Langley Manor, hot on the heels of marginal leaders Basingstoke & North Hants II, may be forced into a significant change for the visit to mid-table Southern Premier League Division 3 side Waterlooville.
Opening batsman/wicketkeeper Connor Browne has an injured finger and may have to hand the gloves over to young Anthony Tull.
Apart from opener James Scott, who has three half-centuries amid his 198-run tally, and Sam Hillman, Ville have yet to fire and have lost three of their five matches.
Langley Manor: from Renders, Browne, Castle, Budd, Mooney, Hamid, Brown, Spencer, Harris, Jenkins, G Noble, Tull.
Basingstoke face a tricky trip to in-form Gosport Borough, whose Kiwi import Mike Ruffell – brother of the Sparsholt all-rounder – is in good nick, with scores of 73 and 80 in his last two knocks.
Paul Hawkins, with 265 runs the leading SPL3 batsman, is playing a real captain’s role for third-placed St Cross Symondians II, who go to winless Havant II.
Fair Oak, whose leadership challenge has faltered with successive defeats by top pair Basingstoke and Langley Manor, look to address a downturn in form when struggling newcomers Ryde come to Lapstone Park. Oaks are boosted by the occasional Andy Mash, but Andy Surman is on Icelandic fishing patrol with the Royal Navy.
Fair Oak: Hockenhull, Bullough, Kemp, Oxley, Plowman, Abbas, R Featherstone, R Stewart, Chessell, J Featherstone, Mash.
Bottom of the pile Hursley Park, desperate for a win, host enigmatic Lymington at The Quarters.
Lymington II: Kelly, Robinson, Atkins, C Moors, Roberts, Nowell, K Moors, Willoughby, Peruzi, Goodchild, Gregory.
Opening batsman/wicketkeeper Connor Browne has an injured finger and may have to hand the gloves over to young Anthony Tull.
Apart from opener James Scott, who has three half-centuries amid his 198-run tally, and Sam Hillman, Ville have yet to fire and have lost three of their five matches.
Langley Manor: from Renders, Browne, Castle, Budd, Mooney, Hamid, Brown, Spencer, Harris, Jenkins, G Noble, Tull.
Basingstoke face a tricky trip to in-form Gosport Borough, whose Kiwi import Mike Ruffell – brother of the Sparsholt all-rounder – is in good nick, with scores of 73 and 80 in his last two knocks.
Paul Hawkins, with 265 runs the leading SPL3 batsman, is playing a real captain’s role for third-placed St Cross Symondians II, who go to winless Havant II.
Fair Oak, whose leadership challenge has faltered with successive defeats by top pair Basingstoke and Langley Manor, look to address a downturn in form when struggling newcomers Ryde come to Lapstone Park. Oaks are boosted by the occasional Andy Mash, but Andy Surman is on Icelandic fishing patrol with the Royal Navy.
Fair Oak: Hockenhull, Bullough, Kemp, Oxley, Plowman, Abbas, R Featherstone, R Stewart, Chessell, J Featherstone, Mash.
Bottom of the pile Hursley Park, desperate for a win, host enigmatic Lymington at The Quarters.
Lymington II: Kelly, Robinson, Atkins, C Moors, Roberts, Nowell, K Moors, Willoughby, Peruzi, Goodchild, Gregory.