Tony Middleton will be strapping on his pads for the first time in almost five years when he leads the new Hampshire Academy XI into Southern Electric Premier League action against Division 2 rivals Sparsholt on the Rose Bowl Nursery ground on

The Southern Electric Premier League has been granted full accreditation status by the England & Wales Cricket Board and is now ranked among the elite recreational competitions in the country

The introduction of the Hampshire Academy team into the Southern Electric Premier League's Second Division is certain to add spice to a potential intriguing tussle for the honours

Five South Africans, two Australians and an American/Pakistani form an intriguing overseas contingent who will be taking their bow in the opening round of ECB Southern Electric Premier League 50-over matches on Saturday afternoon

South African cricketer Walter Masimula, who helped bowl Ventnor to an unbeaten Hampshire League championship last summer, has died suddenly

Hampshire Under-19s face South Africa's East Cape Schools in a 50-over match at the Rose Bowl Nursery ground on Saturday, 11am.

Winchester KS are Hampshire indoor six-a-side cricket champions for the seventh time in the past nine years

St Cross Symondians left-hander Jimmy Adams and South Wilts left-arm pace bowler James Tomlinson - two of Hampshire's rising young cricket stars - produced stunning performances for their respective university sides in the season's opening county

Winchester's Paul Marks faces a late check on a back injury before the Hampshire Cricket Board's 50-over warm-up match against Hampshire 2nd XI at the Rose Bowl Nursery ground on Sunday, 11am

Winchester KS cricket captain Jimmy Taylor has been selected to play for England ..

Double Hampshire junior indoor cricket champions

Shaun Green produced a stunning all-round performance to steer Easton & Martyr Worthy into Sunday's Hampshire Cricket Board Indoor Finals at the Rose Bowl

Lanky Winchester KS all-rounder Dave Greatham has announced that he is off to Normandy - and won't be playing any part in the cathedral city's Southern Electric Premier League Division 2 promotion bid this summer

All the results from the Hampshire Cricket Board Indoor Cricket Championship will appear here as soon after the event as possible ....

Hampshire Under-19 batsman/wicketkeeper Steve Snell has confirmed that he is joining Southern Electric Premier League club Havant this summer

Havant snatched a place in the NatWest Bank Hampshire Under-16 Development League championship play-off with a dramatic 24-run win over BAT Sports at the Rose Bowl

South Wilts' new ball attack will have a unique look about it this summer - both their opening bowlers are left-arm quicks

Key Ventnor all-rounder Andy Whyte will miss the entire coming cricket season after fracturing his left knee in a freak accident while holidaying in South Africa

There's a thrilling climax in prospect at the Hampshire Rose Bowl, with five clubs still harbouring play-off hopes in the NatWest Bank Under-16 Indoor Cricket League

Work gets underway next weekend on building the Isle of Wight's state-of-the-art indoor cricket academy overlooking Ventnor's unique `superbowl' at Steephill