Nick Gubbins Selected In County Select XI To Face New Zealand

Hampshire’s Nick Gubbins is named in a 12-man squad to take on New Zealand in a four-day match in Chelmsford

Hampshire top order batter Nick Gubbins has been named in a 12-man squad to face New Zealand at the County Ground in Chelmsford on Thursday 26th May.

The left hander has enjoyed a prolific opening few weeks of the LV= Insurance County Championship, leading Hampshire’s run scoring charts with 443 runs at an average of 55.37.

In the first six weeks of the competitive season, Gubbins recorded his first half-century of the year against Kent in Canterbury before his Player of the Match performance against Lancashire at The Ageas Bowl.

On a difficult wicket against a Lancashire attack featuring England’s James Anderson and Pakistan’s Hassan Ali, Gubbins recorded an unbeaten 101*, before bettering himself in the second innings with 130, having strode out to the middle on both occasions within the first five overs.

We have selected a strong squad of players who are in form and who deserve the opportunity to test themselves against high-class international opposition. Matches like this provide a valuable opportunity to see how the selected players handle a step up from county ranks and I am looking forward to working alongside them. I would also like to thank the first-class counties for their collaborative approach during a busy period.”

Richard Dawson, ECB Elite Performance Pathway Coach

Full County Select XI squad:

Jack Blatherwick (Lancashire)

Lyndon James (Nottinghamshire)

Michael Burgess (Warwickshire)

Ryan Patel (Surrey)

Ben Compton (Kent)

Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire)

Ben Gibbon (Worcestershire)

Jamie Porter (Essex)

Nick Gubbins (Hampshire)

Ollie Robinson (Sussex)

Tom Haines (Sussex)

Dom Sibley (Warwickshire)

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