Top billing in today's Southern Premier League programme is second placed Sarisbury Athletic's Division 1 title showndown with leaders Portsmouth at Allotment Road, 12.30.
Three points separate the lead pair, who have each won nine of their 11 matches, Portsmouth suffering a surprise defeat by mid-table Totton & Eling last week.
Sarisbury send an unchanged side into the fray, while Portsmouth (who won the first meeting between the sies at St Helen's) remain without strike bowler Steve Warner for the rest of the season.
Sarisbury Athletic: Franklin, Morton, Cookson, Lovett, Robson, Feltham, Williams, Pascoe, Clark, S Hill, Rawlins.
Portsmouth: Duggan, Joy, Ashraful, H Gadd, Wimble, Daini, Kooner-Evans, F Gadd, Eales, Lewis, Rao.
Third placed Hook & Newnham Basics host an Andover side in serious relegation trouble after only two wins in 11 matches.
Hook: Warner, Lockwood, Neville, M Buckingham, Armstrong, James, Webster, J Buckingham, Gardner, Murrell, Divecha.
Waterlooville and Rowledge both parade full strength teams at Rowlands Avenue.
Waterlooville: Reynolds, McGregor, McBride, McCoy, Robinson, Shephard, Jackson, Birch, Silva, Hillman, Mitchell.
Rowledge: Ben Wish, Ollie Baker, Jonty Sebborn, Zac Le Roux, Max Martin, Justin Felsch, Olly Ryman, Will Ryman, Ryan Littlewood, David Lloyd, Ed Reilly.
Time pennant finale
The final round of Time matches takes place ahead of next Saturday's return to white ball 50-over cricket, with Bashley (Rydal) unbeaten in the longer format and ready to nail the 2024 pennant to the Fagan/BCG clubhouse wall.
Their meeting with the Hampshire Academy, which features, first v second in the log, will have a significant bearing on whpo wins the Premier title. Bashley are still ravaged by injury, but the Academy will be all 16 and 17 years of age with 'seniors' like Eckland, Jack and Kelly involved in MetroBank action.
Alton, who host South Wilts, make a change behind the stumps with 25-victim Mark Heffernan taking a well earned break and handing the gloves to Scott Myers. Speedster Zac Gadsby is away but Tom Varner is back. Opener Dan Harris and Ben Myers are in good batting nick.
Alton: Harris, Gonella, Rolfs, Myers, Ruffell, Wright, Rajnikanth, South, Walters, Sumner, Varney.
Encouraged by last weekend's near miss against Bashley, rock bottom Havant head west to Chapel Gate to face an inconsistent Bournemouth side.
Bournemouth: Van Gool, Rogers, Webb,Meyer, Woodruff, Robinson, Freak, Smith, Rushforth, Breckon, Conway.
Sliding into trouble, Basingstoke & North Hants need something positive from their trip to Burridge, while Lymington go to St Cross Symondians.
Lymington: Rogers, Dhariwal J, R Scott, M Abbas, K Dhariwal, C Moors, G Berg, J Royan, J Tollerfield, G Layman, L Thompson.
Dons at full strength
Hambledon, who lost their unbeaten record at Hartley Wintney last week, parade a full strength side in the top v bottom affair with Gosport Borough at Ridge Meadow.
Hambledon: George Marshall, Chris Pratt, Will Parvin, Justin Behrens, Henry Glanfield, Spencer Leclercq, Seb Rowland (wk), Dan Mugford, Ollie Bembridge, James Restell, George Harding.
There's a key match at Fernhill, where promotion pushing New Milton and Portsmouth & Southsea meet, while Sway are without opener John Walter at Fair Oak.
New Milton: Adams, Shrubsole, David’s, Parsons, L Beck, Griffiths, Bartlett, Wooster, Gawler, Hall, Denham
Fair Oak: H.Reed, Nicholls, S.Reed, McNeeney, McKenzie, White, Smith, Oxley, Goodyear, Gradwell, Merrill.
Sway: Tim Noble, Will Millard, Will Crossley, Adam Clark, Dave Steadman, Hugh Bernard, Steve Howe, Tobi Ramwell, Olly Marshall, Richard Thomas, Jon Waller.
Sam Collins and Joe Huns find themselves in Parley's second team and miss Paultons' tri to Hurn.
Parley: Jacques, Savage, Saunders, Ollie Green, K Laird, Bragginton, Morris, Powell, Nicholls, Rook.Nippard.
Three points separate the lead pair, who have each won nine of their 11 matches, Portsmouth suffering a surprise defeat by mid-table Totton & Eling last week.
Sarisbury send an unchanged side into the fray, while Portsmouth (who won the first meeting between the sies at St Helen's) remain without strike bowler Steve Warner for the rest of the season.
Sarisbury Athletic: Franklin, Morton, Cookson, Lovett, Robson, Feltham, Williams, Pascoe, Clark, S Hill, Rawlins.
Portsmouth: Duggan, Joy, Ashraful, H Gadd, Wimble, Daini, Kooner-Evans, F Gadd, Eales, Lewis, Rao.
Third placed Hook & Newnham Basics host an Andover side in serious relegation trouble after only two wins in 11 matches.
Hook: Warner, Lockwood, Neville, M Buckingham, Armstrong, James, Webster, J Buckingham, Gardner, Murrell, Divecha.
Waterlooville and Rowledge both parade full strength teams at Rowlands Avenue.
Waterlooville: Reynolds, McGregor, McBride, McCoy, Robinson, Shephard, Jackson, Birch, Silva, Hillman, Mitchell.
Rowledge: Ben Wish, Ollie Baker, Jonty Sebborn, Zac Le Roux, Max Martin, Justin Felsch, Olly Ryman, Will Ryman, Ryan Littlewood, David Lloyd, Ed Reilly.
Time pennant finale
The final round of Time matches takes place ahead of next Saturday's return to white ball 50-over cricket, with Bashley (Rydal) unbeaten in the longer format and ready to nail the 2024 pennant to the Fagan/BCG clubhouse wall.
Their meeting with the Hampshire Academy, which features, first v second in the log, will have a significant bearing on whpo wins the Premier title. Bashley are still ravaged by injury, but the Academy will be all 16 and 17 years of age with 'seniors' like Eckland, Jack and Kelly involved in MetroBank action.
Alton, who host South Wilts, make a change behind the stumps with 25-victim Mark Heffernan taking a well earned break and handing the gloves to Scott Myers. Speedster Zac Gadsby is away but Tom Varner is back. Opener Dan Harris and Ben Myers are in good batting nick.
Alton: Harris, Gonella, Rolfs, Myers, Ruffell, Wright, Rajnikanth, South, Walters, Sumner, Varney.
Encouraged by last weekend's near miss against Bashley, rock bottom Havant head west to Chapel Gate to face an inconsistent Bournemouth side.
Bournemouth: Van Gool, Rogers, Webb,Meyer, Woodruff, Robinson, Freak, Smith, Rushforth, Breckon, Conway.
Sliding into trouble, Basingstoke & North Hants need something positive from their trip to Burridge, while Lymington go to St Cross Symondians.
Lymington: Rogers, Dhariwal J, R Scott, M Abbas, K Dhariwal, C Moors, G Berg, J Royan, J Tollerfield, G Layman, L Thompson.
Dons at full strength
Hambledon, who lost their unbeaten record at Hartley Wintney last week, parade a full strength side in the top v bottom affair with Gosport Borough at Ridge Meadow.
Hambledon: George Marshall, Chris Pratt, Will Parvin, Justin Behrens, Henry Glanfield, Spencer Leclercq, Seb Rowland (wk), Dan Mugford, Ollie Bembridge, James Restell, George Harding.
There's a key match at Fernhill, where promotion pushing New Milton and Portsmouth & Southsea meet, while Sway are without opener John Walter at Fair Oak.
New Milton: Adams, Shrubsole, David’s, Parsons, L Beck, Griffiths, Bartlett, Wooster, Gawler, Hall, Denham
Fair Oak: H.Reed, Nicholls, S.Reed, McNeeney, McKenzie, White, Smith, Oxley, Goodyear, Gradwell, Merrill.
Sway: Tim Noble, Will Millard, Will Crossley, Adam Clark, Dave Steadman, Hugh Bernard, Steve Howe, Tobi Ramwell, Olly Marshall, Richard Thomas, Jon Waller.
Sam Collins and Joe Huns find themselves in Parley's second team and miss Paultons' tri to Hurn.
Parley: Jacques, Savage, Saunders, Ollie Green, K Laird, Bragginton, Morris, Powell, Nicholls, Rook.Nippard.