A decisive spell of new ball swing bowling by Luke Evans and a patient unbeaten half-century by Peter Rowe guided South Wilts to a five-wicket win over Basingstoke & North Hants, who have now lost both their opening ECB Southern Premier Division matches.
Evans, who finished with figures of 4-30, enjoyed the late movement both off the pitch and in the air, removing four of Basingstoke’s top six, two of them caught behind by the energetic Ben Draper, who snapped up four victims.
With Art Godsell (2-27) and Steve Warner (2-26) each taking two wickets, Basingstoke lurched to 78-8 before Ash Neal (30 not out) and Lawrence Benge (24) brought a semblance of order to the proceedings by adding 56 to give the visitors a modest total to defend.
South Wilts didn’t find the target chase straightforward at all.
A fiery spell from David Griffiths (3-48) had South Wilts wobbling at 56-4, Tom Morton, struggling with a thumb injury, being caught behind off Tom Allam.
South Wilts needed some Australian grit and determination – and found it in the shape of Peter Rowe, who has joined the Bemerton set from Melville, the well known Western Australian Grade club.
Aussies don’t give their wickets away cheaply and Rowe (54 not out) dug deep, completing his maiden South Wilts half-century just before a five wicket win was completed.
Teenager Jack Stearman (20), growing in maturity, looked like he might join Rowe in seeing SW across the line, but was run out by Chris Jolley attempting a second run.
It left Godsal (15 not out) to strike some sweet boundaries and take South Wilts home to a second consecutive victory.
* South Wilts are through to the third round of the ECB Royal London club championship without bowling a ball in anger.
Their scheduled second round opponents Ventnor conceded, giving SW a free ride into next month’s group semi-final tie at Havant.
The cancellation saved South Wilts forking out for an expensive cross-Solent trip – and gave Tom Morton breathing space to get himself fit for Saturday’s potentially demanding SPD visit to Lymington, who have also won their opening two matches.

Hampshire U17's got their  ECB County Cup campaign off to a flying start with a 10 wicket win against Somerset at Taunton Vale.
After losing the toss Hampshire were asked to bowl and Somerset got off to a strong start in the first 10 overs (57-0). The introduction of spin changed the game, left-arm pair Monam Abbas (5-25), Freddie Gadd (2-15) and Tom Prest (1-21) took wickets at regular intervals and dismissed Somerset for 156.
The Hampshire openers, Tom Prest (49*) and Tom South (94*) rarely looked troubled, punishing the short ball and dominating the spin, as they passed the target in the 23rd over.  South smashed three sixes and eight fours.
Hampshire's next match is against Worcestershire at Totton & Eling on Thursday 30 May.

Darren Cowley launched a brutal assault on the Bournemouth bowlers at Chapel Gate, lashing 61 off 36 balls to set up a two-wicket win for Lymington over the Lions and a second consecutive ECB Southern Premier Division victory for the visitors.
The 42-year old left-hand all-rounder, who played previously for Bournemouth, hit three on-side sixes and seven fours, dominating a 90-run partnership with South African youngster Gareth Schreuder, whose disciplined 61 was equally important as Lymington chased down Bournemouth’s 196 with time to spare.
Schreuder added 60 with Ryan Scott (24) after Lymington had slipped to 30-2, but was content to play a supporting role when Cowley (left) arrived at the crease to dominate proceedings.
Rediscovering glimpses of his form of old, Cowley scored 46 of his 61 runs in boundaries and with Schreuder alongside took Lymington to within sight of victory at 183-4 when the visitors lost three wickets in quick succession.  The pair ought to have seen things through, but the wobble proved merely academic.
Earlier, Bournemouth’s initial progress was checked by a superb spell of new ball bowling by Matt Metcalfe (2-18), who extracted movement off the Chapel Gate surface and accounted for Jake Hurley and Dorset skipper Luke Webb, who had struck a boundary strewn 141 in the Lions’ win at Basingstoke the previous week.
Luke Matthews (49) steadied the ship, adding useful runs with Tom Robinson (24), but a more promising 82-2 became 116-5 after Cowley (3-48) broke through with his left-arm spin.  Island teen spin Dan Cox took 2-40.  Simon Woodruff (35) and Jake Gordon (25) rallied, but Bournemouth’s 196 was arguably 25 runs short of a competitive target. 

ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER CRICKET LEAGUE
ROUND 2 – 11 MAY 2019
ECB PREMIER DIVISION

Alton 214-9 (Covey 71, Myers 38, Harris 31, De Abrew 3-34)
Burridge 215-7 (Ankers 34*, Collings-Wells 29, Chowdhury 25, Bacon 3-51)
Burridge won by three wickets.

Basingstoke & North Hants 140 (A Neal 30, Benge 24, Evans 4-30)
South Wilts 141-5 (Rowe 54*, Stearman 24, Griffiths 3-48)
South Wilts won by five wickets.

Bournemouth 196 (Matthews 49, Woodruff 35, Gordon 25, Robinson 24)
Lymington 200-8 (Schreuder 61, Cowley 61, Scott 25)
Lymington won by two wickets.

Hampshire Academy 189 (Metzger 47, Broderick 36, Taylor 31, Digby 3-27)
Bashley (Rydal) 190-5 (Porter 54*, Walker 31, Taylor 25)
Bashley (Rydal) won by five wickets.

St Cross Symondians 239-7 (Came 113, Mead 32)
Havant 240-4 (Hindley 89*, Hopson 48, Galliers 42, H Gadd 26)
Havant won by six wickets.

DIVISION 1

Andover 210 (McManus 71, Ayres 33, Haworth 4-33)
Sparsholt 211-9 (O’Brien 63, Banks 50, Adams 3-43)
Sparsholt won by one wicket.

Calmore Sports 139-6 (Johns 28)
Rowledge 140-6 (Metcalfe 40, Board 32, Lavelle 3-10)
Rowledge won by four wickets (40 over match – rain)

Hook & Newnham Basics 307-7 (M Buckingham 137, J Buckingham 77, Murrell 29, Holder 3-22)
Portsmouth 117 (Wallis 34, Holder 30*, James 4-12)
Hook & Newnham Basics won by 190 runs.

New Milton 113 (Loader 45, Sanders 6-25)
Sarisbury Athletic 117-3 (Mills 35, J Hill 34)
Sarisbury Athletic won by seven wickets.

Old Tauntonians & Romsey 251-8 (Wathen 57, R Newman 45, Vaughan 35)
Ventnor 155 (Snell 43, Fletcher 25, Bampton 4-27, Brown 4-36)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey won 96 runs.

DIVISION 2

South Wilts II 167 (Booth 61, R Pittman 44, Chandler 4-18, Donaldson 3-36)
Basingstoke & North Hants II 169-7 (Donaldson 48, Oates 38, J Wade 3-34)
Basingstoke & North Hants II won by three wickets.

Hartley Wintney 141 (Nair 35, Budd 3-28)
Langley Manor 144-3 (Browne 66, Harris 44)
Langley Manor won by seven wickets.

Liphook & Ripsley 224-7 (Pryce 50, Rouse 36, Burton 29, Nicklin 25, E Taylor 3-30)
Totton & Eling 225-9 (Adams 89, Janczur 3-30)
Totton & Eling won by one wicket.

Fair Oak 101 (Smith 38)
Paultons 105-9 (Smart 26, Mash 3-28)
Paultons won by one wicket.

St Cross Symondians II 201-8 (Laney 50, Hawkins 26, Goddard 3-21)
Waterlooville 182-9 (Hudson 34, Shephard 33, Hillman 26, Orchard 4-20)
St Cross Symondians II won by 19 runs.

DIVISION 3

Bashley (Rydal) II 255-8 (A Turner 101, Kennett 46, Gates 3-51)
Hythe & Dibden 193 (Gates 72, Richards 32, Taylor 3-39, Stow 3-46)
Bashley (Rydal) II won by 63 runs.

Hambledon 231-6 (Willoughby 61, Bond 45, Glanfield 36)
Portsmouth & Southsea 213-9 (M Benfield 81, Glanfield 4-39, Harding 3-48)
Hambledon won by 18 runs.

Purbrook 180 (McCoy 41, Spiers 41, Haran 26, Phillips 4-18, Freeman 3-37)
Lymington II 182-0 (Crabb 106*, Calcott 58*)
Lymington II won by ten minutes.

Tichborne Park 177 (Cheyney 55, Allam 42, Smith 5-34)
Fawley 128 (Munir 78*, Allam 5-51 inc hat-trick, Jess 3-31)
Tichborne Park won by 49 runs.

Trojans 213-7 (Mahmood 81, Kelly 64, White 3-28, Wimble 3-52)
Fareham & Crofton 105 (Berryman 28)
Trojans won by 108 runs.

BASINGSTOKE & NORTH HANTS, beaten in both their opening ECB Southern Premier Division matches by Bournemouth and South Wilts, bounced back by pulling off a thrilling six-wicket win over Guildford in the ECB Royal London Cup.
They chased down Guildford's 225-3 with Ben Thane hitting 59 and Mitchell Stokes a crucial 32 not out at the end.  See separate report to follow.
Basingstoke & North Hants
Standing (from left): Ted Pearson (scorer), Rakitha Perera, Lawrence Benge, Jordan Hobday, Chris Jolley, Brad Porteous, Tom Allam. Front: Ben Thane, David Griffiths, Mitchell Stokes, Ash Neal, Dan Belcher.

Hampshire Seniors are celebrating a triple success at the start of their Vets season, with the 60s completing the double over Oxfordshire and the 70s comfortably defeating Hertfordshire.
Results -
National Over-60s Championships
Oxfordshire 156 (Orders 48, Marston 4-14) Hampshire 157-8 (Trestrail 58, Wood 24). Hampshire won by two wickets.
National Over-60s A League
Oxfordshire 152 Hampshire 155-3 (Green 56, Adams 52). Hampshire won by seven wickets.
National Over-70s Championships
Hampshire 221-6 (Green 58, Blackey 44, Swain 32) Hertfordshire 108-7 (Smith 3-17). Hampshire won by 113 runs.

Richard Hindley hit an undefeated 89 to steer Havant to a dramatic six-wicket win over defending ECB Southern Premier Division champions St Cross Symondians off the penultimate ball at Havant Park.
Hampshire prospect Harry Came scored 113 for St Cross.
After two rounds of matches, only Bashley (Rydal), Lymington and South Wilts boated 100 per cent records.

ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER CRICKET LEAGUE
ECB PREMIER DIVISION


Alton 214-9 (Covey 71, Myers 38, Harris 31, De Abrew 3-34)
Burridge 215-7 (Ankers 34*, Collings-Wells 29, Chowdhury 25, Bacon 3-51)
Burridge won by three wickets.

Basingstoke & North Hants 140 (A Neal 30, Benge 24, Evans 4-30)
South Wilts 141-5 (Rowe 54*, Spearman 24, Griffiths 3-48)
South Wilts won by five wickets.

Bournemouth 196 (Matthews 49, Woodruff 35, Gordon 25, Robinson 24)
Lymington 200-8 (Schreuder 61, Cowley 61, Scott 25)
Lymington won by two wickets.

Hampshire Academy 189 (Metzger 47, Broderick 36, Taylor 31, Digby 3-27)
Bashley (Rydal) 190-5 (Porter 54*, Walker 31, Taylor 25)
Bashley (Rydal) won by five wickets.

St Cross Symondians 239-7 (Came 113, Mead 32)
Havant 240-4 (Hindley 89*, Hopson 48, Galliers 42, H Gadd 26)
Havant won by six wickets.

Tom Morton is South Wilts’ big doubt of the eve of the ECB Southern Premier Division match against Basingstoke & North Hants at May’s Bounty, 12.30.
The South Wilts skipper bludgeoned 112 in last week’s 29-run win at Alton, but has undergone surgery after injuring his hand keeping wicket for Wiltshire in the Minor Counties T20 in the West Country.
It’s almost certain teenager Ben Draper will keep against Basingstoke, with Morton set to make a late call on whether he is fit enough to play simply as a batsman.
Beaten by Bournemouth last week, Basingstoke name an unchanged side.
Basingstoke & North Hants: Stokes, Hobday, Thane, Deadman, Jolley, Belcher, Allam, Griffiths, Neal, Benge, Perera.
With ‘Strictly’ dancing ace Robbie Pack still nursing a sore ankle, Bournemouth too are unchanged against Lymington, who bring all-rounder Josh Procter in for Ross Whyte.
Bournemouth: C Park, Matthews, Hurley, Webb, Robinson, N Park, Denham, Woodruff, Clutterbuck, Conway, Gordon.
Lymington: Metcalfe, Hand, Rogers, Fisher, Schreuder, Cowley, Layman, Royan, Proctor, Cox, Scott
Burridge host Alton, while Havant are boosted by the return of seamer Richard Jerry and the experienced Andrew Galliers against defending champions St Cross Symondians.
Chris Stone (knee injury) is again absent, but is pencilled in to play against Sussex Premier Leage side Middleton in Sunday’s ECB Royal London Cup second round tie at the Park, 1pm.
Havant: Hindley, H Gadd, Hopson, Ransley, F Gadd, Bulled, Galliers, Burns, Jerry, Gidana, Mistry.
Due to the England-Pakistan ODI and the upcoming ICC World Cup tournament, the Hampshire Academy are playing five home matches at Newclose on the Isle of Wight, itself shortly to host a County Championship match against Nottinghamshire on May 20.
The first of the SPL matches is against Bashley (Rydal), who call up Patrick Holly (for Sam Kennett) after his unbeaten century at Hambledon last week. Otherwise, it’s the same team that crushed Burridge by nine wickets.
Bashley (Rydal): Friend, Taylor, Walker, Porter, Jacques, Digby, Holly, Wilson, Goodey, Currie, Grierson
 

Skipper Jeremy Frith is backing his bowlers to come good after Sparsholt failed to defend the 302-6 they scored against Sarisbury Athletic in last weekend’s Southern Premier League Division 1 opener.
Sarisbury, in response, rattled up 306-4 to win by six wickets – with four overs to spare !
Sparsholt are back at the Norman Edwards Ground again, with all-rounder Lewis Mitchard returning to beef up Frith’s seam attack.
Hampshire’s Lewis McManus, now fully on the mend, will again don the gloves for Andover, but opener Ali Hooper is participating in the New Forest ‘Iron Man’ event.
Sparsholt: Frith, Haworth, Vokes, Perrin, Banks, Taylor, O’Brien, Mitchard, Doran, Weir, Whiting.
Andover: M Hooper, Duckworth, Treagus, McManus, Ayers, Birks, Knight, Taylor, Veettil, Jansen, Adams.
Tom Nightingale, who hit an unbeaten 112 against Sparsholt, is expected to feature again for Sarisbury Athletic, who have yet to unveil their side for the trip to New Milton.
New Milton: G Watts, L Beck, M Freeman, D Loader, S Watts, R Beck, J Adams, C Golding, D Wakefield, L Mortimore, J Haggaty.
Arguably the top SPL1 match is at the King George V Ground, where Hook & Newnham Basics host Portsmouth.  Both teams won their opening games, with Hook unchanged from the side which won by 38 runs at Calmore Sports
Hook & Newnham Basics: J Buckingham, Willcock, Thomson, Bruin, M Buckingham, Franklin, James, Murrell, Brewer, Shore, Divecha.
Portsmouth: Ben Duggan, James Christian, Fraser Hay, Jack Marston, Dan Wallis, Matt Shaw, Jordan Palmer-Goddard, James Holder, Andrew Marston, Reuben Mcardle, Ethan Randall.
Rowledge are without Sam Platter and Richard Forbes for the visit of Calmore Sports to Church Road, but experienced duo Nick Morant and Ian Metcalfe return.
Rowledge: B Wish, Yates Jnr, R Yates, Morant, Wilson, Lloyd, Board, Metcalfe, Baker, Ryman, S Martin.
Ventnor host OTs & Romsey at Steephill, both sides having lost their opening matches.
Fair Oak, who got off to a flying SPL2 start with a 93-run win over Langley Manor, visit Paultons at Whitemoor Lane.
Fair Oak: Abbas, Hughes, Kemp, Gwynn, Reidy, Smith, Bullough, Oxley, Featherstone, Mash, Stewart.
Ryan Murray returns from injury to play for South Wilts in the second team joust with Basingstoke & North Hants at May’s Bounty, but opener Tom Berzins is absent.
South Wilts II: Phillips, Hussey, E Wade, Pearce, R Pittman, Murray, Booth, S Pittman, Fisher, J Wade, Atkinson.
Having beaten Basingstoke comprehensively last week, it’s no surprise Liphook & Ripsley are unchanged for the visit to Totton & Eling, who pulled off a surprise Owen Morris inspired win over Waterlooville.
Liphook & Ripsley: Rob Nicklin, Chris Martin, Harry Munt, Suman Ganguly, George Neave, Grant Rouse, Jonny Pryce, Andy Barnes, Sean Burton, Oscar Amis, Charles Janczur.

Hook & Newnham Basics will open their defence of the Finch Group Guy Jewell Cup against County Division 4 North side Chawton at May’s Bounty on May 23.
East Woodhay have a tasty tie against Basingstoke & North Hants a week later.
Finch Group Guy Jewell Cup first round: Hook & Newnham Basics A  v  Chawton (May 23), Basingstoke & North Hants v East Woodhay (May 30), Hartley Wintney v Rotherfield Park (June 17), Old Basing v Odiham & Greywell (June 20).
Finch Group Cyril Thompson Cup first round: St Mary’s v Hook & Newnham Basics B (May 9), Andover v Yateley (May 13), Whitchurch v Ramsdell (May 16), Herriard v Kingsclere (May 20), Basingstoke Hockey Club v Overton (June 3), Oakley v Ashford Hill (June 6), Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall v  Rotherwick ITW (June 24). Bye: Binsted.

Hythe & Dibden are boosted by the return of opener Tom Gates and new signing Will Campbell, from Dorchester, for the potential tough cross-New Forest Southern Premier League Division 3 derby against Bashley (Rydal) II at the BCG, 12.30.
But Will Young is unavailable, leaving Gates to slot into the opener’s position against one of his former clubs.
Bashley beat Hambledon last week, with century hero Patrick Holly promoted to the first team against the Hampshire Academy on the Isle of Wight.
Hythe & Dibden: Richards, Gates, Wakely, Millar, Stow, Howe, Campbell, Smith, Ahmadzi, Bowman, Ndowora.
Portsmouth & Southsea are without Jake Peach for the Hambledon derby at St James’s Park, while Fareham & Crofton, whilst boosted by Steve Berryman and Ben Barnwell, remain without Australian James Heiniger, who made almost 650 runs in County Division 1 cricket last summer, at Trojans
Trojans: Donaldson, Le Bas, Boyd, Mahmood, Kelly, Agha, Bohme, Ahmed, Longman, Donaldson, Adderley, Ahmad.
Fareham & Crofton: Kent, Stoddart, Frost, Berryman, Wimble, Kissane, Davey, Barnwell, White, Anscombe, Headen.
Fawley, seven-wicket winners in their opening game, are at Tichborne Park minus the influential Andy Parratt.
Fawley: C Earl, K Earl, B Parratt, Smith, Lush, Leach, Freeman, Bryers, Streather, Crossley, Munir.
Beaten by Fawley in their opening match, Lymington II are strengthened by the inclusion of Terry Crabb and Ross Whyte against Purbrook at the LSG.
Lymington II: Hunt, Freeman, Crabb, Whyte, Paxton, K Moors, C Moors, Smith, McCurdy, Phillips, Calcott.

Hythe & Dibden scampered a bye off the penultimate ball to pull off a remarkable three-wicket Southern Premier League Division 3 win over Tichborne Park at Jones Lane.
Chasing Tichborne’s 266 all out, the Watersiders appeared to have little chance of victory at 157-6, but Zimbabwean all-rounder Craig Stow (left) struck a boundary strewn 99 only to be run out just before Hythe got that vital extra run.
The match featuring last season’s Hampshire League champions and Tichborne Park, relegated from SPL2, took some remarkable twists and turns.
After an opening stand of 70 between Ed Primmer (38) and Matt Bristow (31) Tichborne lurched to 143-8, with former Sparsholt seamer Tim Ndowra (4-39) and initially Mike Bowman (2-31).
But Lacian Jess, Tichborne’s overseas recruit from Cairns (Queensland), with an unbeaten 99 and Ed Berry (36) produced an outstanding stand of 123 for the ninth-wicket – the second highest on record in SPL3 – before two runs outs ended the visitors’ innings at 266.
That only proved a taster of what was to follow, as Hythe dipped to 157-6 (Zach Millar 55/Matt Young 31) and still needed 111 off the last 15 overs.
That didn’t deter Stow, who promptly blasted six sixes and eight fours in a dazzling 99 before being dismissed with Hythe almost home.  Harry Smith (24*) did his bit too.
Tom Kent feels Fareham & Crofton can take lots of positives from their first game back in the Southern Premier League Division 3, despite their 33-run defeat against Portsmouth & Southsea.
The captain felt his young side were competitive even though they lack experience of playing at the higher level.  Fareham finished third in County Division 1 last season, runners-up Parley being unable to meet SPL accreditation requirements.
“We are feeling our way at the start because not many if any of us have played at this level,” said Kent.  “There wasn’t a huge amount in the pitch, which was a bit slow and we bowled tight.  
“When we batted our top order chased a few wide balls and played some loose shots.  If we had batted for the full 50 overs we knew that we would be close. We didn’t do that, but there are still lots of things we can take forward.”
Fareham couldn’t have wised for a better start when Portsmouth & Southsea opener Steve Clements edged a Ben White (3-36) delivery through to wicket-keeper Kent without scoring.  Ollie Kanavan (72) and Matt Benfield (25) steadied the ship for the visitors before a useful Jonathan Willey (32) cameo guided them to 197 all out.
Fareham were in deep trouble at 67-7, but Chris Davey (61) hit out to get some batting bonus points on the board.
Davey, who struck four sixes, was eventually bowled by spinner Kieran Dunston (3-49) who along with Jake Peach (3-12) took three wickets apiece.
Trojans lost 11 matches on the trot on their way to relegation from SPL2 last summer, but reversed the trend with a six-wicket win at Purbrook, who lost out on promotion with a defeat by South Wilts in their final match of 2018.
Purbrook were bowled out for 145 - only Martin Lee (41) and latterly Aaron Dean (34) made their mark – with Syed Agha (4-27) and Syed Mahmood (3-30) taking seven of the wickets.   Nigel le Bas hit an unbeaten 62 to steer Trojans home with three overs to spare.
Fawley fought an ultimately successful battle against relegation last season, but began on a positive note with a seven wicket win at Lymington (112), Sufian Munir hitting an unbeaten 57 after the oilers had lost three early wickets.

Dorset Under-17 raised Owen Morris (left) hit an unbeaten 91 to steer Totton & Eling to a four-wicket victory over Southern Premier League Division 2 visitors Waterlooville, who looked at one stage as they might defend a modest 166 at Southern Gardens.
Totton slipped to 94-6 in reply, but Chichester University student Morris, having (at 51-4) added handy runs with Billy Lightfoot (26), guided his side home without further loss, scoring a lion’s share of the 73 needed.
Earlier, the Ville, going nicely at 82-1 through Cole Abrahams (32) and Dan Birch (31), dropped to 110-6 with Lightfoot taking 3-35 before Max Goddard (30) partially revived their fortunes.  Oli Thomas, like Morris late of Bryanston, snapped up five victims in a slick performance behind the stumps.
Rob Pitman, who led South Wilts to this winter’s ECB indoor sixes finals at Lord’s, played a key role in the promoted Bemerton second string’s 30-run win over Paultons.
He top scored with 36 before producing key figures of 3-15 off 9.3 overs.
Equally significant were the late innings roles played by Ben Fisher (25) and James Wade (28), who guided SW from 149-7 (Tom Berzins 35, Raff Hussey 28) to a match winning 190-8.
Paultons tumbled to 78-7 before Scott Dawes battered three sixes in a quick-fire 50 which lifted the visitors to 160. Tom Pearce returned 3-45.

Teenage duo Jason Knibbs and Will Kerr racked up a 188-run opening partnership to set up Hartley Wintney’s 91-run victory over Southern Premier League Division 2 rivals St Cross Symondians II on the Cricket Green.
Knibbs, who hails from Johannesburg, made 117 and Kerr 99, the pair each hitting 12 boundaries, with the 18-year old South African also clearing the rope four times.
Hartley, whose ranks have been stiffened by the return of Daren McBride and Roy Cockram and the signing of Hambledon’s Indy Chakrabarti, went on to post 281-6, former Lymington skipper Simon Beetham taking 3-53 and James Allen 3-37.
St Cross, who narrowly missed promotion last season, responded with a century opening start by Jason Laney (73) and Paul Hawkins (34), but Knibbs (2-25) nipped out both openers, prompting four wickets to fall for 17 runs.   Beetham (37) steadied the ship, but Mark Teale (5-25) cut through the St Cross middle-order to leave the visitors 190 all out.
Promoted as SPL3 champions last season, Fair Oak owed much to middle-order pair Rhys Oxley (65 not out) and Charlie Gwynn (59) for their 93-run win over Langley Manor at Lapstone Park.
They were wobbling at 56-4 (Asad Abbas 33) after two-wicket spells by Jamie Brown (4-62) and Simon Peters (2-33), but Oxley and Gwynn restored parity and Oaks moved on 225-9.
Conor Browne (31) helped the Manor to a 54-run start, but a miserly three-wicket spell by Abbas (3-8) knocked the visitors out of their stride.  Spin pair Gwynn (2-24) and Rufus Bullough (5-26) cut deep into the Langley ranks, causing the visitors to sink to 132 all out (Steve Harris 36).
Liphook & Ripsley made an impressive start with maximum points win from a 96 run victory over Basingstoke & North Hants II at Ripsley Park.
The win was largely the result on a convincing Liphook batting performance of 259-4. Openers Chris Martin (34) and Rob Nicklin (55) put on 91 after which George Neave added a free scoring 29.
With score on 106-2 after 30 overs, it was left to an increasingly devastating and unbroken partnership of 99 between Suman Ganguly (68*) and Grant Rouse (52*), who took advantage of a generous supply of dropped catches and an increasingly wilting Basingstoke attack blown away by an array of fine shots and quick running.
The Basingstoke reply soon slumped to 20-4 after only eight overs, with skipper Chaz Janczur claiming 3-12.  Joe Oates (32) and Steve Bucksey (31) rallied, but Suman Ganguly, Sean Burton, Andy Barnes each took a wicket and Bedales School pupil left arm spinner Oscar Amis grabbed two wickets on debut. Chris Martin snapped up four4 catches behind the stumps.

Hampshire's Lewis McManus (left) made his first positive step back on the comeback trail by scoring 47 and taking two catches in Andover's six-wicket win over patched-up Southern Premier League Division 1 rivals Ventnor at London Road.
McManus had previously been sidelined with concussion after being injured in Hampshire's County Championship defeat by Yorkshire last month.
Fielding only four of the side that knocked Chichester Priory Park out of the ECB Royal London Cup the previous weekend, Ventnor were bowled out for 125 (Charlie Calloway 36), spinner Charlie Ayres taking 4-38.
It was a stroll after that, with Ali Hooper (25), Glyn Treagus (40) and McManus (47) guiding the Lions to an easy win.
Promoted Rowledge began life back in SPL1 with a comfortable 51-run win at Old Tauntonians & Romsey, where a 99-run second wicket partnership between Chris Yates (82) and Sam Plater (44) set up the visitors' 178-6.
OTs lost wickets at ten-run intervals - Steve Martin taking 4-38 and teenager Oli Baker 3-30 - and were dismissed for 127 (Jody Brown 25).

Sarisbury Athletic blasted 306-4 off 45.4 overs to pull off an astonishing six-wicket win over Southern Premier Division 1 newcomers Sparsholt – having been 47-3 in the early stages of their reply !
Ton-up Tom Nightingale was Sarisbury’s hero, sharing significant partnerships with Josh Hill and Chris Sanders as the visitors chased down Sparsholt’s 302-6 with 26 balls to spare.
Jeremy Frith (57) and Michael Haworth (26) have Sparsholt a solid start, but the main impetus came from Oli Perrin, whose 89 on debut contained five maximums and eight fours.
With Dave Banks (34) and Sam O’Brien (43 not out) chipping in, Sparsholt climbed to what appeared a match winning 302-6 – a target significantly stiffened when Ricky Rawlings, Sam Floyd and Dan Clouting were sent back to the Norman Edwards Ground pavilion with less than 50 runs on the electronic scoreboard.
But the tide turned quite dramatically when the shine wore off the ball, with Nightingale taking control, scoring an unbeaten 112, including six sixes and nine fours.
He added 110 with Hill (54) and then an unbroken 149 with Sanders, who finished with 66 not out as Sarisbury cruised home.
The match produced a staggering 608 runs, 18 sixes and 58 fours – and a few broken bowlers’ hearts !

Hook & Newnham Basics didn’t make the best of starts at Loperwood Park and were 33-3 at one stage against Calmore Sports, Australian all-rounder Will McNeill taking two of the wickets.
But Hook bat in some depth.  Josh and Matt Buckingham, Martyn James (all 24), Rhodes Franklin (34), and former Paultons all-rounder Jack Murrell (29) all made handy scores. Basics reached 212, Ben Perry (4-50) and Charlie Gent (3-24) producing handy figures.
James, making his HNB debut after his pre-season move from Basingstoke & North Hants, took 3-9 as Calmore stumbled to 51-5.  James Manning (57) and Perry (34) initiated a recovery, doubling the total but spinner Franklin (3-25) returned to complete a fine day as the hosts were dismissed for 174.
Portsmouth are harbouring promotion ambitions and a 46-run win over New Milton at St Helen’s proved a positive start.
Ben Duggan (73) underpinned Portsmouth’s 253-5, which was enhanced by a lively 61 not out from Matt Shaw and James Holder, 30 not out on debut.
Ryan Beck (70) and Luke Mortimore (30) steered New Milton to 90 without loss, but the innings fell away to 207 all out against Fahad Ahmed (3-24) and Dan Wallis (4-53).

Bashley (Rydal) put down a solid marker for the ECB Southern Premier League season ahead with an emphatic nine-wicket win over Burridge, who never recovered from losing their opening pair without a run on the board.
The visitors eventually made it to 196-9, but an unbroken second-wicket partnership between Tim Taylor (left) and Ben Walker swept them to victory.
Bashley made the perfect start with left-armer Brad Currie trapping Joe Collings-Wells leg before with the first ball of the season. Former Hampshire batsman Derek Kenway went for a fifth ball duck.
Richard Lock (49) and Cape Town’s Hilo de Abreu (63) repaired the damage with a century partnership before Josh Digby (3-39) made further inroads.
It needed a timely late rally from Oli Southon (30) to get Burridge to 196-9.
Tom Friend (32) hit six boundaries to get Bashley off to a flier before Tim Taylor (76) and former Havant skipper Ben Walker (55) carried off a 151-run partnership to sweep the Bash to an emphatic victory.

Felix Organ (left) continued his fine Hampshire 2nd XI form – he made a century in last week’s Second XI Championship win over Middlesex – with an unbeaten 93 which steered defending champions St Cross Symondians to an eight-wicket win over the county’s Academy side at the Green Jackets.
St Cross, Premier Division title winners for the first time in 2008, chased down the Academy’s 169 to win with 21 overs to spare.
South African pace bowler Marvin Williams (2-40) nipped out Academy openers Tom Prest and George Pardoe before Matt Haworth (4-30) struck twice more to leave the county youngsters 83-5, Fletcha Middleton (33) having proved difficult to dislodge.
Miserly spin pair Harry Came (3-19) and Organ (0-14) conceded only 33 runs off their 20 overs bowling in tandem before Mo Abbas (31) and Adjet Dale (31) rallied towards the end of the Academy innings.  Howarth’s second spell removed both batsmen.
Tom Foyle went in the opening over of Symondians’ reply but when the Adidas sponsored Organ and Came resumed their partnership, this time with the bat, runs began to flow through positive running between the wickets they spread the field with tactical and clever stroke play.
Organ, who captained the Academy last season, went on to hit a six and eight fours before MCC YC’s prospect Billy Mead made a classy 37 not out and lead St Cross to an eight-wicket win.

Tom Morton led from the front with a century as South Wilts opened their ECB Southern Premier League challenge with a 29-run win over Alton at the Jubilee Ground.
Morton, with two sixes and 12 fours in his 112, shared a half-century launch with Peter Rowe before adding 118 with James Hayward (63), a partnership which was to prove a match winner.
Ben Draper (27) added useful runs before becoming one of four victims for Toby Salmon (4-57) before South Wilts closed at 272 all out.
Alton openers Ryan Covey (36) and Michael Heffernan (36) put on 77 before Luke Evans took a diving catch to give Steve Warner the first of his two victims.
Mark Heffernan (46) and New Zealander Matt Bacon, with a whirlwind 53 from just 27 balls, kept Alton in the chase, but once Matt Burton caught the Otago cricketer off the bowling of Art Godsal (2-42) the game swung dramatically back in favour of South Wilts, who eventually dismissed Alton for  243.
Shrewton raised Will Harries, on SPL debut, finished with 4-37 from his 10 overs.
Pictures by Roy Honeybone

Harry Fisher showed maturity beyond his teenager years to set up an improbable 68-run ECB Southern Premier Division victory for Lymington at Havant.
The ginger haired 19-year old, who spent the past winter playing and coaching in the Winelands region of South Africa, came to Lymington’s aid after his side had dropped to 94-7 against the eight–time Premier Division winners.
His unbeaten 69, aided by fellow youngsters Josh Royan and Dan Cox, guided Lymington to a competitive 203-8 – a target which was to prove well beyond Havant, who were dismissed for 135.
Ben Rogers (30), potent on anything pitched up, lost Dom Hand and Ryan Scott at 12, both victims of Eastern Province medium-paceman Siviwe Gadana, who went on to take 5-52 on Havant debut.
Rogers was next to perish to the experienced South African provincial cricketer, but Hilton College product Gareth Schreuder (31) looked to take the attack to Havant, pulling a six and hitting two delightful fours before becoming over ambitious and skiing a catch off Chris Morgan’s left-arm spin.
Four wickets later at 94-7 it appeared Lymington might struggle to reach 120, but slowly and surely Fisher took control of a potentially delicate situation.
The former Sherborne School batsman hit only four boundaries, but rotated the strike nicely with the emerging Josh Royan (30), whose 63-run partnership with Fisher was to have a crucial bearing on the outcome of the game.
Fisher then added a further 44 with Dan Cox (17 not out) to guide Lymington to a creditable 203-8.
Havant have lifted the title on a record number of occasions, but whilst their mix of spin and pace bowling remains strong, their batting back real depth, especially with skipper Chris Stone (knee injury) sidelined.
They suffered an early blow when Stu Ransley was caught at gully, but progressed to 56-1 through Harry Gadd (29) and Pete Hopson (37).
But Havant never took any control and Lymington gradually nibbled away, with Guy Layman (3-30) and Ryan Scott (3-17), with his teasing late swing, reducing the hosts to 84-7 before a late flurry took the final total to 135, Matt Metcalfe taking 2-31.

Luke Webb launched a blistering six-hitting spree on the way to striking a career-best 141 which set up promoted Bournemouth for an opening day ECB Southern Premier Division victory by 28 runs over Basingstoke & North Hants at May’s Bounty.
His best yet century, which contained eight sixes and nine fours, was compiled when Bournemouth were wobbling at an uncertain 126-5.
Back in the top flight of Premier Division cricket for the first time in five seasons, Bournemouth went on to post 244-8 before dismissing Basingstoke for 216.
It started so well for the Bountymen, as David Griffiths (3-38) had Luke Mathews trapped leg before in his first over. Fellow opener Jake Hurley (23) was next to get caught behind by Lawrence Benge as Griffths snapped up his second wicket.
Mitch Stokes (2-21) kept the home side on top, as the visitors took to the 30th over to reach three figures. Rakitha Perera (2-33) then also got amongst the wickets, but they were unable to remove Webb.
It was to prove very costly as in the 48th over, the new Bournemouth captain launched four sixes into the May’s Bounty car park, as 28 were added in the space of six balls to help the Dorset side to 244-8 (Tom Robinson 21/James Woodruff 20).
Basingstoke’s reply did not get off to the best of starts with Ben Thane out for three. Former Hook team mate Jordan Hobday scored 29 in 36 balls, but his departure was soon followed by that of Matt Deadman and Mitch Stokes leaving the home side on 82-5, as Ed Denham helped himself to 4-28
Dan Belcher (30) and top scorer Tom Allam (47), new from Tichborne Park added 45 for the sixth wicket.  Allam and Griffiths (30) kept the game in the balance, as they took the score to 182.
However, the return to the attack of Dan Conway to join Dan Robinson saw the runs dry up, but the Bountymen did make it past 200 to collect a fourth batting bonus point as Ash Neal hit 20 from number nine.   He was then the last man out bowled by Denham as Basingstoke finished on 216.

Patrick Holly rescued Bashley (Rydal) II with a maiden unbeaten Southern Premier League century which eventually set up a remarkable 49-run win over Division 3 rivals Hambledon at Ridge Meadow.
Bashley were in the mire at 45-5 after a four-wicket new ball burst by Rhidan Chapman (4-27) when teenage duo Holly and James Turner turned the match around in dramatic fashion.
Holly led the way with two sixes and 14 fours in an unbeaten 125, sharing a wholesome 161-run sixth-wicket stand with fellow teen James Turner (54 not out), who reached his fifty shortly before Bashley’s innings closed at 216-5.
Their partnership was the second highest SPL3 stand for the sixth wicket.
Neil Taylor (3-26) chipped away at Hambledon’s top order, leaving Henry Glanfield (76) to keep the hosts in the hunt, but when he was caught – appropriately caught off Holly’s spin – the Dons nosedived from 145-4 to 167 all out, the last six wickets falling for 22 runs.

ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE
RESULTS : ROUND 1 [4 MAY 2019]
ECB PREMIER DIVISION

Bournemouth 244-8 (Webb 141, Griffiths 3-38)
Basingstoke & North Hants 216 (Allam 43, Belcher 30, Griffiths 30, Hobday 29, Denham 4-28)
Bournemouth won by 28 runs.

Burridge 196-9 (de Abreu 63, Lock 49, Southon 30*, Digby 3-39)
Bashley (Rydal) 197-1 (Taylor 76*, Walker 55*, Friend 32)
Bashley (Rydal) won by nine wickets.

Hampshire Academy 169 (Middleton 33, Abbas 31, Dale 31, Haworth 4-34, Came 3-19)
St Cross Symondians 170-2 (Organ 93*, Mead 37, Came 29)
St Cross Symondians won by eight wickets.

Lymington 203-8 (Fisher 69*, Schreuder 31, Rogers 30, Royan 30, Gidana 5-52)
Havant 135 (Hopson 37, Gadd 29, Scott 3-17, Layman 3-30)
Lymington won by 68 runs.

South Wilts 272 (Morton 112, Hayward 63, Draper 27, Salmon 4-57, Ballinger
3-46)
Alton 243 (Bacon 53, Mark Heffernan 46, Mike Heffernan 37, Covey 36, Harries 4-37)
South Wilts won by 29 runs.

DIVISION 1

Hook & Newnham Basics 212 (Franklin 34, Murrell 29, Perry 4-50, Gent 3-24)
Calmore Sports 174 (Manning 57, Perry 34, James 3-9, Franklin 3-25)
Hook & Newnham Basics won by 38 runs.

Rowledge 178-6 (C Yates 82, Plater 44)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey 127 (Brown 25, Martin 4-38, Baker 3-30)
Rowledge won by 51 runs.

Portsmouth 253-5 (Duggan 73, Shaw 61*, Holder 30*)
New Milton 207 (R Beck 70, Mortimore 30, Walis 4-53, Ahmed 3-24)
Portsmouth won by 46 runs.

Sparsholt 302-6 (Perrin 89, Frith 57, O’Brien 43*, Banks 34)
Sarisbury Athletic 306-4 (Nightingale 112*, Sanders 66*, J Hill 54)
Sarisbury Athletic won by six wickets.

Ventnor 125 (Calloway 36, Sanyal 24, Ayres 4-38)
Andover 129-4 (McManus 47, Treagus 40, A Hooper 25)
Andover won by six wickets.

DIVISION 2

Fair Oak 225-9 (Oxley 65, Gwynn 59, Abbbas 33, Brown 4-62)
Langley Manor 132 (Harris 36, Browne 31, Bullough 5-26, Abbas 3-8)
Fair Oak won by 93 runs.

Hartley Wintney 281-6 (Knibbs 117, Kerr 99, Allen 3-37, Beetham 3-53)
St Cross Symondians II 190 (Laney 73, Beetham 37, Hawkins 34, M Teale 5-25)
Hartley Wintney won by 91 runs.

Liphook & Ripsley 259-4 (Ganguly 68, Nicklin 55, G Rouse 52, Martin 34, Neave 29)
Basingstoke & North Hants II 164 (Oates 32, Bucksey 31, Janczur 3-12)
Liphook & Ripsley 93 runs.

South Wilts II 190-8 (R Pitman 36, Berzins 35, Hussey 28)
Paultons 160 (Dawes 50, Smart 25, R Pitman 3-15, Pearce 3-45)
South Wilts II won by 30 runs.

Waterlooville 166 (Abrahams 32, Birch 31, Goddard 30, Lightfoot 3-35)
Totton & Eling 167-6 (Morris 91*)
Totton & Eling won by four wickets.

DIVISION 3

Bashley (Rydal) II 216-5 (Holly 125*, J Turner 54*, Chapman 4-27)
Hambledon 167 (Glanfield 76, L Le Clerq 27, N Taylor 3-26)
Bashley (Rydal) II won by 49 runs.

Lymington II 112 (E Freeman 32, A Freeman 4-18)
Fawley 116-3 (Munir 57)
Fawley won by seven wickets.

Portsmouth & Southsea 197 (Kanavan 72, Willey 32*, White 3-36)
Fareham & Crofton 164 (Anscombe 61, Peach 3-12, Dunstan 3-49)
Portsmouth & Southsea won by 31 runs.

Purbrook 145 (Lee 41, Agha 4-27, Mahmood 3-30)
Trojans 146-4 (Le Bas 62*, Kelly 24)
Trojans won by six wickets.

Tichborne Park 266 (Jess 99*, E Primmer 38, Berry 36, Bristow 31, Ndowra 4-39)
Hythe & Dibden 267-7 (Stow 99, Millar 55, Young 31)
Hythe & Dibden won by three wickets.

Competition debutants Hook & Newnham Basics powered through to round two of the National Village Cup with a comprehensive eight-wicket win at Sway – the contest effectively being all over bar the proverbial shouting after Liam Shore’s blistering new-ball burst.
The lean and lanky left-armer knocked over Sway’s top three batsmen and finished with figures of 4-16 before Sway recovered from a desperate 22-5 to post 144, largely on the back of a century partnership between Dave Steadman (49) and Jon Gresham (41).
Half-centuries by Richie Wilcock (60) and Harry Warner (53 not out) eased Hook into a second round visit to Paultons on Sunday, 1pm.
Sunday’s local second round ties include: Amport v Sparsholt, Frensham v Rowledge, Lacock v Redlynch & Hale, Liphook & Ripsley v Hursley Park, Paultons v Hook & Newnham Basics, Parley v Cattistock, Sarisbury Athletic v Bramshaw.