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.