South East Hants Sixers earned their stripes with a double success against Bournemouth and Winchester Warriors in the NatWest Under-16 Indoor Cricket Championships at the Ageas Bowl.
Fareham & Crofton left-hand spin all-rounder Morgan Frost shone, retiring and taking two wickets in each game.
Bournemouth, in contrast, lost both their matches and paid the penalty for two wayward bowling performances. Sparsholt’s Nick Doubell hit a gallant half-century in Winchester Warriors’ four-wicket defeat by South East Hants.
Results -
Bournemouth 119-4 (Kitson 30*, Breckon 25*)
Winchester Warriors 120-1 (Middleton 27*, Doubell 18)
Winchester Warriors won by five wickets.
SE Hants Sixers 146-2 (Frost 27*, Wright 26*, Campbell 25*, Kitson 2-30)
Bournemouth 87 (Thomas 30, Breckon 27, Frost 2-17)
SE Hants Sixers won by 59 runs.
Winchester Warriors 96 (Doubell 52, McCarthy 19, Frost 2-17)
SE Hants Sixers 97-2 (Frost 25*)
SE Hants Sixers won by four wickets.
Fareham & Crofton left-hand spin all-rounder Morgan Frost shone, retiring and taking two wickets in each game.
Bournemouth, in contrast, lost both their matches and paid the penalty for two wayward bowling performances. Sparsholt’s Nick Doubell hit a gallant half-century in Winchester Warriors’ four-wicket defeat by South East Hants.
Results -
Bournemouth 119-4 (Kitson 30*, Breckon 25*)
Winchester Warriors 120-1 (Middleton 27*, Doubell 18)
Winchester Warriors won by five wickets.
SE Hants Sixers 146-2 (Frost 27*, Wright 26*, Campbell 25*, Kitson 2-30)
Bournemouth 87 (Thomas 30, Breckon 27, Frost 2-17)
SE Hants Sixers won by 59 runs.
Winchester Warriors 96 (Doubell 52, McCarthy 19, Frost 2-17)
SE Hants Sixers 97-2 (Frost 25*)
SE Hants Sixers won by four wickets.