Promoted Parley are off to a flier in Southern Premier League Division 3, skittling Havant seconds for a meagre 41 to win their curtain raising match in the competition by 97 runs.
Oli Green (3-6) proved too hot to handle for Havant’s top order and Jack Nicholls happily mopped up the lower end in 20 deliveries, finishing with 4-4.
It didn’t help Havant’s cause that left-arm spinner Steve Matthews (2-22) pulled out of the fray with a back spasm one ball into his fifth over, by which time he had already accounted for Sam Collins and Marcus Braggington.
Graham Burns (4-36) assumed wicket taking responsibility, while Parley were indebted to teenager Kieran Laird for his unbeaten 30 and Tom Barber (not the left-arm quick) for a watchful 24 at the top of their 138 all out.
Oli Green (3-6) proved too hot to handle for Havant’s top order and Jack Nicholls happily mopped up the lower end in 20 deliveries, finishing with 4-4.
It didn’t help Havant’s cause that left-arm spinner Steve Matthews (2-22) pulled out of the fray with a back spasm one ball into his fifth over, by which time he had already accounted for Sam Collins and Marcus Braggington.
Graham Burns (4-36) assumed wicket taking responsibility, while Parley were indebted to teenager Kieran Laird for his unbeaten 30 and Tom Barber (not the left-arm quick) for a watchful 24 at the top of their 138 all out.
Alex Turner [Terry Nash] Trojans opened with a nine-wicket win over Bashley (Rydal) II at Stoneham Lane, where the promising Tim Felstead (3-28) created early inroads.
Alex Turner’s unbeaten 68 held Bashley together, sharing useful stands with the returning George Pardoe and Saif Achakzai before the last five wickets fell for 35 runs and the visitors to 126 all out (Luke Dimmick 3-9).
Bashley skipper Phil Morris was left tearing his hair out as his side tossed down 39 wides, making life a doddle for Syed Agha (39) and the emerging Nigel le Bas, 37 not out.
South Wilts seconds fought hard, taking eight Sway wickets before conceding a narrow defeat against the New Forest club, who just missed promotion last season.
Albeit a well-prepared post rain strip, the slow conditions meant that scores at the Jubilee Fields would be low – only opener Will Langdon (38) and skipper Rob Pitman (46) being able to make much headway after South Wilts had been put into bat.
A late flurry of wkts, with seamer Richard Thomas taking 5-24 and running through the late order, nose-dived the South Wilts total from 108-4 to 159 all out with 5 overs unused. Dave Steadman (2-27) and Jon Waller (2-24) also shared in the spoils.
Sway found progress equally difficult at 53-4 until a match turning 5th wicket partnership of 84 between Will Crossley (55) and Tom Burton (34) steered Sway to 137-5.
Losing three wickets in quick succession – teenage spinner James Brewer took 4-33 - left to Steve Howe and a confident Rich Thomas to edge Sway over the line in the final over at 163-8.
Eighteen wickets fell for 211 runs at Holbury – bizarrely, 35 of them were principally leg-side wides – where Paultons scrambled rather unconvincingly past Fawley’s 105 all out.
Fawley found themselves in deep trouble against Tony Richman (3-26) and lurched to 12-5 before Raminder Singh (30), with support from the lower order, raised the score to 105.
Paultons were 41-0, but lost wickets all down the order – Trishawn Francis taking 4-15 – before crossing the line.
Alex Turner’s unbeaten 68 held Bashley together, sharing useful stands with the returning George Pardoe and Saif Achakzai before the last five wickets fell for 35 runs and the visitors to 126 all out (Luke Dimmick 3-9).
Bashley skipper Phil Morris was left tearing his hair out as his side tossed down 39 wides, making life a doddle for Syed Agha (39) and the emerging Nigel le Bas, 37 not out.
South Wilts seconds fought hard, taking eight Sway wickets before conceding a narrow defeat against the New Forest club, who just missed promotion last season.
Albeit a well-prepared post rain strip, the slow conditions meant that scores at the Jubilee Fields would be low – only opener Will Langdon (38) and skipper Rob Pitman (46) being able to make much headway after South Wilts had been put into bat.
A late flurry of wkts, with seamer Richard Thomas taking 5-24 and running through the late order, nose-dived the South Wilts total from 108-4 to 159 all out with 5 overs unused. Dave Steadman (2-27) and Jon Waller (2-24) also shared in the spoils.
Sway found progress equally difficult at 53-4 until a match turning 5th wicket partnership of 84 between Will Crossley (55) and Tom Burton (34) steered Sway to 137-5.
Losing three wickets in quick succession – teenage spinner James Brewer took 4-33 - left to Steve Howe and a confident Rich Thomas to edge Sway over the line in the final over at 163-8.
Eighteen wickets fell for 211 runs at Holbury – bizarrely, 35 of them were principally leg-side wides – where Paultons scrambled rather unconvincingly past Fawley’s 105 all out.
Fawley found themselves in deep trouble against Tony Richman (3-26) and lurched to 12-5 before Raminder Singh (30), with support from the lower order, raised the score to 105.
Paultons were 41-0, but lost wickets all down the order – Trishawn Francis taking 4-15 – before crossing the line.
