Purbrook's Martin Lee puts on heroic one-man show (The News). Martin Lee produced a remarkable batting display as Purbrook moved out of the Southern Premier League Division 3 drop zone.
He scored 76.5 per cent of Purbrook's runs that came off the bat in their 73-run win against Trojans, the opener carrying his bat for an undefeated 75 out of an all out total of just 126.
That included a tenth-wicket stand of 51 with last man Jack Taylor, who didn’t score any runs at all ! Purbrook then routed their Stoneham visitors for just 53.
Take away the 28 extras and Lee compiled an incredible 76.5 per cent of Purbrook’s runs that came from the bat. The club’s second top scorer was captain Sean Figgins, who made only seven.
Purbrook collapsed to 50-7 – Hampshire 50s all-rounder Jamie Donaldson taking 4-19 - before Lee and Tom Amis (3) added 21 for the eighth wicket. It was 75-9 when Frank Leslie was dismissed, but Taylor helped Lee take Purbrook into treble figures.
Lee’s innings took on even greater magnitude when Trojans careered to 13-6 with Lee (2-6) himself, Josh McCoy (2-8) and Amis (2-9) bagging cheap wickets. Brad Mengham (2-16) was then introduced into the attack as the visitors nosedived to 30-9.
Newly wed Oli Kelly (20) - no other Trojans batsman made more than six - progressed the score to 53 before he was caught by Dave Cleeve off the bowling of Frank Leslie.
Purbrook, though, still have work to do if they are to avoid relegation to the Hampshire League.
Though they have leapt above Hythe & Dibden into third bottom spot - the bottom two go down - they still have to play high-flying Hook & Newnham seconds and Gosport Borough in their final two games.
Hythe, meanwhile, have matches that look a lot easier on paper - against Trojans and rock bottom Tichborne Park, who have forfeited tomorrow’s match with Hambledon, who will wait a little longer to become champions.
It’s two weeks running Hambledon have been left high and dry, with their round 16 visit to Jones Lane being called off due to covid self-isolation issues (which didn’t prevent the Watersiders playing their scheduled Hampshire League games.)
Gosport Borough’s promotion hopes took a huge blow when they suffered a 33-run loss to Basingstoke & North Hants 2nds at May’s Bounty.
That allowed second-placed Hook to increase the gap with victory over Portsmouth & Southsea.
Replying to Basingstoke’s 177-8 (Laurence Benge 40), Borough collapsed from 110-4 to 113-9 - losing five wickets for just three runs.
The first of those wickets to fall was that of top scorer Jacob Harris, who had swatted nine fours and a six in making 59 off 53 balls.
Next highest was tailender (but a far better batsman than a number ten) Jack Richards (20), who added 31 for the last wicket with old timer Peter Robson as Gosport were dismissed for 144. There were three wickets each for Chris Chandler (3-13) and the evergreen Keith Harris (3-19), who now tops the SPL3 bowling charts.
Hook skipper Kevin Light claimed three quick wickets as his side maintained their promotion challenge with a narrow victory against Portsmouth & Southsea at St James.
Replying to the visitors’ 144-9 total, P & S were dismissed for 136 - only their third SPL loss of a weather-hit 2021 season.
They had reached 110-5 before Light (3-25) dismissed Max Goddard. He then removed Jake Peach and skipper Ben Saunders in successive deliveries as P & S crashed to 119-8.
The hammer blow, though, came four runs later when top scorer Jack Davies (50) was dismissed by Liam Shore (2-24). Peach (3-33) had earlier reduced Hook to 14-2 with keeper Thomas May (32) leading a fightback.
With Hambledon's Henry Glanfield marooned, Langley Manor's Jack Budd has been able to firmly establish himself as Division 3's leading run scorer, hitting 31 in the nine-wicket beating of relegated Tichborne Park.
Budd has 606 runs (two centuries) compared with the stranded Glanfield's 501, but didn't get much chance to increase his average after TP had been whipped out for 92 (Jacob Bristowe 32) - Jamie Brown (4-22), Tom Keil (3-16) and Simon Peters (3-31) taking the ten wickets.
With both the Allams playing, Tichborne fielded their strongest team in a while, but it all went terribly wrong when the pinch hitting George Ayling copped a straight one first ball from the wily Peters. They were soon 11-3 and later 43-6.
Elliott Ponting (26), the Master brains behind the Langley operation, and Conor Browne (23) completed formalities.
He scored 76.5 per cent of Purbrook's runs that came off the bat in their 73-run win against Trojans, the opener carrying his bat for an undefeated 75 out of an all out total of just 126.
That included a tenth-wicket stand of 51 with last man Jack Taylor, who didn’t score any runs at all ! Purbrook then routed their Stoneham visitors for just 53.
Take away the 28 extras and Lee compiled an incredible 76.5 per cent of Purbrook’s runs that came from the bat. The club’s second top scorer was captain Sean Figgins, who made only seven.
Purbrook collapsed to 50-7 – Hampshire 50s all-rounder Jamie Donaldson taking 4-19 - before Lee and Tom Amis (3) added 21 for the eighth wicket. It was 75-9 when Frank Leslie was dismissed, but Taylor helped Lee take Purbrook into treble figures.
Lee’s innings took on even greater magnitude when Trojans careered to 13-6 with Lee (2-6) himself, Josh McCoy (2-8) and Amis (2-9) bagging cheap wickets. Brad Mengham (2-16) was then introduced into the attack as the visitors nosedived to 30-9.
Newly wed Oli Kelly (20) - no other Trojans batsman made more than six - progressed the score to 53 before he was caught by Dave Cleeve off the bowling of Frank Leslie.
Purbrook, though, still have work to do if they are to avoid relegation to the Hampshire League.
Though they have leapt above Hythe & Dibden into third bottom spot - the bottom two go down - they still have to play high-flying Hook & Newnham seconds and Gosport Borough in their final two games.
Hythe, meanwhile, have matches that look a lot easier on paper - against Trojans and rock bottom Tichborne Park, who have forfeited tomorrow’s match with Hambledon, who will wait a little longer to become champions.
It’s two weeks running Hambledon have been left high and dry, with their round 16 visit to Jones Lane being called off due to covid self-isolation issues (which didn’t prevent the Watersiders playing their scheduled Hampshire League games.)
Gosport Borough’s promotion hopes took a huge blow when they suffered a 33-run loss to Basingstoke & North Hants 2nds at May’s Bounty.
That allowed second-placed Hook to increase the gap with victory over Portsmouth & Southsea.
Replying to Basingstoke’s 177-8 (Laurence Benge 40), Borough collapsed from 110-4 to 113-9 - losing five wickets for just three runs.
The first of those wickets to fall was that of top scorer Jacob Harris, who had swatted nine fours and a six in making 59 off 53 balls.
Next highest was tailender (but a far better batsman than a number ten) Jack Richards (20), who added 31 for the last wicket with old timer Peter Robson as Gosport were dismissed for 144. There were three wickets each for Chris Chandler (3-13) and the evergreen Keith Harris (3-19), who now tops the SPL3 bowling charts.
Hook skipper Kevin Light claimed three quick wickets as his side maintained their promotion challenge with a narrow victory against Portsmouth & Southsea at St James.
Replying to the visitors’ 144-9 total, P & S were dismissed for 136 - only their third SPL loss of a weather-hit 2021 season.
They had reached 110-5 before Light (3-25) dismissed Max Goddard. He then removed Jake Peach and skipper Ben Saunders in successive deliveries as P & S crashed to 119-8.
The hammer blow, though, came four runs later when top scorer Jack Davies (50) was dismissed by Liam Shore (2-24). Peach (3-33) had earlier reduced Hook to 14-2 with keeper Thomas May (32) leading a fightback.
With Hambledon's Henry Glanfield marooned, Langley Manor's Jack Budd has been able to firmly establish himself as Division 3's leading run scorer, hitting 31 in the nine-wicket beating of relegated Tichborne Park.
Budd has 606 runs (two centuries) compared with the stranded Glanfield's 501, but didn't get much chance to increase his average after TP had been whipped out for 92 (Jacob Bristowe 32) - Jamie Brown (4-22), Tom Keil (3-16) and Simon Peters (3-31) taking the ten wickets.
With both the Allams playing, Tichborne fielded their strongest team in a while, but it all went terribly wrong when the pinch hitting George Ayling copped a straight one first ball from the wily Peters. They were soon 11-3 and later 43-6.
Elliott Ponting (26), the Master brains behind the Langley operation, and Conor Browne (23) completed formalities.
