P & S to face Waterlooville in T20 Plate QF
Portsmouth & Southsea and Waterlooville will meet next Sunday for a place in the semi-finals of the Southern Premier League’s T20 Plate tournament.
Both sides won through their first round games at the weekend - P & S beating Liphook & Ripsley and Waterlooville winning against Calmore Sports.
Opener Jack Davies (40) top scored as P & S totalled 139-7 off their 20 overs after they were inserted.
Qaiser Naveed hit 28 and Davies’ opening partner Matt Benfield struck 23 at
Ripsley Park.
In reply, Jono Willey and Umar Khyam Malik both bagged three wickets as Liphook were bowled out for 117 with one ball left.
Willey took the new ball and returned impressive figures of 3-14 off four overs, while Malik – introduced into the attack as first change – claimed 3-16 off 3.5 overs.
Giles Cover (42) top scored for Liphook before he was stumped by Matt Benfield off the bowling of brother Tom.
Archie Reynolds anchored Waterlooville’s progress into the last eight.
The opener hit an unbeaten 42 as his side won by two wickets off the penultimate ball at Rowlands Avenue.
It was a vital knock as the other four members of the top five – Matt Shaw,
Alex Shephard, Ashan Silva and Max Goddard – only managed five runs between them as Waterlooville collapsed to 18-4.
Skipper Sam Hillman hit 23 but a low total was still on the cards when Waterlooville reached 74-7.
But Harry McBride, batting at No 9, kept Reynolds company - hitting 26 in an eighth wicket stand of 33 before he was run out within sight of victory.
Bournemouth v Rowledge, Fair Oak v Gosport, Purbrook v Andover, Portsmouth & Southsea v Waterlooville.
Havant host Burridge in the quarter-finals of the SPL T20 Cup this coming Sunday.
Other ties are OTs & Romsey v Hampshire Academy, Hartley Wintney v New Milton and Alton v South Wilts.