Will Smith Named Hampshire's Four-Day Captain

Batsman Will Smith picks up the reigns in James Vince's absence, ahead of Sunday's Specsavers County Championship home fixture with Nottinghamshire

With James Vince on international duty for England’s first Test against Sri Lanka, batsman Will Smith steps in as Hampshire’s four-day captain ahead of Nottinghamshire’s visit to the The Ageas Bowl on Sunday in Specsavers County Championship Division One.

33-year-old Smith added invaluable experience to Hampshire’s squad when he joined ahead of the 2014 season, having been a title-winning captain for Durham in 2009, and now has 8,254 first-class runs to his name.

Will has a lot of first-class experience from his days at Durham, and being a senior player and a regular fixture in the four-day side it made sense for him to pick up the reigns in James’ absence. He’s the sort of character who can deal with captaincy really well, and he’s been a consistent performer with us during his time here - I’m sure he’ll be in the runs again soon.

Giles White, Director of Cricket

In his first season at the The Ageas Bowl in 2014, Smith reached over 1,000 County Championship runs for the first time in his career and, having proved a useful T20 bowling asset, he was named Players’ Player of the Year.

Smith’s first competitive match as skipper will be against Nottinghamshire on Sunday, with Hampshire looking to secure their first Specsavers County Championship win of 2016.

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