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The temperatures are likely to be in single figures at Headingley - and Russell Domingo is maintaining a similarly cool approach. Image: Dave Vokes/Hampshire Cricket

Domingo's Second Coming at Hampshire

Russell Domingo has only been at Hampshire for two weeks - but he could have arrived a long, long time ago.

08.04.26, 21:48

Rich Edwards

Rich Edwards

Russell Domingo’s first game in charge of Hampshire may have ended in an inglorious and painfully short defeat to Essex, but his arrival on the south coast has been a long time coming.

Speaking to The Hawk from the bright sunshine of the atrium at the Utilita Bowl - having just seen Fletcha Middleton hit a hundred for Hampshire Second XI against Nottinghamshire - Domingo has already banished the dark cloud of that opening week loss.

After all, when you’ve waited this long to take a job, you can’t let three days derail a season.

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Rich Edwards

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.

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