\n Andover won the toss in the semi-final clash and decided to bat.\n<\/p>\n
\n Openers Eduardo Martins (19) and Sanjeet Garood (29) gave them a solid start.\n<\/p>\n
\n Nyasha Mayavo then kept the scoreboard ticking over with 54 from 32 balls, which included seven fours and one six.\n<\/p>\n
\n A quickfire 15 from Babu Veettill off just 12 balls helped Andover to 181-9 off their 20 overs.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fred Egleston 2-6 off three overs and Dan Sumner 2-25 were the pick of the Park bowlers.\n<\/p>\n
\n Rotherfield\u2019s reply did not get off to the best of starts as both openers were back in the pavilion with only 13 scored.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sam Ruffell (44) got them back on track, and this was followed by a match-winning innings from Mark Heffernan.\n<\/p>\n
\n He smashed 78 off 45 balls and hit three big sixes as well as nine fours.\n<\/p>\n
\n It was left to bowling heroes Egleston, not out 31, and Sumner, unbeaten on nine, to see them home with eight balls to spare.\n<\/p>\n
\n Veettill and Byron James both took two wickets each for Andover.\n<\/p>\n
\n Rotherfield will now contest the final against Hook and Newnham Basics on Monday, August 31 at May\u2019s Bounty, which starts at 2 pm.\n<\/p>\n
\n Meanwhile, in the Cyril Thompson Trophy, Kingsclere are the second side to make it into the last four after a four-wicket win over Yateley.\n<\/p>\n
\n Yateley won the toss and elected to bat and scored 156-5 from their 20 overs.\n<\/p>\n
\n Opener Jacques Pienaar got his side off to a good start with 37 from 32 balls.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cameron Hume then took up the mantle and finished unbeaten on 51 at the end.\n<\/p>\n
\n His innings of 39 balls included six fours and a six.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dan Jones topped the bowling with 2-31, while there was one wicket each for Odhinn Moore, Ed Lyle, Chris Hanney, and Noah Deacon.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ed Lyle proved to be the star of the Kingsclere reply with a superb innings of 83, which came off 45 balls and saw him hit 14 fours and two sixes.\n<\/p>\n
\n He was well supported by Dan Jones, who finished 21 not out.\n<\/p>\n
\n Kingsclere got home with three overs to spare as Joshua Gore took two wickets.\n<\/p>\n
\n Kingsclere will now play East Woodhay in the first of the semi-finals at May\u2019s Bounty on Monday, July 27.\n<\/p>\n
\n The following night is the final Trophy quarter-final clash as Oakley take on Basingstoke Hockey.\n<\/p>\n
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