Bottom-of-the-table Ventnor have received a double boost on the eve of their ECB Southern Electric Premier Division meeting with St Cross Symondians at Newclose, 11.30.
Some 24 points adrift, Ventnor look set to have opening batsman Marc-Antony Eysele available for the remainder of the season and tomorrow are boosted by the availability of Hampshire prospect Brad Taylor, who is dual registered with the Academy.
Taylor, pictured, will probably play as a batsman, but has been in good form scoring six half-centuries in Premier League cricket this term.
The presence of Eysele and Taylor, alongside the recent return to the club of Tom Friend and Jake George, has given Ventnor a far stronger look, particularly in the batting department.
One of Ventnor’s two successes this season came against St Cross Symondians in early May, but the Winchester outfit is currently firing on all cylinders with former Hampshire cricketer Adam Rouse having made back-to-back centuries against the Academy and Lymington.
But teenage Guernsey all-rounder Matt Stokes is unlikely to be available.
Ventnor: Holmes, Bartlett, George, S Willis, Friend, Westhorpe, Taylor, Cheek, R Whyte, Eysele, Wilson.
Some 24 points adrift, Ventnor look set to have opening batsman Marc-Antony Eysele available for the remainder of the season and tomorrow are boosted by the availability of Hampshire prospect Brad Taylor, who is dual registered with the Academy.
Taylor, pictured, will probably play as a batsman, but has been in good form scoring six half-centuries in Premier League cricket this term.
The presence of Eysele and Taylor, alongside the recent return to the club of Tom Friend and Jake George, has given Ventnor a far stronger look, particularly in the batting department.
One of Ventnor’s two successes this season came against St Cross Symondians in early May, but the Winchester outfit is currently firing on all cylinders with former Hampshire cricketer Adam Rouse having made back-to-back centuries against the Academy and Lymington.
But teenage Guernsey all-rounder Matt Stokes is unlikely to be available.
Ventnor: Holmes, Bartlett, George, S Willis, Friend, Westhorpe, Taylor, Cheek, R Whyte, Eysele, Wilson.