Academy Duo Eve O'Neill And Shristi Patil Sign First Pro Contracts
Spin bowler Eve O’Neill and batter Shristi Patil have signed one-year professional contracts
The opening day of the Specsavers County Championship Division One clash between reigning champions Middlesex and third-placed Hampshire was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to unfit playing conditions at Uxbridge Cricket Club.
Heavy rain on Monday evening ran down the slope at the Park Road sports complex and crept under the covers and sheets leaving umpires Graham Lloyd and Russell Evans with little option but to call things off after their second inspection at 11am.
Groundstaff had used heat lamps and a 'Supersopper' from the early hours in a bid to improve conditions but their efforts proved useless in the face of sodden conditions and heavy waterlogging.
Spin bowler Eve O’Neill and batter Shristi Patil have signed one-year professional contracts
All-rounders Nancy Harman and Megan Sturge have left Hampshire and will join Glamorgan for 2027
Hampshire’s Sonny Baker and Liam Dawson are named in England’s 16-player squad to face Pakistan and Sri Lanka in an ODI tri-series