HAVANT celebrate Southern Premier League T20 Cup hat-trick with three-run win over Hook & Newnham Basics under the Ageas Bowl floodlights.
Standing (from left): Simon Loat, Harrison Barnard, Matty Hayward, Harry Gadd, Freddie Gadd, Ben Feeney, Ben Walker, Chris Stone. Front: Richard Jerry, Pete Hopson, Richard Hindley, George Metzger. Howard Gadsby photo.
Standing (from left): Simon Loat, Harrison Barnard, Matty Hayward, Harry Gadd, Freddie Gadd, Ben Feeney, Ben Walker, Chris Stone. Front: Richard Jerry, Pete Hopson, Richard Hindley, George Metzger. Howard Gadsby photo.
Hook & Newnham Basics fell four runs short of their target as Havant celebrated a unique hat-trick of Southern Premier League T20 Cup finals wins under the Ageas Bowl floodlights.
They finished agonizingly close at 127-6 chasing Havant’s 130-5 – having had the cup holders on the rack at 31-4 in the sixth over.
Hook skipper Josh Buckingham, who had sent Havant into bat, had a hand in all four early dismissals, stumping Ben Walker off Aniket Divecha (1-18) second ball and then catching Harry Gadd, Chris Stone and Peter Hopson, two off the bowling of Jack Murrell (3-24).
They finished agonizingly close at 127-6 chasing Havant’s 130-5 – having had the cup holders on the rack at 31-4 in the sixth over.
Hook skipper Josh Buckingham, who had sent Havant into bat, had a hand in all four early dismissals, stumping Ben Walker off Aniket Divecha (1-18) second ball and then catching Harry Gadd, Chris Stone and Peter Hopson, two off the bowling of Jack Murrell (3-24).
Ironically, two Havant batsmen with strong Basingstoke connections wrestled the initiative away from Hook, May’s Bounty raised gloveman George Metzger (47) and Dummer coach Richard Hindley (46 not out) turning the tide with an 88-run partnership.
Buckingham (41) and Harry Robson (25) had Hook ahead of the required 6.5 per over run rate at 61-1 - but then the left-hander was caught off 15-years old rookie spinner Matty Hayward, whose four-over spell proved key to Havant’s eventual success.
Bowling in tandem with Freddie Gadd (3-35), Hayward conceded only 21 runs and, by the end of their respective spells, Hook were 94-4 off 16, still needing 37 runs to win.
Buckingham (41) and Harry Robson (25) had Hook ahead of the required 6.5 per over run rate at 61-1 - but then the left-hander was caught off 15-years old rookie spinner Matty Hayward, whose four-over spell proved key to Havant’s eventual success.
Bowling in tandem with Freddie Gadd (3-35), Hayward conceded only 21 runs and, by the end of their respective spells, Hook were 94-4 off 16, still needing 37 runs to win.
Rupes Armstrong (22) struck three boundaries in a stand of 30 with Richard Willcock to take Hook to 122 and needing nine runs off Walker’s final over. They got five of them …
It was unquestionably the best T20 final in recent years and the seventh time (since 2003) Havant have won it. Hook & Newnham Basics, in contrast, have been beaten finalists three times (twice by Havant), although they did take the trophy back to the KGV in 2018.
Cup final photo links:
1 - SPCL T20 Final, Havant v Hook - Howard Gadsby (smugmug.com)
2 - (5) Facebook
It was unquestionably the best T20 final in recent years and the seventh time (since 2003) Havant have won it. Hook & Newnham Basics, in contrast, have been beaten finalists three times (twice by Havant), although they did take the trophy back to the KGV in 2018.
Cup final photo links:
1 - SPCL T20 Final, Havant v Hook - Howard Gadsby (smugmug.com)
2 - (5) Facebook