Hampshire Under-17s Edge Closer Towards Quarter-Finals

Straight wins over Gloucestershire, Devon and Somerset have put Hampshire into top place in their Royal London 50-over Cup group, but they need to beat Wales on the The Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground on Monday, 10.45 to clinch a place in the quarter-finals, writes Mike Vimpany.

Similarly, they must also defeat the young Welshmen over two days, starting at Basingstoke & North Hants on Tuesday (11am), to reach the last eight of the Under-17 County Championships.

They take a slender one-point lead into the May’s Bounty group decider, having beaten Somerset on first innings in their latest Under-17 match at Taunton Vale, where Felix Organ celebrated a second consecutive Championship century.

Organ hit 122, having scored 121 in the previous high scoring drawn match with Devon.

Results

Royal London 50-Over Cup

Hampshire 288-6 (Samuel 57, Hovey 40, Duggan 39, McCoy 31, Mead 30)

Gloucestershire 179 (Palmer 49, Gwynne 3-16)

Hampshire won by 109 runs

Hampshire 217 (Goodwin 89, Scriven 32)

Devon 213 (Pyle 69, Wolf 40, McCoy 3-49, Caldera 3-17)

Hampshire won by four runs

Hampshire 288-6 (Caldera 52, Organ 50, Came 46*, Duggan 42)

Somerset 169 (Franklin 4-20)

Hampshire won by 119 runs

Two-Day County Championship

Gloucestershire 210 (McCoy 3-62) and 132-4 (Ellis 67, Gwynne 3-38)

Hampshire 300 (Goodwin 138, McCoy 47, Duggan 48)

Hampshire won on first innings

Devon 451-7 (Pyle 241, Lammonby 56)

Hampshire 445-7 (Hovey 123*, Organ 121, Caldera 54, Scriven 48)

Match drawn

Somerset 233 (Gundry 68, Tompkins 57, McCoy 3-26) and 105-4 (Brain 45*)

Hampshire 283 (Organ 122, McCoy 43, Duggan 38)

Hampshire won on first innings

Words: Mike Vimpany