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Two weeks and counting for top two on collision course
Mike Vimpany - 5 August 2001
There's no stopping BAT Sports and Havant as the Southern Electric ECB Premier League Division 1 championship race heads for a photo-finish.
A thumping nine-wicket win at Liphook & Ripsley keeps BAT in the box seat - a slender 2.67 points ahead of Havant, the defending champions, who won by five wickets at Andover.
The top two clash at Havant Park on Saturday week, August 18.
An unbroken second-wicket stand between Damian Shirazi (79) and Dave Carson (65) swept BAT home as the rain clouds threatened at Ripsley Park.
The pair spurted BAT home in 41.4 overs with the Liphook spin attack coming under fearful fire from Carson in the gathering gloom - teenage left-arm spinner Toby Martin having 40 runs hit off his four overs.
Hampshire YCs all-rounder Chris Wright (57) top scored for Liphook, with Jeremy Bulled (39) and latterly Duncan Berry (28 not out) in support.
Dan Goldstraw (3-53) took his season's wicket haul to 30 as Liphook reached 197-8 (Richard Dibden 3-63).
Havant collected 20 points - one less than BAT - from a comfortable five-wicket win over Andover, still smarting from their midweek SEC Cup final mauling from Lymington.
Andover progressed steadily after winning the toss, with Jerry Hayward (43), Stuart Summers (35), Martin Miller (34) and Roger Miller (25) the principal scorers in their 185-9 total.
Havant maintained a steady rate, with Andy Perry (41) and Richard Hindley (28) establishing a platform for Paul Gover (44 not out) and Shawn Gillies (31) to set up a five-wicket win.
Matt Godwin celebrated a career-best spell of 7-49 as Burridge ripped Bashley (Rydal) out for 116 before romping to an eight-wicket win.
But for the run out of Richard Knowles, Godwin could have been on for a unique "all ten" as he clean bowled three of Bashley's top four, including new signing Chris Sketchley, and then bagged the next three.
Bashley's innings, in ruins at 101-8 at lunch, was wound up for 116 soon afterwards.
Burridge swept to victory on the strength of an unbroken third-wicket partnership between Paul Hawkins (49) and Dave Jackson (46).
Frustration appears to be the name of the game for Bournemouth in all-day cricket.
For the fourth time this season they dictated the proceedings - only for Calmore Sports' to deny them victory with their last pair at the crease.
Third-placed Calmore closed at 150-9 after Bournemouth had offered a generous declaration, ending their innings at 218-6 off 62 overs.
Bournemouth batted consistently down the order, with Dorset teenager Chris Park (56) able to build on a half-century opening partnership between Andy Bell (24) and Tom Webley (24).
Martin Miller (35) shared an 85 stand with Park before Geoff Warrington (22), Julian Cassell (22) and Jim Denning (18) moved the total on to 218-6.
Park made a further impact, catching Calmore pair Tom Pegler and Paul Cass off the bowling of Peter Waite (2-45).
From 7-2 and subsequently 38-4, Calmore were always battling to save the game and it needed a gutsy performance from James Hibberd to deny Bournemouth victory after Jo Wilson (4-41) had cut through the middle-order.
Dave Kidner (2-24) did his bit, but it was Hibberd's sensibly constructed 67 which enabled Calmore to hold out at 150-9.
Hungerford's prospects of improving their relegation-threatened position at the bottom dipped when the visit of South Wilts to the War Memorial Ground was abandoned at tea.
Brendan Pauwells (57) had top scored in South Wilts' score of 220-8 (Owen Dawkins 3-68). Hungerford did not start their innings.
© SEPL / Mike Vimpany / Daily Echo
| Teams | England. |
| Players/Umpires | Damian Shirazi, Richard Rockley Dibden, Roger Miller, Andrew Perry, Richard Hindley, David Jackson, Thomas Webley, Martin Miller, Julian Cassell, James Hibberd, David Kidner, Owen Dawkins. |
| Tournaments | Southern Premier League |
| Season | English Domestic Season |