Hampshire CCC 2026

[Barsiem]

Thanks for the summary Gloucester Saint

Vince has been nominated for new T20 HoF.  He's good a good shout of getting in I'd say

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/25987683.hampshire-legend-vince-shortlisted-t20-hall-fame-induction/

[Picard]

1 hour ago, Barsiem said:

Thanks for the summary Gloucester Saint

Vince has been nominated for new T20 HoF.  He's good a good shout of getting in I'd say

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/25987683.hampshire-legend-vince-shortlisted-t20-hall-fame-induction/

The public can vote on this though a panel of judges will have the final say.

Is Vince supposed to be playing in the PSL this year? I haven't seen him in any of the teams so far.

[Weston Saint]

I think this might be another year of transition in the Championship but confident we will end up in the top 5.

Adi Birell will be a big miss for his man management skills, but in Domingo I think we have a skilled coach, and I am backing him to be a big success.

Batting wise, we need to have a good opening pair who can stick around. Then we have excellent players to follow that through.

Middleton

Orr or Albert

Gubbins

Lehmann

Prest or Mayes or Weatherley

Brown

Dawson

Yusuf

Abbott

Wheal or Currie or Turner

Baker or Lumsden or Jack

That leaves Organ and Kelly on the sides for now

Edit, and Fuller who I assume is injured

Expecting us to be there or there abouts for white ball.

 

Edited Thursday at 13:22 by Weston Saint

[Weston Saint]

Since my review above Hampshire have named 13 for Essex Game

Kyle Abbott (87)	Eddie Jack (91)
Toby Albert (15)	Jake Lehmann (33)
Sonny Baker (95)	Ben Mayes (21)
Ben Brown Captain † (10)	Tom Prest (24)
Scott Currie (44)	Joe Weatherley (5)
Liam Dawson (8)	Codi Yusuf (39)
Nick Gubbins (31)

So no Orr or Middleton so it will be interesting to see who opens. My take

Weatherly

Albert

Gubbins

Lemann

Prest

Brown

Dawson

Mayes

Yusuf

Abbott

Baker

 

[Lighthouse]

I'll go with something similar except Jack in for Mayes. Unfortunately it looks like the weather is going to delay play today.

[Gloucester Saint]

Baker got rid of Paul Walter - Essex 27-2. Abbott got his former colleague Elgar early, which will have been music to his ears, but he kept composed.

[Hodgey]

Interesting line up - are Orr, Albert and Middleton injured or dropped ?

assume Weatherly will move back up to open with Lehman ? 
 

Surprised Prest is in after his awful season
 

Need the batting to fire this year, poor batting should have seen us relegated last year were it not for Durham’s total collapse.

[Window Cleaner]

3 hours ago, Hodgey said:

Interesting line up - are Orr, Albert and Middleton injured or dropped ?

assume Weatherly will move back up to open with Lehman ? 
 

Surprised Prest is in after his awful season
 

Need the batting to fire this year, poor batting should have seen us relegated last year were it not for Durham’s total collapse.

Didn't catch what he said about Orr, but KJ says Albert and Middleton didn't make the team although fit. Albert was fielding a couple of minutes ago. 

Not a bad start but the bowlers now look to be labouring, decent wicket perhaps.

KJ has also just said "Staying up will be seen as job done". Nothing like a bit of ambition then !!

[Window Cleaner]

1 hour ago, Window Cleaner said:

 

KJ has also just said "Staying up will be seen as job done". Nothing like a bit of ambition then !!

Although from what I've seen this afternoon this perhaps looks about right. The bowling isn't very good so far. Jack and the new chap don't look like world beaters. 

Whatever happened to Turner ?

Edited 12 hours ago by Window Cleaner

[Hodgey]

We’ve got a lot of seam bowlers - Wheal / Turner / Currie / Baker / Jack new guy yet they all seem to be way off Abbot standard. 
Similar with the young batters I guess giving them another year makes sense - or maybe the club/players will go white ball only route. 

[Gloucester Saint]

4 hours ago, Window Cleaner said:

Although from what I've seen this afternoon this perhaps looks about right. The bowling isn't very good so far. Jack and the new chap don't look like world beaters. 

Whatever happened to Turner ?

Eddie Jack is a good prospect, Baker bowled well earlier in the day. Weatherley’s drop of Tom Westley might hurt us if he hasn’t broken a finger and returns tomorrow. 

Key learning for our batters is to keep it tight first 20-30 overs when it’s doing plenty and then the conditions get better and you can cash in like the Essex middle order has.

Edited 8 hours ago by Gloucester Saint

[Picard]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Eddie Jack is a good prospect, Baker bowled well earlier in the day. Weatherley’s drop of Tom Westley might hurt us if he hasn’t broken a finger and returns tomorrow. 

Key learning for our batters is to keep it tight first 20-30 overs when it’s doing plenty and then the conditions get better and you can cash in like the Essex middle order has.

New rule this season that injured players can be replaced with a substitute that takes a full part in the game. Wesley has been replaced by Thain.

As you say great care will be needed as Porter and Cook open the Essex bowling.