HYTHE's PRE SEASON FIXTURES STARTS THIS SUNDAY.

Hythe's Pre Season Friendlies commence this Sunday and theirs six opportunities for you to get your eye in before the league season starts on Saturday May 7th.

The May Bank Holiday weekend sees Hythe play a triple header with Bishops Waltham on the Saturday - which should give captains a last chance to decide on their line ups for the first league game. Thats then followed with games on the Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday

Available to play - let the captains know of your availability

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Sun 17th April Hythe Sun XI @ Bishops Waltham (Away)

http://bishopswaltham.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/fixtures_view.asp?id=11116261

A Hythe XI will travel to the lovely setting of Albany Road for their opening fixture.

* THIS GAME WILL BE PLAYED ON ARTIFICIAL AS ITS VERY EARLY SEASON*

Its the first time Hythe have ever met Bishops Waltham in a friendly

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Sat 23rd April - Hythe 1st XI @ Wimbourne

http://www.wimbornecricketclub.co.uk

Wimbourne have asked this to be a First Team Fixture

The game will be played at Wimbourne's new Leaze Ground

Hythe's last visit in a pre season friendly - 2006 -

Hythe XI 141-2 (S.Tongs 57*, B.Kendrick 56, D.Guymer 13*) Beat Wimborne 140 all out (S.Wright 3-9, P.Whitlock 3-20, G.Grobler 2-27) by 8 Wkts

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Sat 23rd April - Hythe 2nd XI @ Curdridge

www.curdridge-cc.co.uk

This season Hythe will take a team of 2nd & 3rd XI players to Reading Room Lane for their annual fixture vs Curdridge.

Always a good fixture on a good wicket it will be a good test against the Regional 1 South side.

Last Season a combined Hythe 1st / 2nd XI played Curdridge -

Curdridge 170 for 8 (R.Froggett 3-36, R.Saunders 3-45) Lost to Hythe XI 172 for 2 (S.Dixon 93*, M.Howe 49) by 8 Wkts

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Sun 24th April - Hythe Sun XI @ Coombe Bissett

http://sites.google.com/site/coombebissettcc

The Hythe Sunday XI will travel to Shutts Lane for their annual fixture vs Coombe Bissett.

On their day the Wiltshire side can put out a very decent side and it could be a good pre season test.

Last Seasons game in cold conditions could have gone either way -

Coombe Bissett 146 for 9 (L.Mills 3-14, J.Stovell 2-22) Lost to Hythe XI 148 for 5 (L.Mills 45*,T.Richards 25, M.Young 24*) by 5 Wkts

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Sat 30th April - Triple Header vs Bishops Waltham

http://bishopswaltham.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/fixtures_view.asp?id=11116261

1st XI Away @ Albany Road

2nd XI @ Jones Lane

3rd XI Away @ Swanmore

A first for Hythe - With a week to go before the League Starts - A Pre Season Triple Header vs Bishops Waltham.

The 1's will travel to Albany Road to face County 4 South - Bishop Waltham 1's.

Hythe 2's entertain Bishop Waltham 2's @ Jones Lane who have just been promoted to Regional 1 South.

Meanwhile Hythe 3's will travel to Swanmore to face Bishop Waltham 3's who will play in Central 4 this summer.

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Sun 1st May - Hythe Sun XI vs Zombies (Home)

http://zombies.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp

Hythe welcome back Zombies to Jones Lane after a two year absence.

Zombies with several Havant players normally on board will be a tough test for Rob Saunders side.

Last time the two sides played - 2008 - Hythe Sun XI 202-8 (R.James 76, R.Froggett 35, J.Weall 22) Lost to Zombies 230-7 (G.Woods 2-22, J.Weall 2-30) by 28 Runs

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Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May - Hythe Sun XI vs Chase Farmers

Hythe welcome their first touring side of the season in the shape of Chase Farmers from Bucks as part of their 3 match New Forest Tour.

The fixture recommended by Highcliffe should be a lot of fun with the opposition asking for plenty of Bacardi for their fines.