BAT Sports put their ECB Southern Electric Premier League and Cockspur Cup prospects firmly on the line this weekend.

They send an unchanged team to play the Hampshire Academy in the opening all-day 'time' game on the Rose Bowl Nursery ground tomorrow (11.30am) and on Sunday host Falkland in the Cockspur regional semi-final.

Three points behind Bournemouth after the initial five-match session of 50-over cricket, BAT seem likely to be without skipper Richard Dibden 'for the forseeable future.'

"I've got a shoulder injury that is taking an age to repair," Dibden explained.

With only three runs in his last three knocks, stand-in Kiwi captain Neal Parlane will be anxious to end his run drought on a flat Nursery ground surface.

Parlane is ineligible for BAT's ECB Cup game with Falkland, who knocked out last year's group winners Corsham in the last round.

The Young Hawks parade one newcomer tomorrow - Hamza Riazuddin.

"He's a 14-year old all-rounder from Bradfield College - and one to watch," predicts Academy coach Tony Middleton.

Riazuddin replaces Salisbury schoolboy Ed Abel, who returns to South Wilts after etching his name on next September's Rose Bowl Academy intake.

"Ed's done very well in his month-long trial. We've liked what we've seen, so now we can have a look at a few other promising youngsters," Middleton added.

Table topping Bournemouth have a massive 55 points lead over Bashley (Rydal) - but skipper Richard Scott acknowledges his side will have to be on the ball if they are to stay top.

"By and large, we've done pretty well at Bashley in recent seasons, but they are a good all-round side and the fact they are currently third from bottom means little, if anything," he warned.

"They scored 256 at BAT last week - enough to win most games - but lost out by ten runs.

Unchanged Bournemouth have plundered 89 points from five matches - most of them from four straight wins. "I don't think we're playing anywhere near our potential yet," Scott said.

But Scott has been pleased with the form of Tasmanian pace bowler Rob Hodgson, who has snared 12 remier League wickets so far.

"Rob's put on a yard of pace since his first game at BAT, but he'd barely been off an in-bound 747 from Melbourne for 48 hours that day.

"It's a pity Jo Wilson (back injury) isn't around to partner him, but Naqeeb Ali Mohamed is a very useful acquisition and has bolstered our seam bowling options.

Russell Rowe's return after illness and that of teenager Eddie Abel after a successful Academy trial has given South Wilts a double boost ahead of the visit of Old Tauntonians & Romsey to Lower Bemerton.

"Russell spent some time in hospital with a bacterial infection and missed last week's narrow win at Liphook, while I'm sure Ed will have benefitted from his time with the Academy, where he did really well," enthused skipper Rob Wade.

Among Abel's star performances for the Academy was a four-wicket haul - against his South Wilts team-mates three weeks ago.

Paul Gover has stood by his decision to drop out of all-day cricket and is a significant absentee for Havant, who visit Liphook & Ripsley.

Peter Hayward - a match winner for Portsmouth against BAT Sports a fortnight ago - misses the home game with Andover, who are again captained by Toby Radford.