Veteran Hindley hits unbeaten half-century as Havant cruise into the Southern Premier League T20 Cup semi-finals

Veteran Richard Hindley struck an unbeaten half-century as Havant stormed into the semi-finals of the Southern Premier League’s T20 Cup.
By Simon Carter
Published 7th Sep 2020, 08:49 BST
Richard Hindley hit an unbeaten half-century as Havant reached the semi-finals of the Southern Premier League's T20 Cup. Picture: Andrew HurdleRichard Hindley hit an unbeaten half-century as Havant reached the semi-finals of the Southern Premier League's T20 Cup. Picture: Andrew Hurdle
Richard Hindley hit an unbeaten half-century as Havant reached the semi-finals of the Southern Premier League's T20 Cup. Picture: Andrew Hurdle

The 45-year-old hit 65 not out off 63 balls in a nine-wicket victory over Burridge.

Hindley and Harry Gadd (32) put on 55 for the first wicket before Chris Stone helped him add an unbroken 97 for the second wicket.

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Stone cracked two huge sixes in his 29-ball unbeaten 40 as Havant passed Burridge’s 148-8 total with four balls remaining.

Havant - who last won the T20 Cup in 2016, beating Sarisbury in the final - now meet New Milton in next Sunday’s semi-final.

Burridge skipper Hilio De Abreu had won the toss and elected to bat first at Havant Park.

He was his side’s top scorer, hitting 54 off 42 balls before he was run out.

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Joe Collings-Wells (20) and Srujith Wickramasinghe (16) had given Burridge a good start before both men fell with the score on 36.

Havant skipper Chris Morgan claimed 3-19 off four overs, while Hindley bagged 2-27.

The truncated 2020 season could yet be a trophy-laden one for Havant.

In addition to the T20 Cup, they could yet top the SPL Premier/Division 1 East table - and their under-17s recently lifted the Hampshire Kerry Cup.

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