Match Preview: Hampshire Hawks v Kent Spitfires, Vitality Blast

Hawks v Kent Spitfires
Vitality Blast (South Group)
Friday 17th June (7pm Start)
The Ageas Bowl

Hampshire Hawks are looking ahead to the visit of Kent Spitfires to The Ageas Bowl on Friday night.

After a week’s break from T20 action following the hard-fought victory over Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens, James Vince’s side will be hoping to make it five wins on the bounce against the Spitfires.

Kent, last season’s champions have had a tough start to their 2022 campaign but, after losing their opening six fixtures, have won two of their last three – including a victory over Somerset last time out.

Hampshire Squad

The Hawks have named an unchanged 15-player squad from the side that beat Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens.

Both James Vince (44) and Joe Weatherley (46*) batted well in Cardiff, while Toby Albert (21*) made another impressive cameo.

Brad Wheal was the star of the show with the ball, recording figures of 5-38, alongside wickets for Chris Wood (3-16) and Mason Crane (2-20).

Overseas star Nathan Ellis is once again included in the squad and will be hoping to make a return from injury.

Full Hampshire Squad

Kent Spitfires

2022 Season In Numbers

• 9th in South Group
• Form (most recent first): WLWLL
• Leading run scorer: Joe Denly - 268
• Leading wicket taker: Fred Klaassen - 9

Head-to-Head

Hampshire’s record in Vitality Blast v Kent Spitfires

P: 32, W: 14, T: 1, L: 16, NR: 1

Last 5 meetings:

• June 9 2021 | The Spitfire Ground | South Group| Kent won by 38 runs
• September 14 2020 | The Ageas Bowl | South Group | Kent won by 8 wickets
• August 27 2020 | The Spitfire Ground | South Group | No Result
• August 4 2019 | Beckenham | South Group | Kent won by 4 wickets
• July 21 2019 | The Ageas Bowl | South Group | Kent won by 2 wickets

Tickets

Tickets for the Hawks’ next T20 fixture against Kent are available via the link below, while they’ll also be available on the gate on Friday.

Click here to buy tickets.

To access match tickets bought online and get into The Ageas Bowl on Friday, fans will need to have downloaded the free Hampshire Cricket App.

Information on how to download the App and access match tickets – as well as how to forward them onto family and friends – can be found in our Visitor Guide, available via the link below.

Visitor Guide

For information on what to expect at The Ageas Bowl during the match on Friday – including the best food and drink in English cricket – please check out our Visitor Guide, available below.

Click here to view Visitor Guide.

The match will also be The Ageas Bowl’s biggest ever schools takeover, with schools across Hampshire and surrounding areas attending.

Coverage

A live stream will be available for the match and a link to this stream will be available in the free-to-download Hampshire Cricket App and at www.ageasbowl.com/cricket.

Both the Hampshire Cricket App and www.ageasbowl.com/cricket will also host a live match centre with scorecard, statistics and insight available throughout the match.

Weather Forecast

Please follow the link to view the latest weather forecast for The Ageas Bowl: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/6620360