Hampshire select from 13 for opening match

Hampshire Cricket will leave their final selection for the opening Frizzell Championship Division Two match until the morning of the game, starting on Friday (16th April) against Durham.

The have chosen a squad of 13 players, as manager Paul Terry and new captain Shane Warne will decide the final eleven after inspecting the pitch.

Michael Brown, Hampshire's new opening batsman from Middlesex, Michael Clarke the exiting young Australian and Billy Taylor who returned to Hampshire from Sussex are all hoping to make their first-class debut for Hampshire.

The Hampshire 13 are: Michael Brown, Derek Kenway, John Crawley, Michael Clarke, Will Kendall, Nic Pothas )wicket-keeper), Dimitri Mascarenhas, Shane Warne (captain), Shaun Udal, Chris Tremlett, James Tomlinson, Billy Taylor and Alan Mullally.