Teenage duo Jason Knibbs and Will Kerr racked up a 188-run opening partnership to set up Hartley Wintney’s 91-run victory over Southern Premier League Division 2 rivals St Cross Symondians II on the Cricket Green.
Knibbs, who hails from Johannesburg, made 117 and Kerr 99, the pair each hitting 12 boundaries, with the 18-year old South African also clearing the rope four times.
Hartley, whose ranks have been stiffened by the return of Daren McBride and Roy Cockram and the signing of Hambledon’s Indy Chakrabarti, went on to post 281-6, former Lymington skipper Simon Beetham taking 3-53 and James Allen 3-37.
St Cross, who narrowly missed promotion last season, responded with a century opening start by Jason Laney (73) and Paul Hawkins (34), but Knibbs (2-25) nipped out both openers, prompting four wickets to fall for 17 runs. Beetham (37) steadied the ship, but Mark Teale (5-25) cut through the St Cross middle-order to leave the visitors 190 all out.
Promoted as SPL3 champions last season, Fair Oak owed much to middle-order pair Rhys Oxley (65 not out) and Charlie Gwynn (59) for their 93-run win over Langley Manor at Lapstone Park.
They were wobbling at 56-4 (Asad Abbas 33) after two-wicket spells by Jamie Brown (4-62) and Simon Peters (2-33), but Oxley and Gwynn restored parity and Oaks moved on 225-9.
Conor Browne (31) helped the Manor to a 54-run start, but a miserly three-wicket spell by Abbas (3-8) knocked the visitors out of their stride. Spin pair Gwynn (2-24) and Rufus Bullough (5-26) cut deep into the Langley ranks, causing the visitors to sink to 132 all out (Steve Harris 36).
Liphook & Ripsley made an impressive start with maximum points win from a 96 run victory over Basingstoke & North Hants II at Ripsley Park.
The win was largely the result on a convincing Liphook batting performance of 259-4. Openers Chris Martin (34) and Rob Nicklin (55) put on 91 after which George Neave added a free scoring 29.
With score on 106-2 after 30 overs, it was left to an increasingly devastating and unbroken partnership of 99 between Suman Ganguly (68*) and Grant Rouse (52*), who took advantage of a generous supply of dropped catches and an increasingly wilting Basingstoke attack blown away by an array of fine shots and quick running.
The Basingstoke reply soon slumped to 20-4 after only eight overs, with skipper Chaz Janczur claiming 3-12. Joe Oates (32) and Steve Bucksey (31) rallied, but Suman Ganguly, Sean Burton, Andy Barnes each took a wicket and Bedales School pupil left arm spinner Oscar Amis grabbed two wickets on debut. Chris Martin snapped up four4 catches behind the stumps.
Knibbs, who hails from Johannesburg, made 117 and Kerr 99, the pair each hitting 12 boundaries, with the 18-year old South African also clearing the rope four times.
Hartley, whose ranks have been stiffened by the return of Daren McBride and Roy Cockram and the signing of Hambledon’s Indy Chakrabarti, went on to post 281-6, former Lymington skipper Simon Beetham taking 3-53 and James Allen 3-37.
St Cross, who narrowly missed promotion last season, responded with a century opening start by Jason Laney (73) and Paul Hawkins (34), but Knibbs (2-25) nipped out both openers, prompting four wickets to fall for 17 runs. Beetham (37) steadied the ship, but Mark Teale (5-25) cut through the St Cross middle-order to leave the visitors 190 all out.
Promoted as SPL3 champions last season, Fair Oak owed much to middle-order pair Rhys Oxley (65 not out) and Charlie Gwynn (59) for their 93-run win over Langley Manor at Lapstone Park.
They were wobbling at 56-4 (Asad Abbas 33) after two-wicket spells by Jamie Brown (4-62) and Simon Peters (2-33), but Oxley and Gwynn restored parity and Oaks moved on 225-9.
Conor Browne (31) helped the Manor to a 54-run start, but a miserly three-wicket spell by Abbas (3-8) knocked the visitors out of their stride. Spin pair Gwynn (2-24) and Rufus Bullough (5-26) cut deep into the Langley ranks, causing the visitors to sink to 132 all out (Steve Harris 36).
Liphook & Ripsley made an impressive start with maximum points win from a 96 run victory over Basingstoke & North Hants II at Ripsley Park.
The win was largely the result on a convincing Liphook batting performance of 259-4. Openers Chris Martin (34) and Rob Nicklin (55) put on 91 after which George Neave added a free scoring 29.
With score on 106-2 after 30 overs, it was left to an increasingly devastating and unbroken partnership of 99 between Suman Ganguly (68*) and Grant Rouse (52*), who took advantage of a generous supply of dropped catches and an increasingly wilting Basingstoke attack blown away by an array of fine shots and quick running.
The Basingstoke reply soon slumped to 20-4 after only eight overs, with skipper Chaz Janczur claiming 3-12. Joe Oates (32) and Steve Bucksey (31) rallied, but Suman Ganguly, Sean Burton, Andy Barnes each took a wicket and Bedales School pupil left arm spinner Oscar Amis grabbed two wickets on debut. Chris Martin snapped up four4 catches behind the stumps.
