BEN Firrell (48) and Richard Barrett (47) shared a courageous late century partnership to take Basingstoke and North Hants to within a whisker of a remarkable Under-16 Indoor League victory over Parley at the Ageas Bowl.
Basingstoke slumped to appeared to be sank at 33-4 in response to Parley’s daunting 164-1.
But, Firrell and Barrett came together in the fifth over and put on an astonishing 120 before being parted.
They took Basingstoke to 153 and 12 runs short of victory – before Firrell was run out.
Barrett followed soon after with the Bountymen 156 all out, only eight runs behind.
Basingstoke won their other match, chalking up 157-1 before restricting the Isle of Wight to 120-4.
Ash Neal (28 not out), Martin Deadman (25 not out), Firrell (25 not out), Alex Stringer (25 not out) and Barrett (23 not out) all made runs for Basingstoke.
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