Ed Ellis in action at South Wilts last weekend - picture by Roy Honeybone.
St Cross Symondians look to take another emphatic step towards a maiden ECB Southern Premier League title when relegated New Milton visit the Green Jackets tomorrow, 12.30.
The Winchester club are effectively four points ahead of Burridge going into the penultimate round of fixtures.
Burridge host deposed 2016/17 champions Havant at Botley Road, where Richard Hindley needs one more victim for his 500th in SPL cricket
The leaders will be without the influential Ed Ellis against New Milton, but it is anticipated Hampshire pair Jimmy Adams and Ian Holland will be in their line-up.
Adams has scored heavily in his four previous matches, cracking three centuries in a thumping 495-run return.
New Milton’s relegation was confirmed several seeks ago, but they ended a wretched 13-match losing run by beating Lymington by 64 runs last week.
New Milton: Watts, Hussey, T Arnold, Beck, Mortimore, Adams, Gargaro, Golding, J Arnold, Loader, Wilmore.
Second placed Burridge have a score to settle when Havant visit – the deposed champions having beaten them by 122 runs in the first meeting of the pair.
Lymington will anxious to avoid a second derby defeat when near rivals Bashley (Rydal) visit the Sports Ground.
Matt Metcalfe misses the game, so Dominic Hand will take the captain’s armband. Bashley will be desperate to shake off the acute disappointment of five straight defeats.
Lymington: Hand, Calcott, Scott, Grady, Edwards, Fisher, Royan, Proctor, C Moors, K Moors, Hunt.
Left-hand opener Tom Cowley is preparing to toss his hat into the ring to take over from James Hibberd as captain, but continues to be doubtful for South Wilts, who play the fourth placed Hampshire Academy on the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground.
“I’ve got a bad back and have massive England-India Test Match week coming up – and someone will have to make the tea for the groundstaff boys,” he smiled.
South Wilts: Morton, Cowley, Stearman, Draper, Weld, Godsal, Hibberd, Evans, Murray, Warner, Anderson-Emm.
The Alton-Basingstoke & North Hants derby at the Jubilee Ground in June was not the most harmonious affair, with Mitchell Stokes run out in controversial Mankad circumstances.
The teams meet in the return 50-over match at May’s Bounty, where pinch hitter Chris Jolley returns to the Basingstoke side: Thane, Jolley, Belcher, Stokes, Williamson, Harsham, Albert, Griffiths, Thankachan, James, Benge.
Calmore Sports can secure their Division 1 safety and formally relegate Hartley Wintney by winning at Loperwood Park, 12.30.
Although they lie in mid-table, Calmore are only 20 points ahead of second-from-bottom Liphook & Ripsley and with 44 points still to play for, they are not entirely safe.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Cook, Wright, Johns, Manning, Woodhall, Proudley, Pegler, West, Vann, Duceiller.
Liphook, meanwhile, will have to win both their remaining games against Ventnor (tomorrow) and at Portsmouth if they are to avoid going to next month’s Village Cup final at Lord’s as a relegated club.
Away to OTs & Romsey, Portsmouth are boosted by the return of opening pair Ben Duggan, Jordan Palmer-Goddard and Alex Hammond as they bid to close the 18-point gap between themselves and Sarisbury Athletic.
Andover could put them down if they beat second placed Sarisbury Athletic at London Road, while Bournemouth (minus Allotment Road hero Jamie Price) need a solitary point off Hook & Newnham Basics at Chapel Gate to secure the title.
Totton & Eling have an opportunity to clinch Division 2 safety with a win over relegated Trojans at Stoneham Lane.
They currently enjoy a 13-point lead over Tichborne Park, who visit Waterlooville on the brink of a second consecutive relegation.
Trojans have lost their last nine games, with stats man Malcolm Clarke revealing that their opponents have taken maximum points from every one of those matches.
Champions Sparsholt host fourth-placed Basingstoke & North Hants at the Norman Edwards Ground, where Alex Dilley makes a guest appearance.
Sparsholt: Frith, Haworth, Banks, Doran, Vokes, Sankey, Weir, O’Brien, Fernando, Taylor, Dilley.
St Cross Symondians II have a 22-point leeway to make up on Rowledge, so must score an emphatic victory at Church Road to stand any chance of finishing runners-up.
Rowledge: C Yates Jnr, R Yates, Lloyd, Plater, Moseley, S Martin, Wilson, J Wish, Baker, Keeley, Forbes.
In-form Paultons chase a fifth straight win in the Langley Manor derby at Knellers Lane.
The Winchester club are effectively four points ahead of Burridge going into the penultimate round of fixtures.
Burridge host deposed 2016/17 champions Havant at Botley Road, where Richard Hindley needs one more victim for his 500th in SPL cricket
The leaders will be without the influential Ed Ellis against New Milton, but it is anticipated Hampshire pair Jimmy Adams and Ian Holland will be in their line-up.
Adams has scored heavily in his four previous matches, cracking three centuries in a thumping 495-run return.
New Milton’s relegation was confirmed several seeks ago, but they ended a wretched 13-match losing run by beating Lymington by 64 runs last week.
New Milton: Watts, Hussey, T Arnold, Beck, Mortimore, Adams, Gargaro, Golding, J Arnold, Loader, Wilmore.
Second placed Burridge have a score to settle when Havant visit – the deposed champions having beaten them by 122 runs in the first meeting of the pair.
Lymington will anxious to avoid a second derby defeat when near rivals Bashley (Rydal) visit the Sports Ground.
Matt Metcalfe misses the game, so Dominic Hand will take the captain’s armband. Bashley will be desperate to shake off the acute disappointment of five straight defeats.
Lymington: Hand, Calcott, Scott, Grady, Edwards, Fisher, Royan, Proctor, C Moors, K Moors, Hunt.
Left-hand opener Tom Cowley is preparing to toss his hat into the ring to take over from James Hibberd as captain, but continues to be doubtful for South Wilts, who play the fourth placed Hampshire Academy on the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground.
“I’ve got a bad back and have massive England-India Test Match week coming up – and someone will have to make the tea for the groundstaff boys,” he smiled.
South Wilts: Morton, Cowley, Stearman, Draper, Weld, Godsal, Hibberd, Evans, Murray, Warner, Anderson-Emm.
The Alton-Basingstoke & North Hants derby at the Jubilee Ground in June was not the most harmonious affair, with Mitchell Stokes run out in controversial Mankad circumstances.
The teams meet in the return 50-over match at May’s Bounty, where pinch hitter Chris Jolley returns to the Basingstoke side: Thane, Jolley, Belcher, Stokes, Williamson, Harsham, Albert, Griffiths, Thankachan, James, Benge.
Calmore Sports can secure their Division 1 safety and formally relegate Hartley Wintney by winning at Loperwood Park, 12.30.
Although they lie in mid-table, Calmore are only 20 points ahead of second-from-bottom Liphook & Ripsley and with 44 points still to play for, they are not entirely safe.
Calmore Sports: Lavelle, Cook, Wright, Johns, Manning, Woodhall, Proudley, Pegler, West, Vann, Duceiller.
Liphook, meanwhile, will have to win both their remaining games against Ventnor (tomorrow) and at Portsmouth if they are to avoid going to next month’s Village Cup final at Lord’s as a relegated club.
Away to OTs & Romsey, Portsmouth are boosted by the return of opening pair Ben Duggan, Jordan Palmer-Goddard and Alex Hammond as they bid to close the 18-point gap between themselves and Sarisbury Athletic.
Andover could put them down if they beat second placed Sarisbury Athletic at London Road, while Bournemouth (minus Allotment Road hero Jamie Price) need a solitary point off Hook & Newnham Basics at Chapel Gate to secure the title.
Totton & Eling have an opportunity to clinch Division 2 safety with a win over relegated Trojans at Stoneham Lane.
They currently enjoy a 13-point lead over Tichborne Park, who visit Waterlooville on the brink of a second consecutive relegation.
Trojans have lost their last nine games, with stats man Malcolm Clarke revealing that their opponents have taken maximum points from every one of those matches.
Champions Sparsholt host fourth-placed Basingstoke & North Hants at the Norman Edwards Ground, where Alex Dilley makes a guest appearance.
Sparsholt: Frith, Haworth, Banks, Doran, Vokes, Sankey, Weir, O’Brien, Fernando, Taylor, Dilley.
St Cross Symondians II have a 22-point leeway to make up on Rowledge, so must score an emphatic victory at Church Road to stand any chance of finishing runners-up.
Rowledge: C Yates Jnr, R Yates, Lloyd, Plater, Moseley, S Martin, Wilson, J Wish, Baker, Keeley, Forbes.
In-form Paultons chase a fifth straight win in the Langley Manor derby at Knellers Lane.
