graceful 58, including nine fours.  

Namibia all-rounder Shaun Fouche has arrived at Chapel Gate to make his debut as Bournemouth's overseas player in the ECB Southern Premier Cricket League.
He will play in Saturday’s 50-over white ball curtain raiser against Basingstoke & North Hants, the 25-year old having made over 30 international appearances for his country in ICC associate nations matches.
In addition to taking close on 100 wickets as a seam bowler, he has scored 94 against Canada and twice made fifty-plus contributions against the UAE and the USA.
Fouche apart, its very much as you were with Bournemouth, whose relatively young continues to be captained by all-rounder Simon Woodruff.
Luke Webb and Ben Rogers have key top order roles with the experienced Dan Conway leading the attack.
Opponents Basingstoke have injury and unavailability problems to contend with – key spin all-rounder Ash Neal, once of Bournemouth University, having recently broken his wrist.
Opener Alex Bovill and Harry Morrough are at university in the north east for the time, but making his debut at Chapel Gate will be teenage spin all-rounder Ethan O’Donoghue, from New Zealand’s Northern Districts.
Bournemouth: Woodruff, Webb, Rogers, Fouche, Robinson, Smith, Van Goole, Rushworth, Conway, Hurley, Breckon.
Basingstoke & North Hants: Deadman, Abid, Brown, Metzger, B Neal, Saranth, Donaldson, O’Donoghue, Shelar, Nanthakumar, Savinadan.

Photo - Tim Rogers

​Sway's three-match pre-season visit to the Isle of Wight could hardly have gone better with wins over Ventnor, Shanklin & Godshill and Ryde a perfect build up for Saturday's Southern Premier Division 2 curtain raiser against promoted Fawley at Holbury.
Resukts - 
Friday 25. T20. Sway 206-4 (Hall 57, Harradine 53) beat Ventnor 151-5 (Lucy 81; Steadman 3-18, Bernard 2-26) by 55 runs.
Saturday. Sway 328-7 (Noble 88, Hall 56, Walter 51; Pease 2-67, Brown 2-54) beat Shanklin 74 (Harradine 5-15, Bernard 2-30) by 254 runs.
Sunday. Sway 247-7 (Noble 62, Steadman 57, Burton 49*; Harris 2-20, Ringer 2-26) beat Ryde 166 (Durman 47, Palin 32, Rathod 32; Harradine 5-45, Walter 4-37) by 81 runs.

​Hampshire prospect Dom Kelly fired his maiden St Cross Symondians in the Winchester club's 172-run ECB national club championship preliminary thrashing of Royal Wootton Bassett at the Green Jackets Ground.
Kelly hit 11 fours in his maiden 102 and shared a hefty 158-run stand with Ed Ellis, who made 85 not out as St Cross recovered from 86-4 to post 264-8.
Royal Wootton Bassett were rushed out for 92, Felix Organ and Charlie Gwynn sharing six of the wickets. St Cross host Bristol on Sunday week, May 11.
Charlie Whitfield (72) and Jon Hudson (53) took Waterlooville to 145-1 at Sussex Premier League club Middleton, but a promising situation was allowed to slip away as the Ville closed 211-7, 22 runs adrift.
James Barker, once an Academy recruit, was man of the match taking 3-32 after making 89 with the bat for Middleton.
South Wilts crashed to 105 all out and a thumping 147-run defeat by Burbage & Easton Royal (252-8), but Portsmouth took former Surrey Championship winners Sunbury to the wire on Southsea seafont.
Suj Daini’s 94 helped Portsmouth reach 246-6 – a total Sunbury reached with their last pair at the St Helen’s crease.  

​Harry Tulk smacked 88 off 59 balls as Old Tauntonians & Romsey chased down Corsham’s 252-4 to beat the Wiltshire-based West of England Premier League club by seven wickets at Station Road.
OTs reached their target with 16 balls of the ECB national club championship tie to spare and so achieve a rare success by a Southern Premier League side at the preliminary round stage.
Fellow entrants Basingstoke & North Hants, Havant, Portsmouth, and South Wilts were all knocked out.
Corsham’s innings was underpinned by Ajay Momi, the former Bedfordshire opener, hitting 114, his knock containing three sixes and 15 fours.
Lewis Allen quickly struck three boundaries, before Joe Vaughan and Charlie King (40) laid the foundation of a successful run chase with a second-wicket stand of 84.
Vaughan, who wintered in Melbourne sub-district cricket at Bentleigh, hit ten boundaries in his 69.
The spin all-rounder departed at 164-2 leaving the left-handed Tulk to put the Corsham bowling to the sword. He didn’t disappoint, launching six sixes and eight fours, while Rob Newman hit an unbeaten 25 to secure an outstanding win.   

​Basingstoke & North Hants are out of the ECB national club championships, but they fought every inch of the way before conceding a three-wicket defeat off the penultimate ball of their preliminary round tie at Bristol.
Emerging teen Neil Shelar hit his highest first team score of 92 as Basingstoke posted 198, a total the West of England Premier Division outfit successfully chased after Sachin Sivandan (3-36) took three wickets in an over to have the hosts wobbling at 89-4.
Bristol later slipped to 139-6 but eventually got home with one ball to spare.
Skipper Matt Deadman, who leads Basingstoke in Saturday’s Southern Premier Division curtain raiser at Bournemouth, was delighted with Shelar’s score.
“He’s got a lot of potential and hopefully his innings at Bristol will give him the confidence to enjoy a good summer. With Ash Neal (broken wrist) absent, there’s a middle-order slot waiting for him,” Deadman said.
Shelar hit eight fours and two sixes, sharing a decent stand with Ali Brown, who made the most of his promotion up the order by making 39.
Basingstoke’s batting fell away after that, Rishi Panchal taking 7-24 aas the last five wickets fell for seven runs.
Bristol eased to 79-0 before being rocked by a three-wicket burst from Sivandan, whose trio of scalps included South Wilts raised Miles Kantolina, caught behind first ball.
But from 89-4, Bristol rallied and clinched a trip to St Cross Symondians on Sunday week, May 11.     

FRIDAY
T20 Challenge
Ventnor v Sway (5pm)
SATURDAY
Alton v Bashley (Rydal), Andover v Trojans, Bashley (Rydal) II v New Milton, Basingstoke & North Hants v Falkland, Fawley v Gosport Borough, Ferndown Wayfarers v Bere Regis,  Hambledon v Sparsholt,  Havant v Hayling Island, Hook & Newnham Basics v St Cross Symondians, Hursley Park v Fareham & Crofton, Odiham & Greywell v Frensham, Pagham v Portsmouth & Southsea, Paultons v Parley, Portsmouth v Waterlooville, Shanklin v Sway, South Wilts v Hampshire Academy, Totton & Eling v Bournemouth, Wimborne v Sarisbury Athletic, Winterbourne v Lymington.
SUNDAY 
ECB National Club Championship
Bristol v Basingstoke & North Hants, Corsham v Old Tauntonians & Romsey, Havant v Weybridge,  Middleton v Waterlooville, Portsmouth v Sunbury, South Wilts v Burbage & Easton Royal, St Cross Symondians v Royal Wootton Bassett. Bye: Bashley (Rydal).
National Village Knockout
Calmore Sports v Odiham & Greywell, Liphook & Ripsley v Elsted, Cadnam v Hook & Newnham Basics, Oakley v Hambledon, Sparsholt v Tichborne Park, Bramshaw v Overton, Easton & Martyr Worthy v Paultons, Colehill v Winsley. 
Robbie Park T20 Challenge
Bournemouth v Bournemouth University, 1130.
Friendly
Ryde v Sway.

South Wilts' visit to Sarisbury Athletic yielded a 538-run glut and a narrow victory for the Bemerton club, who defended 271 in the fading Allotment Road light.
Harry Broderick (51) and Tom Cheater (43) top scored for South Wilts, with Rob Pitman (28) and Ben Jack (20 not out) making useful contributions later in the innings.
Archie Pascoe returned figures of 3-51 for Sarisbury, who were in the driving seat with Tom Morton (65), Nathan Feltham (44) and Chris Sanders (45) going well.
Former Hampshire seamer Richard Logan hit 45 as Sarisbury closed in in the target, only to fall just short with 267-9, South African Rhys Willmore taking 3-51. 
Tom Pearce (76) and Henry Smith (41) shared an unbroken century partnership as South Wilts II overhauld ed a Bere Regis total of 201 to win by five wickets with seven balls to spare.