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Hampshire Hawks go into their vital National league Division Two match with Derbyshire Scorpions on Sunday, in the face of their devastating Championship defeat in just two days, with the voice of their Manager still ringing in their ears.

Hampshire sunk to a two day defeat against bottom club Derbyshire in the Frizzell County Championship at The Rose Bowl

16 wickets fell in a frenetic first day at the Rose Bowl, where the two bottom clubs Hampshire and Derbyshire met in the Division Two clash of the Frizzell County Championship.

Chaminda Vaas is set to make his Frizzell Championship debut against Derbyshire at The Rose bowl on Tuesday

Hampshire Hawks moved to the top of the National league Division II table for the first time following a record breaking performance at Taunton on Sunday (10 August)

Chris Tremlett returns to fitness after missing the National League day/night match at Hove on Tuesday.

Hampshire Hawks keep faith with the side that defeated the Scottish Saltires for the Day/Night encounter with the Sussex Sharks this evening (4:00pm start) at Hove.

Hampshire Hawks recorded their fourth successive victory in the ECB National League Division Two in their clash against Sussex Sharks under the Hove floodlights to augment their second place in the table behind Lancashire.

An unbeaten fourth wicket partnership of 126 between skipper John Crawley and John Francis lifted Hampshire Hawks into second place in the National Cricket League Division Two table, bypassing the Scottish Saltires by seven wickets at the Rose Bowl.

Chaminda Vaas the Sri Lankan left arm bowler is set to make his debut at The Rose Bowl when Hampshire Hawks entertain the Scottish Saltires on Monday 4th August (1pm).

Sri Lankan left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas has agreed to join Hampshire Cricket on a short-term contract to the end of the 2003 season.

Sri Lankan left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas is having talks today with Hampshire Cricket officials about becoming their overseas player as replacement for the departed Wasim Akram.

Hampshire look set to announce the signing of Chaminda Vaas as their overseas replacement for veteran Pakistani Wasim Akram who quit the county earlier in the month

Fortunes may be about to change for New Zealand in one-day international cricket if the latest rankings are any guide

Sri Lanka's World Cup victory in 1996 was fashioned by the breathtaking bravado of their batting

Chaminda Vaas, still just 29, has held together Sri Lanka's fast bowling for the last decade

Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushanta Joseph Chaminda Vaas

The first match of the LG Abans Tri-Series at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on Saturday that saw Sri Lanka thrash Zimbabwe witnessed records tumbling in a tizzy

Sri Lankan fast bowler Chaminda Vaas claimed it was the best performance of his career whilst Zimbabwe captain Stuart Carlisle hoped it was just a "freak day" as the tourists were bowled for 38, the lowest ever One-Day International (ODI) total, at