"I'm suddenly on the oldies side of the net" - Tom Prest on being pushed to new levels by Hampshire's emerging teenagers.
15.08.25, 09:15 Updated 15.08.25, 09:15
Rich Edwards
Tom Prest finds himself at a Worcester hotel in the middle of an August heatwave and there's an issue.
"It's 32 degrees and there's no air-conditioning - I'm stood in front of a fan so apologies if there's some background noise," he says, laughing.
Prest is no stranger to feeling the heat.
Since making a triple hundred for Hampshire's Second XI against Sussex at the age of just 18 and just hours after sitting a geography A Level, his progress has been followed as closely as any other English batter.
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Rich Edwards is the founder and editor of The Hawk. Rich is a freelance cricket writer and lifelong Hampshire man. He has been published in a host of national publications, including The Times, The Cricketer and The Independent.