South East Hants Strikers
Back (from left): Jake McBride, Jacob Harris, Nick Cox. Front: Ollie Kanavan, Jack Richards, Jamie Dunne.
South East Hants Strikers completed an unbeaten winter indoor sixes season by winning the NatWest Under-16 Championship at the Ageas Bowl.
They held off a determined Hook & Newnham Hurricanes to win their semi-final by ten runs and then chased down a New Forest target of 125 to win the final by five wickets with four balls to spare.
Portsmouth & Southsea’s Ollie Kanavan led the way with the bat in both matches, while Gosport Borough talent Jacob Harris finished the season as the competition’s leading run scorer.
Scores -
1st Semi-final
South East Strikers 145-6 (O Kanavan 42, J Harris 29, J Dunn 25, A Brown 2-35)
Hook Hurricanes 135-6 (M Taylor 39). South East Strikers won by ten runs
2nd Semi-final
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 135-4 (J Khan 30*, A Lovell 30*, C Simpkin 2-34)
New Forest 136-4 (B Fisher 37*, T Reynolds 33, A Murray 2-28). New Forest won by two wickets (with one over to spare)
Final
New Forest 125-5 (N Thomas 41, C Tompkins 38, J Richards 2-35, N Cox 2-37)
South East Strikers 126-1 (J McBride 26*, O Kanavan 25*). South East won by five wickets (with four balls to spare).
Back (from left): Jake McBride, Jacob Harris, Nick Cox. Front: Ollie Kanavan, Jack Richards, Jamie Dunne.
South East Hants Strikers completed an unbeaten winter indoor sixes season by winning the NatWest Under-16 Championship at the Ageas Bowl.
They held off a determined Hook & Newnham Hurricanes to win their semi-final by ten runs and then chased down a New Forest target of 125 to win the final by five wickets with four balls to spare.
Portsmouth & Southsea’s Ollie Kanavan led the way with the bat in both matches, while Gosport Borough talent Jacob Harris finished the season as the competition’s leading run scorer.
Scores -
1st Semi-final
South East Strikers 145-6 (O Kanavan 42, J Harris 29, J Dunn 25, A Brown 2-35)
Hook Hurricanes 135-6 (M Taylor 39). South East Strikers won by ten runs
2nd Semi-final
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 135-4 (J Khan 30*, A Lovell 30*, C Simpkin 2-34)
New Forest 136-4 (B Fisher 37*, T Reynolds 33, A Murray 2-28). New Forest won by two wickets (with one over to spare)
Final
New Forest 125-5 (N Thomas 41, C Tompkins 38, J Richards 2-35, N Cox 2-37)
South East Strikers 126-1 (J McBride 26*, O Kanavan 25*). South East won by five wickets (with four balls to spare).
