AFTER achieving a first league win of the season, at Potters Bar last Saturday, Basingstoke and North Hants seek further success tomorrow, when they entertain Oxford.

The visitors to May's Bounty have also recorded just one victory - also against Potters Bar.

This season has proved tough for newly-promoted Oxford with their biggest total so far being 237 in their only win.

Basingstoke should have the upper hand in the batting stakes, having scored 329 and 279 in the last two weeks with brothers Lee and Dean Nurse in fine batting form.

Basingstoke will wait on the fitness of bowler Jon Govett, who has missed the previous two games with a back injury, before deciding their final line-up.

Skipper Lee Nurse is keen to keep the winning feeling going. He said: "We definitely have to take advantage and beat the teams below us in the table.

"They look to rely on their bowlers, so I would hope to win the toss and put them in to bat."

He added: "We are confident with our batting at the moment and, after moving Dean from number six to three, he is really firing at the moment."

The first team may have broken their winning duck, but Basingstoke II suffered another defeat in the Thames Valley League division one.

Despite Richard Vinn scoring 83 in a home total of 261-6, visiting Marlow won by three wickets.

Basingstoke V collected another division 7a victory to keep them in the promotion hunt as they saw off visiting Wokingham and Acorns by two wickets.

The visitors were bowled out for 187 with Ken Goddard taking 4-44 and Dutch Holland 4-59.

Basingstoke reached their target as Steve Coulston top-scored with 38, aided by Mark Darmody (35) and an unbeaten 31 from Stuart Ashford.

In the Three Counties League division two on Sunday, Vinn led Basingstoke to a 41-run win with an unbeaten 112 in their total of 249-6. In reply, Yateley were all out for 208.

In the second XI competition, John Vinn took 5-27 as Basingstoke lost by 42 runs at Finchampstead.

The visitors were all out for 133 chasing 176 for victory.