The Southern Electric Premier Cricket League is facing a shortage of qualified umpires barely a week into the new season

Two Southern Electric Premier League matches and at least eight Hampshire League County Division games have been called off due to Saints' involvement in the cup final tomorrow

BAT Sports look to Kiwi import Neal Parlane to give their ECB Southern Electric Premier Cricket League challenge a perfect lift off against Bournemouth at Chapel Gate on Saturday, 1 o'clock

Lymington, South Wilts and Winchester KS are comfortably cleared the first round hurdle in the ECB National Club Cricket Championships

Hampshire Under-19 captain Steve Snell could miss the opening month of the new cricket season after fracturing his jaw practising with the MCC Young Cricketers in the Nursery ground nets at Lord's.

Highly rated Western Australia all-rounder Adam Voges will be Bournemouth's overseas player in the ECB Southern Electric Premier Cricket League this summer.

New Zealander Neal Parlane will replace Kenya opener Kennedy Otieno as BAT Sports' overseas player in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League this summer.

Burridge's worst fears have been confirmed by Zimbabwe's selection of all-rounder Gary Brent in their squad for the One-Day International Cricket Series against England and South Africa this summer.

Kenya's success in the recent cricket World Cup has back-fired on local Southern Electric Premier League club BAT Sports.

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Talented Calmore Sports all-rounder James Hibberd, 21, is preparing to take the first tentative step on the road towards becoming a professional cricketer with Kent

Lord MacLaurin, the past chairman of the England & Wales Cricket Board, will open the Isle of Wight's state-of-the-art indoor cricket academy overlooking Ventnor's unique "superbowl" at Steephill on Friday July 25 2003

Kenya opening batsman Kennedy Otieno is planning a return to the Southern Electric Premier League cricket scene with BAT Sports this summer - after the small matter of playing in the World Cup semi-finals

New Milton realise a ten-year dream this season with a move to their new ground at Fernhill to the north of the town

Kennedy Otieno, who played Southern Electric Premier League cricket for BAT Sports three summers ago, played a star role as Kenya pulled off the shock of the World Cup by beating Sri Lanka by 53 runs at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Monday 24 February

Winchester's dreams of another trip to Lord's in the ECB Indoor Cricket Championships were dashed by a 22-run defeat by Newport.

Zimbabwe international cricketer Gary Brent has answered an SOS from Burridge to help the Fareham West club regain their place in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League's top flight this summer.

Hampshire Under-19 captain Steven Snell has just returned from a two-week World Cricket Academy trip to Mumbai, where he was coached by Indian left-arm spin legend Bishen Bedi.

Bashley-Rydal have been paired against local Southern Electric Premier League rivals BAT Sports in the ECB National Club Cricket Championship on Sunday May 11.

The start of the new cricket season may still be four months away, but Hampshire's latest crop of Academy recruits are working hard at their game throughout the winter months.