Five-wicket Ross Stewart [Terry Nash]
Ross Stewart toasted a league best 5-20 return and wicketkeeper Richard Featherstone celebrated his 100th Southern Premier League dismissal as Fair Oak thrashed Bashley (Rydal) II, the overnight leaders, by eight wickets to soar to the top of the Division 3 table.
Stewart ran amok with the new ball, removing Bashley’s top five with only 24 runs on the board.
There was no respite for Bashley even after Stewart’s ten-over spell had ended – left-armer Gregor McKenzie taking the sixth wicket before Andy Mash (2-11) and spinner Charlie Gwynn (2-14) cleaned up the tail.
Featherstone, struggling with gout, snapped up five catches to bring up his wcket-keeping century.
Only Harry Anstee and teenager Tom Saunders got into double figures as Bashley sank to 59 all out.
Will Hughes and Tom Hockenhull perished without scoring when Oaks replied, but Gwynn’s unbeaten 35, aided by three Phil Smith boundaries, steered Fair Oak to victory – and top spot after a third league win.
Relegated last season, Hambledon narrowly lost their opener to Fair Oak, but have since strung together three wins, the latest by seven wickets over visiting Purbrook at Ridge Meadow.
Former King Edward VI school captain Rory Morris (4-14) and one-time Hampshire left-arm spinner Ian Turner (3-24) combined to dismiss Purbrook for 16 (Sean Figgins 41).
Hambledon lost three wickets before opener Simon Barnard, with a patient 44, and Henry Glanfield, with an unbeaten 63, shared a match-winning century stand.
Winless Fawley lay bottom of SPL3 after Gosport Borough inflicted their third defeat by 42 runs at Privett Park.
Gosport’s 200-8 (Will Crossley 3-43) was based around the Harrop brothers, Lee (58) and Ross (44), but then teenage duo Jacob Harris (3-30) and Ollie Creal (2-16) reduced Fawley to 33-5.
Through Callum Earl (59) and Adam Freeman (26) Fawley limped to 158 all out.
After beating Havant II in their first game, Lymington have suffered three successive defeats, promoted Portsmouth & Southsea winning by 37 runs at the Sports Ground.
Opener Jack Davies defied a dislocated finger to crack an undefeated 137 (three sixes and 14 fours) for the visitors, who dismissed Lymington II for 185 (Tommy Barton 50), Jonathan Willey taking 4-25.
South Wilts II suffered a top order batting calamity and were 36-7 against Havant II at Bemerton, before tail enders Ben Fisher (39), Ben Richards (31) and James Wade (21) got their heads down and got an eventual 134 on the board.
Making his first Havant appearance in five seasons, Patrick Pattison (46) combined with Gareth Ransley (25) to ease Havant to a six-wicket win.
Stewart ran amok with the new ball, removing Bashley’s top five with only 24 runs on the board.
There was no respite for Bashley even after Stewart’s ten-over spell had ended – left-armer Gregor McKenzie taking the sixth wicket before Andy Mash (2-11) and spinner Charlie Gwynn (2-14) cleaned up the tail.
Featherstone, struggling with gout, snapped up five catches to bring up his wcket-keeping century.
Only Harry Anstee and teenager Tom Saunders got into double figures as Bashley sank to 59 all out.
Will Hughes and Tom Hockenhull perished without scoring when Oaks replied, but Gwynn’s unbeaten 35, aided by three Phil Smith boundaries, steered Fair Oak to victory – and top spot after a third league win.
Relegated last season, Hambledon narrowly lost their opener to Fair Oak, but have since strung together three wins, the latest by seven wickets over visiting Purbrook at Ridge Meadow.
Former King Edward VI school captain Rory Morris (4-14) and one-time Hampshire left-arm spinner Ian Turner (3-24) combined to dismiss Purbrook for 16 (Sean Figgins 41).
Hambledon lost three wickets before opener Simon Barnard, with a patient 44, and Henry Glanfield, with an unbeaten 63, shared a match-winning century stand.
Winless Fawley lay bottom of SPL3 after Gosport Borough inflicted their third defeat by 42 runs at Privett Park.
Gosport’s 200-8 (Will Crossley 3-43) was based around the Harrop brothers, Lee (58) and Ross (44), but then teenage duo Jacob Harris (3-30) and Ollie Creal (2-16) reduced Fawley to 33-5.
Through Callum Earl (59) and Adam Freeman (26) Fawley limped to 158 all out.
After beating Havant II in their first game, Lymington have suffered three successive defeats, promoted Portsmouth & Southsea winning by 37 runs at the Sports Ground.
Opener Jack Davies defied a dislocated finger to crack an undefeated 137 (three sixes and 14 fours) for the visitors, who dismissed Lymington II for 185 (Tommy Barton 50), Jonathan Willey taking 4-25.
South Wilts II suffered a top order batting calamity and were 36-7 against Havant II at Bemerton, before tail enders Ben Fisher (39), Ben Richards (31) and James Wade (21) got their heads down and got an eventual 134 on the board.
Making his first Havant appearance in five seasons, Patrick Pattison (46) combined with Gareth Ransley (25) to ease Havant to a six-wicket win.
