BERKSHIRE will be looking to put their first points on the board in the NCCA T20 competition over May Bank Holiday.
They travel down the M4 to Newport to face Wales National Counties on Sunday and then take on Buckinghamshire at Wargrave next Monday.
The first game is at 11am with the second at 2.30pm.
Berks lost both of their opening Group 4 matches to Oxfordshire, but were a shade unfortunate in the second, finishing strongly and losing by just three runs as they chased 213.
Oxfordshire made it three straight wins when they beat Wales by 34 runs in the first match at Wormsley last weekend, but surrendered their unbeaten record when they were beaten by eight wickets in the second with Tom Bevan hitting 64 off 45 balls to take Wales to 120-2 in the 16th over.
Wales’ squad included their new player and assistant coach Greg Smith, the former Derbyshire and Essex all-rounder.
Like Berks, Buckinghamshire lost both of their first two games, going down to Bedfordshire at Dunstable by eight wickets and then seven wickets.
In the second game, Ed Bragg, hit 56 not out from 25 balls while Alexei Kervezee, the former Worcestershire and Netherlands batsman, made 43 in the Bucks total of 171-6.
Berkshire will not confirm their side until later this week, but Euan Woods is hoping to play after missing the Oxon games due to a hamstring problem.
The all-rounder, who was voted the county’s player of the season last year, has switched clubs from Henley to Wargrave, the ground where his family live
A week after completing a double over Shropshire, Berkshire Women lost twice to Worcestershire in the ECB County T20 competition at Bromsgrove last Sunday.
Setting a target of 150, they lost the first game by 47 runs with Mia Rogers being run out for 49, while. In the second game, they needed 166 to win, but were restricted to 124-6 with skipper Ashleigh Muttitt top-scoring on 42.
By Dave Wright
