Hawks Abroad: Thought Winter Was Here? Think Again

Hawks stars are away in three quadrants of the world, as our attention turns to the Antipodes, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.

Following England Men’s tri-series in Pakistan, Liam Dawson and Sonny Baker have headed to Australia, where they are both part of the ODI squad, with Dawson also included for the IT20 leg along with pace bowler Eddie Jack.

The series begins on Friday 13^th November.

In the meantime, Jack is over in the Caribbean with England Lions who are taking on West Indies A in a three-match T20 and five-match 50-over series.

Scott Currie and Ben Mayes are also part of the tour, with Currie taking seven wickets in the three T20 games.

Eddie Jack picked up a five-wicket haul in the second one-day match in St Kitts as the Lions thumped the hosts by 276 runs, with Mayes smashing a quickfire 59 from 46 balls.

The duo were recently named in England Lions’ tour of South Africa whilst Baker has been included in the Test squad.

James Vince and Toby Albert are currently in the United Arab Emirates taking part in the Abu Dhabi T10, which started on 7^th November.

For Albert, it is his third franchise gig of the winter, following the Super 60 and Global T20 in Canada. In the latter, he was the fifth-leading run-scorer and reached the semi-finals with Brampton Blazers.

In the all-new Italia T10, at least two Hampshire players have been drafted. New signing Rishi Patel is heading to Jimmy Anderson’s side, Napoli Knights, whilst James Fuller will join Brescia Lions.

The tournament runs from 18-29^th November in Rome.

Over in Australia, Lauren Bell has picked up two wickets for Sydney Thunder as they sit third in the WBBL table.

On the club cricket scene, Andrew Neal is with Kensington Cricket Club in South Australia and has started well with both bat and ball.

The all-rounder made 67 and took two for 62 in a two-day game against Sturt CC, then followed it up with two for eight from four overs, including one maiden, in a T20 match against Prince Alfred Old Collegians CC.

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