St. George's 181 Southampton 157

At 130 for four chasing a winning target of 182, victory looked a foregone conclusion for Southampton Rangers at Lord's on Saturday.

However, in the space of a few overs all that changed as Gregg Foggo, leading the team in the absence of suspended Charlie Marshall, and brother-in-law Herbie Bascome came back for second spells and claimed the last five wickets for 27 runs to give St. George's a 24-run victory.

Twice last season St. George's beat Rangers in the league, but opener Keith Wainwright and number six batsman Kwame Tucker looked to be turning the tide when they added 49 for the fifth wicket in 62 minutes, taking the score from 81 for four to 130.

Tucker's departure in the 37th over for 18 - lbw to Foggo - signalled the breakthrough St. George's needed as Foggo then removed Kennedy Tucker in his next over.

Bascome, returning at the clubhouse end as Foggo switched ends, grabbed the key wicket of Wainwright in his first over back. Wainwright was caught behind by Keevan Foggo - one of three 15-year-olds in St. George's team - for 56 which came in two hours and 42 minutes.

At 142 for seven, the game had shifted and Bascome followed up with two more wickets in the 43rd and 45th overs as wicket-keeper Foggo, the son of Eugene Foggo, held a low catch to dismiss Gary Williams. Foggo sealed the win by uprooting Ryan Belboda's leg stump.

Number three batsman Stevie Lightbourne was the second-highest scorer for Rangers with 27. He was one of Eugene Foggo's early wickets as the spinner, opening the bowling, took the first three wickets on his way to match figures of three for 35 from ten overs.

Bascome had three for 29 off nine overs and Gregg Foggo three for 32 in 7.5 overs. Spinner Travis Smith's 10 overs went for just 19 runs as Rangers' required 40 runs off the last nine overs.

Eugene Foggo, who also opened the St. George's batting, was joint top scorer with 26 alongwith Detroy Smith. Troy Hall scored 21 in the middle order and Gregg Foggo 23 late in the innings when he shared in a 34-run, ninth wicket stand with 15-year-old Jade Foggo who scored a valuable 18 not out.

Ryan Belboda claimed three for 24 for Rangers while Janeiro Tucker had three for 30 and Williams two for 33. Sixteen-year-old left-arm seamer, Dwyia Blyden shared the new ball with Williams and had an encouraging start to the season with one for 32 off ten overs.

St. George's had two father-and-son combinations in their team with Herbie Bascome and his 15-year-old son, Oronde, also playing together.

Warwick 169 Devonshire 170-3

Dennis Williams grabbed three wickets for 17 runs while Chris Dailley, Omar and Anthony Amory and Kevin Abraham all enjoyed solid knocks to guide Devonshire to a seven-wicket win over Warwick at Southampton Oval on Saturday, writes Colin Thompson.

However, Devonshire had to fight hard for their first victory of the new season to overcome a Warwick side led by a polished innings of 90 from the bat of talented opener Dion Stovell.

Stovell displayed fine early-season form by dispatching the Devonshire attack all around the grounds as Warwick threatened to post a formidable total. The gifted batsman cracked 15 fours to fall ten runs shy of a deserved century. Stovell's runs came off of 96 balls and he tormented the Devonshire attack for 145 minutes during his stay at the crease.

But not even his superlative effort could stem the tide as Devonshire patiently waited for the major breakthrough which finally arrived when Stovell was out leg before wicket attempting to flick a full Lamont Brangman delivery through mid -on.

From that point onward, Devonshire encountered little resistance from the remaining Warwick bats with only Dion Dookie (14) and K.Butterfield (16) managing to stay at the crease for a while. Stovell and fellow opener M.Burch had earlier featured in a 51-run opening stand.

Williams, who came on as second change in the 30th over, splintered Lomar Caines' stumps with his very first delivery. The diminutive veteran then struck again in the 36th and 38th overs as Warwick's rot set in.

Aiding Williams was Simroy Crosdale who snared two wickets for 34 runs while Abraham, skipper Winston Trott Jr and Brangman took a wicket apiece. Warwick were dismissed for 169 in 43.1 overs.

Even before starting their reply, Devonshire suffered a loss - albeit unusual - as their wicket-keeper Ricardo Brangman fled the scene after only five overs when military police showed up at the grounds to apprehend him.

At the crease, their opener Daren Davis was out for nought with only one run on the board. However, new acquisition Dailley (39) and Omar Amory (32) - helped by unbeaten knocks from Anthony Amory (33) and a ferocious 28 from Abraham - guided the visiting team to victory in only 19.3 overs. R.Richardson, Caines and J.Sojuia each grabbed a wicket for Warwick.