Long serving fixture secretary Stewart Frazier has pulled a plum Coronation Day curtain raiser on May 6 to launch the new ECB Southern Premier League season.
St Cross Symondians and the Hampshire Academy, who went toe to toe for the championship this past summer, go head-to-head at the Green Jackets Ground, Winchester.
This summer’s matches between the pair could hardly have been tighter, with Ed Ellis hitting a match winning six off the penultimate ball at the Green Jackets in June with the sides locked in a 244-9 total tie on the Nursery Ground in early August. St Cross emerged champions by a mere four points.
Former champions South Wilts, who are believed to have recruited a Santa’s sack of as yet unnamed new players, will start at Totton & Eling, with Havant hosting Burridge and promoted Alton taking on Bashley (Rydal).
The playing format of Premier Division cricket remains unchanged, with nine weeks of 50-over ‘white ball’ cricket and, in mid-season, nine rounds of all-day ‘time’ matches.
St Cross Symondians and the Hampshire Academy, who went toe to toe for the championship this past summer, go head-to-head at the Green Jackets Ground, Winchester.
This summer’s matches between the pair could hardly have been tighter, with Ed Ellis hitting a match winning six off the penultimate ball at the Green Jackets in June with the sides locked in a 244-9 total tie on the Nursery Ground in early August. St Cross emerged champions by a mere four points.
Former champions South Wilts, who are believed to have recruited a Santa’s sack of as yet unnamed new players, will start at Totton & Eling, with Havant hosting Burridge and promoted Alton taking on Bashley (Rydal).
The playing format of Premier Division cricket remains unchanged, with nine weeks of 50-over ‘white ball’ cricket and, in mid-season, nine rounds of all-day ‘time’ matches.