Coach Rick Marston insists Portsmouth are capable of causing an upset at Southern Premier League Division One leaders Bournemouth today.
The Southsea outfit travel across the Dorset county border looking to put a second consecutive dent in the pacesetters' title ambitions.
They have to negotiate the M27 and Cherries' soccer fans clogged A31 without start Melville all-rounder Fraser Hay, who has returned to his native Western Australia, but 17-year old Portsmouth Grammar School captain Joe Krooner-Evans comes in.
Marston believes Portsmouth have the quality to deliver a victory and he feel a change in the weather may go against Bournemouth's potent wicket-taking spin attack.
"Despite that loss at Ventnor, Bournemouth look as though they are going to run away with the league, but we're very confident we can give them a very good game," Marston predicts.
"It will be a young team of home grown players, with an average age of 21 years."
Bournemouth skipper Chris Park has kept faith with his charges as their push for the which could go down to the wire, with the Lions facing a tricky visit to second placed Sarisbury Athletic next week.
Beaten by 105 runs at Ventnor last time out, the league leaders have named the same team in a bid to bounce back against third-placed Portsmouth.
Park said: “The lads have already refocused. It’s the same team and is tried and tested.
“We will put last weekend down to a minor blip and, hopefully, some home comforts mean we can get a good win.
“We are getting down to squeaky-bum time at the end of the summer and we need two or three wins over the next four games.”
With 11 wins from 14 fixtures, Lions are currently more than two points on average ahead of title rivals Sarisbury Athletic.
Sarisbury Athletic, 26 points adrift at the top, go to Hook & Newnham Basics, who ended Portsmouth's five-match winning spurt last weekend.
The Southsea outfit travel across the Dorset county border looking to put a second consecutive dent in the pacesetters' title ambitions.
They have to negotiate the M27 and Cherries' soccer fans clogged A31 without start Melville all-rounder Fraser Hay, who has returned to his native Western Australia, but 17-year old Portsmouth Grammar School captain Joe Krooner-Evans comes in.
Marston believes Portsmouth have the quality to deliver a victory and he feel a change in the weather may go against Bournemouth's potent wicket-taking spin attack.
"Despite that loss at Ventnor, Bournemouth look as though they are going to run away with the league, but we're very confident we can give them a very good game," Marston predicts.
"It will be a young team of home grown players, with an average age of 21 years."
Bournemouth skipper Chris Park has kept faith with his charges as their push for the which could go down to the wire, with the Lions facing a tricky visit to second placed Sarisbury Athletic next week.
Beaten by 105 runs at Ventnor last time out, the league leaders have named the same team in a bid to bounce back against third-placed Portsmouth.
Park said: “The lads have already refocused. It’s the same team and is tried and tested.
“We will put last weekend down to a minor blip and, hopefully, some home comforts mean we can get a good win.
“We are getting down to squeaky-bum time at the end of the summer and we need two or three wins over the next four games.”
With 11 wins from 14 fixtures, Lions are currently more than two points on average ahead of title rivals Sarisbury Athletic.
Sarisbury Athletic, 26 points adrift at the top, go to Hook & Newnham Basics, who ended Portsmouth's five-match winning spurt last weekend.
