Champions and runners-up to meet in week two of 2002 season

BAT Sports and Havant, champions and runners-up respectively this summer, are set to clash in the second round of next summr's Southern Electric ECB Premier League programme.

The pair meet in a 50-over match at BAT's Southern Gardens on May 11, with the all-day return game at Havant Park in mid-July.

Ironically, both matches between the leading pair were washed out this season. BAT open their championship defence on May 4 against Liphook & Ripsley, one of the two clubs to beat them this summer.

Havant face a testing baptism against newly promoted Portsmouth, this year's Division 2 champions, at Havant Park.

Sparsholt become the first club to tackle the Hampshire Academy team in Division 2, with newly promoted Winchester KS set to test their mettle against United Services at Burnaby Road on May 4.

The Division 3 programme starts one week later, on May 11, with Ventnor entertaining New Milton and Hartley Wintney making their SPL bow at home to Paultons.