South Wilts still in the mix after 7-wicket win
Four matches remaining and South Wilts are right in the mix in the ECB Southern Premier League championship race.
Four matches remaining and South Wilts are right in the mix in the ECB Southern Premier League championship race.
With the season only at the halfway mark, it’s not a ‘must win’ affair for South Wilts, but there’s little doubt the outcome of Saturday’s top-of-the-table clash with leaders Bashley (Rydal) at Bemerton (11am) will have a significant bearing on the outcome of the ECB Southern Premier League title.
South Wilts' left-arm spinner Tom Pearce celebrated a competitive career-best 6-18 against Havant - in his very first bowling spell in ECB Southern Premier Division cricket.
Tom Pearce struck a season's best 71 and Sam Pittman snared five victims behind the stumps, but neither was able to prevent South Wilts II slipping to a four-wicket defeat by Southern Premier Division 3 newcomers Hursley Park at Bemerton.
South Wilts lead the ECB Southern Premier Division by four points from Bournemouth following a comfortable 62-run win over Basingstoke & North Hants at May's Bounty.
Rob Pittman played influential roles with bat and ball as South Wilts twice wriggled out of potential problem areas to secure a 73-run win over visiting ECB Southern Premier Division rivals Alton.
South Wilts lost eight wickets for 41 runs in a catastrophic collapse which cost them victory over Bournemouth in their weather-delayed start to the ECB Southern Premier League season.
Key South Wilts all-rounder Harry Broderick is optimistic he'll be fit for the start of the ECB Southern Premier League season on Saturday despite fracturing a finger on his left-hand in the pre-season defeat by the Hampshire Academy.
South Wilts opening seam bowler Matt Burton has left the Bemerton club to join West of England Premier League Bridgwater.
Teenage South Wilts all-rounder Archie Fairfax-Ross has made an encouraging start to his winter season in Australia, shining with bat and ball for Mudgeeraba & Nerang District on Queensland's Gold Coast.
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