SKIPPER Michael Porter led Bashley (Rydal) to victory over local rivals New Milton – and then had borrow a tenner from his dad to buy a jug.
Solent University student Porter, who is in his first season as captain, hit a classy 81 as Bashley eased to a four-wicket win in an often-fractious Southern Premier League derby at the BCG, writes Neil Perrett.
New Milton’s 212-6 was largely down to New Zealander David Wakefield (56) and James Haggaty (54), the pair sharing 70 for the fifth wicket.
But after Tom Gates (33) had given the Bashley reply a solid start, Porter and Tom Jacques (54) put on 109 for the third wicket to wrest the contest from the Green & Golds.
Milton’s tediously slow over rate – for which they were deducted a point – failed to have the desired effect, while the umpires’ reports on some of the players’ discipline are likely to make for interesting reading.
Late wickets for Haggaty (2-52) and Dan Loader (2-59) were a mere consolation as Bashley claimed the bragging rights in the first top-flight encounter between the clubs.
Porter, who was the toast of the clubhouse after his father, former Poole Town veteran David had stumped up the beer money, explained: “Being a student and having financial difficulties, dad has to supply all the jug money. Anyone who scores 50 or takes five wickets has to buy one and I didn’t bring enough money.
“He doesn’t mind and is always happy if I get runs. It is more of a problem when I don’t get runs and start asking him for money!”
Porter added: “With it being a derby and them less than a mile away, it was always going to be a difficult game with some friendly banter here and there.
“I thought we bowled well. Kevin Nash up top did his usual and pitched it full and swung it about. We were unfortunate Andy Neal pulled his hamstring so it was over to the spinners to try to tie up the game and I thought they did that beautifully.
“We were fairly happy on the bowling front and stopped them scoring anywhere near the number of runs I imagine they would have wanted.
“I thought we paced our reply well. We lost two or three wickets more than we wanted but were happy with the win and will take it into next week.”
Porter, who captained Dorset and Hampshire Academy through various age groups, added: “There is more responsibility being captain this year and it needed one of us to dig in so that’s what I tried to do.
“Unfortunately, I fell short at the end but I was happy with how I went and how the team went. We are a close-knit team, there are no bad eggs and I’m enjoying it.”
* New Milton captain James Park and Haggaty are not included in the New Milton team for the match against the Hampshire Academy on June 18.
Solent University student Porter, who is in his first season as captain, hit a classy 81 as Bashley eased to a four-wicket win in an often-fractious Southern Premier League derby at the BCG, writes Neil Perrett.
New Milton’s 212-6 was largely down to New Zealander David Wakefield (56) and James Haggaty (54), the pair sharing 70 for the fifth wicket.
But after Tom Gates (33) had given the Bashley reply a solid start, Porter and Tom Jacques (54) put on 109 for the third wicket to wrest the contest from the Green & Golds.
Milton’s tediously slow over rate – for which they were deducted a point – failed to have the desired effect, while the umpires’ reports on some of the players’ discipline are likely to make for interesting reading.
Late wickets for Haggaty (2-52) and Dan Loader (2-59) were a mere consolation as Bashley claimed the bragging rights in the first top-flight encounter between the clubs.
Porter, who was the toast of the clubhouse after his father, former Poole Town veteran David had stumped up the beer money, explained: “Being a student and having financial difficulties, dad has to supply all the jug money. Anyone who scores 50 or takes five wickets has to buy one and I didn’t bring enough money.
“He doesn’t mind and is always happy if I get runs. It is more of a problem when I don’t get runs and start asking him for money!”
Porter added: “With it being a derby and them less than a mile away, it was always going to be a difficult game with some friendly banter here and there.
“I thought we bowled well. Kevin Nash up top did his usual and pitched it full and swung it about. We were unfortunate Andy Neal pulled his hamstring so it was over to the spinners to try to tie up the game and I thought they did that beautifully.
“We were fairly happy on the bowling front and stopped them scoring anywhere near the number of runs I imagine they would have wanted.
“I thought we paced our reply well. We lost two or three wickets more than we wanted but were happy with the win and will take it into next week.”
Porter, who captained Dorset and Hampshire Academy through various age groups, added: “There is more responsibility being captain this year and it needed one of us to dig in so that’s what I tried to do.
“Unfortunately, I fell short at the end but I was happy with how I went and how the team went. We are a close-knit team, there are no bad eggs and I’m enjoying it.”
* New Milton captain James Park and Haggaty are not included in the New Milton team for the match against the Hampshire Academy on June 18.