James Vince is a highly-rated young batsman, who according to Duncan Fletcher, who worked with him at the Hampshire academy, is reminiscent of Michael Vaughan. Like Vaughan, an adherence to sound technique does little to temper his attacking instincts, and after he broke into the Hampshire side in 2009 he averaged over 50 in his first round of limited-overs matches before impressing again for England at the Under-19 World Cup.

Vince became a First XI regular in 2010, and in August of that year confirmed his pedigree with an innings of 180 against a Yorkshire attack that included Ajmal Shahzad, Tim Bresnan and Adil Rashid at Scarborough. In that innings he added 278 with Jimmy Adams, breaking Hampshire's fourth-wicket record which had stood since 1970. Vince went past 1,000 career runs for Hampshire while still a teenager - the second youngest player in the county's history behind Phil Mead to do so. He remains a very promising prospect.
Cricinfo staff July 2011