HOME grown St Cross have ended the Hampshire Academy's three-month reign at the ECB Southern Electric Premier League summit.

They beat the Young Hawks by seven wickets on the Rose Bowl Nursery Ground to celebrate a fourth successive win.

"It's a proud day for the club, because we fielded TEN guys who have been playing for St Cross since they were colts," beamed St Cross president Peter Jenkins.

"We've achieved a lot as a club in the past couple of years and a result like this makes everything you do for junior cricket so rewarding."

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