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Valuable tips from legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar and batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar helped India’s new opener Shiv Sundar Das tighten up his batting in the recently concluded Test series against the mighty Australians. “Gavaskar advised me to take the leg-stump guard and I followed the suggestion in the third Test at Chennai making 84 in the first innings”, Das told PTI here.”Till the Kolkata Test, I used to take a middle-stump guard, but Gavaskar pointed out that it left my leg stump exposed,” he said. The little master, Das said, advised him that as an opener, if he could play out the first one hour of the match, it would become easier in the subsequent hours. “It helped me immensely in the series decider.” Das met Gavaskar at a function at Chennai before the start of the third Test.Das had also been seeking advice from Tendulkar about the strategy he should follow against the Australians. “Tendulkar provided me psychological support and advised me to play my natural game without bothering about the bowling”, he said. Describing Glenn Mcgrath and Jason Gillespie as two of the best bowlers in the world today, the short-statured opener said Tendulkar often helped him prepare psychologically as to how to face their initial spells. Das along with lanky medium pacer Debasish Mohanty have been included in the list of 26 probables for the forthcoming tour of Zimbabwe.Das, the Orissa Ranji team skipper, said he learnt a lot during the series against the Aussies and was looking forward to the tour of Zimbabwe. “Many thought the series against Australia would be a litmus test for me. But I feel I have passed that test”, he said adding, “the way I faced the Australian attack, both pace and spin, gave me a lot of satisfaction”. Das said he batted with a positive approach throughout the series. “I had prepared by watching some of the Australians on the video and also watched their series against West Indies”.Regarding his back-foot strokes and negotiation of deliveries pitched outside the off-stump, which earned him kudos from cricket watchers, Das said he had benefitted immensely by practising on matting wickets at the club, under-16 and under-19 level in Bhubaneswar which had no turf wicket. “You get more bounce on such surface and that experience is paying dividends now”, he said.Besides, his one and a half month special training at the Australian academy, where he faced bowling machines, helped him hone his skills. Asked if he felt disappointed after getting out on 84 at Chennai, Das said “a century against the Australians would have definitely given me great satisfaction”. On his routine during his stay here, Das said besides regular practice, he was watching his own cassettes of the just concluded Test series and trying to iron out the mistakes. The team physio Andrew Leipus had also given a schedule for physical training to the players, he said.

Brendon McCullum will return to the top of the order for New Zealand’s Tests against India, set to open with Martin Guptill after playing at first drop during the past two series. Daniel Flynn, BJ Watling and Rob Nicol were all given a chance to partner Guptill during New Zealand’s past two series, against South Africa and West Indies, but that won’t be the case this time around.”Martin Guptill and Brendon will open the innings,” the New Zealand captain Ross Taylor told reporters in India after the squad touched down ahead of the first Test, starting in Hyderabad on Thursday. “Brendon batted well here on previous occasions and, hopefully, he will continue in the same vein in the upcoming Tests.”McCullum’s highest Test score, 225, came on New Zealand’s most recent Test tour of India, during the Hyderabad Test of 2010-11. McCullum and his team-mates don’t have long to acclimatise to the conditions ahead of the first Test, but Taylor said the players were familiar enough with India that he was confident they could adjust quickly.”We would certainly like to put some good plans in place and be positive about the way we look to play. India is a familiar place for a lot of us,” he said. “We have played well here and are looking forward to the contest.”New Zealand are coming off a demoralising tour of the West Indies in which they lost the Tests and limited-overs legs comprehensively. They also lost 1-0 last time they visited India for Tests, but their bowlers at times left the Indian batting in positions of trouble, and their batting clicked, the highlights being McCullum’s double-century and a debut hundred by Kane Williamson.Harbhajan Singh rescued India from dicey positions in the series, scoring two centuries and a fifty. Taylor said the side would nevertheless take heart from that tour.”We hadn’t had bad memories the last time we played here. Brendon got 225. We had our opportunities but Harbhajan batted well and took the game away from us. However, it is a different time of the year, and hopefully, we will continue to play well.”Daniel Vettori, with 14 wickets, was the highest wicket-taker in the series. Taylor said his spinners would be keen to take advantage of the conditions. “They have a few spinners in their side and we don’t play lot of spinners back home,” he said. “It will be a good challenge and we are looking forward to put India under pressure.”He said India played well at home and his side would have to take that into account. “India is always tough in their home conditions. Whether they play north or down south they play very well. We should be careful about the reverse swing and the spinners. We have to learn quickly through the series.”The two-Test series will be followed by two T20Is in September as a prelude to the World T20.

The world’s newest international cricket venue, the 141st tostage one-day cricket, will be unveiled on Monday in a mostunlikely location, at Tangiers in French-speaking northernAfrica.South Africa will take on Pakistan in the first match of theMorocco Cup 2002, a triangular tournament also involving SriLanka that marks the latest chapter in the growth of a remarkablecricketing empire.Its all part of an ambitious Dubai-based construction tycoon’sdream – part commercial, part utilitarian – to globalise the gameof cricket, especially throughout the Arab world.Abdur Rahmann Bukhatir’s involvement with cricket started in the1970’s in the desert city of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, whenhe created the Cricketer’s Benefit Fund Series (CBFS), afundraising vehicle for retired, underpaid Asian cricketers ofyesteryear.But the CBFS mushroomed into far more than a cricketers’ pensionscheme. Sharjah held its first official One-Day International in1981 and by the 1990’s the CBFS tri-series had developed into aregular biannual event, feeding Asia’s apparently insatiableappetite for limited overs cricket.And as the value of television rights soared throughout the1990’s, Sharjah became a financial honeypot, offering Asiancricket boards a valuable revenue stream and the playersastronomical prize money.But the new millennium brought fresh challenges, as the CBFS wasfaced was confronted by a grave image crisis, as Sharjah becameembroiled in the match fixing scandal that rocked internationalcricket.For years the plethora of matches played at Sharjah (no othervenue has staged more ODIs) had attracted suspicions thatbookmakers had successfully fixed matches.Amidst allegations that the tournament was fixed in favour ofPakistan, the Indian government stopped their team from visitingSharjah for three years.With England and Australia also wary of playing there, the CBFS’sfuture appeared to be in jeopardy, as the value of its televisionrights plummeted.Ironically, the crisis only served to broaden Buhatir’s horizons,as the CBFS moved into television production, setting up TajTelevision and launching a dedicated sports channel called TENSports, a development that paved the way for the new”made-for-television” stadium in Tangiers.Morocco will now provide TEN Sports with the compelling cricketcontent that it needs to compete with the more established sportschannels such as Star Sports and ESPN that dominate the Asiantelevision market.And despite its francophone heritage, the location has twodistinct attractions: a perfect Mediterranean climate thatprovides for a long season during the southern hemisphere winterand a nearby Asian population in Europe that Bukhatir’s hopeswill embrace the venture.”Morocco is very close to Europe and it will be very easy forIndians and Pakistanis living in Spain and Portugal to come andwatch matches,” said Bukhatir.But although CBFS’s involvement is primarily a commercialventure, Bukhatir is a fanatical cricket fan, possessing agenuine philanthropists desire to develop the game, a fact borneout by the scope and scale of his financial investment.They have already pumped close to USD 15 million into Morocco,building two stadiums in Tangiers and Rabat, as well as employingthree full-time coaches, including former Indian all-rounderMohinder Amaranath, to work with local cricketers.The infrastructure and coaches will help the Federation RoyaleMarocaine de Cricket (FRMC) – which Bukhatir helped set-up andacquire Affiliate Status of the International Cricket Council -to foster the game.Currently there are just 280 regular cricketers and eight teamsin Morocco competing in a 30-over league, but Amaranath believesthat the FRMC can generate much greater interest in the game.”Cricket in Morocco is like a new language,” he said. “When westarted two years ago no-one knew about the game, but they nowbetter. The game will grow in the future as people become moreaware.”Perhaps the CBFS is unlikely to convert large numbers ofMorocco’s football loving, cafe lounging public to cricket, butthey are certainly trying to capture local interest in Tangiers,offering free entry into the stadium and the chance to winvaluable prizes to those who turn up to watch the games.And the spectators are not the only ones offered incentiveseither, as the CBFS has put up an astonishing USD 250,000 pot ofprize money for the teams, ensuring that the triangulartournament will be taken very seriously indeed.At the moment the 5000-seater Tangiers Cricket Stadium is in astate of frantic half-completion. With 24 hours to go till thecurtain rises bulldozers are still landscaping, walls are stillbeing painted and terracotta tiles are still being hammered ontothe roof.Situated adjacent to the verdant lawns of the Royal Golf Club,looking out on to the hills surrounding Tangiers that are dottedwith plush white villas, the venue will be spectacular whenfinished.The interior is closer to completion and very impressive, withexcellent state-of-the-art facilities for the players, officials,media and the entourage of VIPs who are being invited to theinaugural tournament.ICC match referee, Mike Procter, who inspected the venue’sfacilities, was fulsome in his support: “The stadium is ideal forinternational cricket and I have no hesitation in recommendingits approval.”Crucially, the cricket facilities are finished. There are sevenpractice nets all in working order, the outfield is striped inlush, green grass and the pitch boosts a gleaming white colour,similar in look to the high scoring surfaces common at Sharjah.The exact nature of the pitch though is a point of conjecture.The two club standard matches played on it in June suggested thatit would suit the spinners, but local observers have suggestedthat it has now hardened up, potentially offering the fastbowlers some pace and bounce.That will be welcomed by the likes of hard-hitting strokeplayerssuch as Sanath Jayasuriya, Lance Klusener and Shahid Afridi, whowill already be relishing the challenge of clearing therelatively short boundaries.Certainly the CBFS will be hoping that the new venue starts witha bang. An exciting, high scoring tournament will go a long wayto justifying the whole ambitious project.But perhaps the most crucial factor that will determine whetherthe CBFS’s risky decision to delve into television is successfulor not will be whether they can lure India over to play in thenear future.To that end the CBFS is desperate for Morocco’s reputation to besqueaky clean, welcoming the advice of the ICC’s Anti CorruptionUnit enthusiastically and taking the issue of security seriously.Some measures are mere window dressing, such as the signboardnailed to the main entrance that announces in bold red writingthat, “BETTING AND GAMBLING ON CRICKET IS ILLEGAL AND STRICTLYPROHIBITED.”But the widespread use of video surveillance outside the dressingrooms and in the team hotels, as well as the now standard mobilephone ban, will make it harder for determined bookmakers tocommunicate with corrupt players.And should the Tangiers Cricket Stadium be successful infostering a clean image, there is even the possibility ofbecoming a neutral Test venue, as security fears continue todisrupt cricket in Pakistan and Zimbabwe.However, talk of Test cricket here is premature, first the localshave to be persuaded to embrace the game, a task that starts inearnest this week.

Time lost throughout October, due to pay negotiations between New Zealand Cricket and the Players’ Association, may yet prove an Achilles’ heel for New Zealand and its World Cup aspirations in South Africa later in the summer.Valuable time for coaches and players to formulate match plans, and an overall strategy, has been lost in this period because of the lack of communication between coaches and players as a result of the players withdrawing their services.Based on past experience, especially in 1992 and 1999, but probably also on other occasions, time is now of the essence.With this in mind, CricInfo New Zealand approached Martin Crowe, the captain of the successful and innovative campaign in 1992 which so captured the mind of New Zealanders, to ask what he would do now to ensure New Zealand was at peak pitch to make a full-scale assault on cricket’s Holy Grail.Crowe, who is recovering from knee surgery resulting from the injury that forced him out of international cricket in 1995/96, welcomed the chance to take part in the exercise.”I’ve always believed a World Cup campaign has to come from a long way back and I haven’t felt anything similar has been happening this year. It may have, but I have not been aware of it.”I know that in 1999 they did do that with a War Room and an identification of what they needed to do.”Our record of winning only four of our last 21 games is of serious concern, and not acceptable from a team of the standard and capabilities of our side.”It may be because of this players’ strike, but despite that, this is World Cup year. It is what the whole season has been designed for with seven One-Day Internationals against India.”I still feel there is a lot of experimentation going on after the debacle in Sri Lanka, even in the win over Bangladesh,” he said.Crowe said that taking part in the project was a useful exercise and he admitted to getting itchy feet as a result of it.Crowe in the past has worked with New Zealand players both individually and with the team but said he had not been involved since the VB Series in Australia earlier this year.While he hadn’t included the thought in his plan for CricInfo, Crowe said he thought there should be some consideration given to taking a fielding coach into the side this year and it might be worth asking former coach Steve Rixon to find someone suitable for the side.

Shaun Marsh says it was an emotional moment when he was told he would be making his Twenty20 international debut in Barbados, fulfilling his dream of following his father Geoff into the national team. Marsh and his Western Australian team-mate Luke Ronchi will both play their first matches for Australia against West Indies on Friday.Australia have confirmed that Nathan Bracken is the only one of the one-day specialists who have joined the squad in the Caribbean who will not play in the Twenty20 match. Brad Haddin will sit out to give his broken finger a chance to recover and Andrew Symonds is being rested after having back spasms in the third Test.Marsh said it was a memorable moment when he was told of his inclusion. “There were a few emotions,” Marsh told . “Obviously I’ve worked hard for it and I just can’t wait to represent my country. I’ve been dreaming about this for a long time, to be over here and be in the change rooms with all the guys has just been fantastic so far.”Marsh has already received high praise from the captain Ricky Ponting, who said the thing he is most looking forward to in the Twenty20 match is watching Marsh bat. Ponting will be leading a relatively inexperienced international side with Bracken, Haddin, Symonds and Stuart Clark the four men to sit out, although it will be an XI with significant batting depth.West Indies are already without their captain Chris Gayle for the match and they could also lose their stand-in leader Ramnaresh Sarwan, who is nursing a groin injury he sustained during the third Test. If Sarwan is unavailable, Dwayne Bravo would be likely to lead the side, although the coach John Dyson said it was still possible Sarwan would play.”We’re just waiting to see what condition it is in [before the game],” Dyson told . “It’s nothing major. We are mindful that we have five one-days coming up. In this Twenty20 form of the game it can be fairly hectic.”Australia Shaun Marsh, Michael Clarke, Ricky Ponting (capt), Shane Watson, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Cameron White, James Hopes, Luke Ronchi (wk), Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson.West Indies (from) Xavier Marshall, Andre Fletcher, William Perkins, Ramnaresh Sarwan (capt), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy, Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn, Daren Powell, Fidel Edwards, Kemar Roach.

To sit in the ‘Space Ship’ that is the press box at Lord’s, and watch Zaheer Khan lead the Indian bowling reminds you of just how much things are changing in the world of cricket. Gone are the days when most people thronged to the Marylebone Cricket Club in suits and ties, when the fax machines whirred noisily and refreshingly, when touring Indian sides were dependent purely on their spinners to do the job. Despite Javagal Srinath’s early retirement from Tests, the Indian pace attack finally looks as it should – as an attack, rather than a set of reluctant trundlers.Ajit Agarkar, Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan sat out the warm-up match against Hampshire just before the start of the Test series. Quite a few eyebrows were raised. How can the pacemen go straight into a Test series without serious match practice? Well, John Wright was categorical in saying that they needed rest, and that they were prepared well enough with practice sessions that simulated real match conditions. The NatWest series showed that this was not quite true.Beginning in conditions that aided movement in the air, both Nehra and Zaheer Khan sprayed the ball all over the place. A touch of nervousness? Striving too hard to make the best of conditions? Whatever the problem, it was left well behind as the Indians got down to the serious business of Test cricket at Lord’s.Zaheer Khan was always going to be the man to watch out for, with his strength and ability to get the ball to hold its line. Running in vigorously and building up to a crescendo as he takes a small leap before delivery stride and brings the left arm through with a quick action, Zaheer Khan certainly does not hold anything back. And it’s this more than anything else that brought him 15 wickets in the Tests in West Indies and 14 in the NatWest series.Unlike Zaheer Khan, Nehra is the sort of bowler to whom rhythm means everything. Not hitting the deck as hard as his counterpart, Nehra relies more on movement in the air. When she swings, and swings late, Nehra really becomes a handful. But as the best pacemen in the history of the game have said, the art of swing bowling is less understood than people would like. Countless columns have been written on the factors that make that five and a half ounces of leather swerve in the air as it careens down a 22-yard strip.The condition of the ball, the moisture in the air, the direction of the breeze, the bowler’s action, the wrist position at release, are just a few things that the experts will tell you about. But there are days, like today at Lord’s, when things just don’t go according to script for you. Nehra’s no-ball trouble and a lack of control gave the home side breathing space.Not so Zaheer Khan. Trapping Michael Vaughan in front of the stumps before England could get a run on the board, the lad bowled a spell of sustained hostility, recording figures of 6-4-5-1 in his first dig. Keeping the ball well up to the bat, Zaheer Khan kept the batsmen honest. Anil Kumble, doing a fine job coming in to the attack in the 19th over, had Butcher caught close to the bat. Then came Zaheer Khan’s next swoop. Playing inside the line of the ball, Graham Thorpe lost his off stump in the 30th over. At 78/3, England were in a position they would not have anticipated, having won the toss and elected to bat.But then, that’s the beauty of it. While there’s a script in the back of the mind, it’s seldom followed out in the middle. The cast in the drama this English summer has an unusual compostion. With the hype of ‘Bombay Dreams’ sweeping London, it’s ironic that the sobriquet coiners will not have the opportunity to wax eloquent about the magicians from the East, the tweakers, the Turbanator and what have you.Instead, it’s back to straight up and down, wicket to wicket medium pace that India will fire at England. Sure, this Lord’s wicket looks like it will take spin more than some others have in the past, and Harbhajan Singh might have been a shade more useful than the expensive Agarkar, but the writing is on the wall. Ganguly means business and he believes that his pacemen can do the job for him.With hindsight, he might wish that he had the services of Harbhajan. If proof of that was needed, it came when Virender Sehwag was brought on to bowl his offies, even as India’s third seamer bowled just 11 overs out of 90 for 49 runs. Agarkar has had a forgettable day, and he’d better pull up his socks for Ganguly to have the freedom to implement his pace plan effectively.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is to investigate the alleged disharmony in the team that has performed so pathetically in the Asian Test Championship final.A highly placed source in the PCB said instructions were delivered to the team manager Yawar Saeed Friday to evaluate the performance of every player “both on and off the field” and submit the report as soon as possible.”The manager has been specifically asked to discuss the mental approach of every individual before going into the crunch match against Sri Lanka as we have information that all is not well in the camp,” sources said, adding: “It has been an amazing turn-around in the last two weeks.””There looks disagreement within the team that looked united and well-knit unit in Sharjah. The matter needs immediate attention and addressed so that the situation doesn’t get out of hands.”A PCB official, however, played down the issue, saying: “It’s a normal procedure to examine all aspects of the game and investigate reasons of a bad performance which, realistically speaking, is unexpected.”Serious differences seems to have surfaced amongst the senior players, and between the captain and the team officials over the exclusion of Saqlain Mushtaq from the starting line-up, overlooking Wasim Akram from the squad of 14 and preparing a lively track with a green square for the final in the background that the top order had struggled in the four Tests against Bangladesh and the West Indies.Coach Mudassar Nazar has already claimed he was not consulted when the selectors finalized 14 players while skipper Waqar Younis is on records having said Shoaib Malik was preferred over Saqlain because of his better batting technique.Chairman of selectors Wasim Bari has minced no words in saying that he disapproved Waqar’s initial idea of promoting Shoaib on top of the order along with Taufiq Umer.Informed sources said almost all the players have approached the highest authorities and have expressed their displeasure against Waqar Younis.

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka will shortly launch a project to modernize and develop the Galle International Cricket Stadium, to fulfill a long-felt need to bring this Test venue’s facilities up to international standards.The project, which is expected to cost between 40 and 50 million rupees, includes a new grandstand with modern facilities, including seating for 250 spectators, a media box with a capacity for 140 media persons, dressing rooms for teams, separate catering areas, air-conditioned VIP areas, and boxes for the 3rd Umpire and Match Referee.The new grandstand will be built in the area that is presently occupied by the Galle Cricket Club and Southern Province Cricket Association offices, which will be demolished. The new building will house the offices of the Galle CC and SPCA.The project is scheduled for completion prior to the visit of the New Zealand in May 2003 for a Test series. Sri Lanka is also expected to host tours of the English and Australian teams next year.A separate project will see a new scoreboard constructed at this stadium at the same time.

This was not an advertisement for Test cricket, not even a bad one.Explaining the torpor of the day three of the fourth Test between the WestIndies and South Africa at the Antigua Recreation Ground to the uninitiatedwould have tested the patience of a saint and the wisdom of Solomon. Just132 runs were scored in the day, as the West Indies went firmly on thedefensive and South Africa refused to hit back on the counter.

When stumps were finally pulled at the end of a day which was more aboutpulling teeth, South Africa were 122-3 – a lead of 229 – with Neil McKenzie44 and Daryll Cullinan 17.It was painful stuff, as for much of the afternoon Dinanath Ramnarinebowled with enormous control but zero attacking intent into the roughoutside the leg-stump and Carl Hooper kept things tight at the other end. Attimes it was more of a football match as Herschelle Gibbs and McKenziekicked, kicked and then kicked some more at Ramnarine.No one should criticise the South African batsmen for selling theirwickets so dearly. This was Test cricket after all. Nor should the WestIndians take too much flak – with two full days remaining in the match,their tactics were understandable, if disappointing. The less time they haveto bat on a wearing wicket, the greater their chances of saving the game andgoing to Jamaica still in the series – just.When Cullinan struck Ramnarine to mid-wicket for four in thefinal hour, it was the first boundary in 236 balls and over two-and-a-halfhours of cricket. In fact, if Cullinan had not upped the tempo towards theend, it would have been an even more sorry story.Left-hander Nicky Boje had earlier been promoted up the order in a bidto upset the rhythm of Ramnarine and co, but his bid to shift gears wasundone by an aggressive swing at Hooper before he was off the mark, the edgeflying to substitute fielder Sylvester Joseph at slip.The previous over Gibbs’ long stay came to a controversial end. Theopener was given out for 45 of 195 balls caught at slip by Chris Gayle off aRamnarine delivery which spat viciously out of the rough. So viciously, infact, that television replays showed it missed the bat altogether and flewup off his shoulder.As it was, the morning session was actually sparklingly entertaining.The last four West Indian wickets could manage only 10 runs when playresumed with the home side 130-6, Lance Klusener the catalyst to thecollapse with an off-cutter that spat at Hooper and took bat and padbefore being caught by Gary Kirsten at short leg.Klusener then fooled Neil McGarrell with a faster delivery, the right-handerwho bowls left-arm spin trapped on the back foot plumb in front to be on hisway for a duck on debut.The West Indies tendency in this series to be their own worst enemiesreared its head again when Ramnarine was run out for two by a direct hitfrom McKenzie at mid-on, and although Courtney Walsh flicked ShaunPollock to the fine-leg boundary for four, he was adjudged leg-before to thefirst ball of the South African captain’s next over.South Africa then cantered to 50-1 at lunch as Gibbs played his shotsand Gary Kirsten failed to reach double figures for the fourth consecutiveinnings. Kirsten was undone by a steepling delivery from Walshwhich took the glove, Ramnaresh Sarwan diving full length at short leg totake a fine catch.In a further blow to the West Indies cause, fast bowler Merv Dillonbowled just three balls before withdrawing from the attack with a bruisedright thumb which was prevented him grip the ball properly. He did not bowlagain on the third day.

Division OneLiphook & Ripsley 113 (Bulled 32, Berry 21, R Miller 4-14, Langdown 4-28)
Andover 115-5 (Langdown 51, R Miller 36)Bashley (Rydal) 286-5 (Loader 142, Thurgood 72, King 30)
South Wilts 243-6 (Rowe 68, Pauwells 52, Woodhouse 50, Wade 27)BAT Sports 182-7 (Kenway 83, Banks 32, Carson 25, Jenkins 4-54)
Burridge 125-8 (Ancell 27, Taylor 3-21)Calmore Sports 242-7 (Goode 129, Pegler 61, Maier 3-55)
Hungerford 244-7 (Laney 99, Radford 68, Motchall 3-33)Havant 185-8 (P Gover 63 n.o., Gillies 43, Waite 3-22)
Bournemouth 178-9 (Cassell 31, Loat 3-22)Division TwoPortsmouth 194 (Keech 69, Prittipaul 56, A Birch 4-48, D Birch 3-2)
Easton & Martyr Worthy 125 (St Green 29, Stone 24, A Birch 24, Hayward 3-25)Hambledon 196 (Le Clerq 58, Finch 29, James 28)
Sparsholt 198-8 (Richings 72, Mariner 40 n.o., Turner 4-32)Old Basing 70 (Smith 5-19, Audsley 4-17)
Cove 71-2 (Crompton 47)Old Tauntonians & Romsey 100 (I Tulk 20, Douglas 4-24)
Trojans 103-6 (Mohammed 50 n.o., Donaldson 22 n.o., M Trodd 4-35)Lymington 259-6 (Craft 72, Trestrail 59, Clemow 44, Poling 3-42)
United Services 224 (Hounsome 55, Toogood 43, Geoghan 37, Clemow 3-40)Division ThreeAlton 169 (Oliphant 41, Morgan 29, Grierson 3-31)
Bashley (Rydal) II 103 (Britton 33, Ballinger 3-14)Gosport Borough 181-6, Hook & Newnham Basics 96Havant II 161 (Roads 58, B Adams 3-18, Edwards 3-58)
St Cross Symondians 148 (Parker 35, Postle 35, Barrett 34, Hole 3-32, Mist 3-35)Hursley Park 201-6, Flamingos 155Lymington II 199, United Services II 117Portsmouth II 193-8, New Milton 136Purbrook 137 (Pay 34, McCoy 32, M Taylor 4-41, Greetham 3-24)
Winchester KS 138-3 (J Taylor 69, Pay 3-32)Rowledge 185-8 (Morant 55, Eichler 52, Lloyd 34, Tomlinson 3-16)
Leckford 158-9 (Howard 72, Yates 5-33)Waterlooville 129 (Oliver 29, Wootton 24, Azor 3-18, Lamb 3-22)
Paultons 130-5 (Richman 37, Darnton 24, Sergeant 24, Rudder 3-16)