SOUTH WILTS, Havant and BAT Sports, the three clubs in contention in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League honours race, suffer from the absence of key players for tomorrow's final round of all-day 'time' matches.

Leaders South Wilts are without Hampshire's James Tomlinson and Adam Smith against Liphook & Ripsley, Havant are ravaged by injury for the visit to the Rose Bowl, and top wicket-taker Dan Goldstraw misses BAT's trip to Bashley (Rydal).

South Wilts are effectively 22 points clear at the top and are already certain of one prize - the Time Cricket Pennant, which they clinched by beating Andover last week.

Skipper Rob Wade has a problem in the pace bowling department tomorrow.

Who partners 31-wicket South African Alan Kruger with the new ball?

Hampshire Under-17 hopeful Lysander Wolf will probably get the nod, with Wade content to allow Adie Holewell and teenage spin duo Eddie Abel and James Hayward more of the bowling.

Chris Wright, who made his full County Championship debut for Middlesex last week, plays for Liphook - and has the task of silencing the 709-run scoring bat of Jason Laney.

Second-placed Havant were planning a fitness roll call this evening to see who is actually fit to face the Hampshire Academy on the Rose Bowl Nursery ground.

Andy Perry, who dislocated his left shoulder in last Sunday's Cockspur Cup quarter-final defeat at High Wycombe, could miss the remainder of the season.

Paul Gover will probably play despite a groin injury, but spin duo Richard Hindley and Phil Loat will be key absentees. Havant's England Under-16 left-arm spinner Chris Morgan plays . . . for Tony Middleton's Academy team!

BAT Sports, who face Portsmouth in Monday evening's Southern Electric Cup final on the Rose Bowl Nursery ground (5.45pm), call up Chris Thomason as Dan Goldstraw's replacement at Bashley.

The 31-wicket PE teacher is on holiday.

But BAT field an otherwise full strength side, with New Zealander Neal Parlane getting back into the groove after scoring his first half-century of the season against Portsmouth last week and following it up with an often brutal 71 in the Electric Cup at Havant on Tuesday.

Andover's captaincy merry-go-round continues when Ian Langdown leads the North Hampshire side into action against Old Tauntonians & Romsey.

Roger Miller quit the role earlier in the season; now Toby Radford has stepped down as his replacement.