South Wilts will take the field at Lymington in the first ECB Southern Premier League ‘time’ pennant match with a 'must do better' warning from skipper James Hibberd ringing in their ears.
Hibberd was furious that South Wilts failed to defend a 252-run total at Alton last week - and laid the blame squarely at the feet of his bowlers.
He said: "We thought 250 was an okay score but knew we had to bowl well and we didn’t!
"This sums up our first few weeks of this season. We haven’t got the ball in the right areas often enough to create any pressure."
Beaten twice in their opening 50-over matches, South Wilts are at least strengthened by the return of left-hand opener Tom Cowley, James Hayward and Jack Mynott.
Lymington have yet to get of the mark. The best they have managed is a tie with Alton.
South Wilts: Morton, Cowley, Wade, Draper, Hayward, Godsal, Mynott, Hibberd, Evans, Warner, Murray.
St Cross Symondians are hoping Hampshire all-rounder Ian Holland will be able to play against champions Havant at the Green Jackets Ground.
The Australian hit 118 on debut against Bashley (Rydal) last week but was not quite able to carry his side over the line. Teenage batsman Billy Mead does return.
St Cross Symondians: T Foyle, Young, Came, Ellis, Mead, H Foyle, Ayres, Bransgrove, Lunn, Mitchell, Holland.
Back yard 'Test Match' cricket becomes real for the Poole-based Currie brothers when they go head-to-head in tomorrow's Hampshire Academy-Bashley (Rydal) ECB match on the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground, 11am.
Younger sibling Scott will open the Academy attack, while left-armer Brad will take the new ball for Bashley.
Ironically, the brothers, who were on opposite sides in the corresponding 'time' pennant match last season, will probably be in the same Bashley side on Sunday (1pm) in the ECB Royal London national club championship group semi-final at Havant.
"It always adds a bit of spice to the game when we play against each other, but we both bat well down the card, so the chances are that we won't bat or bowl against each other," said elder brother Brad.
Bashley are forced to ring the changes with four regular choices absent, including opening bowler Dan Goodey, who took five wickets against New Milton a fortnight ago.
Pat Holly, Chris Ridley and the injured Kevin Nash also miss the Ageas Bowl visit, so that gives 16-year old Ringwood schoolboy Alex Turner a debut against the new ball.
Turner is currently in the middle of his GCSEs but, having already scored 153 runs in the second team at an average of 38, deserves his place, according to Bash captain Michael Porter.
"Alex will come into the side to open the batting which will be a great test for him. "His growth is almost identical to mine. I made my debut in the Southern League against Hampshire Academy, also at the age of 16.
"I was also playing for Dorset EPP, like Alex, and came from playing lower leagues in Dorset. It's a strange coincidence." ,
Bashley also call up experienced duo Simon Watkins and Simon Ridley.
"They are good Southern League players and have been unlucky not to have played at all this year. They will certainly bring experience and quality into the side," Porter added.
With an Under-17 county championship match against Gloucestershire at Totton & Eling on Sunday (12.30), Hampshire are balancing player workloads and have yet to finaslise their side.
Bashley (Rydal): Digby, Turner, Taylor, Porter, Jacques, Andrews, Wilson, Thomson, Watkins, Currie
Basingstoke & North Hants make a stumper swap for the visit of Burridge to May’s Bounty, with Laurence Benge replacing 15-year old Josh May, who took five catches on debut last week.
Basingstoke: Belcher, Thane, Stokes, Sibz, Williamson, B Neal, Benge, A Neal, Griffiths, James, Porter.
Alton are without the in-form Michael Heffernan for the Premier Division meeting with basement side New Milton at Ashley.
New Milton: R Beck, L Beck, J Hagggaty, G Watts, A Hussey, R Hussey, J Prodomo, N Garegaro, J Lilley, T Arnold, S Watts.
Alton: A.Hammond, Gonella, Marais, Harris, Myers, M.J.Heffernan, H.Hammond, Mortimer, Salmon, Bochereau, Ballinger
Despite losing Ben Thane to Basingstoke & North Hants and suffering the sad recent loss of Kevin Poulter, Hook & Newnham Basics stand top of Southern Premier League Division One.
They have won all three matches so far, with Rickie Willcock celebrating a maiden SPL century in last week's hefty win at Ventnor.
Hook receive a Portsmouth side who have lost two of their three opening matches.
Champions Calmore Sports are probably still shaking from the exictement of last week's 'of out jail' one-run win over OTs & Romsey.
Fourth in the log, they host Sarisbury Athletic (also on 44 points), with Michael Cook set to make his first appearance of the season.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Hardy, Johns, Cook, Manning, Taylor, Proudley, Vann, Rose, West, Wright.
Sarisbury Athletic: Rawlins, Floyd, Clouting, Nightingale, J Hill, Ireland, Mills, Sanders, Wright, S Hill, Jewell.
Bournemouth, who bounced back from their shock defeat by Liphook & Ripsley with a resounding win at Hartley Wintney, are without five-wicket hero Dave Kidner against Ventnor at Chapel Gate.
But Herefordshire paceman Dan Conway should prove an adequate replacement.
OTs & Romsey, badly in need of a win, include five teenagers against Liphook & Ripsley at the Romsey Sports Centre.
OT & Romsey: Brown, Trodd, Smith, Mitchell-Lee, Vaughan, Tognarelli, P Newman, Folkestone, Bampton, Tulk, Mogg.
Andover shuffle the pack once again for winless Hartley Wintney's visit to London Road, where Ali Hooper and Glyn Treagus are among the absentees.
Andover: Hooper, Arnold, Hart, Birks, Taylor, Blackburn, Knight, Andrews, Adams, Duckworth, Jansen.
Langley Manor have received a double boost on the eve of their Southern Premier League Division Two visit to Waterlooville, which is subject to a breakfast-time umpires inspection due to a waterlogged square.
Captain Jack Budd and opening bowler Luke Mooney both return alongside Graham Noble who make a sparkling first appearance of the season in the loss to Sparsholt.
Langley Manor: Budd, Browne, Brown, Morgan, Wheeler, G Noble, Spencer, Ponting, Knight, Hamid, Harris, Mooney.
Table toppers Basingstoke & North Hants II go to Rowledge, with second placed St Cross Symondians engaged in testing Winchester derby at Sparsholt.
Fair Oak have come out of the traps with all guns blazing and look for a fourth straight Southern Premier League Division 3 victory at struggling Fawley.
Returning skipper Ed Kemp has issued a 'gert there early' dictate to his team as he wants a full hour's preparation ahea of the Holbury match.
"It's vitally important we prepare properly. We've made an excellent start and want to build on last week's splendid win over previously unbeaten Bashley IIs," Kemp said.
Ross Stewart will be fired up to repeat his five-wicket performance against Bashley, while wicketkeeper Richard Featherstone - fresh from achieving a century of SPL dismissals - is hoping to avoid another outbreak of gout.
Winless Fawley are without skipper Callum Earl, so Wayne Smith takes command.
Fawley: Smith, A Parratt, B Parratt, K Earl, Coxall, Freeman, Godden, Sharma, Sharma, Crossley, Nason
Fair Oak: Gwynn, Hughes, Kemp, Hockenhull, Watson, Bullough, Oxley, G Stewart, McKenzie, Featherstone, R Stewart
The sound start Bashley (Rydal) seconds made is being handicapped by first team call-ups and Ross Grierson has to make changes for the visit of Lymington II to the BCG.
But Sam Kennett, who has transferred from Sparsholt, makes his Bash debut, alongside the returning Patrick Lewis and Jason Eede.
Bashley (Rydal) II: Kennet, J van Wyk, Anstee, Vaughan, P Morris, P Lewis, Grierson, Taylor, P Van Wyk, S Ridley, Eede
Lymington: Kelly, Agha, Adams, Barton, Sutherland, Robertson, Royan, Wickramasinghe, Cox, Woodward, Shore.
South Wilts II, in contrast, have players back from Premier Division action for the visit of Gosport Borough, who are without the Harrop brothers.
South Wilts II: Cranch, Berzins, Weld, R Pittman, Pearce, S Pittman, Fisher, Burton, Wade, Burton, Ghauri.
Hibberd was furious that South Wilts failed to defend a 252-run total at Alton last week - and laid the blame squarely at the feet of his bowlers.
He said: "We thought 250 was an okay score but knew we had to bowl well and we didn’t!
"This sums up our first few weeks of this season. We haven’t got the ball in the right areas often enough to create any pressure."
Beaten twice in their opening 50-over matches, South Wilts are at least strengthened by the return of left-hand opener Tom Cowley, James Hayward and Jack Mynott.
Lymington have yet to get of the mark. The best they have managed is a tie with Alton.
South Wilts: Morton, Cowley, Wade, Draper, Hayward, Godsal, Mynott, Hibberd, Evans, Warner, Murray.
St Cross Symondians are hoping Hampshire all-rounder Ian Holland will be able to play against champions Havant at the Green Jackets Ground.
The Australian hit 118 on debut against Bashley (Rydal) last week but was not quite able to carry his side over the line. Teenage batsman Billy Mead does return.
St Cross Symondians: T Foyle, Young, Came, Ellis, Mead, H Foyle, Ayres, Bransgrove, Lunn, Mitchell, Holland.
Back yard 'Test Match' cricket becomes real for the Poole-based Currie brothers when they go head-to-head in tomorrow's Hampshire Academy-Bashley (Rydal) ECB match on the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground, 11am.
Younger sibling Scott will open the Academy attack, while left-armer Brad will take the new ball for Bashley.
Ironically, the brothers, who were on opposite sides in the corresponding 'time' pennant match last season, will probably be in the same Bashley side on Sunday (1pm) in the ECB Royal London national club championship group semi-final at Havant.
"It always adds a bit of spice to the game when we play against each other, but we both bat well down the card, so the chances are that we won't bat or bowl against each other," said elder brother Brad.
Bashley are forced to ring the changes with four regular choices absent, including opening bowler Dan Goodey, who took five wickets against New Milton a fortnight ago.
Pat Holly, Chris Ridley and the injured Kevin Nash also miss the Ageas Bowl visit, so that gives 16-year old Ringwood schoolboy Alex Turner a debut against the new ball.
Turner is currently in the middle of his GCSEs but, having already scored 153 runs in the second team at an average of 38, deserves his place, according to Bash captain Michael Porter.
"Alex will come into the side to open the batting which will be a great test for him. "His growth is almost identical to mine. I made my debut in the Southern League against Hampshire Academy, also at the age of 16.
"I was also playing for Dorset EPP, like Alex, and came from playing lower leagues in Dorset. It's a strange coincidence." ,
Bashley also call up experienced duo Simon Watkins and Simon Ridley.
"They are good Southern League players and have been unlucky not to have played at all this year. They will certainly bring experience and quality into the side," Porter added.
With an Under-17 county championship match against Gloucestershire at Totton & Eling on Sunday (12.30), Hampshire are balancing player workloads and have yet to finaslise their side.
Bashley (Rydal): Digby, Turner, Taylor, Porter, Jacques, Andrews, Wilson, Thomson, Watkins, Currie
Basingstoke & North Hants make a stumper swap for the visit of Burridge to May’s Bounty, with Laurence Benge replacing 15-year old Josh May, who took five catches on debut last week.
Basingstoke: Belcher, Thane, Stokes, Sibz, Williamson, B Neal, Benge, A Neal, Griffiths, James, Porter.
Alton are without the in-form Michael Heffernan for the Premier Division meeting with basement side New Milton at Ashley.
New Milton: R Beck, L Beck, J Hagggaty, G Watts, A Hussey, R Hussey, J Prodomo, N Garegaro, J Lilley, T Arnold, S Watts.
Alton: A.Hammond, Gonella, Marais, Harris, Myers, M.J.Heffernan, H.Hammond, Mortimer, Salmon, Bochereau, Ballinger
Despite losing Ben Thane to Basingstoke & North Hants and suffering the sad recent loss of Kevin Poulter, Hook & Newnham Basics stand top of Southern Premier League Division One.
They have won all three matches so far, with Rickie Willcock celebrating a maiden SPL century in last week's hefty win at Ventnor.
Hook receive a Portsmouth side who have lost two of their three opening matches.
Champions Calmore Sports are probably still shaking from the exictement of last week's 'of out jail' one-run win over OTs & Romsey.
Fourth in the log, they host Sarisbury Athletic (also on 44 points), with Michael Cook set to make his first appearance of the season.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Hardy, Johns, Cook, Manning, Taylor, Proudley, Vann, Rose, West, Wright.
Sarisbury Athletic: Rawlins, Floyd, Clouting, Nightingale, J Hill, Ireland, Mills, Sanders, Wright, S Hill, Jewell.
Bournemouth, who bounced back from their shock defeat by Liphook & Ripsley with a resounding win at Hartley Wintney, are without five-wicket hero Dave Kidner against Ventnor at Chapel Gate.
But Herefordshire paceman Dan Conway should prove an adequate replacement.
OTs & Romsey, badly in need of a win, include five teenagers against Liphook & Ripsley at the Romsey Sports Centre.
OT & Romsey: Brown, Trodd, Smith, Mitchell-Lee, Vaughan, Tognarelli, P Newman, Folkestone, Bampton, Tulk, Mogg.
Andover shuffle the pack once again for winless Hartley Wintney's visit to London Road, where Ali Hooper and Glyn Treagus are among the absentees.
Andover: Hooper, Arnold, Hart, Birks, Taylor, Blackburn, Knight, Andrews, Adams, Duckworth, Jansen.
Langley Manor have received a double boost on the eve of their Southern Premier League Division Two visit to Waterlooville, which is subject to a breakfast-time umpires inspection due to a waterlogged square.
Captain Jack Budd and opening bowler Luke Mooney both return alongside Graham Noble who make a sparkling first appearance of the season in the loss to Sparsholt.
Langley Manor: Budd, Browne, Brown, Morgan, Wheeler, G Noble, Spencer, Ponting, Knight, Hamid, Harris, Mooney.
Table toppers Basingstoke & North Hants II go to Rowledge, with second placed St Cross Symondians engaged in testing Winchester derby at Sparsholt.
Fair Oak have come out of the traps with all guns blazing and look for a fourth straight Southern Premier League Division 3 victory at struggling Fawley.
Returning skipper Ed Kemp has issued a 'gert there early' dictate to his team as he wants a full hour's preparation ahea of the Holbury match.
"It's vitally important we prepare properly. We've made an excellent start and want to build on last week's splendid win over previously unbeaten Bashley IIs," Kemp said.
Ross Stewart will be fired up to repeat his five-wicket performance against Bashley, while wicketkeeper Richard Featherstone - fresh from achieving a century of SPL dismissals - is hoping to avoid another outbreak of gout.
Winless Fawley are without skipper Callum Earl, so Wayne Smith takes command.
Fawley: Smith, A Parratt, B Parratt, K Earl, Coxall, Freeman, Godden, Sharma, Sharma, Crossley, Nason
Fair Oak: Gwynn, Hughes, Kemp, Hockenhull, Watson, Bullough, Oxley, G Stewart, McKenzie, Featherstone, R Stewart
The sound start Bashley (Rydal) seconds made is being handicapped by first team call-ups and Ross Grierson has to make changes for the visit of Lymington II to the BCG.
But Sam Kennett, who has transferred from Sparsholt, makes his Bash debut, alongside the returning Patrick Lewis and Jason Eede.
Bashley (Rydal) II: Kennet, J van Wyk, Anstee, Vaughan, P Morris, P Lewis, Grierson, Taylor, P Van Wyk, S Ridley, Eede
Lymington: Kelly, Agha, Adams, Barton, Sutherland, Robertson, Royan, Wickramasinghe, Cox, Woodward, Shore.
South Wilts II, in contrast, have players back from Premier Division action for the visit of Gosport Borough, who are without the Harrop brothers.
South Wilts II: Cranch, Berzins, Weld, R Pittman, Pearce, S Pittman, Fisher, Burton, Wade, Burton, Ghauri.
