Sarisbury Athletic have take the first steps towards regaining the coveted ECB national indoor sixes title they won at Lord’s three winters ago.
They won the Hampshire county championship with comfortable three-wicket wins over Longparish and Hook & Newnham Basics in the round-robin final at the Ageas Bowl.
Using the new ball to good effect, Sarisbury’s seamers called the tune in both matches, bowling Longparish out for 91 and then Hook for 105 to leave the batsmen with comfortable targets.
Matt Jackman’s gallant one-man show wasn’t quite enough to get Longparish across the line in their two matches.
Jackman [right] hit 62 of Parish’s 91 all out in the three-wicket defeat by Sarisbury and made an unbeaten 38 as this summer’s County Division 1 champions ran Hook to the wire.
Longparish, set for a huge score at 127-1 with two overs left, collapsed to 144-5 (Mike Taplin 26), but then reduced Hook to 81-5 before Shane Brewer hit an amazing 61 not out to het the Basingstoke side home by one wicket off the last ball. Jackman also took two wickets in each of Longparish’s two matches.
Sarisbury Athletic skipper Matt Journeaux is pictured receiving the Hampshire indoor trophy from HCB president John Wolfe. They will now play in the ECB Championships, starting on February 19 2017.
Results -
Sarisbury Athletic 93-3 (Journeaux 27*) beat Longparish 91 (Jackman 62, Hill 2-20, Freemantle 2-30) by three wickets.
Hook & Newnham Basics 145-5 (Brewer 61*, Thane 20, M Buckingham 20, Jackman 2-28) beat Longparish 144-5 (Jackman 38*, Taplin 26) by one wicket.
Sarisbury Athletic 106-3 (S Floyd 30*, Freemantle 27*, Hobday 2-21) beat Hook & Newnham Basics 105 (Thane 47, P Hammond 2-19) by three wickets.
They won the Hampshire county championship with comfortable three-wicket wins over Longparish and Hook & Newnham Basics in the round-robin final at the Ageas Bowl.
Using the new ball to good effect, Sarisbury’s seamers called the tune in both matches, bowling Longparish out for 91 and then Hook for 105 to leave the batsmen with comfortable targets.
Matt Jackman’s gallant one-man show wasn’t quite enough to get Longparish across the line in their two matches.
Jackman [right] hit 62 of Parish’s 91 all out in the three-wicket defeat by Sarisbury and made an unbeaten 38 as this summer’s County Division 1 champions ran Hook to the wire.
Longparish, set for a huge score at 127-1 with two overs left, collapsed to 144-5 (Mike Taplin 26), but then reduced Hook to 81-5 before Shane Brewer hit an amazing 61 not out to het the Basingstoke side home by one wicket off the last ball. Jackman also took two wickets in each of Longparish’s two matches.
Sarisbury Athletic skipper Matt Journeaux is pictured receiving the Hampshire indoor trophy from HCB president John Wolfe. They will now play in the ECB Championships, starting on February 19 2017.
Results -
Sarisbury Athletic 93-3 (Journeaux 27*) beat Longparish 91 (Jackman 62, Hill 2-20, Freemantle 2-30) by three wickets.
Hook & Newnham Basics 145-5 (Brewer 61*, Thane 20, M Buckingham 20, Jackman 2-28) beat Longparish 144-5 (Jackman 38*, Taplin 26) by one wicket.
Sarisbury Athletic 106-3 (S Floyd 30*, Freemantle 27*, Hobday 2-21) beat Hook & Newnham Basics 105 (Thane 47, P Hammond 2-19) by three wickets.
