There’s seven points in it between Hursley Park and Lymington II in the battle to stave off relegation from Southern Premier Division 3 into the Hampshire League.
Hursley hold the higher ground, despite suffering a crushing nine-wicket defeat at Lymington, where the visitors tumbled from 72-3 (Boswell Chapungu 27) to 131 all out.
Teenager Tom Flynn, with an unbeaten 26, found a lone battle as Guy Layman (5-26) and Ollie Kelly (3-26) ripped out their remaining batting.
Terry Crabb, with 13 boundaries in a season’s best 72 not out, and Kelly (39) swept Lymington to a nine-wicket victory with 25 overs to spare.
With promotion chasing Fair Oak to host in their final match, Lymington must realistically win at Havant II on Saturday and hope Hursley Park slip up in their two games against Basingstoke & North Hants and Havant. Ryde are already relegated.
Hursley hold the higher ground, despite suffering a crushing nine-wicket defeat at Lymington, where the visitors tumbled from 72-3 (Boswell Chapungu 27) to 131 all out.
Teenager Tom Flynn, with an unbeaten 26, found a lone battle as Guy Layman (5-26) and Ollie Kelly (3-26) ripped out their remaining batting.
Terry Crabb, with 13 boundaries in a season’s best 72 not out, and Kelly (39) swept Lymington to a nine-wicket victory with 25 overs to spare.
With promotion chasing Fair Oak to host in their final match, Lymington must realistically win at Havant II on Saturday and hope Hursley Park slip up in their two games against Basingstoke & North Hants and Havant. Ryde are already relegated.
