Fourteen-year old Edward, the youngest of the Wade cricketing family, will create a spot of local folklore when he debuts for South Wilts’ seconds in the Southern Premier League Division 3 match against Bashley (Rydal) II at Bemerton, 12.30.
It will mean all four members of the Wade clan will have played SPL cricket for the Salisbury club – father Rob being a past captain, eldest son William currently in the firsts, with Edward joining James as a second teamer.
“It may be a first in Premier League cricket,” smiled Rob Wade, who is still heavily involved in the club’s youth set up.
The junior-most Wade (picture left by Roy Honeybone), a prolific run scorer in Wiltshire county age group cricket, is listed to bat at three.
Both sides open their opening matches – South Wilts at newly promoted Portsmouth & Southsea and Bashley against Fawley.
South Wilts II: Phillips, Berzins, E Wade, R Pittman, Pearce, Lloyd, S Pittman, Booth, Marc Burton, Fisher, Ghauri.
Kieran Earl, who hit his maiden Premier League century at Bashley last weekend, names an unchanged Fawley side against Havant II at Holbury.
Tasmanian Stuart Plunkett makes his home debut after a tidy 1-21 spell at the BCG, where he narrowly finished on the losing side.
Fawley: C Earl, K Earl, S Plunkett, K Sharma, K Sharma, A Parratt, B Parratt, W Smith, W Crossley, A Freeman, D Godden.
Lymington II, looking to build on last week’s emphatic 98-run win over Havant II, are strengthened by Drew Robinson’s return alongside a debut for teenager Hugo Smith against visiting Hambledon.
Lymington II: Kelly, Agha, Atkins, Robinson, Sutherland, Royan, Wickramasinghe, Smith, Moors K, Chandler, Shore.
Hambledon: Bond, Marshall, Chakrabarti, Willoughby, Barnard, Glanfield, Le Clerq, Beagley, Harding, Turner, Chapman.
Fair Oak, who edged a five-run win at Hambledon, host Purbrook at Lapstone Park, where left-armer Gregor McKenzie will be looking to repeat last week’s five-wicket haul.
Fair Oak: Gwynn, Hughes, Kemp, Hockenhull, Smith, G Stewart, Bullough, McKenzie, Featherstone, R Stewart, Mash.
Beaten by South Wilts II, Portsmouth & Southsea are unchanged for the eagerly awaited cross-harbour derby at Privett Park, where Gosport Borough parade their new Kiwi signing Liam Campbell, who made an unbeaten century at Lyndhurst in his first knock on UK soil.
It will mean all four members of the Wade clan will have played SPL cricket for the Salisbury club – father Rob being a past captain, eldest son William currently in the firsts, with Edward joining James as a second teamer.
“It may be a first in Premier League cricket,” smiled Rob Wade, who is still heavily involved in the club’s youth set up.
The junior-most Wade (picture left by Roy Honeybone), a prolific run scorer in Wiltshire county age group cricket, is listed to bat at three.
Both sides open their opening matches – South Wilts at newly promoted Portsmouth & Southsea and Bashley against Fawley.
South Wilts II: Phillips, Berzins, E Wade, R Pittman, Pearce, Lloyd, S Pittman, Booth, Marc Burton, Fisher, Ghauri.
Kieran Earl, who hit his maiden Premier League century at Bashley last weekend, names an unchanged Fawley side against Havant II at Holbury.
Tasmanian Stuart Plunkett makes his home debut after a tidy 1-21 spell at the BCG, where he narrowly finished on the losing side.
Fawley: C Earl, K Earl, S Plunkett, K Sharma, K Sharma, A Parratt, B Parratt, W Smith, W Crossley, A Freeman, D Godden.
Lymington II, looking to build on last week’s emphatic 98-run win over Havant II, are strengthened by Drew Robinson’s return alongside a debut for teenager Hugo Smith against visiting Hambledon.
Lymington II: Kelly, Agha, Atkins, Robinson, Sutherland, Royan, Wickramasinghe, Smith, Moors K, Chandler, Shore.
Hambledon: Bond, Marshall, Chakrabarti, Willoughby, Barnard, Glanfield, Le Clerq, Beagley, Harding, Turner, Chapman.
Fair Oak, who edged a five-run win at Hambledon, host Purbrook at Lapstone Park, where left-armer Gregor McKenzie will be looking to repeat last week’s five-wicket haul.
Fair Oak: Gwynn, Hughes, Kemp, Hockenhull, Smith, G Stewart, Bullough, McKenzie, Featherstone, R Stewart, Mash.
Beaten by South Wilts II, Portsmouth & Southsea are unchanged for the eagerly awaited cross-harbour derby at Privett Park, where Gosport Borough parade their new Kiwi signing Liam Campbell, who made an unbeaten century at Lyndhurst in his first knock on UK soil.
