Paultons' teenage off-spinner Liam Longland took six wickets for six runs to initiate a calamitous Hursley Park collapse at the Quarters.

Buoyant after last season's promotion after seven years in the Hampshire League wilderness, Hursley Park appeared set to celebrate their Southern Premier League return with a victory.

Hursley took all the honours before tea, reducing Paultons to 78 all out with Ben Holden taking 4-22 and Oli Green 3-9, Longland making his first impact with 18 not out.

Hursley’s response stuttered from the start, losing three wickets in the first seven overs, two of them to Jordie Smith (2-13). 

Will Flynn (18) semi-navigated Hursley to 40-3, but the introduction of Longland completely decimated the rest of the batting line up. Seven wickets fell without a single run being added to the total!

Longland took advantage of the conditions - and some tentative batting - and bowled with guile, flight and prodigious spin achieving the remarkable figures of 6 for 6 in three overs. 

Five runs came off his initial over, but his second contained a hat-trick with Australian Paddy McNamara, Henry Sparks and Oli Green departing to successive deliveries.

Liam's brother Ethan nipped in to remove Flynn before Liam took the last three Hursley wickets in four deliveries to leave the hosts 40 all out.