HOOK and Newnham Basics made it three wins on the trot, as they beat visiting Sarisbury by 83 runs.

Home skipper Ben Thane won the toss and decided to bat, which proved to be a wise move as his side posted an impressive 299-8.

Thane (68) and Matt Love (21) set the foundation with 60 for the first wicket and then by the time Thane departed his side had reached 101.

Jack Robson (23) and Jordan Hobday (52) added 44 for the third wicket, but then in the space of four runs both were out.

Hook continued to pile on the runs, as Matt Buckingham (58) and Nick Willcock (67) shared a fifth wicket stand worth 122 to take the score to 291.

However, at this point, Matthew Journeaux took four wickets in one over in his 5-52 as the Hook side tried to reach 300, but fell just one run short.

The Sarisbury reply got off to a poor start as Hobday (2-31) sent back both Sam Floyd and Journeaux.

Opener Ricky Rawlins was the star of the innings, as he scored 119 and at 168-4, the visitors had a faint chance of victory.

This was to soon end, as spin twins Kevin Poulter (3-28) and Anik Divecha (3-33) got to work.

Divecha ended Rawlins’ innings which left Sarisbury on 207-7 and from there they were all out for 216.

Next for Hook is a trip to Rowledge in the league next week, but today they are in T20 Cup action at Fair Oak.