Latest Updates Around The World
South African batsman Tristan Stubbs has joined Hampshire Hawks for the Vitality Blast 2026. The 25-year-old has made 71 appearances for his country since making his debut in 2022, appearing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Caribbean Premier League (CPL), SA20 and The Hundred. He scored 3,188 runs in 154 T20 matches at an average […]
Great Australian batsman Hilton Cartwright returns to Utilita Bowl for a second stint with Hampshire Hawks. The 33-year-old joined the club for the second half of last year’s Vitality Blast and made an immediate impact, catching the second ball of the innings against Sussex Sharks and completing a direct hit as the Hawks defeated their […]
Seam bowler Poppy Tulloch has signed a two-year contract extension with Hampshire, keeping her at Utilita Bowl until at least the end of the 2027 season. Tulloch, who turns 20 in April, is a product of the Hampshire and Southern Vipers path. She was part of the Vipers EPP (Emerging Players Programme) in 2022 while […]
Test captain Ben Stokes will join the England Lions coaching team in the United Arab Emirates next month. Stokes is currently recovering from an adductor injury he suffered during the fifth Ashes Test in Australia earlier this month. But the 34-year-old will be part of Andrew Flintoff’s coaching staff for T20 and 50-over white-ball series […]
Liam Dawson insists he is not considering taking up the challenge of becoming England’s regular Test spinner as he focuses on his first T20 World Cup at the age of 35. England took Shoaib Bashir to the Ashes as their main spinner, but the 22-year-old was left out of all five Tests as all-rounder Will […]
Hampshire Cricket has partnered with the GOAT Boys mentorship programme, providing positive male role models for young people in our community. Hampshire Cricket says it is proud to support the GOAT Boys mentorship programme, an initiative aimed at providing positive male role models for young people in our community. The program addresses the challenges highlighted […]
Seam bowler Hannah Hardwick has signed for Hampshire after a successful trial period with the club. The 21-year-old played for Warwickshire and Worcestershire in 2025 in Tier One and Two respectively. She took two wickets for the Bears in the Vitality Blast, along with eight wickets for the Pears in the Women’s Metro Bank One […]
All-rounder Francesca Sweet has signed a two-year contract with Hampshire after a successful trial period at the club. Sweet, 21, was born in Sussex and has represented Berkshire and Leicestershire and recently signed for Glamorgan in Tier Two, who will be promoted to Tier One in 2027. She also played for the Challengers, a team […]
The ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup is underway as the next generation of talent from 16 countries descends on Zimbabwe and Namibia for the 16th edition of the competition. The tournament has provided the platform for many of the game’s superstars and household names to launch their careers. Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dewald Brevis […]
Derbyshire have signed England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir on a two-year contract. Bashir, 22, is a current England international with four five-wicket hauls in 19 Test appearances. He made his Test debut against India in February 2024, dismissing Rohit Sharma for the first of his 68 international wickets to date. He would go on to claim […]
