Burridge lose tense Southern Premier League encounter with Hook after top order is blown away
Matt Buckingham curbed his normal aggressive instincts and knuckled down to make an unbeaten half-century which carried Hook to a maiden Premier Division success at The Ridge.
The Hook vice-captain hit 57 not out as his side squeezed past a Burridge total of 168 by the skin of their teeth.
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Hide AdBuckingham hit just five hours in his crucial 99-ball stay at the crease after a four-wicket spell by home skipper Hilio De Abreu dented their ambitions.
Comfortably placed at 71-2 (Ben Thane 29), Hook lost four wickets for 36 runs and slipped to 107-6 before losing further wickets at 130 and 154.
De Abreu took 4-37 but, as the tension mounted, neither he nor his other five wicket-taking bowlers were unable to shift Buckingham.
The latter’s patience was rewarded with the winning runs in the 43rd over.
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Hide AdEarlier, Burridge’s top order were blown away by Shane Brewer (3-39) and Jack Murrell (2-22).
Murrell dismissed both openers for five - Joe Collings-Wells and Will Donald - before Brewer accounted for Jack Paskins (4), De Abreu (0) and Chris Blake (0).
That left Burridge reeling on 29-5 before a 59-run stand for the sixth wicket between Azim Chowdhury (20) and Dan Stancliffe (24).
Burridge dipped to 119-9 before a 49-run stand for the last wicket between Will Candy - top scoring at No 9 with 38 - and last man Oli Southon (18 not out) raised the total to 168.