Calmore Sports look to put last weekend’s catastrophic batting collapse against Basingstoke & North Hants firmly behind them when they visit British Gas Southern League Division 1 strugglers Liphook & Ripsley.
They lost their first nine wickets for only 25 runs before a Dom Ducillier led recovery took them to 110 all out, but a subsequent seven-wicket defeat by the Bountymen.
All-rounder Paul Proudley returns against Liphook, who have tumbled down the table after three straight defeats, despite making 200-plus totals each time.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Cook, Johns, Manning, Rutter, Taylor, Proudley, Rose, West, Croft, Ducillier.
Basingstoke, who share the SPL1 leadership with Calmore on 175 points, are without several front line players for the visit of Sarisbury Athletic to May’s Bounty.
Seventeen-year old spin all-rounder Matt Deadman makes his debut, while Sarisbury’s line-up includes one-time Lymington and Totton & Eling left-hander Damian Shirazi, now cricket coach at Dulwich College.
Basingstoke: Stokes, Belcher, Froud, Deadman, Griffiths, Oates, James, Connor, Metzger, Thankachan, Mathew.
Sarisbury Athletic: Journeaux, Rawlins, Floyd, Shirazi, Mills, J Hill, Sanders, Wright, Lovett, S Hill, Jewell.
The Premier League’s disciplinary gurus will have a watchful eye on events at the King George V Ground, where Hook & Newnham Basics host Bournemouth in a key fourth v third affair.
After the teams met at Chapel Gate in May, four players – three from Hook – were banned !
Ventnor skipper Rob Snell isn’t shying away from the significance of the islanders’ visit to Rowledge – the two sides both being in the bottom four.
“We’re 28 points clear of the danger zone at the moment, but that can change very quickly,” Snell warns.
“We can’t afford to lose to Rowledge, who have already beaten Basingstoke at their place this season.”
Rowledge are bolstered by fit again all-rounder Simon Plater.
Rowledge: B Wish, J Wish, Keeley, C Yates Snr, Treble, Lloyd, Morant, Randall, Metcalfe, Plater, Marshall.
Ventnor: Snell, Cheek, Van Greunen, Herridge, Westhorpe, Corbin, Calloway, Woodhouse, Wilson, Cox, Zeph Wells.
They lost their first nine wickets for only 25 runs before a Dom Ducillier led recovery took them to 110 all out, but a subsequent seven-wicket defeat by the Bountymen.
All-rounder Paul Proudley returns against Liphook, who have tumbled down the table after three straight defeats, despite making 200-plus totals each time.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Cook, Johns, Manning, Rutter, Taylor, Proudley, Rose, West, Croft, Ducillier.
Basingstoke, who share the SPL1 leadership with Calmore on 175 points, are without several front line players for the visit of Sarisbury Athletic to May’s Bounty.
Seventeen-year old spin all-rounder Matt Deadman makes his debut, while Sarisbury’s line-up includes one-time Lymington and Totton & Eling left-hander Damian Shirazi, now cricket coach at Dulwich College.
Basingstoke: Stokes, Belcher, Froud, Deadman, Griffiths, Oates, James, Connor, Metzger, Thankachan, Mathew.
Sarisbury Athletic: Journeaux, Rawlins, Floyd, Shirazi, Mills, J Hill, Sanders, Wright, Lovett, S Hill, Jewell.
The Premier League’s disciplinary gurus will have a watchful eye on events at the King George V Ground, where Hook & Newnham Basics host Bournemouth in a key fourth v third affair.
After the teams met at Chapel Gate in May, four players – three from Hook – were banned !
Ventnor skipper Rob Snell isn’t shying away from the significance of the islanders’ visit to Rowledge – the two sides both being in the bottom four.
“We’re 28 points clear of the danger zone at the moment, but that can change very quickly,” Snell warns.
“We can’t afford to lose to Rowledge, who have already beaten Basingstoke at their place this season.”
Rowledge are bolstered by fit again all-rounder Simon Plater.
Rowledge: B Wish, J Wish, Keeley, C Yates Snr, Treble, Lloyd, Morant, Randall, Metcalfe, Plater, Marshall.
Ventnor: Snell, Cheek, Van Greunen, Herridge, Westhorpe, Corbin, Calloway, Woodhouse, Wilson, Cox, Zeph Wells.
