SPL match abandoned
Bournemouth were yesterday holding showdown talks with Bournemouth University officials and ECB pitch assessors at Chapel Gate following the abandonment of Saturday’s Southern Premier Division match with Hook & Newnham Basics.
Senior panel umpires Dean Daniels and Huw Evans called the match off in the 15th over deeming the pitch to be ‘unsafe for the players.’
Hook were 28-4 at this point, with former Minor Counties seamer Dan Conway grabbing three of the wickets.
Bowling cross-seam, Conway was getting excessive bounce off the rock-hard surface and when he struck Hook batsman Harry Warner in the chest the umpires called the captains together and abandoned the match.
The 65-acre site at Chapel
Gate is owned by Bournemouth University, who are responsible for the preparation of the three cricket pitches the club uses at weekends and in midweek.
The cricket club, which pays a hefty annual rent for the privilege of playing there, is not allowed to do any work on the pitches.
It was only the second time in the league’s 23-year history a match had been called off because of an unsafe surface, the previous occurrence being at Cove in 2000.
- MIKE VIMPANY
ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION
Burridge 259-9 (Hughes 62, Blake 43*, De Abreu 41, Schoultz 40, Mugochi 5-35) Totton & Eling 258-7 (Middleton 57, Griffiths 56, Chapungu 34, J Taylor 31, O Creal 3-47). Totton & Eling won by three wickets.
Havant 176 (C Whitfield 31, H Gadd 29, Ward 27*, Hopson 26, Wright 3-51) Hampshire Academy 177-9 (Martin 78*, Cordery 32*, S Reynolds 3-38). Hampshire Academy won by one wicket.
Hook & Newnham Basics 28-4 (Conway 3-8) v Bournemouth. Match abandoned.
Lymington 245-9 (C Moors 88, Crabb 30, Royan 26) Bashley (Rydal) 245 (Currie 51, Gordon 46, Digby
44, Hartshorn 4-63, Cox 3-35). Match tied. South Wilts 209-7 (Stearman 61, Draper 34, Falconer 34*) St Cross Symondians 213-5 (Gwynn 63*, T Foyle 39, Bransgrove 32*). St Cross won by five wickets.
DIVISION 2
Andover 163-9 (C Ayers 41, M Hooper 23*)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey 132 (Newman 39, Treagus 3-22,Hooper 3-40). Andover won by 41 runs.
Bashley (Rydal) II 254-7 (Francis 93, J Turner 57, Tripcony 36) Fawley 188 (Munir 70, Smith 34, Stroud 3-27, Edmunds 3-37). Bashley (Rydal) II won by 66 runs.
Hambledon 263-4 (De Villiers 89, Le Clerq 67*, McGovern 41, Marshall 35) Fair Oak 212 (McNeeney 56, Reed 38, Smith 33, Harding 4-35). Hambledon won by 51 runs.
Hartley Wintney 161 (Hammond 39, Mulvey 33, Bone 24, Watts 3-24, Armstrong 3-25) Hook & Newnham Basics II 124 (Bruin 48, Watts 24, Darnell 3-30). Hartley Wintney won by 47 runs.
St Cross Symondians II 214-7 (Laney 77, Haworth 44, Hirst 29) Waterlooville 215-5 (Birch 68*, Shephard 55*, Reynolds 37). Waterlooville won by five wickets.
DIVISION 3
Basingstoke & North Hants II 205-6 (C Coombs 78*, Vinn 36, Donaldson 27, Denney 3-23) Paultons 206-3 (P Longland 71, Barton 44, Rogers 38*, Pike 25). Paultons won by seven wickets.
Havant II 116 (Barnard 30, Galliers 26, Goddard 3-20, Saunders 3-20) Portsmouth & Southsea 118-3
(Davies 50*, Davidson 36*). Portsmouth & Southsea won by seven wickets.
Langley Manor 280-9 (Harris 82, Browne 78, Cranch 5-49) South Wilts II 113 (Litchfield 21, Piper 3-23).
Langley Manor won by 167 runs.
Sway 201-9 (Crossley 44, Grasham 28*, Bernard 24, Steadman 24, Paternotte 3-43) Gosport Borough 74 (J Adams 20, Steadman 4-11). Sway won by 127 runs.
Trojans 178 (Mahmood 49, Boyd 30, Khan 3-31, Habib 3-42) Purbrook 175 (Habib 40*, Mengham 35, Figgins 30, Bhome 5-30, Dimmick 3-50). Trojans won by three runs.