ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER CRICKET LEAGUE
RESULTS – ROUND 1, MAY 2 2026

ECB PREMIER DIVISION

Lymington 236-8 (Berg 130, Royan 47, Prichard 3-29, Cameron 3-58) v Bashley (Rydal). Match abandoned, no result.

Portsmouth 316-7 (Joy 67, Duggan 63, Siddiqui 46, Reynolds 44*, Wimble 36, Egleston 3-32) Alton 1-1.  Match abandoned, no result.

Sarisbury Athletic 133 (Baker 39, Edy 4-23) v Bournemouth. Match abandoned, no result.

South Wilts 240-8 (Cheater 78*, Falconer 39, Degg 35, Wellings 3-18, Iqbal 3-41) Hampshire Academy 6-0. Match abandoned, no result.

St Cross Symondians 223 (Gwynn 57, Trussler 34, Langley 27*, Stancliffe 5-62) Burridge 47-1. Match abandoned, no result.

DIVISION 1

Basingstoke & North Hants 151 (A Neal 55, Donaldson 28, Simms 3-32) Totton & Eling 104-2 (reduced target 103 off  23 overs)(E Taylor 56). Totton & Eling won by eight wickets.

Calmore Sports 143 (Allaway 41, Butcher 37, Johns 27, Watts 3-27) Ventnor 127-6 (reduced target 127 off 37 overs)(Cox 57, Briggs 38, Perry 3-35). Ventnor won by four wickets.

Fair Oak 201-9 (H Reed 50, Clark 35, Doubell 3-58) Langley Manor  155-3 (reduced target 155) (Budd 41, Gill 36, Doubell 33*., Campbell 24*). Langley Manor won by seven wickets.

OTs & Romsey 156-7 (Poolman 50, Davidson-Soler 29, Morgan 3-40) v Havant. Match abandoned, no result.

Rowledge 162 (Redfern 56, Chilcott 26, Behrens 3-44) Hambledon 112-2 (target 109 off 27 overs)(Pratt 51, Boyd 28). Hambledon won by eight wickets.

OTs & Romsey 156-7 (Poolman 50, Davidson-Soler 29, Morgan 3-40) v Havant. Match abandoned, no result.

DIVISION 2

Andover 202-9 (Hooper 55, Williams 47) v Fawley. Match abandoned, no result.

Hook & Newnham Basics 324-9 (Lockwood 108, Armstrong 84, Buckingham 40, Bartlett 4-32) New Milton 108 (reduced target 200 off 24 overs)(L Beck 35, McCarthy 5-25). Hook & Newnham Basics won by 92 runs.

Parley 237-4 (K Laird 85*, Collins 47) v Portsmouth & Southsea. Match abandoned after 40 overs, rain.

Sparsholt 273-6 (McEwan 46, Berzins 45, Berrill 41*) v Liphook & Ripsley. Match abandoned, no result.

Sway 142-7 (Young 43, D Bailey 25, Fortune 24) v Waterlooville. Match abandoned, rain.

DIVISION 3
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St Cross Symondians II 237-9 (Wilson 95*, Laney 86, Pittaway 3-43) Ferndown Wayfarers 147-2 (reduced target 147 off 20 overs)(Stephenson 78*., Sansom 40). Ferndown Wayfarers won by eight wickets.

Hartley Wintney 151 (Williams 44, Chowdhury 32, Reader 4-25) Fareham & Crofton 105-1 (reduced target 105 off 31 overs)(Bulled 31*). Fareham & Crofton won by nine wickets.

Hursley Park 244-9 (Rosier 54, Bishop 38, W Flynn 38, Davies 31, O Turner 3-20, Hill 3-55) Odiham & Greywell 195-5 (reduced target 191 off 29 overs)(Hill 72*, D Turner 36*). Odiham & Greywell won by five wickets.

Sarisbury Athletic II 176-4 (J Lovett 57, Bolton 38, Bond 35) v Hook & Newnham Basics II. Mach abandoned after 35 overs, rain.

Trojans 210 (Mishra 60, Rajan 33, Pearce 3-24, Andrews 3-39) v Alton II. Match abandoned, rain.

Bournemouth all-rounder and 2025 captain Simon Woodruff has joined Sparsholt and will make his competitive debut for the promoted Southern Premier Division 2 side against Liphook & Ripsley at Ripsley Park.
Woodruff moved to live in Winchester a few years ago, but continued to play at Chapel Gate last summer.  He played for Sparsholt in pre-season friendly scoring an unbeaten 70 to beat Calmore Sports.
Sparsholt: Berzins, Skeates, Gurney, Woodruff, Willcox, Berrill, McEwan, Doran, Ley, Emslie, Robbins. 
Division 3 winners Parley field their championship side against Portsmouth & Southsea, who cashed in their 'buy one, get one free' voucher to sign Gosport Borough pair Jacob Harris and Jack Richards.  
Harris is a mascot a Fratton Park, so Sri Lankan Sanka Purna steps up.
Portsmouth & Southsea: Jack Davies, Tom Wheeler, Lenny Field, Sanka Purna, Felix Stanley, Alex Davidson, Henry Ferrett, Jack Richards, Jake Peach, Ben Saunders, Jono Willey.
Parley: Nippard, Collins, Savage, K Laird, Saunders, Green, Jacques, Bragginton, Powell, Blackley, C Laird, Nicholls.
With the Bailey twins (Dan and Josh) free from university, Sway field a strengthened batting line-up at Waterlooville and look to improve on last year's fourth place finish.
Sway: Young, J Bailey, Fortune, Richards, Walter, D Bailey, Steadman, Burton, Bernard, Grasham, Waller. 
Elsewhere, Andover entertain Fawley and  New Milton face the long trek to Hook & Newnham Basics, with Ed Bartlett at the helm.
New Milton: Parsons., Rolfe, Shrubsole, Golding, Moran, Bartlett, L Beck, Wooster, Denham, Oxford, Bennett.
Premier 3 new boys Ferndown Wayfarers receive St Cross Symondians II while Jez Bulled takes charge of Fareham & Crofton at relegated Hartley Wintey.
Fareham & Crofton: Tom Kent, Robbie Barnwell, Abdul Qaadir Parker, Jez Bulled, Joneil Richards, Morgan Frost, Dan Reader, Mani Noor-Spencer, James Headen, Dan Reader, Obie Gillam, Blake Barnwell
Promoted Sarisbury Athletic II play Hook & Newnham Basics II at Allotment Road, with skipper Michael Bond wearing the captain's armband.
Sarisbury Athletic II: Bond, Orr, Lovett, Saunders, Hettiarachchi, Sampson, Cox, Ashton, Bolton, Jewell, Ward

Havant have enhanced their seam bowling through the return of Cameron Prentice and the arrival of Noah McLennan, a Royal Navy diver, who both featured in this week's surprise ECB national club championship win over Guildford and link up again in tomorrow's Southern Premier Division 1 visit to Old Tauntonians & Romsey, 12.30pm.
A product of the once productive PGS cricket conveyor belt, Hayling Island raised Prentice effectively cut his teeth in club cricket at Havant (and onto the county youth scene) before moving out of the area, while McLennan scored over 400 runs and took 20 wickets for Minster in the powerful Kent Premier League last term.
"It's nice to have two quality seamers, an area we've been weak in, especially as they are both decent batters," smiled Havant captain Chris Morgan, who is without Chris Stone at Romsey.
OTs are missing key all-rounder Joe Vaughan, who has spent a successful winter in Melbourne.          
Havant: Chris Morgan, Peter Hopson, Harrison Barnard, Simon Barnard, Rob Woolley, Noah Mclennan, Richard Hindley, Warren Turner, Cameron Prentice, Ollie Perkins, Peter Hayward.
Fair Oak, who chalked up over 200 points in their debut SPL1 season, have Aussie Conor Gibson back, while former South Australia U19 left-hander Tejas Gill will make his bow for promoted Langley Manor at Lapstone Park.
Fair Oak: H.Reed, B.Smith, L.Goodyear, S.Reed, C.Gibson, D.Wheble, T.Clark, M.White, R.Oxley, S.Yegnasubramanian, A.Mash.
Langley Manor: Browne, Budd, Gill, Doubell, Campbell, Harris, Spencer, Green, Ponting, Peters, Morgan.

Hayden Tipping. from the Fairfield-Liverpool grade club in Sydney, has been signed by Basingstoke & North Hants as their overseas player and will debut against Totton & Eling at Southern Gardens.  A right-arm medium-pace bowler, he has taken 90 wickets in the past four seasons in Sydney.
Relegated last season, Stoke have Ash Neal fit again after missing the entire 2025 campaign, but elder brother Brad is absent at Totton.
Basingstoke & North Hants: Deadman, Abid, Dyer, A Neal, Donaldson, Nurse, Philp, Saranath, Tipping, Shelar, Mndi.
Fully fit again after missing last season, Will Ryman returns for Rowledge, who host potential promotion contenders Hambledon at School Road.
Leg spin all-rounder Justin Behrens returns for a fourth summer at the Dons, who have signed Hayling Island talent Greg Chaplin.
Rowledge: Ben Wish, David Lloyd, Will Ryman, Olly Ryman, Zac Le Roux, Jonty Sebborn, Archie Redfern, Berty Chilcott, Oscar Young, Ryan Littlewood, Ollie Baker 
Hambledon: Chris Pratt, Charlie Boyd, Justin Behrens, Henry Glanfield, Spencer Leclercq, Greg Chaplin, Elliot Lewis, Ollie Bembridge, Toby Restell, Mark Butcher, James Restell.

Tributes have been paid to St Cross Symondians cricket president Mike Adams, who passed away recently after a long and courageous battle with Parkinsons. 
Over 200 club members, friends and family attended a remembrance for Mike, with some travelling hundreds of miles to the club's Green Jackets ground on the outskirts of Winchester, showing the depth of affection in which Mike was held.
In a moving tribute, club captain Matt Perry-Lewis said that St Cross wouldn’t be enjoying the firm footing it now has, without all the love and effort that Mike had put in over the years.
He recalled: "Mike and wife Jenny’s involvement started when their three boys starting to playing for the club within the junior section. They then moved into the senior section and represented
the 1st team, with Jimmy progressing a great deal further by playing and going on to captain Hampshire for four years. 
Mike Adams was chairman at St Cross from 2007-2012 and then president from 2017. He worked tirelessly with others on the club committee to both promote the club, as well as help with fund raising to provide the club greater security. 
"Again, without the hard work from so many, including Mike, the club wouldn’t have progressed in the way it has," Perry-Lewis continued.
"His famous committee meetings always involved healthy debate as well as structured conversation on how the club's future and stability could be bettered. 
"Mike was an ideas man and he always offered plenty of opinion - as well as some offbeat suggestions - on how we could improve things. Those ideas required following through and Mike’s connections and
network would be tapped into to help with that.
"For years, he would know who to get to help him and decisions were always made with St Cross at the forefront. His great mate Jigger Jenkins made a great ally and they both achieved a huge amount off the pitch while also enjoying watching their boys play.
"Latterly as President, Mike would love to watch the St Cross teams on a Saturday as well as his grandchildren playing. He could be seen with a beer in his hand, and he was and he was always a huge supporter of the club and it’s progression.
Appropriately, the main ground at St Cross has been named after Mike. Testament to all his hard work.
"It has been an honour to call Mike Adams a good friend and we all miss him greatly," Perry-Lewis concluded.

Danny Briggs is set to return to his Steephill roots when Ventnor host promoted Southern Premier Division rivals Calmore Sports, 12 noon. 
Now aged 35 years, Briggs spent his formative years playing in the famous Steephill bowl before enjoying a fine career on the county circuit.
He was a key figure in Hampshire's prolonged spell of white-ball success between 2009 and 2015, and further stints at Sussex and Warwickshire cemented his status as the leading wicket-taker in the history of the T20 Blast.  
Briggs, who last played for Ventnor at Steephill against Rowledge in 2008, was twice selected by England (v Pakistan and South Africa) in 2012 and won a County Championship winners medal with Warwickshire.
He is currently with Sussex and plans to use Ventnor's white ball matches as preparation for the Vitality T20 Blast which begins later this month.
"I'm really looking forward to pulling on a Ventnor shirt again. I enjoyed some marvellous times there. The club had a major influence on my career and hopefully I can repay them with some runs and wickets," he smiled.  
Sri Lankan run gun Dineth Thimodya is injured. 
Ventnor: Danny Briggs, Josh Carpenter, Charlie Calloway, Hugh Calloway, Dan Cox, Henry Edwards, Archie Lucy, Ethan Short, Alex Stogdon, George Watts, Ben Woodhouse.
Calmore Sports: Johns, Ambat, Hardwicke, Williams, Taylor, Allaway, L Longland, Hibberd., Butcher, Lavelle, Perry.

Portsmouth have made an encouraging start with back-to-back wins over Sarisbury Athletic and ECB Cup opponents Windsor & Eton. They are boosted by the return of opening pair Carlin Joy and Ben Duggan against Alton at St Helen's, Southsea, 11am.
Alton finished a highest ever fourth in 2025, but have lost top order pair Dan Harris and Ben Rolfs. 
Scott Myers, though, leads a talented young side, with evergreen South African seamer Bash Walters [pictured] the father figure in the team.      
Portsmouth: Carlin Joy, Ben Duggan, Nazim Siddiqui, Harry Gadd, George Metzger, Ray Reynolds, Dan Wimble, Siraj Zaidi, Freddie Gadd, Joe Kooner Evans, Rak Rao.
Alton: Gonella, Ruffell, Boulton, Heffernan, Myers, Egleston, Van der Linde, South, Walters, Sumner, Bridger.

St Cross Symondians begin their ECB Southern Premier Division title defence against Burridge on the newly named Mike Adams Field at the Green Jackets, 11am.
Spin all-rounder Charlie Gwynn leads St Cross in the absence of Ed Ellis.  Felix Organ is playing for Hampshire against Glamorgan, so Mike Haworth is drafted in.  Tom Foyle keeps wicket.
Dan Stancliffe captains  Burridge, Oli Southon having joined Guildford.
St Cross Symondians: Jack Bransgrove, Mo Abbas, Dom Kelly, Charlie Gwynn, Harry Trussler, Mike Haworth, Oli Cordery, Tom Foyle, Byron Langley, Matt Haworth, Max Keogh.
Another opening day absentee is Harry Broderick, who is unavailable for South Wilts against the Hampshire Academy at Bemerton.
South Wilts: Degg, Chippendale, Falconer, Cheater, Draper, Fairfax-Ross, Francis, Gabe Williams, Grant, Pascoe, Jack.
Academy: Williams, Patel, Ashman, Webster, Mogridge, Golding, Kettle, Iqbal, Wellings, Overton, Nedeljkovic.   

New Milton have been handed a significant boost ahead of the new Southern Premier and Hampshire League season after receiving a major equipment donation from local philanthropist and Bransgore councillor Richard Frampton.
Frampton, a strong supporter of grassroots and community sport, has gifted the club a Kubota tractor along with two specialist grounds maintenance machines – a Sisis Quadraplay and a Sisis Slitter – to support the upkeep of the club’s ground off Fernhill Lane.
The donation will significantly enhance the club’s ability to maintain playing surfaces for both senior and junior cricket, helping ensure better pitch and outfield conditions throughout the season. 

Bashley (Rydal) are determined to bounce back after a raft of winter departures left them with a depleted squad ahead of Saturday's white ball ECB Southern Premier Division derby with New Forest neighbours Lymington at the BCG, 11am.
Skipper Michael Porter spent an agonising winter in Australia as news filtered through of the Gordon brothers, Finn (Guildford) and Jacob (Bishop's Stortford) passing through the Bash exit gate, alongside Will Tripcony to WEPL outfit Burbage & Easton Royal and all-rounder Dan Goodey returning to play in his old Devon haunts.  James Trodd made a fifth departure by re-joining OTs & Romsey.
Porter continues as first team captain after initially stepping down at the end of 2025. Following a spell in Melbourne playing and reflecting on his future in the role, Porter has opted to remain at the helm, providing continuity for the top side.
Bashley's impressive win over Bournemouth at Chapel Gate has boosted confidence, particularly with Porter himself scoring 91 and batsman/keeper Patrick Lewis celebrating his return to the first team with an elegant 70 odd.
Army seamer Alvin Cameron will strengthen the bowling attack, with Zack Basey returning from a stint with the Hampshire Academy.  
"Ben Walker will be available on a regular basis, which will be an enormous boost," Porter says.
Gareth Berg continues as Lymington captain, eager to continue the club's upward Premier League climb. Mo Abbas has joined champions St Cross Symondians.
Bashley (Rydal): Walker, Achakzai, Stearman, Porter, Lewis, McMurray, Wilson, Basey, Prichard, Read, Cameron. 
Lymington: Gareth Berg, Terry Crabb, Dom Hand, Karanveer Kooner, Charlie Wilson, Josh Royan, Ron Patel, Chay Howell, Guy Layman, Thor Howell, Asad Abbas.

BOURNEMOUTH get their ECB Southern Premier Division campaign underway when they host promoted Sarisbury Athletic, as the Lions aim to improve on last season’s disappointing ninth-placed finish.
With a new captain in Tom Robinson, a powerful overseas player in Ben Van Der Merwe at the top of the order and a blend of youth and experience, Bournemouth are eyeing a successful campaign.
Reflecting on last season and looking at the upcoming campaign, new skipper Robinson said they are aiming to make the small improvements that could make all the difference.
“I think a lot of games last year we felt like we probably lost by two or three per cent in most weeks,” Robinson said. “So I think it's trying to iron out a few of those issues, and hopefully we can end up on the right side of those results this year.”
The 26-year-old chartered accountant has plenty of experience with the team in the Southern Premier League, and is looking forward to leading the side.
“It’s a massive honour,” he said. “I’ve been at the club for eight or nine years now and been under some great captains and hopefully I'll take a little the best of all of them as we use our young group, which has got a lot of experience in the Southern Prem to take the club forward and do as well as we can.”
On the squad as a whole, Robinson said: “There's a lot of excitement in the group this year about the team.
“We’ve got a couple of new additions, in Jimmy Brehaut (a left-armer from Taunton Deane) and RJ [Jhala], who's moved up from the twos. Also, Will Murray from the uni, and then people like Alfie [Appleby-Ingram], who are a real rising star and one to watch for the future.”
Appleby-Ingram comes into the season in decent nick, following a score of 91 from the top of the order in a friendly defeat to Bashley (Rydal) last weekend.
James Van Gool also impressed with 72, while Cole Rushworth picked up three wickets and Brehaut two, along with one for Josiah Edy.
New overseas player Ben Van Der Merwe scored 16 – but Robinson is hoping for big things from the Western Province star this term.
“Hopefully [he’ll bring] a lot of runs and experience!” he said. “He's an awesome guy to have around the group. He's blended in already and he's fitting in great, so couldn't ask for any more at this point.”
Looking ahead to the visit of Sarisbury this weekend, Robinson knows it will a tough challenge to start the season against a promoted side from Division One.
“They’re new to the league so it'll be a new challenge for us, and I think that the group, we’ve just got to be ready to perform at a high level in our standards, regardless of what comes in Sarisbury’s team,” Robinson said.
Sarisbury have been seriously weakened by Tom Morton's decision to restrict his cricket to MCC and England 40s, the gloves being handed to Zimbabwe U19 opener  Nathan Hiabangana.  Batsman Joe Baker has switched from Totton & Eling, but Ricky Rawlins is missing. 
Bournemouth: Alfie Appleby-Ingram, Ben Van Der Merwe, R J Jhala, James Van Gool, Ben Rogers, Tom Robinson, Connor Smith, Cole Rushworth, James Brehaut, Dan Conway, Josiah Edy.
Sarisbury Athletic: Rob Franklin, Nathan Hiabangana, Joe Baker, Jack Robson, Nathan Feltham, Josh Williams, Sam Cooper,  Jordan Wright, Conor Clark, Sam Hill, Salsham Sharma. 

If first impressions are to be any guide, then Portsmouth have signed a more than adequate replacement for their Bangladesh international Mohammed  Ashraful, who has re-joined his country's coaching set-up after plundering 1,500 ECB Southern Premier League runs in the past two seasons.
The Southsea club has snapped up 31-year old Indian all-rounder Nazim Siddiqui [left], who made an immediate impression last weekend, making 78 against Sarisbury Athletic and an unbeaten 104 in the ECB national club championship win over Windsor & Eton.
The likeable Siddiqui, who hails from Jharkhand on India's east coast, is in all-rounder in every sense. Since making his debut in the 2017/18 Ranji Trophy, he has been a consistent performer in both red and white-ball formats, amassing 2,228 first-class runs, alongside bowling medium-pace and keeping wicket !  
He wore the gloves with some aplomb last weekend.
Siddiqui has previously enjoyed two strong seasons with Plymouth in the Devon League (2023–24), scoring 1,048 runs at 36.14 and taking 20 wickets.
His arrival on Southsea seafront complements a powerful Portsmouth batting line-up, with skipper Harry Gadd's only concern the absence of a new ball partner for Joe Kooner-Evans.  Expect plenty of spin on what looks a superb St Helen's track.

Cameron Prentice, back at Havant after a seven-year absence, was the match winner as the local Southern Premier League side pulled off a surprise one-wicket ECB national club championship win over Guildford.
The talented one-time Portsmouth Grammar all-rounder, who has played second team cricket at Wokingham for the past two summers, hit an unbeaten 36 during two late partnerships after Rob Woolley had triggered a Havant fightback against the Surrey Championship club
Responding to Guildford's 205-6, Havant lost their first three batsmen for 11 runs, but Woolley, with a timely 76, galvanised the middle-order and took the reply to 156- 8.
Eight wickets down, Havant were still 50 runs short of victory, but Prentice found an improbable partner in teenage wicketkeeper Thomas Clarke (14), the pair lifting the score to 190 before last man Warren Turner nudged eight singles to get Havant home with three balls to spare.

Hampshire's Felix Organ hit an unbeaten 71 to steer St Cross Symondians to a comfortable eight-wicket win over West of England Premier Division outfit Midsomer Norton and into the second phase of the ECB National club championship.
The county spin all-rounder struck four sixes and five boundaries and shared a 70-run stand with Dom Kelly (31) and later Jack Bransgrove (26) as St Cross cruised home with 12 overs to spare.
Symondians' reward is a home tie with Burbage & Easton Royal at the Green Jackets ground on May 10.
Midsomer Norton were dismissed for 144, with Greg McKenzie taking 3-28 and Australian recruit Max Keogh, from the Prahan grade club in Melbourne, returning 2-24 on debut.
With four pre-season matches under their belt, St Cross should be well prepared for their opening ECB Southern Premier League title defence against Burridge on the Mike Adams Field on Saturday, 11am.
James Trodd marked his return to OTs & Romsey with a fiery 90 out of his side's 143 against WEPL big guns Potterne, who won by seven wickets.
Trodd, rejoined from Bashley (Rydal), smashed four maximums and 14 fours in his 60-ball knock.
Potterne included South Wilts raised pair Ben Huntley and Jack Mynott, while Jake Goodwin hit 82 not out.
Waterlooville lost by 38 runs at Normandy (211), where teen left-arm spin prospect Matt Hayward hit 46 and Luke Anderson 46.
South Wilts' interest in the ECB national club championship ended with a 73-run defeat by West of England Premier League giants Bath at North Parade.
They were dismissed for 191 after Bath had posted a formidable 264-7 off 40 overs.
Skipper Ben Draper (46) and teen Matt Falconer (44) top scored for South Wilts, who open their Southern Premier League challenge against the Hampshire Academy at Bemerton on Saturday, 11am.
"Being drawn away at Bath was always going to be a formidable task, but their ground at North Parade is simply superb and facing quality opposition is always worthwhile," Draper reflected   
"But we are well prepared going into the league with all the batters and bowlers having enjoyed meaningful practice."
South Wilts easily beat an inexperienced Academy side by 84 runs at Bemerton, Harry Broderick (51) and Tom Cheater (41) helping the hosts to 217-8 before James Degg's 4-31 return helped reduce the Academy to 133 all out.

Bashley (Rydal) v Bournemouth
Basingstoke & North Hants v Alton
Burridge v Lymington
Calmore Sports v OTs & Romsey
Ferndown Wayfarers v Sparsholt
Frimley v Hook & Newnham Basics
Hursley Park v Fareham & Crofton
Middleton v Waterlooville
New Milton v Sway
Odiham & Greywell v MCC
Old Rutlishians v St Cross Symondians
Pagham v Portsmouth & Southsea
Paultons v Parley
Portsmouth v Sarisbury Athletic
South Wilts v Hampshire Academy 
Ventnor v Fair Oak

There will be a distinct Antipodean twang in the Sports Ground clubhouse shortly, with Lymington trawling Down Under and attracting a Kiwi all-rounder and an Aussie batsman/keeper to play in their respective ECB Southern Premier League and Hampshire League Division 2 sides. 
New Zealander Charlie Wilson (24) is a seam bowling all-rounder who has just finished a strong campaign for Upper Hutt in the Wellington Premier League, scoring over 400 runs and taking 15 wickets in 13 games.
Guy Barnes is jetting over from Melbourne to play for Lymington II in the sixth tier of the Hampshire pyramid. He's a 25 year old keeper-batsman who plays for the Victoria Club Champions St Kilda.
He has just finished a very successful season for them, scoring 382 runs @ 48 and picking up 27 keeping dismissals for their 2nd XI, who were beaten second grade finalists. 

Former Havant cricketer Jez Bulled (right), a serial award winner in Southern Premier League circles, will captain Fareham & Crofton in Division 3 this summer.  He won six Premier Division titles and six T20 finals with Havant, alongside numerous wicketkeeping awards.  The trend has continued since his switch to Bath Lane, with three more individual awards in his bulging trophy cabinet.
Bulled is pictured alongside Abdul Parker, Fareham's overseas player, from the Rylands club in Cape Town.

Key Hambledon all-rounder Henry Glanfield fears he could miss the early part of the new season after sustaining a serious hip injury during a training run.   
He has been sidelined for the past seven weeks and receiving strength and conditioning treatment for the injury which has put him out of Sunday's National Village Cup tie against Hursley Park  - and, more annoyingly, a week long visit to Portugal with the Norway squad, Glanfield qualifying on account of his mother (who makes Hambledon's marvelous teas) being Norwegian.   
"That really was disappointing as I'd got back in he Norway squad, now I'll have to sit quietly on the boundary and watch the lads," he said.
Hambledon have, however, received two positive pieces of news, with leg spin all-rounder Justin Behrens about to return from Cape Town for a fourth season at he Cradle of Cricket and lead Hayling Island cricketer Greg Chaplin arriving.  
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With former skipper Dan Harris shortly relocating to County Durham and Aussie Ben Rolfs returning to his native Melbourne after a two-year UK working stint, Alton looked set to be without two top order batsmen for the upcoming ECB Southern Premier Division campaign, on the face of it a disappointment after their best yet 2025 finish.
But just in the nick of time teenager Olly Boulton, left, has arrived at the Jubilee, announcing himself with an unbeaten century at Farnham, where he hit three sixes and ten fours in a classy 105 not out.
Boulton, previously with Easton & Martyr Worthy while he was being schooled  at Bradfield, was playing his first match on English soil after a winter playing Suburban Turf League cricket for North Perth.
Fellow debutant Harry Bater, late of Lord Wandsworth College, hit 44 before Mark Heffernan put the Farnham bowling to the sword with a blistering 61, which included three maximums.
Alton's 288-5 was always too many for Farnham, who were dismissed for 188, Dan Sumner and Boulton, bowling leg spin, sharing six of the wickets.

Bournemouth University 162 (Jhala 50, Hansom 30, K Pardy 3-15) Bashley (Rydal) 89 (Stevens 3-7). Bournemouth University won by 73 runs.

Hook & Newnham Basics 229-6 (Morris 81, Brown 42) Basingstoke & North Hants 178-5 (Deadman 44*, Philp 26). Hook & Newnham Basics won by 53 runs.

Alton 288-5 (Boulton 105*, Mark Heffernan 61, Bater 42) Farnham 182 (Golding 36, Hooker 33, Boulton 3-32). Alton won by 106 runs.

Andover 199-5 (Williams 50*, Knight 42, Bird 32) Odiham & Greywell 156 (Doran 58, Sivier 32). Andover won by 43 runs.

Portsmouth 278-9 (Zaidi 78*, Wimble 50, Smitherman 30) Waterlooville 233-7 (McBride 66*, Hudson 56,  Anderson 39, Zaidi 3-46). Portsmouth won by 45 runs.

St Cross Symondians 172 (Bransgrove 53, Cordery 34*, Organ 26, Lintott 4-15, Burton 3-32)Bridgwater 176-4 (Eckland 53, Regan 50*). Bridgwater won by six wickets.

South Wilts 196 (Draper 75, S Hill 3-22, Wright 3-46) Sarisbury Athletic 121 (Wright 39, Franklin 25, Pascoe 3-26, Falconer 3-37). South Wilts won by 75 runs.

Bournemouth 296-6 (Robinson 65, Pack 56*, Van Gool 53, Coleborne 43) Totton & Eling 211 (May 101, Ingham 3-53). Bournemouth won by 85 runs.

Parley 217 (Bragginton 31, Nippard 29, Savage 28, Wareham 5-51) Wimborne 94 (Bragginton 5-20). Parley won by 123 runs.

Trojans 124 (Sriram 52, Prathapasinghe 3-17) Gosport Borough 129-4 (Pennicott 42*). Gosport Borough won by six wickets.

Ventnor 312 (Carpenter 80, H Callaway 79, Stogden 35, Lewis 3-31, Hayes 3-62) Ferndown Wayfarers 203 (McLean 52, Munnings 42, Short 4-21). Ventnor won by 103 runs. 

Calmore Sports, national Village Cup winners at Lord’s in 2021 and beaten finalists the following season, have pulled out of this season’s competition.
They were due to host Cadnam in the first round at Loperwood Park this Sunday (April 26), but their withdrawal means the New Forest club gets a walkover.
Calmore’s chairman Pete Lavelle explained: “We as a club made the difficult decision not to enter the Village Cup competition this year. There were a lot of contributing factors.
“A large percentage of our 1st XI players now have young families, all players that remain at the club who played both finals at Lords have all since had children so the commitment for Saturdays and Sundays is too much.
“We played a mixed team last year but with felt this season, with full weekends of league and T20 fixtures, and new faces ineligible for the Village Cup until the fourth round, we decided we would not enter this year, but look to return in 2027.”
Sunday’s first round ties: Hambledon v Hursley Park, Fair Oak v Ventnor, Amport v Easton and Martyr Worthy, Tichborne Park v Paultons, South Winchester v Bedhampton Mariners, Sway v Bramshaw, Bosham v Emsworth, Hadlow Down v Liphook & Ripsley, Addington 1743 v Odiham & Greywell, Grayshott v Overton.

Bashley (Rydal) were ECB Southern Premier League Ground of the Year winners in 2025, the seventh time the New Forest club has won the George Winkles Memorial Trophy, held in this picture by Geoff Plummer.
"The team of volunteers meet twice a week all year round (and most days during the summer) to work on the ground. Sometimes it is more like a coffee and cake get together but the work eventually gets done!," smiled Bashley chairman John Neal.
"The high standard was originally set by Geoff Plummer, who is still a keen volunteer, and his brother Chris." 
Pictured with the trophy are Alan Wright, Tim Lloyd, Richard Vaughan, Terry Nash, Geoff Plummer, John Neal, Rob Ford, Kevin Kendall, Chris Holly. Steve Harris is absent as he is the only one who still works for a living.
"We also have an apprentice in Graham Pardey, who helps when he can, following in his father Brian’s footsteps," Neal added.

Thames Valley League outfit Cove have entered Basingstoke's popular midweek Guy Jewell T20 Cup, but face a formidable quarter-final tie against 2025 winners Rotherfield Park at May's Bounty in June.
Past winners Basingstoke & North Hants are paired against Andover.   
Preliminary round
Hartley Wintney v Binstead
Hook & Newnham Basics v Odiham & Greywell
Quarter-finals
Basingstoke & North Hants v Andover 
Cove v Rotherfield Park 
Aldermaston Rugby v Hook & Newnham Basics or Odiham & Greywell  
Hartley Wintney or Binstead v Old Basing 'A'

FRIDAY
Westbury & District v Sway (T20, 6pm)
SATURDAY
Bashley (Rydal) v Bournemouth University, 11
Basingstoke & North Hants v Hook & Newnham Basics
Fareham & Crofton v Christchurch
​Farnham v Alton
Gosport Borough v Trojans
Havant v Hayling Island
Hursley Park v South Wilts II
Langley Manor v Cadnam
Odiham & Greywell v Andover
Portsmouth v Waterlooville
Portsmouth & Southsea v Pagham
Ryde v Shanklin & Godshill
South Wilts v Sarisbury Athletic
Sparsholt v Calmore Sports
St Cross Symondians v Bridgwater 
Totton & Eling v Bournemouth
Trowbridge v Sway
Ventnor v Ferndown Wayfarers
Wimborne v Parley
SUNDAY
Bournemouth v Bournemouth University
Epsom College v Hampshire U18
Warminster v Sway 

​Lymington's Ryan Scott and South Wilts opener James Degg hit unbeaten centuries in the opening round of pre-season friendlies involving local clubs.
Scott made 109 not out in Lymington's 260-6 at Steephill, where Will Mew and Toby Noyes underpinned Ventnor's successful run chase.  
Lymington 260-6 (Scott 109*, Hand 72, Berg 36*) Ventnor 264-9 (Mew 78, Noyes 59, Adkins 3-39, Tollerfield 3-39). Ventnor won by one wicket. [45 overs]
Degg plundered 100 as South Wilts piled up 286-5 in what became a miss-match at Trowbridge, who were shot out for 70.
South Wilts 286-5 (Degg 100*, Yeo 52, Broderick 44, Cheater 35, Fairfax-Ross 28*) Trowbridge 70. South Wilts won by 216 runs.
Southampton University captain Charlie Whitfield, Kiwi Luke Anderson and retiring skipper Archie Reynolds hit fifties, but visitors Waterlooville were unable to defend 245-3 at Littlehampton. 
Waterlooville 245-3 (Whitfield 59*, Anderson 51*, A Reynolds 50*, Birch 32*) Littlehampton 248-3 (Ashby-Skyrme 67*, Askew 54). Littlehampton won by seven wickets.
Wimborne held on by the skin of their teeth to beat SPL3 new boys Ferndown Wayfarers at The Lease, where Dorset captain Luke Webb made 61 on club debut.   
Wimborne 220-4 (Sarjeant 72, Webb 61, Anderson 41*) Ferndown Wayfarers 219-9 (Stephenson 76*, Reynolds 3-38). Wimborne won by one run. [45 overs]
Talented teens Ray Reynolds and Siraj Ali Zaidi hit half-centuries in Portsmouth's 230-6 against Old Rutlishians at St Helen's, where the Surrey visitors made 216-3, locally raised Dan Wallis scoring a century. 
Portsmouth 230-6 (Zaidi0 56, Reynolds 50*, Wimble 37) Old Rutlishians 216-3 (Wallis 101*, Hammond 33, Marston 26). Match drawn.     
Calmore Sports 193-9 (Butcher 38, Taylor 38, O Hibberd 28, E Lewis 3-32) Hambledon 194-8 (Sharma 44, Bembridge 30*, L Longland 2-26). Hambledon won by two wickets.