da betobet： BAT Sports are off to a flying start in the newly formed Hampshire Cricket Board Under-16 Indoor League
Mike Vimpany07-Jan-2002BAT Sports are off to a flying start in the newly formed Hampshire Cricket Board Under-16 Indoor League.They won both their opening matches at the Rose Bowl, beating Andover by seven runs and Basingstoke & North Hants by nine wickets.BAT’s victory over Andover in some way compensated for their defeat in last summer’s Southern Electric Gas Under-15 Trophy final.Ricky Rawlins (28), Craig Vigar (15) and Gary Cozens (15) guided BAT to 101-5 in 12 overs – a total Andover at one stage appeared to have little prospect of matching.But although Hampshire YC duo Steve Williams and James Manning were dismissed cheaply, Mark Copplestone (25) continued the fight … only to be suicidally run out at 94, with an over still remaining.BAT emerged comfortable winners against Basingstoke, restrictng the May’s Bounty club to 87-5 (James Parfitt 22) before Rawlins (26) and Matt Couch (27) set up the five-wicket victory.Basingstoke’s younger age side also lost by five wickets to Andover – a tidy knock by Mitchell Stokes (27) proving in vain as Manning (26 ret) and Williams (21) steered Andover to a comfortable win.Overall, the standard of cricket played was high – some athletic fielding complementing accurate bowling throughout the first series of Under-16 games in the Rose Bowl Cricket School.RESULTS:
BAT Sports 101-5 (Rawlings 28, Vigar 15, Cousins 15) Andover 94 (Coppleston 26, Guilfoyle 18, Rawlings 2-10)
Basingstoke & North Hants 87-5 (Parfitt 22) BAT Sports 89-1 (Couch 27, Rawlings 26)
Basingstoke & North Hants 82-1 (Stokes 27, Davis 21) Andover 83-1 (Manning 26, Williams 21, Palmer 15)
NEXT WEEK:
Mudeford, who won the HCB SunBank Under-15 Trophy last summer, take their bow in the competition at the Rose Bowl on Sunday.Fixtures : 6pm Fair Oak v Mudeford, 7pm Fair Oak v Locks Heath, 8pm Mudeford v Locks Heath.