Ed Ellis eager to get St Cross winning again [Roy Honeybone]
St Cross Symondians remain 16 points clear at the top of the ECB Southern Premier League - even though they haven't won a match since beating Totton & Eling on June 17 !
Since then they've lost to Bournemouth and Burridge, had their game with the Hampshire Academy abandoned and the past two matches with Lymington and second placed South Wilts washed out without a ball being bowled.
Ed Ellis took his side to Salisbury only to have the first v second match called off 30 minutes before the scheduled 11am start.
"It was a great shame because everyone wanted to play in a game that was to have a significant bearing on the title race, but a postponement was inevitable after the rain we had," said St Cross skipper Ed Ellis.
St Cross play their final Time pennant match against Bashley (Rydal) at the Green Jackets Ground, 1100, those defeats by Bournemouth and Burridge having ended any chance the Winchester club had of winning the all-day pennant.
St Cross Symondians: Sam Beer, Jack Bransgrove, Ed Ellis, Harry Foyle, Charlie Gwynn, Matt Haworth, Joe Lewis, Charlie Mumford, Felix Organ, Harry Trussler, Simon Woodruff.
Second placed South Wilts look almost assured of being 'time pennant' winners, but a decent looking Hampshire Academy side could pose a serious threat on the Ageas Bowl nursery ground.
Iron man Jack Mynott and Russian linguist Jack Stearman have been in good form for Wiltshire in the past week, as has seamer Matt Burton for Hampshire and Worcestershire seconds.
Academy: Wilf La Fontane Jackson, Sam Ashman, Joseph Eckland, Dom Kelly, Jude Wright, Tom Cheater, Andrew MacEwen, Ethan Baker, Zack Basey, Oli Cordery, Zack Gadsby.
South Wilts: Degg, Stearman, Mynott, Broderick, Draper, Rowe, Fairfax-Ross, Falconer, Huntley, Grant, Burton.
It's a big weekend for Burridge, who host Lymington and then visit holders Havant in the t20 on Sunday.
Burridge: Jack Paskins, Mathew Goles, Joe Collings-Wells, Nathan Schoultz, Shu Chowdhury, Will Donald, Inayat Ullah, Dan Stancliffe, Oli Southon, Sully White, Ben White.
Lymington: Ben Rogers, Jovan Dhariwal, Ryan Scott, Mo Abbas, Kamran Dhariwal, Jake Smith, Josh Royan, Dan Cox, Lewis Martin, Asad Abbas.
Havant are without Richard Hindley for the visit to Bournemouth, while Totton & Eling take on Alton in a match of significance at the basement end of the table.
Since then they've lost to Bournemouth and Burridge, had their game with the Hampshire Academy abandoned and the past two matches with Lymington and second placed South Wilts washed out without a ball being bowled.
Ed Ellis took his side to Salisbury only to have the first v second match called off 30 minutes before the scheduled 11am start.
"It was a great shame because everyone wanted to play in a game that was to have a significant bearing on the title race, but a postponement was inevitable after the rain we had," said St Cross skipper Ed Ellis.
St Cross play their final Time pennant match against Bashley (Rydal) at the Green Jackets Ground, 1100, those defeats by Bournemouth and Burridge having ended any chance the Winchester club had of winning the all-day pennant.
St Cross Symondians: Sam Beer, Jack Bransgrove, Ed Ellis, Harry Foyle, Charlie Gwynn, Matt Haworth, Joe Lewis, Charlie Mumford, Felix Organ, Harry Trussler, Simon Woodruff.
Second placed South Wilts look almost assured of being 'time pennant' winners, but a decent looking Hampshire Academy side could pose a serious threat on the Ageas Bowl nursery ground.
Iron man Jack Mynott and Russian linguist Jack Stearman have been in good form for Wiltshire in the past week, as has seamer Matt Burton for Hampshire and Worcestershire seconds.
Academy: Wilf La Fontane Jackson, Sam Ashman, Joseph Eckland, Dom Kelly, Jude Wright, Tom Cheater, Andrew MacEwen, Ethan Baker, Zack Basey, Oli Cordery, Zack Gadsby.
South Wilts: Degg, Stearman, Mynott, Broderick, Draper, Rowe, Fairfax-Ross, Falconer, Huntley, Grant, Burton.
It's a big weekend for Burridge, who host Lymington and then visit holders Havant in the t20 on Sunday.
Burridge: Jack Paskins, Mathew Goles, Joe Collings-Wells, Nathan Schoultz, Shu Chowdhury, Will Donald, Inayat Ullah, Dan Stancliffe, Oli Southon, Sully White, Ben White.
Lymington: Ben Rogers, Jovan Dhariwal, Ryan Scott, Mo Abbas, Kamran Dhariwal, Jake Smith, Josh Royan, Dan Cox, Lewis Martin, Asad Abbas.
Havant are without Richard Hindley for the visit to Bournemouth, while Totton & Eling take on Alton in a match of significance at the basement end of the table.
