Scott inspires Bournemouth as they wipe away Academy
Richard Scott produced an inspired individual performance as Bournemouth crushed the Hampshire Academy by nine wickets at the Rose Bowl to power into second place in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League.
Mike Vimpany (Daily Echo)
10-Aug-2003
Richard Scott produced an inspired individual performance as Bournemouth crushed the Hampshire Academy by nine wickets at the Rose Bowl to power into second place in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League.
Scott broke up the Academy's middle-order resistance with a spell of 3-15 and later hit an unbeaten 69 to ease Bournemouth home.
The win took Bournemouth to top spot in the 50-over Pennant table, two points above BAT Sports, who remain on course for the league title itself.
The Academy youngsters were all at sea from the start, tumbling to 42-2 against Matt Mixer (3-18), Nick Reeves (2-17) and Jo Wilson.
Tom Burrows (49) and Mitchell Stokes (47) produced a fifth-wicket rally but, like almost all of their team-mates, hit the ball in the air far too often and were caught off Scott's steady seam.
Adam Voges clung on to four of the nine catches Bournemouth caught as the Young Hawks crumbled to 147 all out.
Although Nick Park (19) perished, Bournemouth cruised home with Scott (69 not out) and Voges (54 not out) completing the formalities.
One-time Bashley (Rydal) prospect Naqeeb Ali Mohammed (3-22) had his former team-mates in trouble at 104-6 (Neil Thurgood 31) before a rescue act sentenced Portsmouth to an eventual defeat.
Andy Neal (59) and Neil Taylor (31) added a decisive 97 for the seventh wicket as Bashley reached 238-9.
Apart from Andrew Locke (33) and Lee Savident (41), who came in at six, Portsmouth's reply never fired.
John Whiting (3-44) and double wicket pair Chris Sketchley (2-35) and Matt King (2-17) sliced through Portsmouth, who were dismissed for a disappointing 131.