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The Europa Cup 1998 FINAL Friday 17th July 1998 BASHLEY (RYDAL) v BOURNEMOUTH Bournemouth became the first winners of the Southern Cricket League's Europa Knockout Cup after overcoming a triple early setback to beat Bashley (Rydal) by five wickets in an absorbing County Ground final. Chasing Bashley's 149-3 in 23 overs, Bournemouth's top order capitulated to a three wicket burst by Matt King, who whipped out South African Mike Stonier, Matt Swarbrick and Chris Elward in quick succession. But led by Stuart Rintoul, Geoff Warrington and, latterly, their captain Martin Miller, Bournemouth recovered from a potentially disastrous 15-3 to seal a memorable five-wicket victory with three balls of the final over to spare. Bournemouth's success failed to take the gloss off a sparkling innings by man-of-the-match Adie Gaunt, whose unbeaten 91 for Bashley set up a pulsating final. The Adelaide-born opener came off to a standing ovation after enthralling the large crowd with an innings, containing three sixes and ten fours - teenage David Kidner receiving a real mauling from the young Australian. Steve Latimore, Graham Pardey and Robbie Latimore all gave support, although Bashley were left to reflect on a subdued mid-innings period when their scoring rate was checked by Paul Garlick's tidy six-over stint. A target of 150 appeared way beyond Bournemouth after King's triple blast, until Rintoul and Warrington began to rebuild the innings with a boundary-peppered partnership. The fourth-wicket pair added 80 in quick time to push Bournemouth ahead of the clock and firmly into the driving seat. Warrington (32), which struck three sixes, eventually fell to a fine low catch by Neil Taylor, while Rintoul (59), who had threatened Gaunt's star-man award, holed out at mid-wicket. But Bournemouth were not to be denied - Martin Miller assuming responsibility and, with Piggott in support, scored an unbeaten 27 to take the trophy to Chapel Gate for the first time. BASHLEY (RYDAL) innings S.Latimore run out 18 A.Gaunt not out 91 *G.Pardey c Piggott b Garlick 14 R.Latimore b Pack 18 N.Taylor not out 1 Extras 7 TOTAL (for 3 wickets, 23 overs) 149 DNB: D.Middleton, S.Diment, +C.Gates, T.Rice, R.Paul. Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-78, 3-128. Bowling: Piggott 6-1-32-0, Diment 6-0-31-0, Garlick 6-0-22-1, Pack 3-0-26-1, Kidner 2-0-35-0. BOURNEMOUTH innings M.Stonier c S.Latimore b King 0 M.Swarbrick c Gates b King 5 C.Elward b King 5 S.Rintoul c Paul b Rice 59 G.Warrington c Taylor b Rice 32 *+M.Miller not out 27 M.Piggott not out 10 Extras 11 TOTAL (for 5 wickets, 22.3 overs) 150 DNB: S.Diment, D.Kidner, N.Pack, P.Garlick. Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-6, 3-15, 4-95, 5-117. Bowling: King 5.3-1-23-3, Nash 4-1-21-0, Taylor 6-0-39-0, Paul 1-0-12-0, Rice 6-0-35-2. Umpires: Brian Knapp and Denis Emery (South Coast Panel).Our thanks to Richard Isaacs for supplying this information. |
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