Table topping Bashley (Rydal) are without four first choice players for the key New Forest derby against arch ECB Southern Premier League rivals Lymington at the Sports Ground, 11.30.
Most significant among the absentees is in-form Dorset spinner Sam Thomson, who has taken 17 recent Minor Counties Championship wickets, besides making some key runs.
Dorset team-mate Tom Jacques, Simon Watkins and the injured Andy Neal are also missing.
“It’s far from ideal. Keeping a pretty settled side has been key for us, but we’ve still got a very decent side for a match we’re really looking forward to,” said Bashley skipper Michael Porter.
Teenage left-armer Brad Currie, fresh from a Unicorns Championship victory with Dorset over Herefordshire, makes his Bashley debut.
Intriguingly, so too does spinner Ryan Macciocchi, form North East Premier League side Tynemouth, who took 5-14 for Bashley in this week’s President’s Cup semi-final tie – against Lymington !
Lymington are boosted by Ryan Scott’s return from a hamstring injury and hand a debut to New Zealander Terry Crabb, 39, who played two first-class games for Auckland in the Plunkett Shield 20 years ago.
Lymington: Rogers , Hand, Lock, Crabb, Ellis, Scott, Grierson, Beetham, Metcalfe, Morris, Freeman.
Bashley (Rydal): Gates, Vaughan, Porter, Bailiff, C Ridley, Morris, Currie, S Ridley, Digby, Lilley.
Havant face a potentially season-defining weekend as they look to push their respective ECB Southern Premier League and Royal London national club championship challenges.
They host mid-table Alton at Havant Park (11.30) before taking on West of England Premier League champions Frocester in the ECB Cup on Sunday (1pm).
Havant, a single point behind Bashley (Rydal) at the top, are almost back to full strength, with Rob Gibson returning from Durham University to boost the club’s cup bid.
Alton are forced to make changes as Mark Heffernan is running a marathon in the Lake District and spinner Jack Myers is on holiday.
Oxford University opener Rob Heywood comes hot foot from the Varsity Match at the Parks – in which former Winchester College captain Dan Escott made 125 against Cambridge yesterday – to make his first Brewers’ appearance of the season.
Havant: Walker, Gorvin, Ransley, Hopson, Hindley, Bulled, Stone, Morgan, Matthews, Jerry, Gadd.
Alton: Heywood, Hutton, Hammond , Myers, Heffernan, Janmohammed, Paul, Mortimer, Salmon, Ballinger.
Tom Arnold looks to extend his good form for both New Milton and Dorset against St Cross Symondians at the Green Jackets Ground. Hampshire’s Joe Weatherley makes his first St Cross appearance of the summer.
St Cross Symondians: Taylor, Young, T Foyle, Kimber, Weatherley, Hollins, Ayers, Bransgrove, Haworth, Marsh, Farooq. New Milton: J Park, N Park, R Beck, N Elliott, L Beck, D loader, J Haggaty, G Watts, D Wakefield, O Shrubsole, T Arnold.
Third placed Burridge, just two points off the Premier Division summit, find themselves up against a stronger than normal Hampshire Academy on the Ageas Bowl Nursery ground, 11.30.
With the public school term ended, several of the county Under-17 side are included, among them Josh McCoy, who smashed a whirlwind 93 for Millfield in last week’s HMC twenty20 final at Arundel. Felix Organ and Tom Scriven both struck hefty centuries in this week’s ECB Under-17 championship match against Somerset at May’s Bounty.
Academy: B Duggan, B Taylor , F Organ, J Goodwin, T Scriven, J McCoy, M Kantolina, C Searle, G Pardoe, Z Organ, C Freeston. Burridge: R Ankers, D Hewitt, J Collings-Wells, W Steward, G Dods, L Savident, J Richards, J Houlton, D Stancliffe, S White, Nick McMurray.
Defending champions South Wilts, who lie fourth, will fancy their chances of a top points haul when winless and seemingly deflated Ventnor visit Bemerton.
South Wilts lost to Bashley (Rydal) a fortnight ago and were in some difficulty at 65-4 against New Milton when a lunchtime rain storm washed out play last week.
Teenager Will Wade has struggled for form this season, but his an unbeaten 83 on Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in Devon this week. Ventnor field five youngsters in their team.
South Wilts: Winter, Mynott, Wade, Hayward , Cranch, Hibberd, Franklin , Booth, Pittman, Evans, Richards.
Ventnor: Snell, Willis, Corbin, Glendenning, Buckman, Cox, Holmes, Whyte, Calloway, Herridge, Woodhouse.
Most significant among the absentees is in-form Dorset spinner Sam Thomson, who has taken 17 recent Minor Counties Championship wickets, besides making some key runs.
Dorset team-mate Tom Jacques, Simon Watkins and the injured Andy Neal are also missing.
“It’s far from ideal. Keeping a pretty settled side has been key for us, but we’ve still got a very decent side for a match we’re really looking forward to,” said Bashley skipper Michael Porter.
Teenage left-armer Brad Currie, fresh from a Unicorns Championship victory with Dorset over Herefordshire, makes his Bashley debut.
Intriguingly, so too does spinner Ryan Macciocchi, form North East Premier League side Tynemouth, who took 5-14 for Bashley in this week’s President’s Cup semi-final tie – against Lymington !
Lymington are boosted by Ryan Scott’s return from a hamstring injury and hand a debut to New Zealander Terry Crabb, 39, who played two first-class games for Auckland in the Plunkett Shield 20 years ago.
Lymington: Rogers , Hand, Lock, Crabb, Ellis, Scott, Grierson, Beetham, Metcalfe, Morris, Freeman.
Bashley (Rydal): Gates, Vaughan, Porter, Bailiff, C Ridley, Morris, Currie, S Ridley, Digby, Lilley.
Havant face a potentially season-defining weekend as they look to push their respective ECB Southern Premier League and Royal London national club championship challenges.
They host mid-table Alton at Havant Park (11.30) before taking on West of England Premier League champions Frocester in the ECB Cup on Sunday (1pm).
Havant, a single point behind Bashley (Rydal) at the top, are almost back to full strength, with Rob Gibson returning from Durham University to boost the club’s cup bid.
Alton are forced to make changes as Mark Heffernan is running a marathon in the Lake District and spinner Jack Myers is on holiday.
Oxford University opener Rob Heywood comes hot foot from the Varsity Match at the Parks – in which former Winchester College captain Dan Escott made 125 against Cambridge yesterday – to make his first Brewers’ appearance of the season.
Havant: Walker, Gorvin, Ransley, Hopson, Hindley, Bulled, Stone, Morgan, Matthews, Jerry, Gadd.
Alton: Heywood, Hutton, Hammond , Myers, Heffernan, Janmohammed, Paul, Mortimer, Salmon, Ballinger.
Tom Arnold looks to extend his good form for both New Milton and Dorset against St Cross Symondians at the Green Jackets Ground. Hampshire’s Joe Weatherley makes his first St Cross appearance of the summer.
St Cross Symondians: Taylor, Young, T Foyle, Kimber, Weatherley, Hollins, Ayers, Bransgrove, Haworth, Marsh, Farooq. New Milton: J Park, N Park, R Beck, N Elliott, L Beck, D loader, J Haggaty, G Watts, D Wakefield, O Shrubsole, T Arnold.
Third placed Burridge, just two points off the Premier Division summit, find themselves up against a stronger than normal Hampshire Academy on the Ageas Bowl Nursery ground, 11.30.
With the public school term ended, several of the county Under-17 side are included, among them Josh McCoy, who smashed a whirlwind 93 for Millfield in last week’s HMC twenty20 final at Arundel. Felix Organ and Tom Scriven both struck hefty centuries in this week’s ECB Under-17 championship match against Somerset at May’s Bounty.
Academy: B Duggan, B Taylor , F Organ, J Goodwin, T Scriven, J McCoy, M Kantolina, C Searle, G Pardoe, Z Organ, C Freeston. Burridge: R Ankers, D Hewitt, J Collings-Wells, W Steward, G Dods, L Savident, J Richards, J Houlton, D Stancliffe, S White, Nick McMurray.
Defending champions South Wilts, who lie fourth, will fancy their chances of a top points haul when winless and seemingly deflated Ventnor visit Bemerton.
South Wilts lost to Bashley (Rydal) a fortnight ago and were in some difficulty at 65-4 against New Milton when a lunchtime rain storm washed out play last week.
Teenager Will Wade has struggled for form this season, but his an unbeaten 83 on Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in Devon this week. Ventnor field five youngsters in their team.
South Wilts: Winter, Mynott, Wade, Hayward , Cranch, Hibberd, Franklin , Booth, Pittman, Evans, Richards.
Ventnor: Snell, Willis, Corbin, Glendenning, Buckman, Cox, Holmes, Whyte, Calloway, Herridge, Woodhouse.