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Match Preview: Surrey v Hampshire Hawks Men, Vitality Blast
Match Preview: Surrey v Hampshire Hawks Men, Vitality Blast
Hawks Men make the trip up the M3 to the Kia Oval as they take on Surrey in the Vitality Blast
Surrey v Hampshire Hawks Men
Vitality Blast
Friday 5 June
6:30pm start
The Kia Oval
Hampshire Hawks Men head to the Big Smoke as they face Surrey in a Friday night Vitality Blast fixture before a Rothesay County Championship match against the same opponents on Sunday.
The Hawks currently sit top of the table with 4 wins out of 5.
Surrey arrive into the fixture having beaten Middlesex by 8 wickets at The Oval on Tuesday evening, with Ollie Pope's unbeaten 51 helping them knock off a target of 131 with 35 balls remaining. The Hawks will be well aware of the threat they pose on home turf.
Hampshire Hawks Squad
Hampshire Hawks Men have named a 14-player squad for Friday's Vitality Blast T20 South Group fixture against Surrey at The Oval, with the game shaping up as a top of the table clash.
The Hawks head to south London on the back of four consecutive wins in this year's Vitality Blast T20, sitting top of the South Group going into the match. Surrey are second, making this one of the most eagerly anticipated fixtures of the group stage so far.
The squad is unchanged from the side that beat Sussex at Utilita Bowl.
Toby Albert † (15)
Andrew Neal (17)
Hilton Cartwright (35)
Ali Orr † (27)
Scott Currie (44)
Tom Prest (24)
Liam Dawson (8)
Tristan Stubbs (30)
James Fuller (26)
James Vince Captain (14)
Jake Lehmann (33)
Joe Weatherley (5)
Manny Lumsden (43)
Chris Wood (25)
Surrey Men
Previewed by Mark Baldwin, ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
Captain: Sam Curran
Overseas players: Sean Abbott (Australia, all)
Finals Day appearances: Nine (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2023, 2024)
Titles: One (2003)
2026 standings: 2nd in South group
2026 leading run-scorer: Sam Curran (162)
2026 leading wicket-taker: Reece Topley (8)
Key winter moves: The return of Australian all-rounder Sean Abbott, for his fourth overseas player stint at Surrey, was announced just before the start of the season and welcomed by all at the club. Abbott is available for the whole Blast competition, in addition to Surrey’s first eight Rothesay County Championship games.
The big question: It is a source of intense irritation at the Kia Oval that Surrey have still not managed to add another short-form triumph to the winning of the inaugural Twenty20 Cup back in 2003 under Adam Hollioake’s captaincy. Despite reaching eight Finals Days since, there has been no more silverware.
Wildcard watch: With no fewer than 16 players signed up already by The Hundred franchises, the player with the best chance of becoming a 17th is possibly 18-year-old Ralphie Albert, the left-arm spinner who can bat well and represented England U19s last winter. Oh, and he’s the grandson of snooker legend Jimmy White.
Final thought: In a star-studded squad Ollie Sykes, at 21, is primed to push on again this summer after making 10 appearances in last year’s Vitality Blast and impressing with his powerful strokeplay despite limited opportunities in such a strong and deep batting line-up. Overall, last year’s quarter-final exit against a Ravi Bopara-inspired Northamptonshire has only cranked up still further Surrey’s resolve to win the Blast and get a monkey off their back.
Head-to-Head:
Hampshire Hawks Men’s record in T20 matches v Surrey Men:
Played
Won
Tied
Lost
No Result
34
14
0
20
5
Recent meetings:
May 29 2026 | Utilita Bowl | Hawks won by five wickets (with five balls remaining)
June 17 2025 | Utilita Bowl | Surrey won by 69 runs
June 5 2025 | Kia Oval | Hawks won by 15 runs (DLS method)
July 18 2024 | Kia Oval | Surrey won by five wickets (with five balls remaining)
May 30 2024 | Utilita Bowl | Surrey won by five wickets (with four balls remaining)
Tickets
Tickets for Surrey v Hampshire Hawks are available here.
Coverage
The match will be live streamed on the Surrey Cricket YouTube channel. Radio commentary will be available on the BBC Sport website and app, and on BBC Sounds.
Fans can stay updated on the match via the Hampshire Cricket X/Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts, where regular score updates, photos from the game, and match clips will be shared.
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