All-rounder Robbins stars – Colban hits ton for Hayling
Harry Robbins produced a superb all-round performance as Bedhampton Mariners recorded their third successive Hampshire League victory.
Opening the batting and the bowling against Trojans 2nds at Bidbury Mead in a Division 4 South fixture, he top scored with 61 before tearing through the visiting top order.
Robbins, who has returned to Bedhampton after a stint at Portchester, removed the top five Trojans batters en route to career best league bowling figures of 5-13 off six overs.
Skipper Stuart Wainwright (45), George Parvin (44), Ian Onions (29) and Max Cummings (28) all contributed to a Bedhampton total of 262-7. Parvin and Wainwright added 98 for the fourth wicket.
Extras (32) would prove to be Trojans’ highest score as Syge Bologna (2-30) and Chris Berry (2-43) backed up Robbins as the visitors sagged to 124 all out.
Kerala 2nds remain bottom of the table after a dismal batting display in a third successive defeat.
Replying to Ryde 2nds’ 1639, the Portsmouth-based club were rolled over for 100 - and an amazing 41 of those runs were wides!
Middle order batter Nigin Abraham Varghese, who compiled just 12, was the only man to score more than eight as Kerala subsided in 31.1 overs.
Pradheesh Panamchickal (9-5-15-4) had earlier helped reduce Ryde to 29-3, with the hosts indebted to wicketkeeper Tom Roscoe (62).
Opener Aaron Patel top scored with 45 as United Services Portsmouth beat Curdridge by 39 runs. Munim Tarafdar (23) was second highest scorer at No 8 as the visitors totalled 186 after being inserted.
Opening bowler Charlie
Hamilton (3-45) made early inroads into Curdridge’s reply. Gary Rogers (39) top scored in the middle order as the hosts were restricted to 147-8.
Portsmouth 3rds suffered a first league defeat of the season when they failed to chase Old Netley & Highfield’s 164 all out total.
Himat Singh (4-19) and Matthew Scragg (3-37) impressed with the ball as the city club were dismissed for 131 (Rafique Harvitkar 29, Joseph Stretton 24).
*Matt Colban made a stunning first appearance of 2022 as Hayling Island romped to victory in County Division 2 of the Hampshire League.
Last year, the top order batsman had scored 55, 47 and 136 not on his first three league outings for Hayling.
This time, he belted 103 off just 54 balls as the islanders - asked to chase 187 for victory - raced to success against South Wilts 3rds in Salisbury in just 26 overs. Colban cleared the boundary seven times and also hit 13 fours.
The result was never in doubt when Colban joined opener Flynn Powell in the middle after Michael Lever (4) had departed early.
The second wicket pair put on 161 with wicket-keeper Powell hitting six fours and three sixes in an unbeaten 68 off 69 deliveries.
Freddie Steel (3-34) had earlier put the hosts on the back foot. It was left to middle order pair George Gairdner (51 not out) and Tristan Prinsloo (45) - plus 30 extras - to take Wilts to 186-7.