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At the beginning of the 2003 World Cup, few would have thoughtthat Kenya was going to be the pride of African cricket in thetournament. More congratulations, then, to the Kenyans forbecoming the first non-Test-playing nation to make it to thesemi-finals of a cricket World Cup. They have certainly achieveda feat that none of the other “minnows” could even have dreamedof, and the success of the Kenyan national team is going to be amajor boost for the game in that country.As things stand now, Kenya may very well get steamrolled by themighty Australians in the very next game, but they have stillshown an exemplary quality to learn quickly and well. Unlikeother detractors, I do not wish to take anything away from thisKenyan team and their coach Sandeep Patil, for the discipline andenthusiasm they have shown is quite remarkable. With the rightkind of leadership and assistance from the ICC, I am sure Kenyahas the potential to be a major force in world cricket in a fewyears. Watch out especially for Collins Obuya, for the young legspinner is improving with every game.The prize-money in itself could help Kenya to invest greatly atthe grassroots level. The board, I hope, will be able to somehowcobble together a first-class league, giving their players moreexposure in the longer version of the game, before they eventhink of applying for Test status.

Simply put, it is amazing that a team that struggled to find 30quality players to make the preliminary World Cup squad findsitself in the World Cup semi-finals, and their success in thiscompetition is akin to Cameroon’s dream run in the 1990 soccerWorld Cup. As a country, Kenya now has more sportsmen tocelebrate than their world-champion long-distance runners. Thegame of cricket is alive and kicking in Africa; let the SouthAfricans choke and the clueless Zimbabweans break apart, forKenya has saved the face of the continent.Among the other teams, the Australians may look unstoppable atthis moment, but Shane Bond showed it that their batsmen cancrumble against incisive fast bowling. But the one team thatshould count itself to be very much in the running to win the Cupis India. The Indian team has not looked so good in recent times,and with Sachin Tendulkar batting in a manner only he can, andthe other batsmen also turning in crucial performances, India’schances look very bright. Hats off too to the Indian seambowlers; their performance in this World Cup has been a realrevelation.With three of the semi-final positions taken, I would plump forNew Zealand to take the fourth position. I am a big fan ofStephen Fleming’s captaincy, although some of his tactics may bebeyond my comprehension. New Zealand really did look like theteam to beat Australia, after the wonderful burst of fast bowlingby Bond. But however the planning is, a good skipper is at hisbest when he leads from the front in the field. Fleming shouldhave been ruthless and should not have let the opportunity tofinish off the Australians slip past.

New Zealand’s team selection is also, in my opinion, a bit awry.In their opening game against Sri Lanka, poor Daryl Tuffey shouldhave got Sanath Jayasuriya’s wicket in his fourth over, butumpire Neil Mallender denied him a clear caught-behind wicket.Tuffey subsequently conceded 16 runs in his fifth over, and itwas to be his last in this World Cup till date. It may be acompletely different issue that Jayasuriya hit a match-winninghundred on that day, but especially with Chris Cairns not bowlingin the game against Australia, Fleming should have played Tuffey.But all said and done, even without Shane Warne, Allan Donald,Jonty Rhodes, Wasm Akram and Brian Lara, we have seen somestunning cricket in the Super Six stage. Instead of ShoaibAkthar, it was Shane Bond who stepped up to compete with BrettLee. I still reckon that Cairns must now wake up and realise thathe is one all-rounder who could still make a lot of difference inthis World Cup – before it is all too late. In that light, then,the India-New Zealand encounter promises to be a real thriller.

This morning, the sturdy ramparts of the Galle Fort were bedecked withred flags in preparation for a radical political rally this evening.However, the organisers of the rally surely picked the wrong day towhip up the local residents into an angry frenzy, for they will bejoyfully celebrating an emphatic Test victory.With the ground bathed in hot sunshine, the result of this match was aforegone conclusion. Sri Lanka duly won by ten wickets after theybowled out India for 180 in their second innings, their lowest everscore against their sub-continental neighbours ­- the second lowest wastheir 187 in the first innings.Rahul Dravid and Venkatesh Prasad showed up their partners for theirspineless exhibition on Friday evening when they batted studiously for51 minutes this morning to avoid an innings defeat. Muralitharan,however, finally trapped Prasad lbw to claim his 25th five-wicket haulin Test cricket.Muralitharan, in fact, had a frustrating morning when numerous legbefore shouts were turned down, as the Indian batsmen tucked theirbats behind their pads. The Sri Lankans believe that the off spinneris getting a raw deal and Sanath Jayasuriya admitted that Muralitharanwas “frustrated.” Nevertheless, he finished with eight wickets in thegame.Fittingly, man of the match Sanath Jayasuriya, who had done so much towin the game with a rollicking hundred on the second day, then strodeto the crease and finished the match with a trademark slash to thepoint boundary. Sri Lanka had beaten India for only the second time intheir 21-Test history, the last time being way back in 1985 whenDuleep Mendis’s side won 16 years ago in Colombo to record Sri Lanka’sfirst ever Test victory.Indian coach John Wright admitted his side had been “outplayed in alldepartments of the game.” He pinpointed Dilhara Fernando’s two-wicketburst at the end of the first day as the key moment in the match. “Theturning point was the two late wickets on Tuesday evening,” he said.”We had started well and I thought that a first innings score of 250plus might be competitive. In the event it wouldn’t have been becausewe bowled so poorly and kept feeding the best square cutter in theworld.”Ganguly looked disconsolate afterwards: “You can’t win Test matches ifyou score 187 in the first innings. We made a good start, but failedto capitalise on it.”He admitted that they needed to think hard as to how best to playMuralitharan: “A lot of the guys are playing Muralitharan for thefirst time, so it’s going to take time. The players that have scoredruns off him have been stroke players, so we need to look at that.”India now have four days to prepare for the second Test in Kandy. Aproposed rest on the beach has been cancelled and they leave for thehill country on Saturday. Wright said: “There are two more Tests andthe players simply have to pick themselves up and play with both prideand commitment.”The Sri Lankans were naturally delighted, but both captain and coachpointed to their recent failures in Kandy where they have squanderedopportunities to clinch series wins against both South Africa andEngland during the past 12 months. Sanath Jayasuriya simply said, “Wehave to change that sequence.”Sri Lanka coach praised the efforts of his side, but pointed out:”This was only one game. We are still at an infancy stage as far asthe reconstruction of the side is concerned. When we are through wewill ensure that we can win at home and abroad. It’s important that wedon’t get carried away.”The second Test now starts on Wednesday in Kandy, the antithesis ofGalle for Sri Lanka. They have now won four out of the six Testsplayed in Galle by thumping margins. In Kandy, however, they have losttheir last two games. That, at least, should provide India with somehope, even though their performance in Galle doesn’t even justifywishful thinking.

Saurav Ganguly described the strip used for Friday’s ICC KnockOut semi-finalas the worst of the three strips played on by India during the tournament.This was probably just as well for South Africa. Had the match been playedon a good pitch by the Indian captain’s standards, the winning margin mighthave been even more than 95 runs to India.Ganguly’s 141, off no more than 142 balls, was the outstanding innings ofthe tournament and it carried India to a formidable 295 for six in their 50overs. They might have gone beyond 300 but for a final over from AllanDonald from which only two were scored as three wickets fell.Ganguly said that the pitch “stopped a bit” and South African captain ShaunPollock confirmed that it had been a little slower than the tracks used inthe early matches. You wouldn’t have noticed it as India stormed to 293before their third wicket fell to the last ball of the 49th over.On the day India earned their place in Sunday’s final against New Zealand bybatting, bowling and fielding better than South Africa. Neither side reachedthe standards set during their respective quarter-final matches, but Indiawere a good deal closer to the pace than the South Africans.Sachin Tendulkar was the senior partner in a 66-run opening stand, but afterhe had gone for 39, Ganguly gradually started to shift through the gears. Upto the halfway point, the South Africans had more or less been able to keepIndia in check, but the introduction of left-arm spinner Nicky Boje into theattack in the 25th over was the signal for Ganguly to move into overdrive.Ganguly carted Boje for three sixes during two overs that cost South Africa26 and the tone of the innings – and the match – had changed. With RahulDravid a willing ally, India were able to add 74 between the 25th and 35thovers and set themselves up for the highest total of the tournament.Dravid eventually went for 58, but his departure served only to bring YuvrajSingh, the find of the competition, to the wicket. Boje should have caughtSingh when he had one, but the fielder lost the ball in the sun and he wenton to crash 41 off 35 balls.Ganguly, meanwhile, had his slice of luck on 75 when he chopped a LanceKlusener no ball into the hands of Jonty Rhodes at point, but when it’s yourday, it’s your day and only the fact that he couldn’t get on strike duringDonald’s last over probably kept him under 150.Throughout the tournament captains have been talking about 280 to 300 as parfor the pitch and the ground and South Africa didn’t believe themselves outof it. They needed a start, though, and they didn’t get one.Andrew Hall was yorked in the third over, Gary Kirsten run out in thefourth, Boeta Dippenaar caught behind in the fifth and Jacques Kallis caughtoff a leading edge in the eighth. Runs had been coming, but at a price. Thescore was 50 for four.There was a 56-run stand for the fifth wicket between Rhodes and MarkBoucher and 55 were added for the sixth by Boucher and Klusener, but theSouth Africans did not have enough wickets in hand and each Indian successwas a further nail in South Africa’s coffin.Ganguly found time to bring himself on to claim Boucher’s wicket for 60 andthen dropped two successive dolly catches at slip off Nicky Boje who simplycouldn’t fathom which way Anil Kumble was turning it.But the match had long since shifted India’s way and Tendulkar wrapped it upwith the last two wickets in three balls.There was talk beforehand that India might field an additional spinner,Sunil Joshi, on Sunday, but a virgin strip is to be used in the field and itmight have just a little more pace. Changes are not expected in the Indianteam while New Zealand are again likely to be without allrounder ChrisCairns in the field.India will start the final as favourites, but New Zealand were able to weardown Pakistan and they won’t mind being seen as underdogs. They’re quiteused to it, in fact.

Usually by the end of March Ashley Noffke knows what is happening with his off-season plans. Previous winters have involved stints in England or business duties, family time and fishing trips, but this one threatens to include the tour of the West Indies in May.Noffke’s outstanding first-class collection of 51 wickets at 19.03 and 741 runs at 46.31 – he became the third Australian behind George Giffen and Greg Matthews to capture the 50-wicket, 500-run season double – has him hoping to be part of his second Caribbean adventure with the national team. After such a strong campaign the expectation is he will be in the squad when it is named this week, possibly as early as Wednesday.While picking up a host of trophies at the Queensland awards dinner on Saturday, including the Player-of-the-Year prize, Noffke made it clear he was ready to add to the one-day and Twenty20 debuts that came in 2007-08. “Throughout the year I was thinking, ‘how am I going to get into the Test team?’ Halfway through I came to the conclusion Test cricket wasn’t going to happen this summer.”I love playing one-day cricket and I love playing Twenty20, but I want to play a Test and I want to show my wares over the long game. Whether or not I get an opportunity for that soon, or if I’ve got to wait another season, I don’t feel age is a barrier.” Noffke turns 31 in April but is not concerned when he looks at players such as Stuart Clark and Michael Hussey, who received later-in-life-opportunities.A remodelled bowling action and extra attention on his always-productive batting has turned Noffke into a major force. Even Simon Katich, who struck a record-breaking 1506 Pura Cup runs, could not feel more upset than Noffke if he is omitted from what will probably be a 15-man touring party.If Noffke is picked it will be his third trip with the squad after being a late call-up for the 2001 Ashes tour and completing the 2003 visit to the Caribbean. Injuries over the next few years intervened and led to the technical overhauls.Noffke returned to the international set-up for the Twenty20 against New Zealand in December, taking 3 for 18, and hit back from a poor opening in his ODI debut on his home ground in February. “The first two and a half overs were some of the most regrettable bowling I’ve bowled,” he said. “It’s funny how body and mind can let you down at times. I’d worked so hard over a long time to achieve that specific moment.”Brett Lee and Ricky Ponting offered support, but it was Adam Gilchrist’s advice that was memorable after Noffke let 19 runs escape in 12 balls. “Gilly ran up to me and said: ‘If you took a wicket in your first couple of overs we would have thought you were a big head.'”The good-natured teasing was successful. “It calmed me down a little bit,” Noffke said. “I was thinking, ‘if I don’t pull my socks up and start bowling like I know I can, I’m not going to get another opportunity’. After those couple of overs I settled down and bowled as well as I’d done throughout the year.” He finished with 1 for 46 off nine, but was squeezed from the side when Clark came back.The rest of the season was spent trying to revive Queensland without squad success, but his individual results remained strong. While some of his team-mates considered deals with the Indian Premier League, Noffke hid himself from the talk and did not register for the second auction. “At end of the day I didn’t want to let myself know too much about it,” he said. “I just want to play cricket for Australia at the moment.”Another season with the English county Middlesex is a possibility, but that depends on the events of the next week. “I’m waiting to see what’s happening with the tour,” he said. “I’m still contemplating going to Middlesex as long as they want me, but that’s if I’m not selected for the West Indies – I’d be pretty disappointed if I didn’t go.”

Six players missed out on the opening day of the Cricket Skills camp for the players selected for the ODI series in Ireland which started in Bangalore at the National Cricket Academy today. Sourav Ganguly, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, RP Singh, Piyush Chawla, Yuvraj Singh, and Ramesh Powar couldn’t join the camp and all are expected to arrive in the city in the night.The players had a three-hour session of bowling, batting and fielding in the afternoon. In the absence of Chandu Borde, the newly appointed manager of the Indian team, Venkatesh Prasad, the bowling coach, and Robin Singh, the fielding coach, are overseeing the camp. Team trainer Gregory King and physio John Gloster were also present. Even during the Bangladesh tour where Ravi Shastri was the cricket manager, Prasad used to take complete charge of the nets. It is learnt that Borde will not attend the camp.The Indian board had conducted a bowlers’ camp at Mysore from June 4-8 and a batsman’s camp in Bangalore which concluded yesterday. Prasad had expressed satisfaction with the progress made in the two camps. “We wanted to keep the players going soon after the Bangladesh tour, which was tough because of the heat and humidity,” Prasad said on June 12th.”These camps were basically for improving fitness but me and Robin wanted to break the monotony and introduced batting and fielding sessions too, but briefly. In Mysore the players tried bowling at one spot and also some variations. In these eight days the players did core training, strengthening of body and built up endurance,’ he said.The players also took time off on Tuesday to interact with physically challenged children from ‘Mathru Foundation’, a charitable organisation, run by special Olympics medalist Malathi Holla.

Darren Gough has hit out at England’s selectors by claiming that “everyone” knows he should be in his country’s one-day side for the series against Sri Lanka. Overlooked for the five-match contest beginning on June 17 at Lord’s, Gough insisted that he was in contention for a World Cup spot and that he could still be playing Test cricket.”Everyone’s been saying to me they can’t believe I’ve not been around in the England squad,” Gough, 35, told . “Everybody I’m playing against. You need experience to win competitions, as teams have proved in the past, and I know I can still do a job in international cricket. Other players who tried to fill my boots didn’t do any better than Darren Gough, and they went for a lot more runs than I would go for.”Gough said that Englang needed his expertise as both opening and ‘death’ bowler in the one-day version. “I’ve been missed when I’ve not played,” he said. “The problem is, at my age and with my experience, when I do play I have to do the hard work. I bowl at the start of the innings, when the ball’s getting slapped all round the park, and I bowl at the end ‘cos I’m the expert player; I have to take the brunt of the work at that point. And I can take that because my team-mates know I’m doing that job. But the media, at the end of the day, just look at my figures and how many runs I’ve gone for.”Gough also admitted that his decision to retire from Test cricket in 2003 was wrong. Concerns over a dodgy knee being able to cope with the demands of five-day cricket had forced that move, but Gough revealed it was a premature move. “I did it because my knee was in such a state that I didn’t think I could get through two days, never mind five. But with going to Germany and my fitness improving I’ve gradually got better and better. If I’d waited and not rushed back to play for England I could probably still have been playing for England now, even though I’m 35, ‘cos I am good enough.”

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Graeme Welch hit his second first-class century and then removed two of Essex’s top order to put Derbyshire in control at Chelmsford. Derbyshire’s last four wickets added 193 runs as Ant Botha and Mo Sheikh combined in partnerships of 91 and 79 with Welch. After starting the day on 22, Welch fell four runs short of a career-best after facing 193 balls, but his innings had given Derbyshire’s attack the rare luxury of having a total to bowl at. Ravinder Bopara gained four wickets for his wholehearted contribution, but generally the injury-hit Essex attack struggled. Their top order didn’t fair any better, quickly slumping to 34 for 4. Sheikh backed-up his runs with two wickets, as he vindicated David Houghton’s decision to give him his first Championship game of the season. A total collapse was in prospect until Andy Flower and Ronnie Irani shored up the innings by adding 89 and guiding Essex through to the close of play. They are still a long way behind.
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Lancashire enjoyed the better of a truncated day at Old Trafford as they chipped away at the Northants batting. James Anderson struck in his second over, removing Northants’ key batsman, Martin Love, for a rare duck. Rob White counter-attacked in aggressive fashion, striking five fours and a six in his 30-ball innings until he was run out. Bilal Shafayat and Usman Afzaal took the score along to a promising 115 for 2, but Northants then lost three for 23. Dominic Cork removed Shafayat and Afzaal when they were well set in the 40s and Muttiah Muralitharan snapped up David Sales, at silly point via bat and pad, for nine. However, with a day already lost in the match, Lancashire may not have the time to press home their strong start.
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HD Ackerman played a captain’s innings to rescue Leicestershire on the second day at the Oakham School festival. He received sterling support from his fellow South Africa, Claude Henderson, as they added an unbroken 103 for the eighth wicket after Leicestershire had been struggling at 191 for 7. For Ackerman it was his first century of the season and provided much-needed stability to Leicestershire’s innings. Their predicament came despite an opening stand of 91 between Darren Robinson and Darren Maddy, but Maddy’s dismissal on the stroke of lunch sparked a collapse. Aaron Laraman claimed two wickets and Nixon McLean removed Dinesh Mongia and John Sadler in two balls. Ian Blackwell also chipped in with a brace before the fine fightback from Leicestershire. Ackerman and Henderson resisted the eight bowlers that Graeme Smith, leading Somerset for the first time, used to try and force the breakthrough.
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Durham were indebted to some determined lower-order resistance as they fought their way back into contention at New Road. All Durham’s batsmen, except last-man Mark Davies, reached double figures, but none scored more than Phil Mustard’s 39. The top order all flattered to deceive as Worcestershire’s seam attack picked up regular wickets. Chaminda Vaas removed both openers and Matt Mason trouble the middle order, but it was Ray Price who snapped up the big wicket of Paul Collingwood for 26. At 141 for 6, Durham were struggling to reach 200, but the Division Two leaders have already shown they are able to battle back from tough situations. Not for the first time this season the tail rescued the situation. Mustard continued his decent form with a lively 39 and Liam Plunkett showed he could bat as well as bowl with a valuable 37 at No. 10. Kabir Ali picked up both batsmen to finish with 3 for 72, but Worcestershire’s day ended on a poor note when Steven Davies was caught behind during the eight overs they faced.

Until the end of the Indian tour of Pakistan, we will be running a daily Paper Round of what newspapers in India and Pakistan, and from around the world, are saying about this series. This is what the media had to say today:Kapil Dev has denied that he is India’s bowling coach. Speaking to The Times of India, he said: “The media has got it all wrong. I won’t be the coach as such. I will be just giving tips to the bowlers. It’s like the Bangalore camp at the start of the season. We [Sunil Gavaskar and others] gave them a few pieces of advice.Kapil also spoke about his improved communication skills. “You have heard me talk to the players earlier. I will be doing the same.”He shared some of his memories of Pakistan. “Pitches in Pakistan are no different from here,” he said. “On the first tour, I was too raw, they hit our spinners all over the park. On the other tours, I got some helpful tracks. I remember a fast pitch at Sialkot, where Navjot Sidhu got a hundred. Also, a Lahore pitch, where the ball moved a lot.”* * *Imran Khan has tipped India to win the one-day international series and Pakistan to win the Tests. Speaking to the Press Trust of India, he said, “[The] Indian batting is strong but Pakistan’s bowling attack is very balanced. So I foresee India doing well in one-dayers because batsmen win you one-day games. In Tests, Pakistan will have an edge as bowlers get you [the] 20 wickets need for a win.”He brushed aside the relative freshness of Pakistan’s side as being a factor in the series. “Pakistan has a young side,” he said, “but youth brings with it aggression and if they are aggressive in their approach, they can beat India.”* * *Zaheer Abbas agreed with Imran that India’s batting would pose Pakistan a few problems. Speaking to Dawn, he said, “India’s bowling is adequate without being extraordinary, but their batting strength is much stronger than Pakistan’s, on paper. Pressure, for sure, will be on the home side because of the high expectations. Although Pakistan’s bowling is stronger, it will entirely depend on the fitness and form of fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami.”Despite India’s batting strength, Zaheer thought Pakistan would win the one-day series. “The Indian bowling line-up lacks spin penetration and [Murali] Kartik is not [a] great turner of the ball,” he said. “I feel that with Shoaib and Sami leading [Pakistan’s] bowling line-up, followed by support bowlers such as Abdul Razzaq, Saqlain Mushtaq and Shahid Afridi, Pakistan have an upper-hand in the one-dayers.”* * *Dawn has reported that Shabbir Ahmed is available for selection against India. Shabbir has returned from Australia after a week’s training with Darrell Foster, the coach assigned to help him rectify his action. A PCB spokesman has said that Foster’s report regarding Shabbir’s action should be available in the course of this week.

SYDNEY, March 8 AAP – New South Wales will go into next week’s Pura Cup final with the psychological edge over Queensland after crushing the defending champion by 241 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.Man of the match Stuart MacGill, who took the new ball in Queensland’s second innings and finished with 4-76, said the experienced Blues line-up was set to win its first final in nearly decade after bowling out Queensland for 190 and 148.The Blues didn’t bat so well themselves in the first innings, making an abysmal 102, but they corrected that with a second innings of 8(dec)-477 with Steve Waugh (138) and Michael Clarke (120) making masterful centuries.MacGill, who took nine wickets for the match, set up the win when he opened the bowling and took four wickets in the session from lunch to tea to spin Queensland out of the contest.He said the experienced Blues – with Test players like the Waugh brothers, himself and Michael Slater – would take an edge to the Gabba next week.”Queensland’s been a very good team for the past five years (but) I guess the edge we have the moment is experience – there’s a lot of inexperienced players in the Queensland side because they have so many representatives in the national set up.”MacGill was expecting a Gabba pitch which wouldn’t suit him as much as the SCG but said Queensland’s inability against the turning ball would still be a factor.”It would be silly to write these blokes off as far as spin goes – they’re just learning that’s all.”Blues captain Steve Waugh decided to give MacGill the new ball when he saw Clinton Perren – a known MacGill bunny – coming in to open the batting.”When they changed their batting order by opening with Perren – a move to get him away from the spinners – I thought I’d put the pressure back on them straight away,” Waugh said.Perren was the first to go and he went with a child-like send-off from MacGill, who put his hands to his cheeks and wiggled his fingers while pulling a face.MacGill said it was just a tactic to let his long-time friend know who was boss.”I’ve dismissed Clint a number of times now and sometimes players let their minds get involved … and while I’m on top I want to stay there.”I didn’t swear at him. I don’t think saying boo to somebody qualifies as anything too nasty.”Clint and I have been friends for a number of years and we’ve been having a friendly rivalry for years – I don’t know if there’s anything significant there but if there is I want to be the one on top.”Queensland, while inexperienced, will go into the final with its bowling stocks replenished.Captain Martin Love said the injured pair of Joe Dawes and Adam Dale were “definite” starters next week but that all-rounder Lee Carseldine was in doubt after hurting his back taking a catch in this match.The defending champion will also be sweating on the health of Stuart Law, who has a bruised wrist which kept him out of this match.Love said the conditions in Brisbane would be a major factor in his side’s favour in the final.”Next week will be different – we’re playing at the Gabba not the SCG and it’s going to be a completely different game.”

Division One (Time games)Burridge 82 (0pts) (Francis 23, Taylor 5-11, Goldstraw 3-15)
B.A.T.Sports 94-0 (22pts) (Banks 69*)
B.A.T.Sports won by 10 wicketsHungerford 131 (1pt) (Maier 42, Pope 29, Williams 25, Motchall 4-31)
Calmore Sports 134-2 (21pts) (Cass 51, Goode 31, Pegler 28)
Calmore Sports won by 8 wicketsLiphook and Riplsey 156-9 (0pts) (Brown 45, Berry 30, Woodhouse 3-37)
Andover 157-1 (21pts) (M Miller 100)
Andover won by 9 wicketsSouth Wilts 199 (5pts) (Cranch 55, Woodhouse 34, Lamb 29, King 3-42, Taylor 3-45)
Bashley (Rydal) 202-7 (21pts) (Sexton 52, Knowles 40, Loader 34, Neal 32, Tomlinson 3-37)
Bashley (Rydal) won by 3 wicketsBournemouth v Havant – Match abandoned without a ball bowledDivision Two (50 overs)Cove 377-3 (22pts) (Benham 161, Randall 90, Tomsett 48, Smith 45)
Old Basing 75 (1pt) (Docis 3-13, Audsley 3-17)
Cove won by 302 runsEaston and Martyr Worthy 98 (1pt) (Steve Green 38, Neave 24, Prittipaul 3-18)
Portsmouth 99-2 (21pts) (Prittipaul 42)
Portsmouth won by 8 wicketsSparsholt 218-9 (21pts) (Richings 91, Kelly 34, Shotton 5-29)
Hambledon 162 (6pts) (Turner 59, Norris 26)
Sparsholt won by 56 runsTrojans 209 (20pts) (Williams 73, Lancaster 39, Subnaik 31, Ord 4-45)
Old Tauntonians and Romsey 180-9 (8pts) (Smith 45, M Trodd 34, Donaldson 3-41
Trojans won by 29 runsU.S.Portsmouth 204 (21pts) (Geoghegan 67, Ainsley 52, Allen 3-42)
Lymington 160 (7pts) (Craft 70, Lewis 3-22, Barsby 3-38)
U.S.Portsmouth won by 44 runsDivision Three (50 oversFlamingo 198-9 (20pts) (Fenigan 85)
Leckford 87 (4pts) (Bulpitt 26, McMurray 5-23)
Flamingo won by 111 runsAlton 159 (3pts)
Gosport Borough 162-2 (22pts)
Gosport Borough won by 8 wicketsHavant II 103 (0pts) (Ward 27, Cambray 4-30, Burns 3-30)
Hursley Park 105-1 (21pts) (Harris 31, Marks 27, Edwards 24)
Hursley Park won by 9 wicketsPortsmouth II 203 (21pts) (Joy 50, Mitchell 42, M Scott 30, Marsh 3-31)
Bashley (Rydal) II 110 (4pts) (Herbert 31, M Scott 4-20, Mitchell 3-31)
Portsmouth II won by 93 runsPurbrook 197-5 (20pts) (Repsold 85)
Hook and Newnham Basics 170 (4pts) (O’Kelly 54, Kaminski 33, McCoy 3-30, Stanley 3-34, Brewer 3-35)
Rowledge won by 38 runsSt.Cross Symondians 213 (21pts) (Rees 49, Francis 36, Parker 31, L Beck 4-59)
New Milton 183 (7pts) (Watts 38, Lipscombe 4-29, Padwick 3-35)
St.Cross Symondians won by 30 runsWaterlooville 217-9 (21pts) (Over 48, Baumann 39, Carr 3-45)
Lymington II 151 (6pts) (Carr 31, Phillips 29, Shephard 6-34)
Winchester KS 257-3 (22pts)
U.S.Portsmouth II 123 (1pt)
Winchester K.S. won by 134 runs