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Match Preview: Leicestershire v Hampshire Men, Rothesay County Championship
Match Preview: Leicestershire v Hampshire Men, Rothesay County Championship
Hampshire Men travel to Leicestershire in a bid to get off the bottom of the table
Leicestershire v Hampshire Men
Rothesay County Championship
Tuesday 15-Friday 29 September (10:30am start)
Uptonsteel County Ground
Hampshire Men are on the road again as they travel to Uptonsteel County Ground to take on Leicestershire.
Ben Brown’s side remain at the bottom of the table having lost out to Nottinghamshire last week, with this week's opponents only one place above Hampshire in the table.
Hampshire
Hampshire have named an unchanged 14-player squad for their Rothesay County Championship match against Leicestershire at The Uptonsteel County Ground.
Pace bowler Sonny Baker is away on international duty as he is part of England’s squad for the white ball series vs Sri Lanka.
17-year-old Manny Lumsden remains in the squad having taken a five-for against Nottinghamshire on his first class debute last week.
Kyle Abbott (87)
Jake Lehmann (33)
Toby Albert (15)
Manny Lumsden (43)
Ben Brown Captain † (10)
Ben Mayes (21)
Scott Currie (44)
Andrew Neal (17)
James Fuller (26)
Felix Organ (3)
Nick Gubbins (31)
Tom Prest (24)
Eddie Jack (91)
Joe Weatherley (5)
LEICESTERSHIRE
Previewed by Jon Culley, ECB Reporters Network, supported by Rothesay
Captain: Ian Holland
Head coach: Alfonso Thomas
2025 finish: 1st (in Division Two, promoted)
2025 leading run-scorer: Lewis Hill (917)
2025 leading wicket-taker: Ian Holland (38)
Key winter moves:
Club captain Peter Handscomb is unavailable for the season due to family commitments but has re-signed until 2027 in a show of faith. Stephen Eskinazi (Middlesex) and Jonny Tattersall (Yorkshire) were added to the batting resources last season. Somerset all-rounder Ben Green moves permanently after several loan spells, to be joined by Taunton colleague Josh Davey. Restrictions imposed by Cricket South Africa scuppered the signing of left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, although the loss is softened by the recruitment of New Zealand left-armer Ajaz Patel.
What we’re looking forward to seeing:
Pace bowling prospect Alex Green was a sensation in last season’s Metro Bank One Day Cup, when his 18 wickets included three five-fors. Genuinely quick, and 6ft 7ins tall, the 19-year-old academy graduate impressed again in the winter, taking wickets during England's run to the Under-19 World Cup final. He will be pushing for inclusion in the red-ball side.
Aiming to catch the Test selectors’ eye:
After an exceptional county summer that brought five hundreds in 16 Rothesay County Championship innings, not to mention 13 wickets in a match against Derbyshire, it baffled many judges that leg-spinning all-rounder Rehan
Ahmed was not part of England’s Ashes squad. If he can maintain that form against Division One opponents, the 21-year-old’s case will surely be irresistible.
Final thought:
Leicestershire, who finished bottom of Division Two as recently as 2022, romped to the 2025 title to end a 22-year exile from Division One. Staying there will be tough, given that historically one in three promoted teams are relegated after just one season, and almost half within two. With Chris Wright retired and Logan Van Beek joining Yorkshire, the pace attack needs Josh Hull to mature into a consistent spearhead but the Foxes will fight for every point.
The match will be live streamed on the Foxes TV YouTube channel, with commentary from Kevan James joining the team of leicestershire commentators for all four days.
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