SPCL2 Week 2 - Lymington all-rounders spark win
Lymington, whose opening match against Purbrook was another weather victim, began their Southern Electric Premier League Division 2 challenge on a positive note, beating recently relegated Burridge by eight wickets.
Mike Vimpany (Daily Echo)
21-May-2003
Lymington, whose opening match against Purbrook was another weather victim, began their Southern Electric Premier League Division 2 challenge on a positive note, beating recently relegated Burridge by eight wickets.
All-rounders Dan Peacock and Glyn Treagus were the Larks match winners.
The toss proved crucial, with Lymington restricting Burridge to 190-8 and then chasing - and overhauling - a reduced target of 111 with plenty of time to spare.
Burridge, who finished bottom of Premier 1 last summer, thrived on useful top order contributions by Peter Tugwell (46), Paul Friedrich (38) and Ian Williamson (33).
They were seemingly well placed at 120-1, but fell away against the off-spin bowling of Peacock (4-40) and Treagus (2-31), losing six wickets for 36 runs at one stage.
Neil Cunningham's unbeaten 22 and a late biff by Andy Ford lifted Burridge to 190-8.
Lymington, with 29 overs to score 111 runs for victory, thrived on a positive 75-run start by Treagus and Peacock (38).
They lost two wickets in one over to Matt Godwin (2-31), but Treagus, with an undefeated 47, and Ben Craft (19 not out) guided Lymington home by eight wickets with nine overs to spare
Hursley Park celebrated a second consecutive win, chasing a rain-cut Purbrook target of 127 to win by five wickets at The Heath.
South African run getter Will Prozesky hit 60 and Dave Cleeve (37) of Purbrook's 235-9, which was cut to 127 off 27 overs.
Hursley got in with three overs to spare, Raman Prendergast (52) hitting a half-century.
Newly promoted Gosport Borough crashed to a second defeat , losing by 28 runs to United Services at Burnaby Road.
Gary Hounsome (74) and Tom Clark (40) helped US reach 219-9, but even an abridged target of 185 in 42 overs proved 28 runs too many for Gosport, who were dismissed for 156 (Archie Styles 41).