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Match Preview: Hampshire Men v Yorkshire, Rothesay County Championship
Match Preview: Hampshire Men v Yorkshire, Rothesay County Championship
The final six weeks of the season are here, as Hampshire Men host Yorkshire at Utilita Bowl in a bid to climb the table
Hampshire Men v Yorkshire
Rothesay County Championship
Thursday 20-Sunday 23 August (11am start)
Utilita Bowl
Hampshire Men return to Rothesay County Championship action on Thursday 20 August as they take on the White Rose of Yorkshire.
Ben Brown’s side came out victorious in this fixture in the second week of the competition, with a century from the captain and twin fifties from Jake Lehmann setting Hampshire up for a mammoth 214-run win up in Leeds.
The team come into the final six weeks of the season off the back of finishing fifth in Group B of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup, with four wins.
Australian Lehmann, who is playing as a local player on a two-year deal, was the club’s leading run-scorer with 347, and he also tops Hampshire’s run charts in the Championship with 666 to his name, including six fifties and a century against league leaders Nottinghamshire.
Yorkshire fell to an innings defeat in their previous outing against bottom-of-the-table Leicestershire back in June.
The highly-rated 25-year-old James Wharton made 89 runs in the match, with six wickets to spin duo Dom Bess and Dan Moriarty.
However, the White Rose enjoyed a successful One-Day Cup group stage, finishing second with six wins, though one of their two defeats came against Hampshire in the opening round.
Hampshire
Hampshire have named a 14-player squad for their return to the County Championship against Yorkshire.
All-rounder Delano Potgieter won’t return for the final rounds of the season due to his call-up to South Africa A for their series against Bangladesh A, which starts on Sunday 23 August.
Sonny Baker returns to the Rose and Crown along with Eddie Jack, whilst Andrew Neal is also included following his maiden professional century in the One Day Cup against Derbyshire Falcons.
Full Hampshire squad
Kyle Abbott (87)
Eddie Jack (91)
Toby Albert (15)
Jake Lehmann (33)
Sonny Baker (95)
Ben Mayes (21)
Ben Brown Captain † (10)
Andrew Neal (17)
Scott Currie (44)
Felix Organ (3)
James Fuller (26)
Ali Orr (27)
Nick Gubbins (31)
Tom Prest (24)
Yorkshire
Previewed by Graham Hardcastle, ECB Reporters Network, supported by Rothesay
Captain: Jonny Bairstow
Head coach: Anthony McGrath
2026 standings: 8th (89 points, two wins, three defeats, three draws)
2026 leading run-scorer: Adam Lyth (435)
2026 leading wicket-taker: George Hill (27)
Key winter moves: Doncaster-born Western Australia captain Sam Whiteman has penned a three-year all-format contract, and is local-qualified. Dawid Malan, Matt Milnes, Jonny Tattersall and Jordan Thompson have departed. Seam-bowling all-rounders Logan van Beek and Will Sutherland joined Jhye Richardson as early-summer overseas signings.
What we’re looking forward to seeing: Yorkshire, promoted in 2024, consolidated their Division One status last summer. After a slow start, three of their four wins came during the last seven matches, taking as many points as champions Nottinghamshire in that period. Now, it’s about pushing on to challenge the likes of Notts and Surrey over the full distance. They certainly have the firepower under captain Jonny Bairstow, with emerging talent such as George Hill, Will Luxton, Matthew Revis and James Wharton developing impressively.
Aiming to catch Test selectors’ eye: Top-order batter James Wharton, 25, recently earned his maiden Lions call-up on the curtailed Abu Dhabi trip. He has totalled 1,533 runs in 23 Rothesay County Championship matches across the last two seasons, including 2024 scores of 188 and 275. He contributed seven Division One half-centuries last season. An improved conversion rate could do wonders for him.
Final thought: A key factor in Yorkshire’s drive for success is always England availability. If Harry Brook and/or Joe Root can parachute in and rack up the runs ahead of the international summer beginning, then that could set the county on the right track for a first four-day title since 2015. That’s certainly the aim for coach Anthony McGrath, who tasted similar success in his Essex days.
Head-to-Head
Hampshire Men’s record in County Championship matches v Yorkshire:
Played
Won
Lost
Drawn
Abandoned
180
24
75
81
3
Last five meetings:
April 10-13 2026 | Headingley | Hampshire won by 214 runs
April 4-7 2025 | Utilita Bowl | Hampshire won by five wickets
July 25-28 2022 | Scarborough | Hampshire won by seven wickets
June 12-15 2022 | Utilita Bowl | Hampshire won by two wickets
Aug 30-Sept 2 2021 | Utilita Bowl | Match drawn
Ticketing
Tickets for Hampshire Men v Yorkshire in the Rothesay County Championship are available here.
Advance - £15
On the gate - £20
U17s - £5
The club is also hosting a Celebration of Red Ball Cricket, on days 1-3. Supporters can hear from current and former Hampshire players and discover more stories behind the Rose & Crown with the Hampshire Cricket Heritage displays and book sale.
For more information about our Celebration of Red Ball Cricket, click the link below.
The match will be live streamed on the Yorkshire Cricket YouTube channel with commentary from Kevan James, Jonathan Doidge, Michael Carberry, Naomi Dattani, and Charlie Harden.
Fans can stay updated on the match via the Hampshire Cricket X/Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts, where regular score updates and match clips will be shared.
