Hampshire County Cricket Club in 2017

Hampshire County Cricket Club

2017 season
Coach	Craig White
Captain	George Bailey (First-class) James Vince (Limited overs)
Overseas player	George Bailey Shahid Afridi (T20 only)
Ground(s)	Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton
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In 2017, Hampshire County Cricket Club will compete in Division One of the County Championship, the Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast.

Squad

Departures

Left-arm medium bowler James Tomlinson and right-arm medium bowler Andy Carter both retired at the end of the 2016 season, although Carter later joined Northamptonshire. ^{[1] [2]} Wicket-keeper Adam Wheater left the club to join Essex in September 2016 after being released with a year left on his contract. ^{[3] [4]} South African all-rounder Ryan McLaren left Hampshire to join Lancashire in October 2016. ^[5] In March 2017, former England U19 captain Joe Weatherley signed a new contract with Hampshire. As part of this deal, he agreed to move on loan for the 2017 season to Kent, although he was recalled in August due to a spate of injuries. ^[6] Fast bowlers Gareth Andrew, Tino Best and Yasir Arafat (who had been on loan at Somerset in 2016) all were released after short term deals, along with David Wainwright. Gavin Griffiths who had been on loan at the club, joined Leicestershire, while Craig Young did not have his loan extended either. Overseas player Darren Sammy will not be returning in 2017. In late August, Michael Carberry was loaned to Leicestershire for first-class cricket.

Arrivals

In September 2017, Hampshire signed young all-rounder Asher Hart from Durham's academy. ^[7] In October 2016, young all-rounder Fraser Hay was awarded a summer contract for 2017, having impressed in the academy. ^[8] In January 2017, South Africans Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw both quit international cricket and subsequently signed for Hampshire on Kolpak contracts. ^[9] George Bailey returned to the side on a two-year deal as overseas player, having previously played for the club as overseas in the 2013 season. Australian Ian Holland also joined the club during April, having played for the Second XI during the 2016 and early 2017 season. Youngsters Calvin Dickinson, Ben Duggan, Jake Goodwin and Josh McCoy all signed Hampshire scholarships with the side for the 2017 season after their performances for the Academy and Second XI, while Felix Organ, on an academy contract, represented the first team in September. Former Essex bowler Matt Salisbury joined the club on trial following some impressive performances in the Second XI. Wiltshire spinner Jake Lintott joined the team in August while Mason Crane was on international duty.

Squad list

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• denotes players with international caps.
•  *  denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
4	Jimmy Adams*	England	(1980-09-23) 23 September 1980 (age 42)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium pace
5	Joe Weatherley	England	(1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	On loan at Kent (Apr—Aug)
9	Tom Alsop	England	(1995-11-27) 27 November 1995 (age 27)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Occasional wicketkeeper
10	George Bailey	Australia	(1982-09-07) 7 September 1982 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium pace	Overseas player, First-class captain
14	James Vince*	England	(1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium pace	Club Captain
15	Michael Carberry*	England	(1980-09-29) 29 September 1980 (age 42)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Joined Leicestershire on loan in September 2017
30	Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	(1989-10-09) 9 October 1989 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Kolpak player
All-rounders
00	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	(1980-03-01) 1 March 1980 (age 42)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player (T20 only)
2	Will Smith*	England	(1982-09-28) 28 September 1982 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
7	Sean Ervine*	Zimbabwe	(1982-12-06) 6 December 1982 (age 40)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium pace	Irish passport
8	Liam Dawson*	England	(1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 32)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
13	Gareth Berg*	Italy	(1981-01-18) 18 January 1981 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
22	Ian Holland	Australia	(1990-10-03) 3 October 1990 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	Joined April 2017
25	Chris Wood	England	(1990-06-27) 27 June 1990 (age 32)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
28	Asher Hart	England	(1997-03-30) 30 March 1997 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
87	Kyle Abbott	South Africa	(1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Kolpak player
—	Fraser Hay	Australia	(1996-07-09) 9 July 1996 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right arm medium pace	UK Passport, Summer contract
—	Felix Organ	England	(1999-06-02) 2 June 1999 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Promoted from Academy September 2017
Wicket-keepers
18	Lewis McManus	England	(1994-10-09) 9 October 1994 (age 28)	Right-handed	—
21	Calvin Dickinson	England	(1996-11-03) 3 November 1996 (age 26)	Right-handed	—	Hampshire scholarship, Promoted from Academy June 2017
Bowlers
6	Reece Topley	England	(1994-02-12) 12 February 1994 (age 28)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
24	Matt Salisbury	England	(1993-04-18) 18 April 1993 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Joined June 2017
32	Mason Crane	England	(1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
47	Ryan Stevenson	England	(1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
58	Brad Wheal	Scotland	(1996-08-28) 28 August 1996 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
82	Fidel Edwards	West Indies	(1982-02-06) 6 February 1982 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Kolpak player
93	Brad Taylor	England	(1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
—	Jake Lintott	England	(1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 29)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Joined August 2017

• Squad information correct as of 17 August 2017 ^[10]

County Championship

Main article: 2017 County Championship

Hampshire will play 14 County Championship Division One matches in 2017. The Championship has been restructured for 2017, with Division One having eight teams, leaving the remaining ten counties in Division Two instead of the previous nine-nine split. Teams in both divisions will play fewer matches than in 2016 (14 instead of 16), meaning that teams in Division One will play all of their rivals twice. ^[11]

Hampshire's opening fixture was away against Yorkshire at Headingley Cricket Ground, which they won by 4 wickets after successfully chasing 320. ^[12] They will then play seven home matches in total at the Rose Bowl. One fixture, a home game against Somerset, will be a day–night match, part of an experiment by the England and Wales Cricket Board ahead of the staging of the first UK day–night test match in August. ^{[11] [13]}

Division One

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Essex (C)	14	10	0	4	28	40	0	248
Lancashire	14	5	3	6	29	37	0	176
Surrey	14	2	2	10	47	34	0	163
Yorkshire	14	4	5	5	24	35	0	148
Hampshire	14	3	3	8	24	36	0	148
Somerset	14	4	6	4	24	39	0	147
Middlesex (R)	14	3	4	7	28	37	2	146
Warwickshire (R)	14	1	9	4	19	31	0	86

Source: CricInfo ^[14]

Matches

7–9 April 2017	Yorkshire (H)	v	Hampshire	Hampshire won by 4 wickets
Scorecard	273 (73.5 overs) GS Ballance 120 (190) FH Edwards 3/58 (14 overs)		187 (48.5 overs) LD McManus 41* (75) BO Coad 6/37 (17 overs)	Headingley Cricket Ground, Headingley, Leeds Umpires: RA Kettleborough and SJ O'Shaughnessy
	187 (55.3 overs) GS Ballance 55 (93) KJ Abbott 7/41 (14 overs)		321/6 (101 overs) JHK Adams 72 (161) TT Bresnan 3/73 (25 overs)
No toss, Hampshire elected to field. Points: Hampshire 19, Yorkshire 5. Rilee Rossouw made his first class debut for Hampshire.

14–17 April 2017	Middlesex	v	Hampshire (H)	Match drawn
Scorecard	356 (113 overs) SD Robson 84 (144) BTJ Wheal 4/98 (23 overs)		438 (133.4 overs) RR Rossouw 99 (143) DJ Malan 2/19 (3.4 overs)	Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: RJ Bailey and JW Lloyds
	278/9d (112 overs) AC Voges 92 (196) KJ Abbott 5/59 (25 overs)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat. Fidel Edwards and Gareth Berg (Hants) both played their 100th first-class match. Points: Hampshire 10, Middlesex 10.

21–24 April 2017	Hampshire (H)	v	Yorkshire	Match drawn
Scorecard	455 (144.4 overs) JM Vince 147 (254) BO Coad 4/71 (30 overs)		231 (77.2 overs) GS Ballance 108 (198) GK Berg 4/62 (20 overs)	Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: BV Taylor and AG Wharf
			399/6d (132 overs) (f/o) GS Ballance 203* (384) KJ Abbott 3/65 (28 overs)
No toss, Yorkshire elected to field. Points: Hampshire 11, Yorkshire 8.

19–22 May 2017	Essex (H)	v	Hampshire	Essex won by an innings and 97 runs
Scorecard	360 (132.4 overs) AN Cook 124 (281) KJ Abbott 5/58 (30 overs)		115 (37.3 overs) LD McManus 39 (74) JA Porter 5/24 (14 overs)	Essex County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: SA Garratt and RT Robinson
			148 (47.3 overs) (f/o) LD McManus 37 (52) SR Harmer 3/23 (5 overs)
No toss, Hampshire elected to field. 17 overs were lost on day one due to rain. 11 overs were then lost on day two due to rain. Points: Essex 22, Hampshire 1.

26–29 May 2017	Hampshire	v	Somerset (H)	Hampshire won by 90 runs
Scorecard	162 (49.1 overs) KJ Abbott 49 (54) MJ Leach 6/78 (20.1 overs)		197 (57.3 overs) D Elgar 60 (91) KJ Abbott 4/49 (14 overs)	County Ground, Taunton Umpires: NGB Cook and GD Lloyd
	293 (67.3 overs) MA Carberry 51 (78) DM Bess 7/117 (23.3 overs)		168 (54.2 overs) D Elgar 60 (100) MS Crane 5/40 (13.2 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Hampshire 19, Somerset 3.

2–5 June 2017	Hampshire (H)	v	Warwickshire	Hampshire won by an innings and 94 runs
Scorecard	515 (161.5 overs) SM Ervine 203 (363) Sukhjit Singh 6/144 (50 overs)		254 (102.1 overs) IJL Trott 101 (213) MS Crane 3/104 (36 overs)	Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: NGC Cowley and PJ Hartley
			167 (64.4 overs) IR Bell 68 (76) KJ Abbott 4/32 (18 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat. Ian Holland and Matt Salisbury made their first class debuts for Hampshire. Points: Hampshire 22, Warwickshire 3.

19–22 June 2017	Hampshire	v	Lancashire (H)	Lancashire won by an innings and 30 runs
Scorecard	395 (114.1 overs) GJ Bailey 127 (187) LA Procter 2/49 (14 overs)		593 (146.2 overs) DJ Vilas 244 (275) GK Berg 4/111 (38 overs)	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Old Trafford, Greater Manchester Umpires: PK Baldwin and NA Mallender
	168 (56.5 overs) GK Berg 49 (71) JM Anderson 4/20 (15 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat. George Bailey scored his maiden first-class century for Hampshire. Points: Lancashire 24, Hampshire 5.

26–29 June 2017 (D/N)	Hampshire (H)	v	Somerset	Match drawn
Scorecard	211/9d (88 overs) LA Dawson 53 (139) L Gregory 3/51 (17 overs)		147 (52.2 overs) AJ Hose 48 (98) IG Holland 4/16 (6 overs)	Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: ID Blackwell and MJ Saggers
	96/5d (39 overs) RR Rossouw 22 (37) L Gregory 2/34 (10 overs)		88/8 (31 overs) SM Davies 47 (40) GK Berg 3/17 (9 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat. Only 13 overs were possible on day 2 due to rain. Only 27.1 overs were then possible on day 3 due to rain. A further 19 overs were lost on day 4 due to rain. Eddie Byrom (Somerset) made his first-class debut. Points: Hampshire 9, Somerset 8.

3–6 July 2017	Hampshire	v	Surrey (H)	Match drawn
Scorecard	648/7d (161.4 overs) GJ Bailey 161 (294) TK Curran 2/85 (25 overs)		483 (147.5 overs) RJ Burns 219* (423) IG Holland 3/37 (16.5 overs)	The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: NGB Cook and AG Wharf
			166/3d (52 overs) (f/o) RJ Burns 68 (112) IG Holland 2/16 (7 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Hampshire 12, Surrey 10.

6–9 August 2017	Lancashire	v	Hampshire (H)	Match drawn
	149 (57.5 overs) AL Davies 36 (73) MS Crane 3/27 (5.5 overs)		224 (57.4 overs) LA Dawson 75 (98) KJ Jarvis 6/61 (18 overs)	Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: SC Gale and JW Lloyds
	314/5 (76 overs) AL Davies 97 (92) LA Dawson 2/62 (22 overs)
Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat. No play possible on days 3 and 4 due to rain. Points: Hampshire 9, Lancashire 8.

5–8 September 2017	Surrey	v	Hampshire (H)	Match drawn
	200 (65.4 overs) R Patel 81 (163) LA Dawson 4/22 (15.4 overs)		290 (88.5 overs) GK Berg 80 (116) TK Curran 4/69 (19.5 overs)	Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: M Burns and DJ Millns
	280/4 (88.5 overs) OJ Pope 100* (137) LA Dawson 2/35 (27 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field Points: Hampshire 10, Surrey 9.

12–15 September 2017	Middlesex (H)	v	Hampshire	Match drawn
	204 (72 overs) JA Simpson 36 (67) FH Edwards 5/79 (26 overs)		146 (36.1 overs) JJ Weatherley 35 (38) ST Finn 3/41 (10.1 overs)	Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge, London Umpires: RJ Evans and GD Lloyd
	14/1 (9 overs) NRD Compton 11* (28) GK Berg 1/9 (5 overs)
No toss, Hampshire elected to field first. No play on day one due to a wet outfield. Only 31.1 overs possible on day two due to rain. Only 28.5 overs possible on day three due to rain. Only 58.1 overs possible on day four due to rain. Felix Organ (Hampshire) made his first class debut. Points: Middlesex 9, Hampshire 8.

19–22 September 2017	Hampshire (H)	v	Essex	Essex won by 108 runs
	254 (67.5 overs) GJ Bailey 89 (130) JA Porter 4/53 (17 overs)		76 (35.2 overs) RN ten Doeschate 26 (36) KJ Abbott 6/20 (11 overs)	Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: NJ Llong and AG Wharf
	76 (29.4 overs) IG Holland 16* (46) SJ Cook 5/18 (11.4 overs)		362 (123 overs) (f/o) DW Lawrence 101 (209) FH Edwards 3/73 (26 overs)
No toss, Essex elected to field first. Points: Essex 19, Hampshire 5.

25–28 September 2017	Warwickshire (H)	v	Hampshire	Match drawn
	188 (61 overs) DP Sibley 92* (168) FH Edwards 5/49 (14 overs)		116 (34.2 overs) GJ Bailey 55 (57) OJ Hannon-Dalby 4/29 (12 overs)	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: JH Evans and R Warren
	186 (49.5 overs) IR Bell 77* (101) GK Berg 3/40 (9 overs)		195/7 (87.4 overs) GK Berg 34 (66) RN Sidebottom 3/55 (19 overs)
No toss, Hampshire elected to field first. No play on Day 1 due to rain. Points: Hampshire 8, Warwickshire 8. As a result of Hampshire's draw they remain in Division One, while Middlesex are relegated to Division Two.

Other first-class matches

Hampshire began the 2017 English cricket season with a three-day University match against Cardiff MCC University on 2 April. They will also play South Africa A in a day night match on 8 June. ^[15]

2–4 April 2017	Hampshire (H)	v	Cardiff MCCU	Match drawn
Scorecard	289 (63.3 overs) MA Carberry 100 (121) N Brand 3/7 (4.3 overs)		98 (36.3 overs) KS Leverock 21 (28) AHJA Hart 3/17 (6.3 overs)	Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: ID Blackwell and BV Taylor
	271/6d (66 overs) JM Vince 90 (114) N Brand 1/2 (3 overs)		110/2 (56 overs) N Brand 44* (102) SM Ervine 1/10 (9 overs)
Cardiff MCCU won the toss and elected to field. David O'Sullivan (Cardiff MCCU) and Asher Hart (Hampshire) made their first class debuts.

8–11 June 2017 (D/N)	South Africa A	v	Hampshire (H)	South Africa A won by 251 runs
	370/7d (104.1 overs) HG Kuhn 200* (291) MET Salisbury 3/65 (19.1 overs)		185 (51.4 overs) CM Dickinson 99 (102) D Paterson 7/27 (13.4 overs)	Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: RJ Evans and SG Gale
	185/1d (51 overs) AK Markram 102* (150) MET Salisbury 1/29 (9 overs)		119 (45.5 overs) TP Alsop 51 (115) BE Hendricks 5/20 (13.5 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field. Calvin Dickinson made his first-class debut for Hampshire.

Royal London One-Day Cup

Main article: 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup

Hampshire will play in the South group of the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup. They will play each of the other eight teams in the group once.

South Group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
1	Essex [lower-alpha 1]	8	7	1	0	0	0	14	0.882
2	Somerset [lower-alpha 2]	8	5	2	0	1	0	11	0.543
3	Surrey [lower-alpha 2]	8	4	3	0	1	0	9	0.101
4	Glamorgan	8	4	4	0	0	0	8	−0.660
5	Sussex	8	3	3	0	2	0	8	0.535
6	Hampshire	8	3	4	0	1	0	7	−0.109
7	Gloucestershire	8	3	4	0	1	0	7	−0.435
8	Middlesex	8	2	4	0	2	0	6	−0.243
9	Kent	8	1	7	0	0	0	2	−0.409

Source: BBC Sport ^[16]
Notes:

1.   advanced directly to the semi-finals
2.   advanced to the quarter-finals

Matches

27 April 2017	Kent (H) 258 (49.4 overs)	v	Hampshire 260/4 (45.1 overs)	Hampshire won by 6 wickets
11:00 BST Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: PR Pollard and MJ Saggers
	DI Stevens 60 (57) RJW Topley 3/65 (9.4 overs)		TP Alsop 112* (132) ME Claydon 2/51 (8 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field. Ian Holland (Hampshire) made his List A debut. Reece Topley made his List A debut for Hampshire. Points: Hampshire 2, Kent 0.

30 April 2017	Essex (H) 304/7 (50 overs)	v	Hampshire 279 (48.2 overs)	Essex won by 25 runs
11:00 BST Scorecard				Essex County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: RJ Bailey and BJ Debenham
	T Westley 93 (98) LA Dawson 2/40 (10 overs)		JM Vince 68 (74) N Wagner 4/41 (9.2 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field. George Bailey (Hampshire) played his 250th List A match. Kyle Abbott made his List A debut for Hampshire. Points: Essex 2, Hampshire 0.

3 May 2017	Middlesex 295 (50 overs)	v	Hampshire (H) 146/7 (30.3 overs)	Middlesex won by 89 runs (D/L/S)
14:00 BST (D/N) Scorecard				Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: JH Evans and AG Wharf Player of the match: TS Roland-Jones (Middlesex)
	NRT Gubbins 114 (117) RJW Topley 4/68 (10 overs)		GJ Bailey 52* (67) TS Roland-Jones 4/10 (7 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field. Rain stopped play during Hampshire's innings, from which play never restarted. The target was revised to 236. James Fuller (Middlesex) played his 50th List A match. Points: Middlesex 2, Hampshire 0.

7 May 2017	Gloucestershire 237 (49.2 overs)	v	Hampshire (H) 239/3 (42.3 overs)	Hampshire won by 7 wickets
11:00 BST Scorecard				Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: SA Garratt and AG Wharf
	JMR Taylor 63 (62) LA Dawson 3/30 (10 overs)		JM Vince 89* (81) CJ Liddle 1/18 (3 overs)
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Hampshire 2, Gloucestershire 0.

10 May 2017	Somerset (H) 249 (44.2 overs)	v	Hampshire 250/6 (37.2 overs)	Hampshire won by 4 wickets
11:00 BST Scorecard				County Ground, Taunton Umpires: NGC Cowley and JH Evans
	D Elgar 78 (88) GK Berg 3/44 (8 overs)		RR Rossouw 156 (113) J Overton 4/64 (9 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field. Rilee Rossouw made his List A debut for Hampshire. Points: Hampshire 2, Somerset 0.

12 May 2017	Hampshire (H) 332/6 (49 overs)	v	Glamorgan 334/7 (48.5 overs)	Glamorgan won by 3 wickets
11:00 BST Scorecard				Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: SC Gale and MJ Saggers
	JM Vince 178 (138) M de Lange 5/49 (9 overs)		CA Ingram 115 (78) MS Crane 3/69 (10 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field. Rain delays reduced the match to 49 overs per side. Liam Dawson (Hampshire) passed 3,000 List A runs. James Vince's 178 was the highest List A score by a Hampshire batsman. James Vince and Liam Dawson's partnership of 221 runs for the 4th wicket was a new Hampshire List A record. Colin Ingram (Glamorgan) passed 7,000 List A runs. Points: Glamorgan 2, Hampshire 0.

14 May 2017	Hampshire 271/8 (50 overs)	v	Surrey (H) 238/2 (38 overs)	Surrey won by 66 runs (D/L/S)
11:00 BST Scorecard				The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: NL Bainton and GD Lloyd
	GJ Bailey 145* (132) R Rampaul 4/61 (10 overs)		KC Sangakkara 124* (121) KJ Abbott 1/34 (7 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat. Rain delays reduced Surrey's innings to 38 overs. Ravi Rampaul (Surrey) took his 250th List A wicket. George Bailey and Kyle Abbott's partnership of 152 runs for the 8th wicket was a new Hampshire List A record. Points: Surrey 2, Hampshire 0

17 May 2017	Hampshire (H)	v	Sussex	Match abandoned
14:00 BST (D/N) Scorecard				Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: M Burns and GD Lloyd
No toss. No play was possible due to rain. Points: Hampshire 1, Sussex 1.

NatWest t20 Blast

Main article: 2017 T20 Blast

Hampshire will play in the South group of the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast. The county will play 14 matches, playing each team in the group at least once.

South Group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
1	Glamorgan [lower-alpha 1]	14	7	3	0	4	0	18	0.045
2	Surrey [lower-alpha 1]	14	7	5	0	2	0	16	−0.130
3	Hampshire [lower-alpha 1]	14	7	6	0	1	0	15	−0.021
4	Somerset [lower-alpha 1]	14	6	6	0	2	0	14	0.491
5	Sussex Sharks	14	5	5	1	3	0	14	0.423
6	Kent Spitfires	14	6	7	1	0	0	13	−0.158
7	Middlesex	14	5	7	1	1	0	12	0.221
8	Essex Eagles	14	5	7	0	2	0	12	−0.204
9	Gloucestershire	14	4	6	1	3	0	12	−0.648

Source: BBC Sport ^[17]
Notes:

1.   advanced to the quarter-finals

Matches

7 July 2017	Hampshire 167/5 (20 overs)	v	Glamorgan (H) 145/9 (20 overs)	Hampshire won by 22 runs
(D/N)				Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: RJ Evans and T Lungley Player of the match: Lewis McManus (Hampshire)
	LD McManus 59* (35) MG Hogan 2/25 (4 overs)		GG Wagg 50 (28) Shahid Afridi 4/20 (4 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field. Kiran Carlson (Glamorgan) made his Twenty20 debut. Rilee Rossouw, George Bailey and Reece Topley made their Twenty20 debuts for Hampshire. Points: Hampshire 2, Glamorgan 0.

12 July 2017	Hampshire 188/3 (20 overs)	v	Sussex (H) 169/7 (20 overs)	Hampshire won by 19 runs
(D/N)				County Cricket Ground, Hove, Brighton and Hove Umpires: JW Lloyds and NA Mallender Player of the match: Kyle Abbott (Hampshire)
	JM Vince 81 (48) WAT Beer 1/27 (3 overs)		LJ Wright 50 (33) KJ Abbott 3/22 (4 overs)
Sussex won the toss and elected to field. Points: Hampshire 2, Sussex 0.

14 July 2017	Hampshire (H) 189/8 (20 overs)	v	Middlesex 160/7 (20 overs)	Hampshire won by 29 runs
(D/N)				Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: PK Baldwin and NGC Cowley Player of the match: Michael Carberry (Hampshire)
	MA Carberry 77 (45) TS Roland-Jones 4/39 (4 overs)		TG Southee 64* (32) MS Crane 3/15 (4 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Hampshire 2, Middlesex 0.

20 July 2017	Hampshire (H) 126/9 (20 overs)	v	Sussex 127/4 (17.2 overs)	Sussex won by 6 wickets
(D/N)				Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: PK Baldwin and MA Gough Player of the match: Jofra Archer (Sussex)
	TP Alsop 64 (50) JC Archer 4/18 (4 overs)		BC Brown 42 (35) MS Crane 1/19 (4 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Sussex 2, Hampshire 0.

21 July 2017	Hampshire 124/9 (20 overs)	v	Essex (H) 129/3 (14 overs)	Essex won by 7 wickets
(D/N)				Essex County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: M Burns and DJ Millns Player of the match: Ravi Bopara (Essex)
	MA Carberry 30 (25) RS Bopara 4/19 (4 overs)		AJ Wheater 44* (32) Shahid Afridi 1/25 (3 overs)
Essex won the toss and elected to field. Points: Essex 2, Hampshire 0.

23 July 2017	Hampshire (H)	v	Surrey	Match abandoned without a ball bowled
(D/N)				Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: RJ Bailey and M Burns
Points: Hampshire 1, Surrey 1.

26 July 2017	Somerset (H) 204/9 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire 190 (19.3 overs)	Somerset won by 14 runs
(D/N)				County Ground, Taunton Umpires: PK Baldwin and BV Taylor Player of the match: Lewis Gregory (Somerset)
	L Gregory 43 (20) GK Berg 3/35 (4 overs)		LD McManus 34 (18) TD Groenewald 2/28 (4 overs)
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Somerset 2, Hampshire 0.

28 July 2017	Gloucestershire (H) 174/5 (19 overs)	v	Hampshire 121/3 (11.4 overs)	Hampshire won by 24 runs (D/L/S method)
(D/N)				Bristol County Ground, Ashley Down, Bristol Umpires: NGC Cowley and BV Taylor Player of the match: Michael Klinger (Gloucestershire)
	M Klinger 101* (58) MS Crane 2/17 (3 overs)		RR Rossouw 45* (27) MD Taylor 2/29 (4 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field. Rain lead to both innings being shortened to 19 overs per side. Rain stopped play after 11.4 overs of Hampshire's innings. Points: Hampshire 2, Gloucestershire 0.

1 August 2017	Kent 159/6 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire (H) 154/4 (20 overs)	Kent won by 5 runs
(D/N)				Rose Bowl, West End Southampton Umpires: SJ O'Shaughnessy and BV Taylor Player of the match: Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent)
	DJ Bell-Drummond 62 (42) Shahid Afridi 4/26 (4 overs)		TP Alsop 43* (41) JDS Neesham 1/22 (3 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Kent 2, Hampshire 0.

3 August 2017	Middlesex (H) 136 (19.1 overs)	v	Hampshire 137/4 (17.3 overs)	Hampshire won by 6 wickets
(D/N)				Lord's, St John's Wood, London Umpires: NL Bainton and MA Gough Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Hampshire)
	SS Eskinazi 43 (27) KJ Abbott 3/26 (4 overs)		RR Rossouw 60 (47) TG Helm 1/30 (4 overs)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat. Tom Barber (Middlesex) and Ian Holland (Hampshire) made their Twenty20 debuts. Points: Hampshire 2, Middlesex 0.

4 August 2017	Hampshire (H) 168/6 (20 overs)	v	Essex 169/6 (19.4 overs)	Essex won by 4 wickets
(D/N)				Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: RJ Evans and SC Gale Player of the match: Adam Wheater (Essex)
	GJ Bailey 89* (62) Ashar Zaidi 2/24 (4 overs)		AJ Wheater 50 (26) LA Dawson 3/41 (4 overs)
Essex won the toss and elected to field. Points: Essex 2, Hampshire 0.

10 August 2017	Glamorgan 118/6 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire (H) 119/2 (13.5 overs)	Hampshire won by 8 wickets
(D/N)				Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: JW Lloyds and DJ Millns Player of the match: Mason Crane (Hampshire)
	AG Salter 37* (27) MS Crane 3/21 (4 overs)		JM Vince 60* (41) CA Ingram 2/29 (4 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat. Calvin Dickinson (Hampshire) made his Twenty20 debut. Points: Hampshire 2, Glamorgan 0.

11 August 2017	Kent (H) 167/7 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire 171/4 (17.2 overs)	Hampshire won by 6 wickets
(D/N)				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: PK Baldwin and RT Robinson Player of the match: Calvin Dickinson (Hampshire)
	SA Northeast 59 (42) LA Dawson 2/25 (4 overs) KJ Abbott 2/25 (4 overs)		JM Vince 57 (36) ME Claydon 2/33 (3 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field. Points: Hampshire 2, Kent 0.

18 August 2017	Somerset 189/3 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire (H) 91 (18.1 overs)	Somerset won by 98 runs
(D/N)				Rose Bowl, West End, Southampton Umpires: JW Lloyds and RJ Warren Player of the match: Peter Trego (Somerset)
	PD Trego 84* (50) JB Lintott 1/24 (3 overs)		TP Alsop 36 (29) RE van der Merwe 3/13 (4 overs)
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat. Jake Lintott (Hampshire) made his Twenty20 debut. Points: Somerset 2, Hampshire 0.

Quarter Final

As a result of Hampshire finishing in the top 4 of the South Group, they qualified for the quarter finals. They will play Derbyshire on 22 August with the winner qualifying for Finals Day.

22 August 2017	Hampshire 249/8 (20 overs)	v	Derbyshire (H) 148 (19.5 overs)	Hampshire won by 101 runs
(D/N)				County Ground, Derby Umpires: M Gough and AG Wharf Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Hampshire)
	Shahid Afridi 101 (43) MJJ Critchley 3/32 (3 overs)		BD Cotton 30* (21) KJ Abbott 3/25 (3.5 overs)
Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field. Hampshire's score of 249/8 was their highest in Twenty20 cricket. Hampshire's score of 249/8 was the highest Derbyshire had conceded in Twenty20 cricket. Hampshire advanced to Finals Day.

Finals Day

As a result of winning their Quarter Final, Hampshire advanced to Finals Day to be held at Edgbaston on 2 September. After the 4th quarter final it was confirmed that Hampshire had been drawn against Nottinghamshire in the second semi-final.

2 September 2017	Nottinghamshire 169/7 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire 146 (18.4 overs)	Nottinghamshire won by 23 runs
				Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: RJ Bailey and M Gough Player of the match: Steven Mullaney (Nottinghamshire)
	MH Wessels 48 (27) CP Wood 2/17 (2 overs)		JM Vince 56 (32) HF Gurney 3/19 (3 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field. Nottinghamshire advanced to the final.

Statistics

Batting

First-class

First-class (including matches vs. Cardiff MCCU and South Africa A)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
James Vince	13	21	0	738	147	35.14	58.29	2	2	1	109	3
Sean Ervine	15	23	1	653	203	29.68	53.65	1	3	3	76	1
George Bailey	11	18	0	651	161	36.16	61.58	2	3	4	87	3
James Adams	13	19	0	580	166	30.52	44.00	2	1	2	76	2
Gareth Berg	14	20	2	568	99*	31.55	74.83	0	2	1	67	14
Kyle Abbott	14	18	4	418	97*	29.85	65.00	0	2	1	53	6
Liam Dawson	11	18	0	386	75	21.44	42.55	0	2	0	49	3
Michael Carberry	8	12	0	372	100	31.00	45.20	1	2	0	54	3
Lewis McManus	11	16	2	323	41*	23.07	51.92	0	0	1	42	3
Rilee Rossouw	8	13	0	253	99	19.46	64.54	0	1	5	40	1
Tom Alsop	7	11	0	235	62	21.36	47.18	0	2	2	39	0
Ian Holland	9	13	4	234	58*	26.00	42.77	0	2	2	26	0
Calvin Dickinson	2	3	0	113	99	37.66	90.40	0	1	0	17	3
Mason Crane	8	10	3	66	29	9.42	39.05	0	0	4	8	1
Brad Taylor	2	4	2	55	18	27.50	37.67	0	0	0	8	0
Joe Weatherley	3	5	0	45	35	11.25	66.17	0	0	0	7	0
Asher Hart	2	4	1	44	36	14.66	30.55	0	0	1	3	1
Fidel Edwards	10	11	4	43	20	6.14	46.23	0	0	3	6	0
Brad Wheal	6	7	2	40	18	8.00	26.84	0	0	3	5	0
Ryan Stevenson	1	2	1	39	20	39.00	44.31	0	0	0	6	0
Matt Salisbury	3	5	2	33	17*	11.00	31.42	0	0	1	3	1
Reece Topley	2	3	2	23	16	23.00	23.46	0	0	0	3	0
Will Smith	1	2	0	20	18	10.00	46.51	0	0	0	4	0
Felix Organ	1	1	0	16	16	16.00	44.44	0	0	0	2	0
Chris Wood	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	45.45	0	0	1	0	0

As of 28 September 2017— Source: CricInfo ^[18]

List A

List A

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
James Vince	7	7	1	463	178	77.16	113.75	1	3	0	50	8
George Bailey	6	6	2	312	145*	78.00	92.30	1	2	1	25	4
Tom Alsop	7	7	1	203	112*	33.83	66.55	1	1	1	21	0
Rilee Rossouw	3	3	0	196	156	65.33	130.66	1	0	0	33	2
Liam Dawson	7	7	1	160	74	26.66	78.04	0	1	1	11	0
Sean Ervine	7	6	1	112	33*	22.40	93.33	0	0	0	9	1
Lewis McManus	7	5	2	85	33	41.50	28.33	0	0	0	7	2
Kyle Abbott	6	3	1	79	56	39.50	85.86	0	1	0	3	3
James Adams	2	2	0	58	36	29.00	109.43	0	0	0	9	0
Gareth Berg	5	4	1	19	15	6.33	82.60	0	0	0	2	0
Ian Holland	2	1	1	11	11*	—	100.00	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Carberry	3	3	0	9	9	9.00	47.36	0	0	2	2	0
Mason Crane	7	2	1	5	3	5.00	71.42	0	0	0	0	0
Reece Topley	5	1	1	0	0*	—	—	0	0	0	0	0

As of 14 May 2017— Source: CricInfo ^[19]

Twenty20

Twenty20

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
James Vince	15	15	1	542	81	38.71	158.47	0	5	1	68	18
George Bailey	15	15	5	301	89*	30.10	125.94	0	1	1	28	6
Tom Alsop	10	10	2	267	64	33.37	120.27	0	1	0	27	3
Rilee Rossouw	10	10	1	255	60	28.33	137.09	0	1	0	29	6
Michael Carberry	8	8	1	224	77	32.00	150.33	0	1	0	21	9
Shahid Afridi	12	9	0	151	101	16.77	157.29	1	0	2	13	8
Lewis McManus	10	8	2	128	59	21.33	134.73	0	1	1	6	8
Calvin Dickinson	5	5	0	102	51	20.40	152.23	0	1	0	16	2
Gareth Berg	14	8	3	72	31	14.40	122.03	0	0	1	3	1
Sean Ervine	10	8	2	65	23*	10.83	87.83	0	0	1	4	1
Liam Dawson	8	6	1	46	18	9.20	104.54	0	0	0	3	1
Kyle Abbott	15	7	1	25	14	4.16	100.00	0	0	3	2	1
Chris Wood	9	3	2	15	13*	15.00	55.55	0	0	0	1	0
Mason Crane	13	3	2	9	3*	9.00	56.25	0	0	0	0	0
Fidel Edwards	1	1	1	8	8*	—	133.33	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Lintott	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	44.44	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Wheal	1	1	1	2	2*	—	66.66	0	0	0	0	0
Reece Topley	7	3	1	1	1*	0.50	16.66	0	0	2	0	0

As of 2 September 2017— Source: CricInfo ^[20]

Bowling

First-class

First-class (including matches vs. Cardiff MCCU and South Africa A)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5w	10wm
Kyle Abbott	14	26	415.3	131	1092	60	7/41	18.20	2.62	41.5	4	0
Gareth Berg	14	26	391.5	103	987	37	4/28	26.67	2.51	63.5	0	0
Fidel Edwards	10	17	221.5	35	794	33	5/49	24.06	3.57	40.3	2	0
Liam Dawson	11	20	350.2	94	835	32	4/22	26.09	2.38	65.6	0	0
Ian Holland	9	17	158.0	45	416	19	4/16	21.89	2.63	49.8	0	0
Mason Crane	8	14	223.1	34	830	16	5/40	51.87	3.71	83.6	1	0
Brad Wheal	6	12	120.5	22	476	15	4/98	31.73	3.93	48.3	0	0
Matt Salisbury	3	5	74.3	11	271	8	3/65	33.87	3.63	55.8	0	0
Sean Ervine	15	13	135.4	31	341	7	2/1	48.71	2.51	116.2	0	0
Asher Hart	2	4	43.5	8	111	5	3/17	22.20	2.53	52.6	0	0
Brad Taylor	2	3	64.0	3	275	4	2/57	68.75	4.29	96.0	0	0
Reece Topley	2	4	44.2	6	178	2	1/56	89.00	4.01	133.0	0	0
James Vince	13	4	8.5	0	38	1	1/13	38.00	4.30	53.0	0	0
Joe Weatherley	3	2	15.0	3	55	1	1/46	55.00	3.66	90.0	0	0
James Adams	13	1	1.0	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	—	0	0
Michael Carberry	8	2	5.0	2	5	0	—	—	1.00	—	0	0
George Bailey	11	1	2.0	0	9	0	—	—	4.50	—	0	0
Chris Wood	1	2	3.0	0	12	0	—	—	4.00	—	0	0
Ryan Stevenson	1	2	15.0	2	55	0	—	—	3.66	—	0	0

As of 29 September 2017— Source: CricInfo ^[21]

List A

List A

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Mason Crane	7	7	64.0	1	384	14	3/53	27.42	6.00	27.4	0	0
Reece Topley	5	5	45.3	3	300	9	4/68	33.33	6.59	30.3	1	0
Liam Dawson	7	7	68.0	3	303	9	3/30	33.66	4.45	45.3	0	0
Gareth Berg	5	5	46.0	1	253	7	3/44	36.14	5.50	39.4	0	0
Kyle Abbott	6	6	52.2	1	300	7	2/46	42.85	5.73	44.8	0	0
Ian Holland	2	2	19.0	1	117	3	2/57	39.00	6.15	38.0	0	0
Fidel Edwards	2	2	19.2	0	137	3	2/57	45.66	7.08	38.6	0	0
Sean Ervine	7	4	10.3	0	58	2	1/17	29.00	5.52	31.5	0	0
Chris Wood	1	1	5.3	0	30	0	—	—	5.45	—	0	0

As of 14 May 2017— Source: CricInfo ^[22]

Twenty20

Twenty20

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Mason Crane	13	13	47.0	0	312	18	3/15	17.33	6.63	15.6	0	0
Kyle Abbott	15	15	54.3	0	487	17	3/22	28.64	8.93	19.2	0	0
Liam Dawson	8	8	32.0	2	237	14	3/28	16.92	7.40	13.7	0	0
Shahid Afridi	12	12	44.0	0	317	13	4/20	24.38	7.20	20.3	2	0
Gareth Berg	14	14	45.1	0	393	13	3/35	30.23	8.70	20.8	0	0
Chris Wood	9	9	28.0	0	257	9	2/17	28.55	9.17	18.6	0	0
Reece Topley	7	7	24.0	0	193	7	3/23	27.57	8.04	20.5	0	0
Jake Lintott	1	1	3.0	0	24	1	1/24	24.00	8.00	18.00	0	0
Ian Holland	1	1	4.0	0	33	1	1/33	33.00	8.25	24.0	0	0
Brad Wheal	1	1	4.0	0	45	1	1/45	45.00	11.25	24.0	0	0
Fidel Edwards	1	1	3.2	0	29	0	—	—	8.70	—	0	0

As of 2 September 2017— Source: CricInfo ^[23]

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External links

• Hampshire home at ESPN Cricinfo
• Hampshire County Cricket Club official site