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Eight promising young cricketers join Hampshire's Academy for 2022
Hampshire Cricket is pleased to announce the Club’s new Academy intake for the 2022 season.
The Hampshire Academy aims to identify and develop outstanding cricketers capable of performing at the highest level for Hampshire and England.
At 2021 Vitality Blast Finals Day, nine of the 11 players that took to the field for Hampshire Hawks were products of the Academy.
For 2022, the Academy welcomes six new players with Dom Kelly and Charlie Mumford the two that remain from last season.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Joseph Eckland earns his first year on the Academy after a great 2021 season with bat and gloves, finishing the summer featuring regularly in Hampshire’s Championship-winning Second XI side.
Seam bowler Max Simpson has been in the Hampshire Pathway from a very young age and enjoyed an outstanding season for Hook CC and the Academy in the Southern Premier League (SPL).
All-rounder Jude Wright joins the Hampshire Academy as an U17 after an excellent breakthrough season for Alton CC in the SPL and with the Hampshire U18s in all formats.
Hard hitting batter Tom Cheater joins the Academy for his first year after a positive 2021 season for the Hampshire County Age Groups, while also playing a major role in helping Totton & Eling CC gain promotion to the SPL.
Opening bowler and middle order batter, Eddie Jack is the latest Canford School pupil to join the Academy after Felix Organ and Tom Prest in recent years. Jack enjoyed an impressive summer and was made captain of the South & West team at the ECB Bunbury Festival.
Leg spinning all-rounder Ethan Baker joins at U16 level having come through the Hampshire age groups and impressing with performances for Bashley CC and the Hampshire U18s.
It’s fantastic to welcome six new promising young players to the Hampshire Academy. The aim of the Academy is to help players achieve their goals of playing cricket for Hampshire and England. It’s the vehicle that hopes to turn potential into high quality and our job is to develop these young players both on and off the cricket field.
Charlie Freeston, Head of Player Development
Tom Prest, Toby Albert and Scott Currie are the latest young players to break into the 1st XI, joining other former Academy graduates such as Joe Weatherley, Tom Alsop and Lewis McManus, all playing regularly alongside international players Liam Dawson, James Vince and Mason Crane.
Most recently, Prest was named captain for the England U19s for the forthcoming ICC U19s Men’s World Cup.
Hampshire Academy Full Squad: Dom Kelly (U16), Ethan Baker (U16), Eddie Jack (U16), Tom Cheater (U17), Jude Wright (U17), Max Simpson (U18), Joseph Eckland (U18), Charlie Mumford (U18)
Read the match report & hear reaction from Hampshire Men's Rothesay County Championship match against Somerset at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
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