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SPCL1 - Goldstraw's six sinks Bashley challenge
Mike Vimpany (as published in Daily Echo) - 16 June 2002
Left-arm paceman Dan Goldstraw sank Bashley (Rydal) with season's best figures of 6-26 as ECB Southern Electric Premier League champions BAT Sports toasted a 60-run victory at Southern Gardens.
Goldstraw ripped out five of Bashley's top six batsmen as the frail Foresters suffered another all-too-frequent batting collapse, tumbling to 47-8 and an eventual 85 all out after BAT had posted 145.
It was a major disappointment for skipper Neil Taylor, whose Bashley side had clawed their way back into the game after BAT had eased to 139-4.
"We bowled well and caught our catches, taking BAT's last six wickets for just six runs. But Dan (Goldstraw) was superb for them.
"The fact that he bowled two of our guys and trapped another three leg before is a testiment to how accurate he was," Taylor said.
BAT looked to be heading towards a total around the 185 mark when Bashley broke through. Opener Damian Shirazi (57) and Chris Thomason (30) had shared a half-century fifth-wicket stand when Taylor (3-15) and Luke Ronchi (4-42), bowling medium-pace, broke the back of the innings.
But BAT's late collapse, which saw the defending champions sink from 139-4 to 145 all out, was just the start of a remarkable wicket fall.
Bashley, masters of the collapse scene, were torn apart by Goldstraw, who removed Andy Sexton, Steve Latimore and Neil Thurgood before Kirk Stewart (2-33) bowled Ronchi.
The visitors lurched to 11-4, 29-6 and 47-8 as a combined total of 14 wickets fell for only 53 runs.
Shaun Lilley (23) and Dale Middleton (27) spard Bashley's blushes before Goldstraw returned to the firing line to trap Ross Grierson leg before and end the agony at 85 all out.
Stephen Snell and Dominic Carson produced the key knocks which guided Havant to a three-wicket win over South Wilts - and to top place in the table.
Teenager Snell (71) lost four partners as Havant slipped to 78-4 chasing South Wilts' 197 all out, but found a reliable ally in skipper Carson (43 not out) as the 2000 league champions gradually turned things around.
Adam Smith (3-24) and Tom Caines (3-29) created an uncomfortable final journey as Havant, needing 34 off the final ten overs, got home in less than confident fashion.
Caines (60) earlier produced a binding innings as South Wilts gradually recovered from two early blows by Mackie Hobson (4-64).
The former Burridge all-rounder dropped anchor and received support from the enterprising Jamie Glasson (37), Simon Woodhouse (22) and Jon Nash before South Wilts lost their last four wickets for seven runs, reaching 179 (Mark Copping 3-30).
Bournemouth aren't getting much luck from the weather - a prolonged rain break effectively ending their chances of beating Calmore Sports at Chapel Gate.
The Totton club escaped with a draw after Bournemouth - at 95-1 seemingly on course to better Calmore's 160 all out - ran out of time.
"We lost 11 overs just at the vital stage," groaned Bournemouth skipper Matt Swarbrick, whose side have already been frustrated by three weather postponements this season.
"We were very well placed at 95-1, but the rain break meant that we really had to accelerate and that wasn't easy on a pitch that was already soft after all the recent rain."
James Elliott-Square (4-18) celebrated his first Premier League successes as Calmore, tied down by the nagging Jo Wilson, wobbled at 19-3 before teenager Mark Archer (47) and James Hibberd (39) began the repair work.
David Kidner (3-29), enjoying his first bowl of the season, broke the stand but, after sending Calmore into deeper trouble at 131-9, suffered a recurence of his long-term back problem and withdrew from the attack.
Evergreen Steve Brandes and South African Christof Bothma squeezed out 29 priceless runs as Calmore rallied to reach 160.
With Tom Webley (38) and Swarbrick (37) prominent, Bournemouth eased themselves into a strong position.
But the untimely rain break threw Bournemouth's off the victory scent - wickets falling, three each to Bothma (3-35) and Hibberd (3-44) - as the Sports Club's President's Day ended in a soggy draw. Bournemouth closed at 131-8.
Burridge's rain saturated outfield caused the postponement of the key bottom-of-the-table clash with Liphook & Ripsley.
© SPCL / Daily Echo / Mike Vimpany
| Players/Umpires | Daniel Goldstraw, Neil Taylor, Damian Shirazi, Luke Ronchi, Andrew Sexton, Neil Thurgood, Kirk Stewart, Stephen Snell, Mackie Hobson, Jamie Glasson, Matthew Swarbrick, James Hibberd, David Kidner, Thomas Webley. |
| Tournaments | Southern Electric Premier League |
| Season | English Domestic Season |