Hook and Newnham Basics will take a full strength side to Cornwall for Sunday's Voneus Broadband Village Cup quarter-final tie against Grampound Road, near Truro, 1pm, writes Mike Vimpany.

It means an overnight west country stay in Exeter for the team who are two wins away from a Lord's final after becoming Hampshire county village champions last month.

Since beating Ventnor, Hook have knocked out West of England Premier League pair Painswick and Goatacre, both after successful run chases.

They will fancy their chances of beating Grampound Road, who are currently bottom of Cornwall League Division 1.

But Hook's inform skipper Harry Warner has warned his side about potential overconfidence.

"We are playing a side we frankly know nothing about on their own  ground, so let’s dismiss any notion that its going to be easy," he said.

"But we are fully focussed. Two wins and we are at Lord's, the pinnacle of every player's career, so there's everything to play for."

Hook: Warner, Lockwood, Robson, M Buckingham, J Buckingham, Armstrong, Murrell, Gardner, Watts, O May, Divecha.

Hook visit Portsmouth on Saturday eager to avoid a fifth successive Southern Premier Division 1 defeat, the latest if which came in the form of an eight-wicket loss to Sarisbury Athletic at the KGV.

Warner (69) top scored in Hook's 183-6, a total trimmed to 168 (off 42 overs) when rain intervened.  Tom Morton's unbeaten 86 swept Sarisbury home.