Josh Hill hit 64 not out in Sarisbury's six-wicket win. Neil Marshall pictures
Josh Hill and Sam Floyd peppered the Allotment Road boundary as Sarisbury Athletic stormed into the fourth and national round of the Village Cup with an emphatic six-wicket win over Easton & Martyr Worthy.
Hill smashed 40 of his unbeaten 64 in boundaries – two maximums and nine fours – after Floyd had got Sarisbury’s modest target chase off to a flier with seven fours in his 31.
Sarisbury chased down Easton’s 113 all out inside 19 overs to clinch a difficulty away day at Maidenhead-based Cookham Dean – last year’s Thames Valley League champions – on Sunday.
Easton & Martyr Worthy, who play three runs lower than their Southern League opponents in the Hampshire pyramid, struggled the Sarisbury bowlers, with teenager Casper Byers (31) top scoring. Left-arm spinner Sam Hill (3-19) and Tom Kitcher (3-18) shared six of the wickets.
Sarisbury lost wicketkeeper Tom Mills for a duck, but once Sam Floyd launched his ruthless 23-ball assault on the Easton attack the outcome was never in any doubt.
Ethan Brackstone (2-13) took two wickets and Will Wickham clung onto three catches behind the stumps, but Josh Hill has been in sparkling form since the delayed start of the season and his unbeaten 64, scored off 46 balls, got Sarisbury home with 20 overs or more to spare.
Sarisbury’s Southern Premier League rivals Liphook & Ripsley are also through to the last 32 after an easy six-wicket win over Findon – teenage left-arm spinner Oscar Amis taking 6-21 as the West Sussex side were bowled out for 84.
Liphook, beaten Lord’s finalists in 2018, are drawn away to Slough-based Stoke Green on Sunday.
Hill smashed 40 of his unbeaten 64 in boundaries – two maximums and nine fours – after Floyd had got Sarisbury’s modest target chase off to a flier with seven fours in his 31.
Sarisbury chased down Easton’s 113 all out inside 19 overs to clinch a difficulty away day at Maidenhead-based Cookham Dean – last year’s Thames Valley League champions – on Sunday.
Easton & Martyr Worthy, who play three runs lower than their Southern League opponents in the Hampshire pyramid, struggled the Sarisbury bowlers, with teenager Casper Byers (31) top scoring. Left-arm spinner Sam Hill (3-19) and Tom Kitcher (3-18) shared six of the wickets.
Sarisbury lost wicketkeeper Tom Mills for a duck, but once Sam Floyd launched his ruthless 23-ball assault on the Easton attack the outcome was never in any doubt.
Ethan Brackstone (2-13) took two wickets and Will Wickham clung onto three catches behind the stumps, but Josh Hill has been in sparkling form since the delayed start of the season and his unbeaten 64, scored off 46 balls, got Sarisbury home with 20 overs or more to spare.
Sarisbury’s Southern Premier League rivals Liphook & Ripsley are also through to the last 32 after an easy six-wicket win over Findon – teenage left-arm spinner Oscar Amis taking 6-21 as the West Sussex side were bowled out for 84.
Liphook, beaten Lord’s finalists in 2018, are drawn away to Slough-based Stoke Green on Sunday.
Casper Byers plays a handsome square cut for four. Neil Marshall.
