Hampshire

Hampshire are now looking for a replacement for Adi Birrell - but whether they make and internal or external appointment remains to be seen.

Hampshire won their 11th successive T20 quarter-final against Durham at the Riverside on Friday - but will have to ring the changes for Finals Day and a crucial County Championship clash against Sussex next week.

Benny Howell is out of contract at the end of the month and is tight-lipped on his future - any other subject, though, is fair game, including a schedule that will result in Liam Dawson missing the final of the One Day Cup later this month.

Hampshire's Sonny Baker says he only chose to play cricket because he was so bad at other sports. That's unlikely to be entirely true but he does claim that his dad had to book him into karate classes in a bid to improve his hand-eye coordination.

Hampshire piled the misery onto Yorkshire at Scarborough - with Scott Currie returning from the Hundred to help Jimmy Adams' side into the final of this year's competition.

Andrew Neal's current deal is up in September but he tells The Hawk he would love the opportunity to make his stay on the South Coast a permanent one.

Toby Albert has rubbed shoulders with some of the greatest sports people on the planet, now he wants to be one of the first names on the Hampshire team sheet - across all formats.

Hampshire lost Toby Albert and James Fuller as wildcard picks for the Hundred back in July, now one of them is set for an unlikely recall at the Oval for Hampshire's One Day clash with Surrey.