The stumps were drawn in the Ageas Bowl Indoor School for the last time in April 2017, marking the end of the Nat-West sponsored Under-16 indoor championships which began in 2001/2. 
It has been most gratifying to the organisers that Mason Crane and Liam Dawson, who played in the league, have gone on to represent England at International level, with a whole host of others selected for England junior age group sides and later rewarded with contracts to play county championship cricket. Countless others have gone on to become lead players in Southern Premier League cricket.
However, declining standards - not to mention often inhospitable spectating conditions and the lack of ant refreshment facilities - has led to the organisers calling 'time' on what has previously been a hugely successful winter indoor six-a-side competition.

South East Hants Strikers are the only undefeated side as the NatWest Under-16 Indoor League at the Ageas Bowl goes into its two-week winter break. They have won all five games, including a key victory over defending champions Compton & Chandler's Ford, and lie 17 points behind the title holders. Hook & Newnham Basics Hurricanes are third on 64 points.
Hook leg spinner Charlie Neville (10) is currently the lead wicket-taker, with Fair Oak's en Smith one behind. Hook captain Matt Taylor's 205 runs make him the highest scorer, with Tom South (140) and Gosport Borough's Jacob Harris each on 148.  Statistics are on www.rosebowlindoorleague.co.uk

Defending champions Compton & Chandler’s Ford, pictured, top the NatWest Under-16 Indoor Cricket League table at Christmas – even though they lost their unbeaten record to the South East Hants Strikers.
They lost by 11 runs to the District side, despite a half-century by last man standing Joe Vaughan, who had the misfortune to be run out by his non-striking partner in the last over, when Compton were eyeing an Ageas Bowl victory.
Chasing Strikers’ 130-5, CCF lost two wickets in Harlan Randell’s opening over and later dropped to 45-3 before Vaughan and Alex Lovell (29) recovered the situation.
Portsmouth & Southsea all-rounder Randell (3-23) returned to remove Lovell, but Vaughan fought on and needed to score 12 runs off the last six balls of the match to get Compton home.
But then Lovell was run out – and relieved South East Hants celebrated a narrow win.
SHE are now the only unbeaten side, having rallied themselves after a simararly uncertain start against Compton.
Gosport Borough spin all-rounder Jack Richards, who shone in both his side’s victories, made an unbeaten 32 and shared a key stand with Randell (21) as Strikers dragged themselves out of the mire.
A weakened Hook & Newnham Hurricanes lost both their matches, despite the efforts of little left-hander Harry Robson, who batted well in both their defeats.
Compton trimmed Hook (113) by four wickets in their other match.
Results -
Hook & Newnham Hurricanes 113 (Robson 40, Armstrong 26)
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 115-2 (Dhariwal 27*, Khan 26*, Vaughan 25*)
Compton & Chandler’s Ford won by four wickets.
South East Hants Strikers 126-3 (Kanovan 26*, Harris 25*, Richards 25*)
Hook & Newnham Hurricanes 106-2 (Neville 26*, Taylor 25*, Robson 21)
South East Hants Strikers won by 24 runs.
South East Hants Strikers 130-5 (Richards 32*, Randell 21, Harris 16)
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 119 (Vaughan 55, Lovell 29, Randell 3-23)
South East Hants Strikers won by 11 runs

Little Ben Smith snatched a wicket off the penultimate ball to enable Fair Oak to tie their NatWest Under-16 Indoor Cricket League match with South East Hants Sixers at the Ageas Bowl.
SE Hants only needed four runs to win off the final over and just one for victory with two balls left.
But Smith, who finished with 3-16, had Sixers captain Tim Seve caught to tie the match.
Fair Oak lost their other match to an Ollie Breckon inspired Bournemouth, who won both their games.
Brechan hit an unbeaten 38 in the Lions two-wicket win over Fair Oak and retired with 27 as Bournemouth chased down a SE Hants Sixers total of 148-4 to win a high scoring affair by five wickets.
Results -
Fair Oak 106-3 (Abbas 28*, Smith 15*) Bournemouth 107-4 (Brechan 38*, Abbas 2-15).
Bournemouth won by two wickets.
South East Hants Sixers 148-4 (Zaman 35*, Pratt 35*, Woolf 20) Bournemouth 150-1 (Brechan 27*, Fisher 26*, V Pack 23, Kitson 22). Bournemouth won by five wickets.
Fair Oak 119-5 (White 29*, Reed 24, Pratt 3-28) South East Hants Sixers 119 (Pratt 29, Woolf 23, Wilkins 17, Smith 3-16). Match tied.
Sunday’s fixtures: 6 Hook & Newnham Hurricanes v Compton & Chandler’s Ford, 7 Hook & Newnham Hurricanes v South East Hants Strikers, 8 Compton & Chandler’s Ford v South East Hants Strikers.

Parley lifted themselves off the NatWest Under-16 Indoor Cricket League basement with a win double against Basingstoke & North Hants and Totton & Eling Tigers at the Ageas Bowl.
They beat Totton by 61 runs and Basingstoke by five wickets to score their first wins of the season. Basingstoke, in contrast, lost both their matches.
Results -
Parley 133-4 (Laird 26*, Browning 22*, Carty 3-19)
Totton & Eling Tigers 72-4 (Mansbridge 31*)
Parley won by 61 runs.
Basingstoke & North Hants 92-3 (Firrell 30*, Metzer 20)
Parley 95-1 (Saunders 26*, Laird 20*, Neill 19*)
Parley won by five wickets.
Basingstoke & North Hants 75 (Saujani 15)
Totton & Eling Tigers 76-3 (Bound 23*, Carty 19)
Totton & Eling Tigers won by three wickets.
Sunday’s fixtures: 6 Bournemouth v Fair Oak, 7 Bournemouth v South East Hants Sixers 8 Fair Oak v South East Hants Sixers.

Fletcha Middleton struck a match winning 64 not out as Fair Oak stunned NatWest Under-16 Championship leaders Hook & Newnham Hurricanes at the Ageas Bowl.
He piloted the young Oaks home single-handed, scoring the last 36 runs of the innings after his side had slipped to 96-4 against the previously unbeaten North Hampshire side, who posted 130-5.
Leg-spin all-rounder Charlie Neville hit an unbeaten 50 for Hook to create a most unusual occurrence in indoor cricket where opposing players hit half-centuries.
Fair Oak, fielding the youngest team in the county-wide youth competition, also beat New Forest by two runs, with little Ben Smith carrying his bat for an unbeaten 30.
The Forest were also beaten by Hook – Tom Reynolds top scoring in both matches, with 38 and 34 not out.
Results –
Hook Hurricanes 127-2 (Armstrong 27*, Taylor 27*, Neville 20, Gardner 18*)
New Forest 112-4 (Reynolds 38*, Thomas 24, Tompkins 17, Armstrong 2-28)
Hook Hurricanes won by 15 runs.
Hook Hurricanes 130-5 (Neville 50*, Robson 23, Gardner 22)
Fair Oak 131-5 (Middleton 64*, Gardner 2-33)
Fair Oak won by one wicket.
Fair Oak 116-4 (Smith 30*)
New Forest 114-4 (Reynolds 34*, Abbas 2-28)
Fair Oak won by two runs.

 

South East Hants Strikers celebrated a win double, successfully defending two modest totals to beat Bournemouth by three runs and Parley by a 16-run margin.
Strikers posted 119-1 against Bournemouth and only five runs more against the other Dorset team, Parley - but their bowlers kept the opposition batsmen in check both times.
They have now won all three of their matches in the NatWest Under-16 Indoor League at the Ageas Bowl.
Results -
Bournemouth 135-1 (Kitson 27*, Breckon 25*)
Parley 114-4 (Saunders 33, Bragginton 26*, Breckon 2-9)
Bournemouth won by 21 runs.
South East Hants Strikers 119-1 (McBride 25*, Randell 25*, Kanavan 24)
Bournemouth 116-4 (Breckon 29*, V Pack 21*, Randell 2-22)
South East Hants Strikers won by three runs.
South East Hants Strikers 124-1 (Kanavan 26*, McBride 25*, Harris 24*, Richards 24*)
Parley 108-4 (Bragginton 38*, Saunders 28*)
South East Hants Strikers won by 16 runs.

Champions Compton & Chandler’s Ford hit 24 off the last over and two runs off the final ball to tie their NatWest Under-16 Indoor League match against Basingstoke & North Hants at the Ageas Bowl.
They redeemed themselves from an undistinguished session with the ball when Jovan Dhariwal (39) and Jimmy Khan (25) began to chase down Basingstoke’s 143-3.
But at 99-1 and only three overs left, CCF were distinct outsiders.
Needing 24 to win off the last over, Compton scored nine off three balls, but when Dhariwal hit a straight six the odds swung their way.  Two runs off last ball tied the match.
Basingstoke had earlier played poorly against the New Forest and lost by five wickets, while Compton, still below their best, defended 121 to beat the Forest by 20 runs.
Results –
Basingstoke & North Hants 107-5 (Firrell 33, Saujan 22*)
New Forest 108-1 (Tomkins 28*, Reynolds 22*)
New Forest won by five wickets.
Basingstoke & North Hants 143-3 (Firrell 30*, Metzger 25*)
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 143-3 (Dhariwal 39*, Khan 25*, Lovell 23*, Firrell 2-41)
Match tied.
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 121 (Dhariwal 32, Littlehales 19, Tomkins 2-10, Fisher 2-36)
New Forest 101-5 (Fisher 29, B Wathen 25*, Dhariwal 2-19).
Compton & Chandler’s Ford won by 20 runs.

Promising Old Netley & Highfield all-rounder Tom South remained undefeated at the crease as the county Development team recorded a NatWest Under-16 Indoor League double at the Ageas Bowl.
The left-hander, who made several appearances in the Hampshire Academy side last summer, hit an unbeaten 35 in the 28-run win over South Wilts and 26 not out in the five-wicket victory over Totton & Eling Tigers.
Totton lost both matches, but had the two top scorers of the session, with Ethan Taylor hitting a valiant 55 against South Wilts and Chris Simpkin 42 not out against the Development team
Results -
South Wilts 116-5 (J Wade 35, E Wade 17, Smith 16, Mansbridge 2-25)
Totton & Eling Tigers 99 (Taylor 55, Huntley 2-21, E Wade 2-22)
South Wilts won by 17 runs.
Development 140-3 (South 35*, Sebborn 28*, Balcombe 20, Watson 16)
South Wilts 112-2 (J Wade 27*, E Wade 26*, Smith 24, Huntley 15)
Development won by 28 runs.
Totton & Eling Tigers 114-4 (Simpkin 42*, Carty 26*, Bose 2-17)
Development 117-1 (South 26*, Watson 25*, Sebborn 20*, Bose 20*)
Development won by five wickets.

Matt Taylor struck a remarkable 79 not out as Hook & Newnham Hurricanes snatched a remarkable one-wicket victory from the snapping jaws of defeat against the county Development side in the Ageas Bowl NatWest Under-16 Indoor League.
All appeared lost when the impressive Ayush Bose (3-20) took two wickets in successive balls to leave Hook, chasing 122, reeling at 57-5 in the sixth over of their reply.
But Taylor refused to give in, calmly scoring at ten runs or more per over and gradually easing Hook towards the target.
At 105-5 with an over still left, Taylor still had plenty of his plate, but he efficiently clipped 19 runs off Tom South’s last six balls to get the Hurricanes home.
Spinner Charlie Neville (3-16) shone again as Hook won their second game against South East Hants U15s with some comfort, while South, with 2-18 and an unbeaten 23, got the Development team home after an early wobble against the SEH district fledglings.
Results:
Development 122-4 (South 37*, Sebborn 26*, Wallis 17)
Hook Hurricanes 124-5 (Taylor 79*, Bose 3-20)
Hook Hurricanes won by one wicket.
Hook Hurricanes 133-1(May 27*, Armstrong 26*, Brown 25*, Taylor 15*)
South East Sixers 66 (Wilkins 19, Pratt 14, Neville 3-16)
Hook Hurricanes won by 67 runs.
South East Sixers 98-5 (Zanman 42*, Baker 39, South 2-18, Bose 2-22)
Development 101-3 (South 23*, Sebborn 18, Balcombe 15, Trodd 15*)
Development won by three wickets.