Basingstoke & North Hants will play in the ECB Southern Premier Division next season following approval of their promotion at the league’s annual meeting.
They finished runners-up in Division 1 this summer, but champions Calmore Sports do not have the necessary ground accreditation to obtain promotion, so second placed Basingstoke go up in their place.
It will mean a return to nine weeks of all-day cricket to May’s Bounty for the first time since the club’s Home Counties Premier League days and a first taste of white ball 50-over cricket, using coloured clothing and black sight screens.
Confirmation of the make-up of the four SPL divisions in 2018 will appear here tomorrow (the writer needs some sleep ..).
They finished runners-up in Division 1 this summer, but champions Calmore Sports do not have the necessary ground accreditation to obtain promotion, so second placed Basingstoke go up in their place.
It will mean a return to nine weeks of all-day cricket to May’s Bounty for the first time since the club’s Home Counties Premier League days and a first taste of white ball 50-over cricket, using coloured clothing and black sight screens.
Confirmation of the make-up of the four SPL divisions in 2018 will appear here tomorrow (the writer needs some sleep ..).
