BASHLEY suffered their heaviest-ever Southern Electric ECB Premier 1 defeat after being hit for a massive 285 by runrampant Havant.

They collapsed to 88 all out and suffered a thumping 197- run loss against the reigning Division 1 champions, who are clearly going to take some stopping as they bid for a second consecutive crown.

It all went wrong from the start, as Bashleys bowling was relentlessly put to the sword by former Staffordshire opener Steve Dean, who lashed nine boundaries in a 32-ball 53.

Dean eventually perished at 61-1 C by which time fellow opener Ben Walker had made eight.

But Walker went on to make 64 and share a 136- run third-wicket stand with Will Prozesky, whose 88, which included two sixes and 11 fours, pointed Havant towards an eventual 285-8.

Ironically, it was the first time in their three SPL matches this season that Havant had not made 300.

That was a tad disappointing as we were 200-2 with 20 overs to go, said team manager Mark Readman.

But 285 proved way beyond the wildest dreams of Bashley (Rydal), who are still languishing in the bottom three.

They rolled over for a feeble 88 C Jez Ord (2-8) removing both Chris Jones and Dan Friedman in a miserly new ball spell.

Bashley were 17-4 and, after a three-wicket spell by Walker (3-18), in deeper trouble at 55-8, before token late resistance from Kevin Nash (14) gave their final score a degree of respectability.

Andy Neal (15) and Andy Sexton (13) were the only other players to make double figures.

  • St Cross Symondians handed Andover a one-wicket win on a plate after sending down a flurry of wides in the last two overs of a tense affair at the Royal Green Jackets ground.

Mark Padwick was quietly confident of leading the Winchester side to their first win of the season when Andover, chasing 190 to win, slumped to 168-9.

But, just when it mattered at the end, we sent down a plethora of wides and allowed Andovers last pair to add 21 runs and win the match, Padwick groaned.

Andover made a positive response to the St Cross total of 189-6 and had the benefit of a 79-run start from Uwe Bikenstock (36) and Matt Hooper (34).

But when Steve Fryer (2-33) and Padwick (2-24) took four wickets for just 20 runs, the game was back in the balance.

Andover's middle-order rallied and at 160-6 (Jonty Hadfield 20) they were back in the driving seat.

A flurry of wickets left Andover creaking at 168-9 but Chris Hadfield and Jason Williams, aided by profligate St Cross bowling, got the visitors across the line off the penultimate ball.