South Wilts and St Cross Symondians, champions and runners-up, respectively, in the ECB Southern Premier Division last season, provide a perfect curtain raiser for the new campaign at Bemerton, 12.30.
The pair fought out two splendid 50-over matches last summer, none more so that at the Green Jackets when St Cross almost pulled off a remarkable win with a late century partnership.
But they have experienced contrasting pre-seasons with South Wilts winning all three warm-up games, but St Cross losing both of theirs, including a crushing defeat at Wilton Road, where their bowlers took a 319-run battering a fortnight ago.
South Wilts have posted 300-plus scores in each of their last two matches against St Cross and the Hampshire Academy, with Peter Rowe and skipper Ben Draper in particularly good form.
Jack Mynott, on school cricket duty at Dauntsey's, is absent tomorrow, along with Raff Hussey and influential left-arm all-rounder Ben Huntley, who are sitting university examinations.
It gives South Wilts an opportunity to blood emerging 15-year old Wiltshire all-rounder Matt Falconer.
Matt Burton and Josh Croom, who have been playing for Hampshire seconds this week, will share the seam bowling duties with Arthur Godsal.
The St Cross Symondians' batting has been weakened through yesterday’s Hampshire centurion Felix Organ cementing a place in the county side and Harry Came playing his club cricket in the ECB Derbyshire League.
Charlie Gwynn made a half-century on debut against Hook & Newnham Basics last weekend and will form a threatening middle-order with Brad Taylor and skipper Ed Ellis.
South Wilts: Morton, Stearman, Rowe, Draper, Hayward, Godsal, Falconer, Grant, Croom, Burton.
St Cross Symondians: T Foyle, Foster, Trussler, Taylor, Gwynn, Ellis, Bransgrove, H Foyle, Beetham, Beer, Howarth.
With captain Chris Morgan ruled out for the season after extensive ACL knee surgery, Ben Walker assumes control of Havant against the Hampshire Academy on the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground.
Chris Stone is back after missing most of last season with knee trouble, while Portsmouth University captain Nick Ward makes his debut. He took 39 Kent League Division 1 wickets for Folkestone in 2021.
Joe Eckland skippers the Academy, who boast a potentially strong batting line up. Archie Fairfax-Ross has been in good form since his arrival from Banstead.
Academy: Cheater, Wright, Kelly, Eckland, Wood, Fontaine-Jackson, Fairfax-Ross, Baker, Pritchard, Martin, Cordery.
Havant: Walker, Whitfield, Hopson, H Gadd, Stone, Metzger, Hindley, Reynolds, Ward, Jerry, F Gadd.
Burridge visit 2021 Division 1 champions Totton & Eling at Southern Gardens.
Burridge: Shu Chowdhury, Joe Collings-Wells, James Hughes, Hilio De Abreu, Nathan Schoultz, Chris Blake, Charlie Creal, Daniel Stancliffe, Ollie Creal, Mo Abbas, Sullivan White
The pair fought out two splendid 50-over matches last summer, none more so that at the Green Jackets when St Cross almost pulled off a remarkable win with a late century partnership.
But they have experienced contrasting pre-seasons with South Wilts winning all three warm-up games, but St Cross losing both of theirs, including a crushing defeat at Wilton Road, where their bowlers took a 319-run battering a fortnight ago.
South Wilts have posted 300-plus scores in each of their last two matches against St Cross and the Hampshire Academy, with Peter Rowe and skipper Ben Draper in particularly good form.
Jack Mynott, on school cricket duty at Dauntsey's, is absent tomorrow, along with Raff Hussey and influential left-arm all-rounder Ben Huntley, who are sitting university examinations.
It gives South Wilts an opportunity to blood emerging 15-year old Wiltshire all-rounder Matt Falconer.
Matt Burton and Josh Croom, who have been playing for Hampshire seconds this week, will share the seam bowling duties with Arthur Godsal.
The St Cross Symondians' batting has been weakened through yesterday’s Hampshire centurion Felix Organ cementing a place in the county side and Harry Came playing his club cricket in the ECB Derbyshire League.
Charlie Gwynn made a half-century on debut against Hook & Newnham Basics last weekend and will form a threatening middle-order with Brad Taylor and skipper Ed Ellis.
South Wilts: Morton, Stearman, Rowe, Draper, Hayward, Godsal, Falconer, Grant, Croom, Burton.
St Cross Symondians: T Foyle, Foster, Trussler, Taylor, Gwynn, Ellis, Bransgrove, H Foyle, Beetham, Beer, Howarth.
With captain Chris Morgan ruled out for the season after extensive ACL knee surgery, Ben Walker assumes control of Havant against the Hampshire Academy on the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground.
Chris Stone is back after missing most of last season with knee trouble, while Portsmouth University captain Nick Ward makes his debut. He took 39 Kent League Division 1 wickets for Folkestone in 2021.
Joe Eckland skippers the Academy, who boast a potentially strong batting line up. Archie Fairfax-Ross has been in good form since his arrival from Banstead.
Academy: Cheater, Wright, Kelly, Eckland, Wood, Fontaine-Jackson, Fairfax-Ross, Baker, Pritchard, Martin, Cordery.
Havant: Walker, Whitfield, Hopson, H Gadd, Stone, Metzger, Hindley, Reynolds, Ward, Jerry, F Gadd.
Burridge visit 2021 Division 1 champions Totton & Eling at Southern Gardens.
Burridge: Shu Chowdhury, Joe Collings-Wells, James Hughes, Hilio De Abreu, Nathan Schoultz, Chris Blake, Charlie Creal, Daniel Stancliffe, Ollie Creal, Mo Abbas, Sullivan White