Match preview: Hampshire v Gloucestershire
4 May 2022
Fresh from picking up a draw and 15 points from league leaders Surrey, Gloucestershire face second-placed Hampshire in round five of the LV= Insurance County Championship Division One.
Dale Benkenstein’s side are winless in four matches so far this season and will be hoping to topple high-flying Hampshire when the sides meet at The Ageas Bowl. Glos currently sit in 9th place in Division One having drawn two and lost two so far in 2022 while Hampshire, captained by James Vince, have won two and only lost one of their four matches in April and have 59 points on the board.
Hampshire go into the match off the back of an innings win against Kent in Canterbury, a match in which they amassed 652 runs in one innings to secure the win. Batters James Vince, Liam Dawson and Nick Gubbins all scored centuries.
Gloucestershire, meanwhile will be buoyed by their impressive fightback against Surrey in which they picked up a draw and maximum batting points at the Seat Unique Stadium.
Hampshire v Gloucestershire | All four days live on the Gloscricket Match Centre HERE | 11:00am Start Time
Gloucestershire played Hampshire twice in last year's LV= County Championship. Hampshire came out on top when the side’s met at the Cheltenham Cricket Festival but Glos ground out a draw at The Ageas Bowl in April with just one wicket remaining.
Gloucestershire have made three enforced changes to the 13-man squad that faced Surrey for the away trip to Hampshire. Chris Dent, who scored a brilliant 207* v Surrey, will miss the match having sustained an ankle ligament injury in the Surrey fixture.
David Payne and Matt Taylor have also dropped out of the travelling squad having both picked up an injury. Payne, who made his first appearance of the season v Surrey, has sustained a minor ankle injury while Matt Taylor has suffered an injury to his foot.
Ben Charlesworth, Naseem Shah, Ollie Price, Tom Smith and Paul van Meekeren also remain unavailable for selection due to injury.
Ajeet Singh Dale and Jared Warner come back into the squad to face Hampshire as does Dom Goodman, who could be in-line for his first appearance of the season.
Hampshire will be without opening batter Joe Weatherley, who scored 168 in the win v Somerset in April, as he suffered a fractured hand in last week's draw against Lancashire. Aneurin Donald has come into the squad as a replacement for Weatherley while Scott Currie is named in the squad for the first time this season.
Hampshire squad to face Gloucestershire:
James Vince (C), Kyle Abbott, Mohammad Abbas, Felix Organ, Ben Brown, Aneurin Donald, Keith Barker, Brad Wheal, Nick Gubbins, James Fuller, Ian Holland, Liam Dawson, Scott Currie.
The match will be live streamed via the Gloscricket Match Centre HERE
