Totton & Eling’s 20-point lead at the top of British Gas Southern League Division Two will come under the closest scrutiny on the outskirts of Winchester, if head groundsman Steve Oliphant works a miracle and gets the ground playable after heavy rain.
Their visit to the Green Jackets round to play third-placed St Cross Symondians will be significant as the promotion chase heads for the home straight.
With former Hampshire cricketer Jason Laney scoring four successive half-centuries, St Cross have stepped up their own challenge.
Key all-rounder James Taylor and his left-arm spinning son Ethan are absent for Totton, but Oli Perrin and Southern Vipers all-rounder Katie George are back.
St Cross Symondians II: Mitchell, Laney, Hawkins, Haworth, Orchard, Ayers, Foyle, Clegg, Trussler, Perry-Lewis, Stickland.
Totton & Eling: Mbofana, Bracey, Clouting, Geyle, Perrin, Sharma, George, Collier, Scurr, Kenton, Lockey.
OTs & Romsey are boosted by the potential return of Hampshire left-armer Chris Wood for the home match with relegation haunted Hambledon at the Romsey Sports Centre. Wood played in Hampshire's abandoned NatWest T20 Blast match at Bristol.
OTs & Romsey: R Newman, Destephano, Smith, King, Wood, P Newman, Vaughn, Welch, Trodd, Mogg, Bampton.
Hartley Wintney need to kick start their weakening challenge at Paultons, while Trojans face a South Wilts second team that has won its last three games.
South Wilts II: Phillips, Smith, Berzins, Cranch, R Pittman, Pearce, S Pittman, Kidd, Booth, Matt Burton, Marc Burton.
Radley College youngster Rory Betley makes his Sparsholt bow in the mid-table affair against Langley Manor at Locks Lane.
Sparsholt: Frith, Haworth, Betley, Dunford, Skeoch, Mitchell, Kennett, Weir, Doubell, Whiting, Banks.
Their visit to the Green Jackets round to play third-placed St Cross Symondians will be significant as the promotion chase heads for the home straight.
With former Hampshire cricketer Jason Laney scoring four successive half-centuries, St Cross have stepped up their own challenge.
Key all-rounder James Taylor and his left-arm spinning son Ethan are absent for Totton, but Oli Perrin and Southern Vipers all-rounder Katie George are back.
St Cross Symondians II: Mitchell, Laney, Hawkins, Haworth, Orchard, Ayers, Foyle, Clegg, Trussler, Perry-Lewis, Stickland.
Totton & Eling: Mbofana, Bracey, Clouting, Geyle, Perrin, Sharma, George, Collier, Scurr, Kenton, Lockey.
OTs & Romsey are boosted by the potential return of Hampshire left-armer Chris Wood for the home match with relegation haunted Hambledon at the Romsey Sports Centre. Wood played in Hampshire's abandoned NatWest T20 Blast match at Bristol.
OTs & Romsey: R Newman, Destephano, Smith, King, Wood, P Newman, Vaughn, Welch, Trodd, Mogg, Bampton.
Hartley Wintney need to kick start their weakening challenge at Paultons, while Trojans face a South Wilts second team that has won its last three games.
South Wilts II: Phillips, Smith, Berzins, Cranch, R Pittman, Pearce, S Pittman, Kidd, Booth, Matt Burton, Marc Burton.
Radley College youngster Rory Betley makes his Sparsholt bow in the mid-table affair against Langley Manor at Locks Lane.
Sparsholt: Frith, Haworth, Betley, Dunford, Skeoch, Mitchell, Kennett, Weir, Doubell, Whiting, Banks.
