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Hampshire line up Mark Stoneman as Vince cover

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Tuesday, 18 February 2025 11:07
Hampshire are expected to sign Mark Stoneman for the 2025 County Championship season in a bid to cover for the loss of James Vince, who is stepping away from first-class cricket this year.
Stoneman has been without a county since leaving Middlesex at the end of last summer. The 37-year-old would add experience to a well-oiled domestic side who finished second in Division One last term, but have been left short by Vince opting out of red-ball cricket this summer, a decision partly taken to work around the ECB's new stance on No Objection Certificates (NOC) and protect his contract to play in the PSL.

Vince had captained Hampshire across all formats for almost a decade, and will be replaced by wicketkeeper batter Ben Brown taking the reins in the Championship. However, Vince's loss as one of the club's most prolific batters - top-scoring last season with 986 runs at an average of 49.30 - has put the onus on bringing reinforcements to the Utilita Bowl promptly with the start of the English domestic season just two months away.

Stoneman is a reliable opening batter who boasts 14,448 first-class runs at an average of 34.23, with 31 centuries. The left-hander came through the ranks at Durham, playing in three Championship-winning sides at Chester-le-Street, and captained their One-Day Cup success in 2014, before moving to the Kia Oval for the 2017 season. He subsequently played a key role in Surrey's 2018 title success - their first since 2002.

It was while at Surrey that Stoneman earned 11 Test caps for England, which included the 2017-18 Ashes, passing fifty five times without making it to three figures. A move to Middlesex arrived midway through 2021 (initially on loan) on a three-year deal, which the club eventually decided not to renew.

Hampshire are likely to do more business, and are strongly linked with New South Wales' impressive allrounder Jack Edwards. Edwards, at the time of writing, has 23 wickets and 376 runs in the ongoing Sheffield Shield season, and would help fill the void left by Pakistan seamer Mohammed Abbas, who has joined Nottinghamshire. Hampshire explained Abbas' release was down to the need to "rebalance" their squad in Vince's absence.
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