TOWERS 99 AS TOTTON END HAVANT HOPES ON DAY ONE 

Western Australia opener Luke Towers put his surprisingly lean Premier League form behind him with a blistering 99 as Totton & Eling sent Havant crashing to a 57-run Southern Electric Twenty20 Cup first round defeat at Havant Park.
The Melville youngster treated the Sunday teatime crowd to a boundary strewn blitz and shared a significant stand with James Manning (54) as Totton, last season's beaten finalists, effectively batted Havant out of the game with 187-3 in 20 overs.
Havant lost Steve Dean first ball and gradually subsided to 130-9, with last pair Phil Loat and Jez Ord salvaging some pride from an incepid performance.  Rob Franklin took 3-16 as Havant closed at 130-9.
Bashley (Rydal), who visit Havant in the ECB National Club Championship zone semi-final next Sunday (June 14), beat Paultons by six wickets in yesterday's other opening round tie.
Neil Taylor and Ross Grierson each took three wickets as Paultons were restricted to 116-7 - a target Bashley polished off with Gavin Bailiff (44) and Andy Sexton (36) at the helm.

SOUTHERN ELECTRIC TWENTY20 CUP - FIRST ROUND RESULTS

Alton 195-5 (Hale 54, Myers 38, Taylor 35)
Hartley Wintney 117 (Wood 39, Baldwin 28, Ballinger 5-24)
Alton won by 77 runs.

Fareham & Crofton 193-4 (Light 75, Gould 58, Thomas 27)
Purbrook 145-9 (Biffen 28, J Mitchell 27, Iles 25, Stubbs 3-24)
Fareham & Crofton won by 48 runs.

Old Tauntonians & Romsey 164-6 (DeStefano 63, Shapland 40)
Hursley Park 165-8 (Pritchard 38, Hughes 35, Davies 29, McDermott 28)
Hursley Park won by 2 wickets.

Paultons 116-8 (Collins 21, Taylor 3-13, Grierson 3-25)
Bashley (Rydal) 120-4 (Bailiff 44, Sexton 36)
Bashley (Rydal) won by 6 wickets.

St Cross Symondians 108-8 (Worker 25, Padwick 20, Cullinan 3-26)
South Wilts 110-2 (Riddle 54, Abel 40)
South Wilts won by 10 wickets.

Tichborne Park 102-7 (Rasmussen 23, Gargaro 3-19)
New Milton 103-3 (Gargaro 34, L Beck 33)
New Milton won by 7 wickets.

Totton & Eling 187-3 (Towers 99, Manning 54)
Havant 130-9 (Loat 22, Franklin 3-16)
Totton & Eling won by 57 runs.

Trojans 172-5 (Jack Lovett 79, Truscott 48)
Portsmouth & Southsea 173-5 (Upton 70, Saunders 36, Shaw 25)
Portsmouth & Southsea won by 5 wickets.

United Services 122 (Galliers 40, Scott 3-23)
Portsmouth 123-1 (Jemildar 65, Brennan 31)
Portsmouth won by 9 wickets.

Ventnor 179-6 (Freeston 37, Hilsum 32, Westhorpe 31, Pongolo 26, Blackman 26, Hoskins 3-27)
Sarisbury Athletic 145-9 (Journeaux 48, Orr 33, Bevan 3-36)
Ventnor won by 34 runs.