The Border Mail’s Beau Greenway caught up with the captains and coaches ahead of what’s expected to be another hard-fought summer.

Here’s a look at all the teams:

Last season: 7^th

Coach: Vince Moran

Captain: Aidan Ryan

Gains: Brett Allan (Tallangatta), Andrew Hird (Bethanga), Tim Farrant, Angus Macauley, Zac Leach

Losses: Ryan Scammell (East Albury), Craig Scammell (retired)

Leading run-scorer last season: Paul Munro (317)

Leading wicket-taker last season: Aidan Ryan (21)

Prospects: Narrowly missed a finals berth last season and have recruited well to boost depth at the club. Have the quality to push into the top-six and win a final.

Coach’s comment: We don’t fall away in any capacity, we’ve got plenty of guys that can do the job with bat and ball.

Prediction: 5^th

Last season: Not in competition

Coach: Chris Hartshorn

Captain: Matt King

Gains: Beau Kennedy, Matt King (Wodonga), Murray Price (Albury), Chris Hartshorn, Carl Walton (Howlong)

Losses: Nil

Leading run-scorer last season: N/A

Leading wicket-taker last season: N/A

Prospects: The additions of Beau Kennedy and Matt King will help the development of the young players as they find their feet in senior cricket.

Coach’s comment: We were all spread out last year and have come back together, so it will take us four or five games to gel.

Prediction: 7^th

Last season: 11^th

Coach: Brett Gilbee

Captain: TBC

Gains: Matt Vinnicombe (Eskdale)

Losses: Haydyn Roberts (North Albury)

Leading run-scorer last season: Brad Taylor (228)

Leading wicket-taker last season: Brodie Sirl (15)

Prospects: Have the potential to cause an upset in the one-day format, but doing it consistently will be the big challenge.

Coach’s comment: It’s new for everyone, if you can get your strategy right you should win most games.

Prediction: 10^th

Last season: Premier

Coach: Daniel Athanitis

Captain: Daniel Athanitis

Gains: Nil

Losses: Jarrod Lane (travelling) 

Leading run-scorer last season: Nathan Rhodes (310)

Leading wicket-taker last season: Mark Athanitis (27)

Prospects: Finished as premiers after a rain-affected grand final against Yackandandah due to being the higher ranked team. Expect them to be around the mark again.

Coach’s comment: It’s hard to say who’s going to win or lose it, but we hope to get ourselves into a position where we can have a crack at it again.

Prediction: 1^st

Last season: 3^rd

Coach: Bart Garoni

Captain: Andrew Creamer and Steven Garoni

Gains: Tom McGhee

Losses: Jarrod Lewin (Wodonga), Ethan Albon

Leading run-scorer last season: Andrew Creamer (480)

Leading wicket-taker last season: Andrew Creamer (22)

Prospects: Will be desperate to bounce back after finishing last season as minor premiers and bowing out in the preliminary final.

Coach’s comment: Everyone’s teams are going to be changing all the time, so it will be interesting to see who we’re playing each week.

Prediction: 2^nd

Last season: 8^th

Coach: Jamie Baude

Captain: Jamie Baude

Gains: John Purtell (North Albury), Jayaram Jayabalan, Rikk Thompson

Losses: Matt Vinnicombe (Bethanga)

Leading run-scorer last season: Shaun Baude (199)

Leading wicket-taker last season: Jamie Baude (19)

Prospects: Eskdale has traditionally favoured the two-day format and will take time to adjust to a solely one-day season.

Coach’s comment: Hopefully the guys we’ve added help us out in the one-dayers. You have to be a bit more aggressive, but 45 overs is still plenty of time.

Prediction: 8^th

Last season: 10^th

Coach: Tim Seymour

Captain: Darren Keenes and Caleb Hobbs

Gains: Aaron Hoskin (Albury)

Losses: Chris Hartshorn, Carl Walton (Barnawartha-Chiltern), Ryan Withers (Ovens Valley United)

Leading run-scorer last season: Tim Seymour (333)

Leading wicket-taker last season: Chris Hartshorn (19)

Prospects: Hoskin will add some class to the side, but the Spiders have lost the players that crossed from Barnawartha-Chiltern last season. Success will hinge on the younger players’ ability to transition into senior cricket.

Coach’s comment: Our bowling and fielding was good last year, but we were unable to make runs or were relying on two or three to make the runs.

Prediction: 9^th

Last season: 9^th

Coach: Ben Curphey

Captain: Brent de Vries

Gains: Sean Taylor, Shane Streeter, Jason Bartel, Scott Bartel, Josh Bartel

Losses: Ryan Bartel (Tallangatta)

Leading run-scorer last season: Brent de Vries (332)

Leading wicket-taker last season: Brent de Vries (18)

Prospects: Have welcomed back plenty of experience alongside the younger guys that were thrust into senior cricket last season, which should leave the Hawks well placed.

Coach’s comment: We had a lot of kids get blooded last year and they seemed to have developed from what I’ve seen during pre-season.

Prediction: 4^th

Last season: 6^th

Coach: Senior players

Captain: TBC

Gains: Jake Styles (Belvoir)

Losses: Will Betheras (overseas)

Leading run-scorer last season: Ashan Ranaweera (299)

Leading wicket-taker last season: Daniel Saville (20)

Prospects: The return of 2016-2017 leading wicket-taker Jake Styles is a huge coup and will help the Power push for finals.

Coach’s comment: The first goal is to make finals and anything can happen from there.

Prediction: 6^th

Last season: 2^nd

Coach: Paul Wilson

Captain: Andrew Lockett

Gains: Nil

Losses: Akki Murthy (North Albury)

Leading run-scorer last season: Cameron Evans (282)

Leading wicket-taker last season: Andrew Lockett (32)

Prospects: The Roos have maintained the bulk of last year’s side and will be desperate to avenge last season’s grand final loss.

Captain’s comment: Basically the one-dayers bring the whole competition closer together.

Prediction: 3^rd