Michael Dighton to step in for Clarke

Michael Dighton, the Australian first-class batsman, will join Hampshire as a temporary replacement for Michael Clarke.

Dighton, 28, has played 41 first-class games for Tasmania and Western Australia, and has scored over 2,000 runs at an average of just below 40. He is currently playing for Greenock in Scotland.

Clarke, Hampshire's second overseas player after Shane Warne, is in Australia's one-day squad to play in Zimbabwe between June 6 and 12, and Dighton is expected to make his first appearance in the National League match against Kent on May 31 at The Rose Bowl.