P&S U16s Nick Cox, Ollie Kanavan and Harlan Randell (along with team mates from Gosport, Grayshott and Sarisbury) have completed the perfect competitive winter. In addition to sweeping the Fareham indoor league with P&S they have done the same for SE Hants in the Nat West U16 Indoor Championship at the Ageas Bowl. All 3 P&S lads were ever present during the unbeaten 11 match league program. Unfortunately, having been the top wicket taker for the side to that point, Harlan had to miss the play-off set due to injury (hence his not being in this picture). But even without his services Nick and Ollie were instrumental in seeing the District side home in both the Semi and Final.
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South East Hants Strikers
Back (from left): Jac McBride, Jacob Harris, Nick Cox. Front: Ollie Kanavan, Jack Richards, Jamie Dunne.
South East Hants Strikers completed an unbeaten winter indoor sixes season by winning the NatWest Under-16 Championship at the Ageas Bowl.
They held off a determined Hook & Newnham Hurricanes to win their semi-final by ten runs and then chased down a New Forest target of 125 to win the final by five wickets with four balls to spare.
Portsmouth & Southsea’s Ollie Kanavan led the way with the bat in both matches, while Gosport Borough talent Jacob Harris finished the season as the competition’s leading run scorer.
Scores -
1st Semi-final
South East Strikers 145-6 (O Kanavan 42, J Harris 29, J Dunn 25, A Brown 2-35)
Hook Hurricanes 135-6 (M Taylor 39). South East Strikers won by ten runs
2nd Semi-final
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 135-4 (J Khan 30*, A Lovell 30*, C Simpkin 2-34)
New Forest 136-4 (B Fisher 37*, T Reynolds 33, A Murray 2-28). New Forest won by two wickets (with one over to spare)
Final
New Forest 125-5 (N Thomas 41, C Tompkins 38, J Richards 2-35, N Cox 2-37)
South East Strikers 126-1 (J McBride 26*, O Kanavan 25*). South East won by five wickets (with four balls to spare).