Matt Hardy [Roy Honeybone]
Matt Hardy is due back as Calmore Sports open their Southern Premier League Division 1 championship defence in Ventnor’s Steephill bowl – a match that sees former Worcestershire pace bowler Chris Russell take the captaincy reins for the island hosts.
Hardy, whose 340 runs helped Calmore win SPL2 in 2016, spent last summer abroad.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Hardy, Johns, Manning, Taylor, Proudley, Rose, West, Newton, Wright, Bailey.
Relegated Andover have Hampshire 2nd XI all-rounder Asher Hart in their side at title favourites Bournemouth.
Andover: M Hooper, Treagus, A Hooper, Hart, Treagus, Arnold, Blackburn, Andrews, Knight, Taylor, Adams, Graham.
Ricky Rawlins leads Sarisbury Athletic against Liphook & Ripsley at Allotment Road, where the visitors are expected to be without star all-rounder Suman Ganguly.
Sarisbury Athletic: Rawlins, Floyd, Mills, J Hill, Clouting, Nightingale, Saunders, Ireland, Wright, S Hill, Jewell.
Promoted Hartley Wintney begin life in Division 1 with an awkward visit to Portsmouth, who ran Bashley (Rydal) close in the ECB Royal London Cup last weekend.
Young Australian Ben Earney, from the powerful Victoria Premier League club St Kilda, makes his Hartley Wintney debut.
Hartley Wintney: Batcup, W Kerr, Teale, Hyde, M Kerr, Earney, Reynaldo, Beckwith, Baldwin, Waddington, Wrenn.
Also making a first appearance is former Radley College cricketer Jack Folkestone, who debuts for Old Tauntonians & Romsey at Hook & Newnham Basics at the KGV.
Tbe Bristol University student lines up with Stuart Tognarelli and Harry Tulk, who makes a welcome comeback after breaking his leg last year.
OTs & Romsey: Tognarelli, Smith, King, R Newman, Tulk, Vaughan, P Newman, Brown, Folkestone, Mogg, Bampton.
Hardy, whose 340 runs helped Calmore win SPL2 in 2016, spent last summer abroad.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Hardy, Johns, Manning, Taylor, Proudley, Rose, West, Newton, Wright, Bailey.
Relegated Andover have Hampshire 2nd XI all-rounder Asher Hart in their side at title favourites Bournemouth.
Andover: M Hooper, Treagus, A Hooper, Hart, Treagus, Arnold, Blackburn, Andrews, Knight, Taylor, Adams, Graham.
Ricky Rawlins leads Sarisbury Athletic against Liphook & Ripsley at Allotment Road, where the visitors are expected to be without star all-rounder Suman Ganguly.
Sarisbury Athletic: Rawlins, Floyd, Mills, J Hill, Clouting, Nightingale, Saunders, Ireland, Wright, S Hill, Jewell.
Promoted Hartley Wintney begin life in Division 1 with an awkward visit to Portsmouth, who ran Bashley (Rydal) close in the ECB Royal London Cup last weekend.
Young Australian Ben Earney, from the powerful Victoria Premier League club St Kilda, makes his Hartley Wintney debut.
Hartley Wintney: Batcup, W Kerr, Teale, Hyde, M Kerr, Earney, Reynaldo, Beckwith, Baldwin, Waddington, Wrenn.
Also making a first appearance is former Radley College cricketer Jack Folkestone, who debuts for Old Tauntonians & Romsey at Hook & Newnham Basics at the KGV.
Tbe Bristol University student lines up with Stuart Tognarelli and Harry Tulk, who makes a welcome comeback after breaking his leg last year.
OTs & Romsey: Tognarelli, Smith, King, R Newman, Tulk, Vaughan, P Newman, Brown, Folkestone, Mogg, Bampton.
