Hampshire have drafted in New Zealander Brett Hampton for the primary two months of the County Championship season after all-rounder Jack Edwards was dominated out by means of damage.
Australian Edwards had been signed as one of many county’s abroad gamers, however sustained a knee damage taking part in for New South Wales within the Sheffield Defend and faces a minimal restoration interval of six weeks.
He might be changed by 33-year-old Hampton, a right-handed batter and medium-fast seamer who has performed first-class cricket for Northern Districts for the previous decade.
On this season’s Plunket Defend, Hampton has scored 581 runs and brought 23 wickets, together with his total first-class averages standing at 30.66 and 27.70 respectively with bat and ball.
“I am excited to return and play within the County Championship,” Hampton told Hampshire’s website, external.
“The staff had an awesome marketing campaign final yr so hopefully I might help the membership push for the title. I sit up for becoming a member of up with the remainder of the squad in a number of days’ time.”
Hampshire, who had been runners-up in Division One final season, start their new red-ball marketing campaign at dwelling to Yorkshire on Friday.
