New left-arm spin option has what it takes to go right to the top
31.07.25, 19:59 Updated 01.08.25, 11:32
Rich Edwards
Andrew Neal could have been forgiven for thinking that a career in first class cricket had passed him by.
After signing a professional deal with Hampshire for the remainder of the 2025 season, though, he has suddenly been presented with the chance of a lifetime.
And it's one that looked unlikely when he was forced to ditch the left-arm seam that had served him so well in National Counties' cricket as a result of injury two seasons ago.
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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.