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Winchester carry Hampshire flag into Regional Indoor finals
Richard Isaacs - 18 February 2002
A crushing six wicket victory over Taunton has allowed Hampshire's indoor cricket specialists Winchester K.S. another crack at progressing to the National Finals, the competition they won six years ago.
The county capital's men easily qualified for the Regional Finals at Taunton in a fortnight's time (March 3), and carry the Hampshire flag once more towards another prospective visit to Lord's, where they were crowned champions in 1996.
Having already scooped the Hammonds Jewellers South Hampshire title, Winchester, on their familiar home patch at Fleming Park made light work of the Somerset side's challenge.
Electing to field first, some outstanding fielding and tight bowling picked off Taunton for just 56, with Hampshire Board representative Dave Greetham collecting 2-6 and Havant & Waterlooville striker Jim Taylor (2-17) the main protagonists.
Paul Marks and Taylor added a steady 30 in seven overs before Chris Wheeler joined the Wiltshire Minor Counties all-rounder to see the side home with 10 balls to spare.
Wheeler is looking forward to the challenge ahead of the former European Champions, "Unless we lost an early wicket or two, the target was always going to be a straightforward chase."
The action starts at 2pm at the Indoor School at the County Ground, the home of Somerset County Cricket Club.
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