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
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:
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Jack Blatherwick (Lancashire) |
Lyndon James (Nottinghamshire) |
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Michael Burgess (Warwickshire) |
Ryan Patel (Surrey) |
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Ben Compton (Kent) |
Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire) |
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Ben Gibbon (Worcestershire) |
Jamie Porter (Essex) |
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Nick Gubbins (Hampshire) |
Ollie Robinson (Sussex) |
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Tom Haines (Sussex) |
Dom Sibley (Warwickshire) |
Hawks Men make the trip up the M3 to the Kia Oval as they take on Surrey in the Vitality Blast
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