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Southern Premier League Division 1 - Week 8 Report
Mike Vimpany - 26 June 2000
B.A.T.Sports are off the top of the ECB Southern Premier League log after a crushing six-wicket defeat by Andover at London Road. Havant are back as mid-summer top dogs after a 33-run win over Burridge, who suffered a sixth defeat in seven matches. Bournemouth and Bashley (Rydal) enjoyed comfortable wins, with Cove forcing a draw against Hungerford.
Veteran left-arm spinner Andy Hooper, who returned another five-wicket haul,and Roger Miller with 96, were Andover's match winners. Andover seized the early initiative with Kirk Stewart and Dean Woodhouse particularly effective, the latter capturing the prize wicket of Kennedy Otieno (14).
Damien Shirazi (37) dug in for 39 overs as B.A.T. found themselves under increasing pressure against Hooper (5-82) and Mark Miller (3-27). Terry Rawlins (37), Simon Preston (35) and David Banks (22) rallied, but B.A.T. were dismissed for 189, with Hooper's final over containing two wickets.
Dan Goldstraw struck an immediate blow, removing Andover opener Mark Miller, but 101 runs were on the board before B.A.T. achieved a second success. Ian Williams (32) and Roger Miller shared a century stand to put Andover firmly in the ascendancy.
The sparks really flew when Miller, whose splendid 96 included 13 boundaries strikes, was joined by Woodhouse, who flayed 42 off 27 balls. His two sixes and four boundaries carried Andover to the brink of the first of five victories the North Hampshire club achieved on the day.
A fourth-wicket stand of 127 between Paul Gover (67) and Richard Hindley (63) provided the platform for Havant's 33-run win over Burridge, who lost the initiative after tea.
Dominic Carson (36) and Andy Perry (35) gave Havant a bright start, but it was largely due to Gover and Hindley that the table-toppers posted 230-6 (Paul Ancell 3-74).
Mark Richards (56) looked in good nick for Burridge, who moved on to a promising 129-2 (Paul Hawkins 27) shortly after tea. But, having needed a further 100 for victory from the remaining 26 overs, Burridge lost their way - and their wickets - against the spin attack of Phil Loat (5-68) and Hindley (3-74).
Ralph Dorey (24) took up the fight, but with seven close fielders encamped around the bat, Burridge were bowled out for 197 in the 71st over.
Matthew Swarbrick hit a century and shared a 157-run partnership with skipper Mike Stonier as Bournemouth thrashed Calmore Sports by 122 runs at Loperwood Park.
The pair came together with Bournemouth 41-2 on a damp surface and both David Kidner and Julian Cassell back in the pavilion. They added 157 for the third wicket, with Swarbrick, particularly severe through the cover regions, hitting 114, including a six and 17 fours. Stonier made an equally impressive 74 (one 6 and 10 fours) before James Lucy (5-72) began to create inroads. Even so, Bournemouth put themselves in a unassailable position at 256-7declared in 63.2 overs.
Calmore's prospects received an immediate setback when Toby Sharpe (3-38) bowled Paul Draper. Rob Budd (35) and Mark Boston (31) took Calmore to 74-1 by tea, but it all went horribly wrong for the Totton club once James Hands achieved a second breakthrough immediately after the break.
Hands (4-14), Joe Wilson (3-37) and Sharpe carved through the Calmore order, taking the last nine wickets for 59 runs, Calmore dismissed for 133.
A century opening stand between Neil Thurgood (74) and Andrew Sexton (67) established Bashley (Rydal)'s superiority over South Wilts at Lower Bemerton and set-up a 78-run victory.
They shared a pre-lunch stand of 105 as Bashley moved comfortably to 187 befor Roger Sillence (6-44) begam to make indentations. Andy Neal (35) did his bit, but wickets fell all too regularly against Sillence and Steve Gullver (2-78) before Ian Hilsum (16*) and Matt King (13) took Bashley to 235-9 off 66 overs.
Russell Rowe (32) and Jamie Glasson (23) provided South Wilts with a 51-run response, but it was largely down to Manzoor Elahi, the former Pakistan Test player, that the Bemerton reply bore any substance at all.
Elahi, who won the last of his six Test caps against Zimbabwe in 1994, hit 79 after King's spell of 3-22 seriously dented the top order. Particularly severe on Neil Taylor's off-spin, Elahi was eventually 'yorked' by Kevin Nash (3-27), whose combination with Hilsum (2-33( sent South Wilts tumbling to 157 all out and a fifth defeat in six games.
Hampshire Under-19 prospect Neil Randall hit an unbeaten 42 as Cove hung for a draw against Hungerford, whose 234-3 was built around Toby Radford (88), Jim Ettridge (50), Chris Wright (41) and Steve Wyatt (31 not out).
David Pryke took 5-38 as Cove closed at 133-8, but Hungerford's slow over-rate lef to a two point deduction.
| Teams | England. |
| Players/Umpires | Andrew Hooper, Roger Miller, Kirk Stewart, Kennedy Otieno, David Banks, Andrew Perry, Matthew Swarbrick, Julian Cassell, Paul Draper, Toby Sharpe, James Hands, Neil Thurgood, Andrew Sexton, Roger Sillence, Russell Rowe, Martin Glasson, Manzoor Elahi, Neil Taylor, Kevin Nash, Ian Hilsum, Toby Radford, David John Pryke. |
| Tournaments | English Leagues |
| Season | English Domestic Season |