Wasim Akram and Ed Giddins return for Championship match with Durham.

Hampshire make two changes to the side that lost to Somerset in the Frizzell County Championship last week, for the visit of Durham, starting this Wednesday (4th June).

Wasim Akram returns after a bout of tonsilitis, and fit again Ed Giddins returns in place of James Bruce,

Dimitri Mascarenhas will face a fitness test on the back injury that kept him out of the National League match against Scotland on Sunday.

The team: John Crawley (captain), Derek Kenway, Simon Katich, Robin Smith, Will Kendall, Nic Pothas (wicket-keeper), Dimitri Mascarenhas, Wasim Akram, Shaun Udal, Alan Mullally and Ed Giddins.

The Durham team: Jonathan Lewis (Captain), Michael Gough, Gary Pratt, Nicky Peng, Vince Wells, Danny Law, Phil Mustard (wicket-keeper), Liam Plunkett, Nic Phillips, Neil Killeen, Mark Davies, Dewald Pretorious.