Mike Vimpany - www.vimpsatthecrease.com
Four matches remaining and South Wilts are right in the mix in the ECB Southern Premier League championship race.
A comfortable seven-wicket win over Basingstoke & North Hants leaves them in third spot, five points behind the top table topping Hampshire Academy and two adrift of Bashley (Rydal), in second place.
Of the clubs in contention - St Cross Symondians lurk menacingly in fourth place - South Wilts have arguably the least demanding run in.
Basingstoke lost four wickets before the score reached 50 at Bemerton - Aussie Ryan Freeman taking 2-35 - and needed a fifth-wicket rescue act from George Metzger (48) and Matt Deadman (21) to get anything like a competitive score on the board.
The pair added 55 before Metzger was bowled by Rob Pittman at 100-4. Tom Grant (3-35) took three of the next five wickets to fall as Basingstoke dropped to 137-9 before last pair Ali Brown and Prashant Yelpale added a bonus 29.
Jack Mynott led the way with an unbeaten and ten boundary 62 as South Wilts recovered from the early loss of James Degg to cruise home in the 33rd over.
Tom Cheater (37), Harry Broderick (24) and Ben Draper (24 not out) played key support roles, while Brown's left-arm spin was rewarded with a 2-38 return.
Basingstoke are 16 points ahead of Havant, whom they visit on August 17.

2nd XI vs Hursley Park CC 1st XI
https://southwilts.play-cricket.com/website/results/6081949

3rd XI vs Hartley Wintney CC 2nd XI
https://southwilts.play-cricket.com/website/results/6089079

4th XI vs Longparish CC 3rd XI
https://southwilts.play-cricket.com/website/results/6095486