DEFIANT Bournemouth skipper Chris Park insisted the "bubble has not burst" after his side crashed to a four-wicket British Gas Southern Premier League defeat at resurgent Calmore Sports.
Lions' unbeaten start to the Division One campaign effectively went up in smoke during a ruinous period in their innings, when they lost seven wickets for 25 runs to slump to 85-8.
A few lusty lower order blows lifted the visitors' score to 109, but they left 8.4 overs unused and were unable to protect their meagre total despite a terrific effort with the ball.
Park said: "When you score 109 you don't deserve to win a game of cricket.
"We didn't bat well at all. There were some loose shots, batters were being hit unnecessarily on the pads in front of the stumps, when the ball wasn't really spinning or doing much through the air.
"Three or four of them have put their hands up and said they were guilty of poor shots or poor decision making and it just snowballed down the order."
Bournemouth opener Tom West lost his wicket without scoring after Park had won the toss and opted to bat.
Nevertheless, Nick Park and Luke Matthews had steadied the ship and moved the score on to 60 before Park's dismissal for 33 sparked the collapse.
Matthews (20), Chris Park (18) and tailenders Chrystian Michalowski (10) and Dom Clutterbuck, who finished unbeaten on 11, were the only other Lions players to reach double figures as Mark Lavelle (3-18), Liam Newton and Jack Rutter ruled the roost.
Michalowski and Clutterbuck – along with paceman Simon Woodruff – were to the fore as Bournemouth made Calmore sweat in their chase before number eight Paul Proudley smashed a counter-attacking, unbeaten 32 to win the game.
The hosts had appeared to be cruising on 40-1, when Woodruff (2-31) had the in-form Ben Johns caught behind for 18.
By the time Michalowski (2-25) removed James Manning for a duck and James Rose swiftly followed, trapped in front by Clutterbuck (2-20), also without scoring, Calmore has been reduced to 63-6.
But Proudley joined Australian Jack Rutter (24) in an unbroken 49-run stand to snuff out Lions' hopes of recording an improbable victory.
Calmore's victory coincided with left-armer Steve Wright's farewell game before leaving to join the Mounties in Canada on a three-year secondment. Paul McNamara, Bournemouth Echo.
Lions' unbeaten start to the Division One campaign effectively went up in smoke during a ruinous period in their innings, when they lost seven wickets for 25 runs to slump to 85-8.
A few lusty lower order blows lifted the visitors' score to 109, but they left 8.4 overs unused and were unable to protect their meagre total despite a terrific effort with the ball.
Park said: "When you score 109 you don't deserve to win a game of cricket.
"We didn't bat well at all. There were some loose shots, batters were being hit unnecessarily on the pads in front of the stumps, when the ball wasn't really spinning or doing much through the air.
"Three or four of them have put their hands up and said they were guilty of poor shots or poor decision making and it just snowballed down the order."
Bournemouth opener Tom West lost his wicket without scoring after Park had won the toss and opted to bat.
Nevertheless, Nick Park and Luke Matthews had steadied the ship and moved the score on to 60 before Park's dismissal for 33 sparked the collapse.
Matthews (20), Chris Park (18) and tailenders Chrystian Michalowski (10) and Dom Clutterbuck, who finished unbeaten on 11, were the only other Lions players to reach double figures as Mark Lavelle (3-18), Liam Newton and Jack Rutter ruled the roost.
Michalowski and Clutterbuck – along with paceman Simon Woodruff – were to the fore as Bournemouth made Calmore sweat in their chase before number eight Paul Proudley smashed a counter-attacking, unbeaten 32 to win the game.
The hosts had appeared to be cruising on 40-1, when Woodruff (2-31) had the in-form Ben Johns caught behind for 18.
By the time Michalowski (2-25) removed James Manning for a duck and James Rose swiftly followed, trapped in front by Clutterbuck (2-20), also without scoring, Calmore has been reduced to 63-6.
But Proudley joined Australian Jack Rutter (24) in an unbroken 49-run stand to snuff out Lions' hopes of recording an improbable victory.
Calmore's victory coincided with left-armer Steve Wright's farewell game before leaving to join the Mounties in Canada on a three-year secondment. Paul McNamara, Bournemouth Echo.
