Bournemouth will potentially have three of Parley’s Hampshire League title winning side in their squad – if there is any league or T20 cricket during the second half of the summer.
All recreational cricket in the UK remains suspended until July 1 due to the coronarvirus pandemic, but if the Lions do get doing, Sam Collins, Alex Nippard and opening bowler Adam Fowler-Watt are all scheduled to be featuring at Chapel Gate.
The trio all ‘reluctantly’ left Parley to satisfy their thirst for a better standard of cricket when the 2019 County Division 1 winners were refused promotion to Southern Premier League Division 3 due to on-going accreditation issues.
All three players had been at Parley since juniors, with Collins and Nippard the club’s leading league run scorers.
The arrival of Collins (pictured left after scoring a century against Ryde last season) and Nippard will beef up Bournemouth’s batting line up weakened by the departure of Dorset captain Luke Webb to Chesham.
Seam bowler Adam Fowler Watt will join his Parley colleagues at Chapel Gate once he completes the final semester of his music degree course at Leeds University.
Bournemouth also expected to be bolstered by the return of all-rounder Jake Hurley and Jamie Price, who has missed the past two seasons through injury.
Towering 6’4” South African seamer Adam Mather, from Durban, is Bournemouth’s overseas recruit.
Now permanently resident in the UK, Mather took 44 wickets for Desborough Town in the ECB Northants Premier League in 2017 and a further 26 for Surrey Championship side Valley End last summer.
On the debit side, left-arm spinner Dom Clutterbuck has joined Lymington’s Harry Fisher at Premier Division champions Bashley (Rydal).
If there is to be any competitive cricket this summer, it won’t start until July 4, at the very earliest, with 50-over ‘league cup’ matches planned across the four SPL divisions.
Saturday July 4 is round ten in the fixture schedule and marks the start of the second half of the season.
With a potentially shortened season, at best, there will be no promotion or relegation, with the Premier League having already decided to award a trophy to the side that ‘tops’ any short-form division.
But all that will be dashed if the ECB decides to suspend competitive recreational cricket for the entire season ….
All recreational cricket in the UK remains suspended until July 1 due to the coronarvirus pandemic, but if the Lions do get doing, Sam Collins, Alex Nippard and opening bowler Adam Fowler-Watt are all scheduled to be featuring at Chapel Gate.
The trio all ‘reluctantly’ left Parley to satisfy their thirst for a better standard of cricket when the 2019 County Division 1 winners were refused promotion to Southern Premier League Division 3 due to on-going accreditation issues.
All three players had been at Parley since juniors, with Collins and Nippard the club’s leading league run scorers.
The arrival of Collins (pictured left after scoring a century against Ryde last season) and Nippard will beef up Bournemouth’s batting line up weakened by the departure of Dorset captain Luke Webb to Chesham.
Seam bowler Adam Fowler Watt will join his Parley colleagues at Chapel Gate once he completes the final semester of his music degree course at Leeds University.
Bournemouth also expected to be bolstered by the return of all-rounder Jake Hurley and Jamie Price, who has missed the past two seasons through injury.
Towering 6’4” South African seamer Adam Mather, from Durban, is Bournemouth’s overseas recruit.
Now permanently resident in the UK, Mather took 44 wickets for Desborough Town in the ECB Northants Premier League in 2017 and a further 26 for Surrey Championship side Valley End last summer.
On the debit side, left-arm spinner Dom Clutterbuck has joined Lymington’s Harry Fisher at Premier Division champions Bashley (Rydal).
If there is to be any competitive cricket this summer, it won’t start until July 4, at the very earliest, with 50-over ‘league cup’ matches planned across the four SPL divisions.
Saturday July 4 is round ten in the fixture schedule and marks the start of the second half of the season.
With a potentially shortened season, at best, there will be no promotion or relegation, with the Premier League having already decided to award a trophy to the side that ‘tops’ any short-form division.
But all that will be dashed if the ECB decides to suspend competitive recreational cricket for the entire season ….
