Derrick Brangman picked up five wickets for 28 runs as Southampton Rangers defeated Warwick Workmen’s Club by 72 runs in the second round of the Western Counties at White Hill Field on Saturday.

Brangman, the player of the match, bowled 9.1 overs, recorded two maidens and captured the crucial wicket of Kamau Leverock, with Warwick bowled out for 148 in 38.1 overs.

Rangers, aided by 57 from Dalin Richardson and 53 by opener Oronde Bascome, posted 220 in 47.2 overs.

“I was expecting to get it, but I worked hard to get an MVP,” Brangman told The Royal Gazette.

“I just try to do what I have to do to support the team. It felt good to actually represent Rangers again, the community has been waiting for this for a little while.

“It’s good to get a trophy back at Rangers, it’s been a couple years of building process and it’s paid off.

“I think we were a little short and should have got something like 275. But that’s all good, we bowled to the plan and we defended the runs.

“Getting the wicket of Kamau Leverock just broke the momentum for Warwick. It broke them down real quick, so I think that was a good wicket for us at the time, for us to push for the win.”

Making a return to the Western Counties after pulling out of last year’s edition, Rangers did not enjoy a good start after winning the toss and choosing to bat. Nacori Smith was dismissed by Jalani Richardson for a four-ball duck in the first over.

Bascome and captain Alex Dore steadied the innings with a 95-run partnership for the second wicket. When that stand was broken, Richardson, with assistance from Dion Stovell (19) and Ricardo Brangman Jr (20) ensured that Rangers got to a decent total.

Jalani Richardson slowed down the Rangers innings with some fine death bowling, which saw the pace bowler finish with four for 50 in his nine overs.

Derrick Brangman could have picked up a wicket in the first over of the Warwick run chase had Danté Wellman been sharp in the field when Malachi Jones holed out to long on.

Jones was on two at the time and went on to add 17 runs to his tally before a superb catch by Stovell close to the boundary accounted for the Warwick opening batter, off the bowling of Donte Brangman.

Leverock, who scored a century in Warwick’s victory over PHC in the first round, was adjudged out leg-beforeto Derrick Brangman for 24. The former Bermuda captain appeared not too pleased by the umpire’s decision,as he almost hit the stumps with bat and walked in the opposite direction before heading off the field.

With Leverock gone and Luke Fulton’s patient innings brought to an end, the burden fell on Tre Manders, but the senior batter departed for a 73-ball 42 in the 33rd over.

From there it was one-way traffic as Brangman mopped up the Warwick tail, eventually bringing the match to its conclusion when he bowled Nwamiko Rock at the start of his tenth over.

“Unfortunately, we didn’t really stick to our plans with the batting,” Manders said.

“We did well with the bowling and pulled them back to a total I thought we could have chased. We would take 220 any day, especially against Rangers, so that was a plus to get them out for such a score.

“There was a chance when I was still in but unfortunately I didn’t have anyone else to help me out a little bit.”

With Rangers to face Somerset Bridge in the third round on August 8 for a spot in the final round on August 22, Dore thought staying calm was the key to their victory.

“We didn’t have a full strength team today, so we had to rely on a couple of guys and they all came to the party,” he said.

“We’re really excited that we got the win. Patience is what won it for us, we knew that it wasn’t going to be easy batting out there, but we still got 220.

“In the bowling department, all we had to do was be patient and it was going to come and that’s what we did.

“Training and following the process will bring us more success. I keep on talking about the process and as long as we keep on following it, we keep winning.”