Chris Stone was left stranded three short of his second Southern Premier League top flight century as Havant thrashed lowly Hook & Newnham Basics.
The one-time Portsmouth Grammar School captain was 97 not out when skipper Ben Walker declared his side’s innings at 248-5 off 61.5 overs of the first timed Premier Division game of the season.
In the 120-over matches, no side can bat for more than 64 overs.
Stone (above), troubled by a knee injury throughout 2021, hit 10 fours and a six in his 116-ball innings - his highest SPL score since hitting 105 against St Cross Symondians seven years ago.
After being inserted, Walker had departed for a duck, clean bowled by the pacey Max Simpson, before young Charlie Whitfield (37) and Peter Hopson (37) added 67 for the second wicket.
Stone and George Metzger (23) then put on 60 for the fifth wicket before the evergreen Richard Hindley (42 not out off 32 balls) helped the former add an unbroken 105 for the sixth wicket.
Conscious of the need to give themselves as much time as possible to bowl the visitors out, Walker called time two overs earlier than he might have wanted to, leaving Stone marooned on 97.
Hook had travelled south without left-hander Ben Thane, a 92-run influence in their win over Totton & Eling a week earlier, and lost both openers out to the first ball they faced.
Wicket
Richard Jerry trapped Richard Willcock leg before and Sonny Reynolds had Matt Love caught behind by Metzger with his opening delivery.
It was the second time in eight days that Reynolds had taken a wicket with his first ball. A week earlier, his figures stood at 2-0 off his first two overs in the win over Lymington.
Incredibly, he followed that up with figures of 2-0 off three overs after removing Harry Warner in his third over as Hook slumped to 11-3.
Matt Buckingham (33) and Harry Robson (24) rallied by putting on 50 for the fourth wicket before the latter was run out by Stone.
Hook, now bottom of the table, sagged to 111-9 with wickets shared between Jerry (2-44), Reynolds (2-15), Freddie Gadd (2-27) and Hindley (2-27).
Stone wrapped up a 112-run success - Havant’s second three-figure win in a row, having trounced Lymington by 122 runs - by bowling last man Aniket Divecha with his fifth delivery.
The one-time Portsmouth Grammar School captain was 97 not out when skipper Ben Walker declared his side’s innings at 248-5 off 61.5 overs of the first timed Premier Division game of the season.
In the 120-over matches, no side can bat for more than 64 overs.
Stone (above), troubled by a knee injury throughout 2021, hit 10 fours and a six in his 116-ball innings - his highest SPL score since hitting 105 against St Cross Symondians seven years ago.
After being inserted, Walker had departed for a duck, clean bowled by the pacey Max Simpson, before young Charlie Whitfield (37) and Peter Hopson (37) added 67 for the second wicket.
Stone and George Metzger (23) then put on 60 for the fifth wicket before the evergreen Richard Hindley (42 not out off 32 balls) helped the former add an unbroken 105 for the sixth wicket.
Conscious of the need to give themselves as much time as possible to bowl the visitors out, Walker called time two overs earlier than he might have wanted to, leaving Stone marooned on 97.
Hook had travelled south without left-hander Ben Thane, a 92-run influence in their win over Totton & Eling a week earlier, and lost both openers out to the first ball they faced.
Wicket
Richard Jerry trapped Richard Willcock leg before and Sonny Reynolds had Matt Love caught behind by Metzger with his opening delivery.
It was the second time in eight days that Reynolds had taken a wicket with his first ball. A week earlier, his figures stood at 2-0 off his first two overs in the win over Lymington.
Incredibly, he followed that up with figures of 2-0 off three overs after removing Harry Warner in his third over as Hook slumped to 11-3.
Matt Buckingham (33) and Harry Robson (24) rallied by putting on 50 for the fourth wicket before the latter was run out by Stone.
Hook, now bottom of the table, sagged to 111-9 with wickets shared between Jerry (2-44), Reynolds (2-15), Freddie Gadd (2-27) and Hindley (2-27).
Stone wrapped up a 112-run success - Havant’s second three-figure win in a row, having trounced Lymington by 122 runs - by bowling last man Aniket Divecha with his fifth delivery.
