Basingstoke & North Hants chase a fourth straight win tomorrow – and if they achieve it they’ll potentially split the Southern Premier Division 1 leadership race wide open.
Leaders Totton & Eling are the visitors to May’s Bounty, where Dan Belcher’s rejuvenated side lies in wake.
Led by Joe Oates, who has made 206 runs in his past four knocks, and 16–wicket Tyler Bradley, Basingstoke have beaten Rowledge, Andover and Calmore Sports in their past three matches. Beating the leaders, who enjoy a 19-point lead at the top, really would be a feather in their cap.
Second placed New Milton host struggling Sarisbury Athletic at Fernhill, while Calmore Sports – with an attractive Village Cup tie against Goatacre at Loperwood Park on Sunday (1pm) – visit St Cross Symondians II aiming to halt a two-match losing run.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Bailey, Moss, Perry, West, Wright, Manning, Johns, Johnson, Taylor, Lepervanche.
Sarisbury Athletic: J Hill, Rawlins, Lovett, Bolton, Orr, Kitchen, Franklin, Sanders, S Hill, Jewell, Bradley.
A dislocated finger keeps Jonty Seeborn out of the Rowledge side at Portsmouth, but Will Ryman returns after an exhaustive fresher year at Durham University.
Rowledge: Ben Wish, Jake Wish, Sam Plater, David Lloyd, Ricky Yates, Ryan Littlewood, Olly Ryman, Ethan Martin, Ollie Baker, Zac Le Roux, Will Ryman.
Andover gave their survival prospects a boost with Babu Veettil smashing 99 off 48 balls at St Cross last week – a performance the up the order bowling all-rounder will want to repeat at Sparsholt.
Sparsholt: David Banks, Dan Sumner, Josh May, Lewis Mitchard, Stuart Taylor, Liam Doran, Tom Ley , Dan Weir , Joshua Williams , Ash Collison, Fred Banks.
Andover: Hooper, Taylor, Adams, Veettil, R Duckworth, A Duckworth, Souter, Knight, Ashman, Ayers, Birks.
Division 2 leaders OTs & Romsey face a difficult test at fourth-placed Liphook & Ripsley, while Fair Oak face a tricky home game against Ventnor, who have suddenly found their form on the mainland.
Paultons are in desperate need of a win against visiting Hartley Wintney, as are both South Wilts and Bashley (Rydal) II who face off in a ‘six pointer’ at Bemerton.
Paultons: Simon Ennew, Lee Wateridge, Robert Pike, Ben Rogers, Josh Metcalfe, Tony Richman, Scott Dawes, Darryn Stairs, Peter Lamb, Harmon Chadhoke, Andrew Denney.
South Wilts II: Litchfield, Phillips, Edwards, Pearce, Pittman, Howgrave-Graham, Knight, Pittman, Falconer, Partridge, Brewer
Fellow strugglers Fawley are away to Waterlooville, with Jon Hudson and Ashan Silva back and hoping to calm a few Rowlands Avenue nerves.
Reflecting on last week’s narrow defeat by Hartley Wintney, Ville cricket boss Andy Reynolds said: “We needed 6 off 3 overs with three wickets left and Tim Jackson 90 not out0 at the crease yet we still managed to cock it up!”
Waterlooville: Archie Reynolds, Alex Shephard, Tim Jackson, Sonny Reynolds, Jon Hudson, Dan Birch, Haydn Knight, Sam Robinson, Ashan Silva, Sam Hillman, , Harry McBride.
Leaders Totton & Eling are the visitors to May’s Bounty, where Dan Belcher’s rejuvenated side lies in wake.
Led by Joe Oates, who has made 206 runs in his past four knocks, and 16–wicket Tyler Bradley, Basingstoke have beaten Rowledge, Andover and Calmore Sports in their past three matches. Beating the leaders, who enjoy a 19-point lead at the top, really would be a feather in their cap.
Second placed New Milton host struggling Sarisbury Athletic at Fernhill, while Calmore Sports – with an attractive Village Cup tie against Goatacre at Loperwood Park on Sunday (1pm) – visit St Cross Symondians II aiming to halt a two-match losing run.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Bailey, Moss, Perry, West, Wright, Manning, Johns, Johnson, Taylor, Lepervanche.
Sarisbury Athletic: J Hill, Rawlins, Lovett, Bolton, Orr, Kitchen, Franklin, Sanders, S Hill, Jewell, Bradley.
A dislocated finger keeps Jonty Seeborn out of the Rowledge side at Portsmouth, but Will Ryman returns after an exhaustive fresher year at Durham University.
Rowledge: Ben Wish, Jake Wish, Sam Plater, David Lloyd, Ricky Yates, Ryan Littlewood, Olly Ryman, Ethan Martin, Ollie Baker, Zac Le Roux, Will Ryman.
Andover gave their survival prospects a boost with Babu Veettil smashing 99 off 48 balls at St Cross last week – a performance the up the order bowling all-rounder will want to repeat at Sparsholt.
Sparsholt: David Banks, Dan Sumner, Josh May, Lewis Mitchard, Stuart Taylor, Liam Doran, Tom Ley , Dan Weir , Joshua Williams , Ash Collison, Fred Banks.
Andover: Hooper, Taylor, Adams, Veettil, R Duckworth, A Duckworth, Souter, Knight, Ashman, Ayers, Birks.
Division 2 leaders OTs & Romsey face a difficult test at fourth-placed Liphook & Ripsley, while Fair Oak face a tricky home game against Ventnor, who have suddenly found their form on the mainland.
Paultons are in desperate need of a win against visiting Hartley Wintney, as are both South Wilts and Bashley (Rydal) II who face off in a ‘six pointer’ at Bemerton.
Paultons: Simon Ennew, Lee Wateridge, Robert Pike, Ben Rogers, Josh Metcalfe, Tony Richman, Scott Dawes, Darryn Stairs, Peter Lamb, Harmon Chadhoke, Andrew Denney.
South Wilts II: Litchfield, Phillips, Edwards, Pearce, Pittman, Howgrave-Graham, Knight, Pittman, Falconer, Partridge, Brewer
Fellow strugglers Fawley are away to Waterlooville, with Jon Hudson and Ashan Silva back and hoping to calm a few Rowlands Avenue nerves.
Reflecting on last week’s narrow defeat by Hartley Wintney, Ville cricket boss Andy Reynolds said: “We needed 6 off 3 overs with three wickets left and Tim Jackson 90 not out0 at the crease yet we still managed to cock it up!”
Waterlooville: Archie Reynolds, Alex Shephard, Tim Jackson, Sonny Reynolds, Jon Hudson, Dan Birch, Haydn Knight, Sam Robinson, Ashan Silva, Sam Hillman, , Harry McBride.