HARTLEY Wintney ended their winless home run so far this season in Southern League Division Two, as they beat visiting Hambledon by six wickets.

The home side lost the toss and were put into the field on a day when 270 looked a par score for the village green.

Hambledon lost the early wicket of Sibghat Khan bowled by Seb Waddington, but after 10 overs had reached 50-1.

Hartley hit back with some tight bowling and also a couple of wickets for Scott Baldwin (4-25) as they reached 120-3 after 30 overs.

Baldwin then removed Indy Chakrabarti (63) thanks to a catch by skipper Danny Plume and next ball bowled Owain Champman to leave the visitors on 166-5.

Kyle Shim saw off the hat-trick ball, but with only 11 runs added, he was back in the pavilion.

It was left to top scorer Harry Gladfield (71) and Will Bond (24 not out) to give them some total to bowl at, as Hambledon finished on 225-6 from their 50 overs.

The Hartley reply suffered an early set back as Henry Collier (13) was dismissed with 22 on the board.

Fellow opener Will Kerr and Danny Plume helped move the score to 63-1 after 10 overs, which included the first six of the innings which Kerr flicked off his legs.

The pair added 64 for the second wicket, before Plume was caught.

Kerr’s fine knock came to an end on 68. It meant at 106-3 the home side had to rebuild again.

They did this thanks to Danny Flanders (32) and Scott Baldwin (67), as they added 63 for the third wicket, including two lovely sixes from Flanders, who then played on to spinner Rhidian Chapman.

With just 11 runs added Jamie Teale was given out to a very harsh leg before decision and then with score on 193, Baldwin was caught as Rupert Hetherington took his third wicket of the game.

The pressure looked back on the home side as they had to rebuild their innings for a third time, but thanks to Rhys Batcup (25) and Jonny Rowland (10) they were able to win the game with five overs to spare.

Hartley are on their travels to Trojans next weekend, hoping to maintain their perfect away record.