Leaders Portsmouth, the only team still with a 100 per cent start in Southern Premier League Division 1, face the remainder of the summer without the influential Inderpal Nandra, whose studies at the city university are over until the autumn.
Nandra, who returns to play for Birmingham & District Premier League club Moseley, has been instrumental in Portsmouth’s early success, which they will expect to extend at run-shy Bournemouth.
Portsmouth will look to exploit Bournemouth’s fragile batting department at Chapel gate, where Jake Hurley’s return is a boost. Bournemouth have been bowled out for 93 and 130 in their last two knocks.
Bournemouth: Miller, Bridgen, Bartlett, Park, Matthews, Hurley, Guest, Clutterbuck, Pack, Warner, Woodward. Portsmouth: Locke, J Marston, Christian, Hay, Collier, Shaw, Dawson, Hammond, A Marston, Ahmad, Whitecross.
Sarisbury Athletic look to their promising teenage bowlers Josh Stewart-Hill and Tom Kitcher to continue their encouraging form when Southern Premier League Division 1 cellar dwellers Totton & Eling visit Allotment Road.
Itchen College student Stewart-Hill celebrated a rare hat-trick in last week’s two-wicket run chase win at Andover, where off-spinner Kitcher took 3-35 on debut.
“I don’t think Tom bowled a bad ball and we’ve needed a spinner to come through to complement our all-seam attack,” said skipper Matt Journeaux, who misses tomorrow’s match.
Ricky Rawlins takes the helm and will probably open alongside Ryan Covey, who biffed an unbeaten 92 to give Sarisbury their second win and consolidate third place in the table.
Sarisbury Athletic: Rawlins, Akram, Covey, Hovey, Lovett, Floyd, Hammond, Clouting, Hill, Kitcher, Jewell.
Glynn Treagus scored his first Premier League century for six years last week – he hit an ‘eye pleasing’ 104 against Sarisbury Athletic – but misses Andover’s visit to Old Tauntonians & Romsey.
Andover once again shuffle the pack, with youngsters Max Souter and Max Romer-Lee returning alongside Craig Ross. Teenage left-armer Lewis Allen took 6-46 against Hook & Newnham Basics last week, but batting remains an overall concern, with OTs yet to score more than 140 in an innings this term.
Andover: M Hooper, Ross, O'Gorman, Souter, Roberts, Romer-Lee, Knight , A Hooper, Foy, Veetill, Adams.
Hook & Newnham Basics, whose win at OTs last week ended a two-match losing start, host Liphook & Ripsley at the KGV without opening batsman Ben Thane.
Rob Willcock replaces him in a Hook side boasting a plethora of spin bowlers, but few seam options on what will probably be a seam-friendly surface.
Hook & Newnham Basics: Love, Thomson, Hobday, R Willcock, Came, N Willcock, Buckingham, Franklin, Brewer, Poulter, Divecha.
Basingstoke & North Hants face a tricky test when unpredictable Rowledge pitch up at Mays Bounty.
Rowledge: B Wish, T Gleave, N Morant, S Balajee, D Lloyd, C Board, I Metcalfe, J Randall, J Wish, G Keeley, R Forbes.
The ‘yellow jersey’ contest in Southern Premier League, Division 2 should become a lot clearer by close of play after the top four have gone head-to-head.
Leaders Trojans host favourites Sparsholt, with second placed Calmore Sports taking an unchanged side to Tichborne Park. But Trojans prospects are dented by the absence of opening batsman Simon Williams, who is attending a Society wedding in North Wales.
It means in-form captain Ed Boyd having to change a settled top order, which has so far out-scored Paultons, Bashley (Rydal) II and Hartley Wintney.
Sparsholt have begun to fire after their opening day blip against Tichborne Park, with Dave Banks completing 7,000 Premier League runs last weekend
Provided hard-hitting opener Stuart Tognarelli is fit, influential skipper Andy Worth names an unchanged team
Sparsholt: Worth, Kenway, Tognarelli, Banks, Haworth, Ruffell, Foster, Doubell, Frith, A Gough, D Gough.
Will Allam hopes to have a full dressing room compliment after the sickness bug which swept through the Tichborne camp last weekend.
Going to Tichborne’s rural Alresford retreat is Calmore’s toughest test so far and skipper Mark Lavelle is anxious for a return to form and take some of the pressure off fellow opener Tam Goodrich, who has begun the season well.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Goodrich, Johns, Moss, Perry, Hardy, Rose, Pegler, West, Proudley, Wright.
Hambledon entertain South Wilts II minus influential pair Rob Atkins and Ian Turner, the former Hampshire left-arm spinner.
After winning their opener against Hartley Wintney, South Wilts have under-performed, losing the last two games to Sparsholt and Calmore Sports.
Hambledon: Bond, G Marshall, Nkomo, Chakrabarti, Le Clerq, J Marshall, Vickers, Glanville, Harding, Bains, Chapman.
Fawley look to build on the confidence they gained from beating Paultons when they send out an unchanged side at winless Bashley (Rydal) II.
Fawley: Marks, Nason, C Earl, Parratt, Ricen K Earl, Freeman, Streather, Bryers, Rhode, Smith.
Paultons, in turn, must bounce back and the visit of bottom-of-the-table Hartley Wintney to Whitemoor Lane could be timely.
Paultons: Richman, Wateridge, Feltham, Hills, Collins, Metcalfe, Ennew, Murrell, Pike, Lamb, Denney.
Fair Oak’s young skipper Tom Hockenhull rates the visit of Basingstoke & North Hants II to Lapstone Park as his side’s toughest test since their Southern Premier League return.
“Lots of experience and youthful exuberance in the Basingstoke ranks,” warns Hockenhull, who has to make do without Andy Mash again tomorrow.
Basingstoke have won both their completed matches so far, with the evergreen Steve Bucksey having a major influence on last week’s victory over Havant II.
Oaks recall Greig Stewart is add an edge to their attack, while the return of Rufus Bullough from university should bolster the lower order.
Fair Oak: Hockenhull, C Kemp, E Kemp, Oxley, Bullough, Abbas, Gwynn, R Featherstone, G Stewart, R Stewart, J Featherstone.
Langley Manor are buzzing after three straight wins and ought to score a fourth at winless Havant II
Ali Cheyne could come into the Manor reckoning, if he recovers from a leg injury.
Langley Manor: from Renders, G Noble, R Noble, Browne, Castle, Hamid, Brown, Budd, Mooney, Cheyne, Harris, Spencer, Jerram.
Gosport Borough go to Waterlooville minus five first choice players, while it’s ‘must win’ time for Hursley Park, who host St Cross Symondians II, and newboys Ryde, who visit Lymington II.
Nandra, who returns to play for Birmingham & District Premier League club Moseley, has been instrumental in Portsmouth’s early success, which they will expect to extend at run-shy Bournemouth.
Portsmouth will look to exploit Bournemouth’s fragile batting department at Chapel gate, where Jake Hurley’s return is a boost. Bournemouth have been bowled out for 93 and 130 in their last two knocks.
Bournemouth: Miller, Bridgen, Bartlett, Park, Matthews, Hurley, Guest, Clutterbuck, Pack, Warner, Woodward. Portsmouth: Locke, J Marston, Christian, Hay, Collier, Shaw, Dawson, Hammond, A Marston, Ahmad, Whitecross.
Sarisbury Athletic look to their promising teenage bowlers Josh Stewart-Hill and Tom Kitcher to continue their encouraging form when Southern Premier League Division 1 cellar dwellers Totton & Eling visit Allotment Road.
Itchen College student Stewart-Hill celebrated a rare hat-trick in last week’s two-wicket run chase win at Andover, where off-spinner Kitcher took 3-35 on debut.
“I don’t think Tom bowled a bad ball and we’ve needed a spinner to come through to complement our all-seam attack,” said skipper Matt Journeaux, who misses tomorrow’s match.
Ricky Rawlins takes the helm and will probably open alongside Ryan Covey, who biffed an unbeaten 92 to give Sarisbury their second win and consolidate third place in the table.
Sarisbury Athletic: Rawlins, Akram, Covey, Hovey, Lovett, Floyd, Hammond, Clouting, Hill, Kitcher, Jewell.
Glynn Treagus scored his first Premier League century for six years last week – he hit an ‘eye pleasing’ 104 against Sarisbury Athletic – but misses Andover’s visit to Old Tauntonians & Romsey.
Andover once again shuffle the pack, with youngsters Max Souter and Max Romer-Lee returning alongside Craig Ross. Teenage left-armer Lewis Allen took 6-46 against Hook & Newnham Basics last week, but batting remains an overall concern, with OTs yet to score more than 140 in an innings this term.
Andover: M Hooper, Ross, O'Gorman, Souter, Roberts, Romer-Lee, Knight , A Hooper, Foy, Veetill, Adams.
Hook & Newnham Basics, whose win at OTs last week ended a two-match losing start, host Liphook & Ripsley at the KGV without opening batsman Ben Thane.
Rob Willcock replaces him in a Hook side boasting a plethora of spin bowlers, but few seam options on what will probably be a seam-friendly surface.
Hook & Newnham Basics: Love, Thomson, Hobday, R Willcock, Came, N Willcock, Buckingham, Franklin, Brewer, Poulter, Divecha.
Basingstoke & North Hants face a tricky test when unpredictable Rowledge pitch up at Mays Bounty.
Rowledge: B Wish, T Gleave, N Morant, S Balajee, D Lloyd, C Board, I Metcalfe, J Randall, J Wish, G Keeley, R Forbes.
The ‘yellow jersey’ contest in Southern Premier League, Division 2 should become a lot clearer by close of play after the top four have gone head-to-head.
Leaders Trojans host favourites Sparsholt, with second placed Calmore Sports taking an unchanged side to Tichborne Park. But Trojans prospects are dented by the absence of opening batsman Simon Williams, who is attending a Society wedding in North Wales.
It means in-form captain Ed Boyd having to change a settled top order, which has so far out-scored Paultons, Bashley (Rydal) II and Hartley Wintney.
Sparsholt have begun to fire after their opening day blip against Tichborne Park, with Dave Banks completing 7,000 Premier League runs last weekend
Provided hard-hitting opener Stuart Tognarelli is fit, influential skipper Andy Worth names an unchanged team
Sparsholt: Worth, Kenway, Tognarelli, Banks, Haworth, Ruffell, Foster, Doubell, Frith, A Gough, D Gough.
Will Allam hopes to have a full dressing room compliment after the sickness bug which swept through the Tichborne camp last weekend.
Going to Tichborne’s rural Alresford retreat is Calmore’s toughest test so far and skipper Mark Lavelle is anxious for a return to form and take some of the pressure off fellow opener Tam Goodrich, who has begun the season well.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Goodrich, Johns, Moss, Perry, Hardy, Rose, Pegler, West, Proudley, Wright.
Hambledon entertain South Wilts II minus influential pair Rob Atkins and Ian Turner, the former Hampshire left-arm spinner.
After winning their opener against Hartley Wintney, South Wilts have under-performed, losing the last two games to Sparsholt and Calmore Sports.
Hambledon: Bond, G Marshall, Nkomo, Chakrabarti, Le Clerq, J Marshall, Vickers, Glanville, Harding, Bains, Chapman.
Fawley look to build on the confidence they gained from beating Paultons when they send out an unchanged side at winless Bashley (Rydal) II.
Fawley: Marks, Nason, C Earl, Parratt, Ricen K Earl, Freeman, Streather, Bryers, Rhode, Smith.
Paultons, in turn, must bounce back and the visit of bottom-of-the-table Hartley Wintney to Whitemoor Lane could be timely.
Paultons: Richman, Wateridge, Feltham, Hills, Collins, Metcalfe, Ennew, Murrell, Pike, Lamb, Denney.
Fair Oak’s young skipper Tom Hockenhull rates the visit of Basingstoke & North Hants II to Lapstone Park as his side’s toughest test since their Southern Premier League return.
“Lots of experience and youthful exuberance in the Basingstoke ranks,” warns Hockenhull, who has to make do without Andy Mash again tomorrow.
Basingstoke have won both their completed matches so far, with the evergreen Steve Bucksey having a major influence on last week’s victory over Havant II.
Oaks recall Greig Stewart is add an edge to their attack, while the return of Rufus Bullough from university should bolster the lower order.
Fair Oak: Hockenhull, C Kemp, E Kemp, Oxley, Bullough, Abbas, Gwynn, R Featherstone, G Stewart, R Stewart, J Featherstone.
Langley Manor are buzzing after three straight wins and ought to score a fourth at winless Havant II
Ali Cheyne could come into the Manor reckoning, if he recovers from a leg injury.
Langley Manor: from Renders, G Noble, R Noble, Browne, Castle, Hamid, Brown, Budd, Mooney, Cheyne, Harris, Spencer, Jerram.
Gosport Borough go to Waterlooville minus five first choice players, while it’s ‘must win’ time for Hursley Park, who host St Cross Symondians II, and newboys Ryde, who visit Lymington II.