Bashley Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based at Bashley

Bashley, Hampshire

Bashley is a village located in the south of Hampshire, England. It lies in the New Forest on the outskirts of New Milton and is two miles inland from the Solent.- History :The history of Bashley can be traced to the Anglo-Saxon period...

 in Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

. The club's first team plays in the Southern Premier Cricket League

Southern Premier Cricket League

The Southern Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in central southern England, and since 2000 has been a designated ECB Premier League.The league covers the counties of Dorset, Hampshire and South Wiltshire....

, which is one of the ECB

England and Wales Cricket Board

The England and Wales Cricket Board is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was created on 1 January 1997 combining the roles of the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council...

 Premier Leagues

ECB Premier Leagues

In 1997 the ECB published "Raising the Standard", the ECB Management Board Blueprint for the Future Playing Structure of cricket. This introduced the concept of ECB Premier Leagues, designed to raise the playing standard of the top tier of club cricket and to bridge the gap between recreational...

 that are the highest level of the amateur, recreational sport in England and Wales.

The club was founded in 1947 at the Rydal Hotel in New Milton

New Milton

New Milton is a market town in south west Hampshire, England. The town has a high street and holds a market every Wednesday. Situated on the edge of the New Forest, the town is about 6 miles west of Lymington town centre and 12 miles east of Bournemouth town centre.-History:New Milton dates back...

, and played in local cricket in the Bournemouth

Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...

area. It moved to its present ground at Bashley in 1979. The club's official name is still "Bashley (Rydal) Cricket Club".

Bashley was promoted into the Southern cricket league in 1994 and has been a member of the ECB-backed Southern Premier Cricket League since its formation in 2000. In 2006, it finished as runner-up in the league, its highest placing.