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Jimmy Adams has seen 'glimpses' from Hampshire's batters but that's not enough. Image: Dave Vokes/Hampshire Cricket

Shock and Orr - Hampshire Could Call on Forgotten Man For Key Essex Clash

An innings defeat to Essex in the opening week of the season could have been put down to early season cobwebs. A home demolition by Glamorgan is something else...

04.05.26, 19:05 Updated 04.05.26, 19:05

Rich Edwards

Rich Edwards

At the start of last week, there was a real sense that the County Championship clash with newly-promoted Glamorgan would tell us a lot about the direction of Hampshire's red ball season.

After an innings defeat, there are now genuine fears that escaping relegation on the final day of last season has merely delayed the inevitable by 12 months.

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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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