Hampshire County cricket club - Wikipedia Hampshire County cricket club This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2013 ) Hampshire Cricket One - day name Hampshire Personnel Captain James Vince Coach Craig White Overseas player ( s ) Hashim Amla Dale Steyn Colin Munro ( T20 ) Mujeeb Ur Rahman ( T20 ) Team information Colours Founded 1863 Home ground Ageas Bowl Capacity 25,000 History First - class debut Sussex in 1864 at Antelope Ground, Southampton Championship wins Sunday / National League / CB40 / YB40 wins Friends Provident Trophy / RLODC wins 5 T20 / FLT20 / NT20B wins B&H Cup wins Official website : Hampshire CCC First - class One - day T20 Hampshire County Cricket Club in 2017 Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first - class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Hampshire. Hampshire teams formed by earlier organisations, principally the Hambledon Club, always had important match status and so the county club was rated accordingly from its inception in 1863 until 1885. Because of poor performances for several seasons, Hampshire then lost its status for nine seasons until it was invited into the County Championship in 1895. Hampshire is classified as an official first - class team from 1895 by Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC ) and the County Championship clubs ; classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963 ; and classified as a senior Twenty20 team since 2003. The club was founded in 1863 and played at the Antelope Ground, Southampton until 1885. They relocated to the County Ground, Southampton until 2000, before moving to the purpose - built Rose Bowl in West End, which is in the Borough of Eastleigh. Hampshire played its first important match in 1864, losing to Sussex at the Antelope Ground. Hampshire had poor results for many seasons and lost its important match status in 1885. They achieved official first - class status in 1895 when they were invited to join the County Championship. The club has twice won the County Championship, in the 1961 and 1973 seasons. Hampshire played their first one - day match in the 1963 Gillette Cup, but did not win their first one - day silverware until 1975 when they won the Sunday League which it won twice more, in 1978 and 1986. It has twice won the Benson & Hedges Cup, in 1988 and 1991 ; the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy once in 2005 and the Friends Provident Trophy once in 2009. Having first played Twenty20 cricket in 2003, Hampshire won the Friends Provident t20 in 2010. The County Championship was restructured in 2000, and at the end of the 2002 Hampshire was relegated for the first time. The club remained in the second division for three seasons and since 2004 had competed in the top tier. However, the club was relegated once more in 2011. The club won both the Friends Life t20 and ECB 40 in 2012, but it was n't until 2014 before they were promoted to the first division again. They narrowly avoided relegation in 2015 before being relegated again in 2016, only to be reprieved after Durham were relegated after taking ECB sanctions to secure their future. Phil Mead is the club 's leading run - scorer with 48,892 runs in 700 matches for Hampshire between 1905 and 1936. Fast bowler Derek Shackleton took 2,669 wickets in 583 first - class matches between 1948 and 1969 which remains a club record. Alec Kennedy, whose career lasted from 1907 to 1936, was the first player to score 10,000 runs and take 1,000 wickets for Hampshire. Colin Ingleby - Mackenzie was both Hampshire last amateur captain and first professional captain. Contents 1 Honours 2 History 2.1 Earliest cricket 2.2 Hambledon and after 2.3 Origin of club 2.4 20th century 2.5 21st century 3 Players 3.1 Current squad 3.2 Current & Former players 3.3 International players 3.4 Captains 4 Staff 5 Records 6 Results summary 7 Grounds 7.1 The Rose Bowl 7.2 Other grounds 8 Notes 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links Honours See also : List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales Dominic Cork ( left ) and Sean Ervine hold aloft the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy. First XI honours Champion County ( 0 ) County Championship ( 2 ) -- 1961, 1973 Division Two ( 1 ) -- 2014 Gillette / NatWest / C&G / Friends Provident Trophy / CB40 / RLODC ( 5 ) -- 1991, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2018 Twenty20 Cup ( 2 ) - 2010, 2012 Sunday / National League ( 3 ) -- 1975, 1978, 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup ( 2 ) -- 1988, 1992 Second XI honours Second XI Championship ( 5 ) - 1967, 1971, 1981, 1995, 2001 Second XI Trophy ( 1 ) - 2003, 2008 History Earliest cricket See also : History of cricket to 1725 A Latin poem by Robert Matthew in 1647 contains a probable reference to cricket being played by pupils of Winchester College on nearby St. Catherine 's Hill. If authentic, this is the earliest known mention of cricket in Hampshire. But, with the sport having originated in Saxon or Norman times on the Weald, it must have reached Hampshire long before 1647. In 1680, lines written in an old Bible invite `` All you that do delight in Cricket, come to Marden, pitch your wickets ''. Marden is in Sussex, north of Chichester, and close to Hambledon, which is just across the county boundary in Hampshire. Hampshire is used in a team name for the first time in August 1729, when a combined Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex XI played against Kent. Hambledon and after Broadhalfpenny Down, the original ground of the Hambledon Club For information about Hampshire county teams before the formation of Hampshire County Cricket Club, see Hampshire county cricket teams. The origin of the legendary Hambledon Club is lost. There remains no definite knowledge of Hambledon cricket before 1756, when its team had gained sufficient repute to be capable of attempting three matches against Dartford, itself a famous club since the 1720s if not earlier. Hambledon had presumably earned recognition as the best parish team in Hampshire, but no reports of their local matches have been found. We do not know when the Hambledon Club was founded and it seems likely that some kind of parish organisation was operating in 1756, although there may well have been a patron involved. The Sussex v Hampshire match in June 1766 is the earliest reference to Hampshire as an individual county team. Whether the Hambledon Club was involved is unrecorded but presumably it was. Some historians believe it was at about this time that the club, as distinct from a parish organisation, was founded. The Hambledon Club was in many respects a Hampshire county club for it organised Hampshire matches, although it was a multi-functional club and not dedicated to cricket alone. Its membership attracted large numbers of sporting gentry and it dominated the sport, both on and off the field, for about thirty years until the formation of Marylebone Cricket Club in 1787. Hambledon produced some legendary Hampshire players including master batsman John Small and the two great fast bowlers Thomas Brett and David Harris. Following the demise of the Hambledon Club towards the end of the 18th century, Hampshire continued to be recognised as an important county into the 19th century. But after the 1828 season, Hampshire had long spells without any important matches until the county club was founded in 1864. The county played some important fixtures during 1842 to 1845 and one match versus MCC in 1861 but was otherwise outside cricket 's mainstream through 1829 to 1863. Origin of club James Southerton, who played in the first ever Test match Hampshire County Cricket Club was founded on 12 August 1863 and played its first important match against Sussex at the Antelope Ground, Southampton on 7 and 8 July 1864. Sussex won by 10 wickets with James Lillywhite claiming ten wickets in the match for 80 runs, including his 100th career wicket. Hampshire was recognised as an important / first - class team from 1864 to 1885. In 1886, Hampshire lost its status after years of difficult circumstances and poor results. The team did play against Surrey and Sussex in 1886 but the matches were considered minor standard. Hampshire recovered first - class status from the beginning of the 1895 County Championship season when the team was invited to join the now official County Championship. They finished the season in tenth place, sixteen points behind winners Surrey. 20th century C.B. Fry, who represented Hampshire between 1909 -- 1921 Between 1900 and 1905, Hampshire were almost continuously struggling as their key officer - batsmen, Major Poore and Captain Wynyard were faced with either moving to South Africa or increased military duties at home from the Boer War. The club finished last or equal last in 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, failing to win a single game in the first of those seasons ; however in 1901, with the temporary acquisition of Captain Greig from India and the qualification of Charlie Llewellyn, Hampshire won as many games as it lost. From 1906 onwards, with the qualification of Phil Mead, Jack Newman and later George Brown, Hampshire became a much more competitive side, though not until 1910 did they win as many games as they lost in a season. The period from 1912 to 1926, though they never got near County Championship honours, was to be the most successful for a long time in Hampshire 's history : in those eleven seasons they won 98 and lost 96 of 292 games -- only once otherwise until 1954 did they win more games than they lost. Mead, Brown, Kennedy and Newman were in the prime during this period, and they had the services of Lord Tennyson who captained the side from 1919 -- 1932 as well as captaining the England team in three Tests, and the occasional aid of many other amateurs including the great C.B. Fry, who averaged an amazing 102 in seven games during 1912. In 1922, Hampshire won one of the most remarkable victories in County Championship history when, they defeated Warwickshire by 155 runs after having followed on when dismissed for just 15. They scored 521 after being invited to bat again, set Warwickshire 314 to win and bowled them out for 158. Brown, with 172, and Livsey who scored 110 * at number 10, were the heroes. From 1927, Hampshire declined severely as their stalwart professionals declined and the level of amateur support fell off alarmingly. Only in 1932 and 1948 did they finish above tenth until 1955. With Stuart Boyes and Lofty Herman not fully adequate replacements as bowling mainstays for Kennedy and Newman, the bowling was never strong, and the batting generally uncertain especially when Mead declined from 1929 onwards. In 1937 Dick Moore set the individual scoring record for Hampshire against Warwickshire at Dean Park Cricket Ground in Bournemouth. His 316 took just 380 minutes and contained 43 fours and three sixes. After World War II, Derek Shackleton became an outstanding bowling mainstay well backed up by Victor Cannings, but not until 1955 did these two have enough support to rise the fortunes of the club. In 1955 Hampshire finished as high as third with Shackleton taking 160 wickets and Cannings and Peter Sainsbury around 100, with Roy Marshall was one of the few exciting batsmen of the time. The following years were mixed : a rise to second in 1958 with Malcolm Heath replacing Cannings as Shackleton 's partner was followed by two disappointing years before Hampshire won the 1961 County Championship, their first ever County Championship success, finishing the season with 268 points, 18 ahead of Yorkshire. Hampshire won 19 of their 32 matches, losing only seven matches all season. The club were led by Colin Ingleby - Mackenzie with Marshall scoring the most runs for the club with 2,455. Derek Shackleton took the most wickets for the club with 153, and Butch White 's tearaway speed was equally dangerous in a dry summer. Again, however, Hampshire were disappointing until Barry Richards joined the county in 1968, when they rose from tenth to fifth in the Championship and established themselves as a power in limited - overs cricket. Bob Cottam was the second - highest first - class wicket - taker in 1968 and the highest in 1969, but did not maintain this excellence before joining Northamptonshire and in 1970 and 1971 Hampshire fell to mid-table. In the 1973 County Championship Hampshire won the County Championship for a second time, winning the competition by 31 points from Surrey. The club won 10 of their 20 matches and drew the other 10. During this season they were led by Richard Gilliat with Gordon Greenidge scoring the most runs for the club with 1,620. Bob Herman and Mike Taylor both took 63 wickets. This remains Hampshire 's last success in the tournament. In 1979 West Indian Malcolm Marshall, widely regarded as one of the best bowlers to grace the game joined the club. This was to be the start of a 14 - year stay with the club. During that time Marshall would go on to take 824 first - class wickets at an anverage of 18.64 and 239 wickets at 24.88 in one - day cricket. 1984 also saw the last game of Venezuelan captain Nick Pocock ( Maracaibo, 1951 ) and the arrival of another West Indian, Cardigan Connor who would spend 14 years with the club. Regarded as one of the best players not to play Test cricket, Connor took 614 first - class wickets for Hampshire at an average of 31.74 and 411 wickets at 25.07 in one - day cricket. In 1985 Hampshire finished second in the County Championship, finishing 18 points behind winners Middlesex. Chris Smith led the way with the bat, scoring 1,720 runs. and was well backed up by the bowling of Malcolm Marshall who took 95 wickets at the impressive average of 17.68. Later in, 1988 the club won the Benson & Hedges Cup by beating Derbyshire by 7 wickets at Lord 's, largely thanks to a five wicket haul by Stephen Jefferies. The 1990s brought about further success in the first half of the decade, and later struggles in the latter half. In the 1991 County Championship season Hampshire won the NatWest Trophy, defeating Surrey by 4 wickets, with Shaun Udal claiming the man of the match award. This was the clubs first one day honour in this competition. Hampshire again repeated their 1988 success in the Benson & Hedges Cup by winning the 1992 competition. In the final at Lord 's they beat Kent by 41 runs, including 90 runs from Robin Smith and three wickets each from Malcolm Marshall and Shaun Udal. This marked Hampshire 's second success in the competition. In 1996 Malcolm Marshall returned to coach the club. In 1997 work begun on Hampshire 's long - awaited new ground. The realisation of this move almost led the club to financial ruin, as encouragement from financial partners Sport England and the hiring of architect Sir Michael Hopkins had led the then part - time voluntary committee running the club to lose control of the budget. 21st century Former captain Dimitri Mascarenhas In 2000 Australian great Shane Warne was signed as the club 's overseas player. The 2000 County Championship was to be the last season that Hampshire would play at the County Ground Southampton before they moved in 2001 to the new Rose Bowl ground just outside Southampton. 2001 also saw current club chairman take over the running of the club, after a period of financial difficulty. In the 2002 County Championship Hampshire were relegated back to Division Two, finishing third bottom in Division One. It was during this season that the club signed former England batsman John Crawley from Lancashire. In the 2003 season Hampshire and England great Robin Smith retired from all forms of cricket after 23 years with the club. In 2005, Hampshire performed well in both first - class and one - day forms of the game. The side narrowly missed out on winning the County Championship Division 1 by just 2.5 points to Nottinghamshire. In the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Hampshire progressed to the final thanks to a century in the semi-final against Yorkshire by Sean Ervine. In the final at Lord 's against Warwickshire Ervine repeated the feat scoring 104 runs as Hampshire won by 18 runs ; Hampshire 's first silverware in 13 years. Two years later, Hampshire progressed to the final of the newly renamed 2007 Friends Provident Trophy at Lord 's after finishing top of the South Division. In the final the club played Durham where they lost by 125 runs as the match went into a reserve day due to rain. In 2007 Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove announced plans for the redevelopment of the Rose Bowl to bring Test cricket to the ground. Prior to the 2008 County Championship season Australian legend and club captain Shane Warne reiterated his commitment to the club. But shortly before the start of the season Warne announced his retirement from first - class cricket. Former captain Shane Warne Former captain Shaun Udal also announced his retirement, having played for Hampshire since 1989, though he later joined Middlesex. Dimitri Mascarenhas was named Warne 's replacement as captain for the 2008 season. In 2008, Hampshire struggled and were near the foot of the Division 1 table for the majority of the season. Midway through the season coach Paul Terry stood down and was replaced by Giles White. A series of strong performances helped Hampshire go from relegation favourites to title outsiders going into the final round of matches. The club ended up finishing in third place, twelve points behind winners Durham. On 25 July the club won the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy final at Lord 's, beating rivals Sussex thanks to a man - of - the - match performance from Dominic Cork, with him taking 4 / 41. Hampshire created history by winning the 2010 Friends Provident t20 in front of home support after defeating Somerset -- the first team to win a Twenty20 trophy on home turf in England and Wales. On 14 September 2011, in their four - day game against Warwickshire at The Rose Bowl, Hampshire were officially relegated to the County Championship Second Division. The 2012 season though, under new captain Jimmy Adams after the retirement of Cork, would prove to be highly successful for Hampshire with the county winning both the 2012 Friends Life t20 -- their 2nd Twenty20 title, and the 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40 where a final ball dot ball from Kabir Ali led to Hampshire winning as a result of losing less wickets than opponents Warwickshire. Club legend Dimitri Mascarenhas played in both finals but retired at the end of the 2013 season. Former captain Jimmy Adams batting against Sussex in the final of the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy at Lord 's. He currently has over 18,500 runs in all formats for Hampshire. However, despite constant success in limited overs cricket the county continued to struggle in First class cricket leading to coach Giles White moving into a Director of Cricket position and Dale Benkenstein being appointed the new coach at the beginning of 2014. He brought instant success as Hampshire won promotion as champions to the County Championship First Division with victory over Glamorgan on 23 September 2014. The 2015 season was reasonable successful with Hampshire qualifying for a record 6th successive Twenty20 Finals Day, however their First class performances at the beginning of the season were poor leading to Adams ' resignation as captain. James Vince took over as captain, having already become List A and T20 captain previously, and led a revival as Hampshire won four of their last five games, meaning that Hampshire completed the ' Great Escape ' as victory over Nottinghamshire in their final games thanks to 10 wickets from West Indian Fidel Edwards, and Yorkshire 's victory over Sussex meant that Sussex and Worcestershire were relegated to Division Two with Hampshire staying up. In the winter of 2015 Hampshire completed the signing of England seamer Reece Topley from Essex. The club also announced that Fidel Edwards had signed a new deal and South African all rounder Ryan McLaren had signed as an overseas player. On 14 January 2016, Hampshire Cricket was announced as one of six new teams in the inaugural Women 's Cricket Super League. Hampshire, in partnership with Berkshire, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire, Sussex and Wiltshire cricket boards along with Southampton Solent University, will compete in a women 's Twenty20 competition against the other team. On 28 January 2016 Hampshire appointed former Wiltshire coach Nick Denning as their inaugural coach for their Women 's team. Following the appointment of Denning, Hampshire announced the naming of their Women 's Cricket Super League team as the Southern Vipers. The Vipers then won the inaugural Kia Super League on 21 August, defeating Western Force in the final by 7 wickets. Overseas star Suzie Bates was named as player of the tournament. For the male team though it was a season of disappointment. A large number of injuries at the start of the season, including to fast bowlers Reece Topley, Fidel Edwards, Chris Wood and Ryan Stevenson, coupled with poor form and tough circumstances, after the death of trialist fast bowler Hamza Ali in a drowning accident, and long serving opening batsman Michael Carberry being diagnosed with a cancerous lung tumour, saw Hampshire suffer a poor season, being knocked out in the group stages of both the Natwest t20 Blast, where they missed out on Finals Day for the first time since 2009, and the Royal London One - Day Cup. Their championship season was much the same as in 2015, again making a slow start, but they gave themselves too much to do and were relegated back to Division Two after defeat against Durham on 23 September 2016. However, on 3 October 2016 Hampshire were given a reprieve as Durham were relegated to Division Two after taking up a financial package from the ECB to help with their finances, with their relegation and a points deduction being the fine for taking this agreement. Coach Dale Benkenstein departed as coach for ' Personal Reasons ' in mid-July and was replaced by Craig White originally in a caretaker role, before taking over as full - time first team coach in November. At the end of the season, long serving seamer James Tomlinson retired having been with Hampshire since 2002 and making over 150 appearances in all formats for Hampshire. The Winter of 2017 saw Hampshire draw criticism over the signings of Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw on Kolpak deals, with these players giving up international cricket to represent Hampshire. On the field Hampshire again had a mixed season in first class cricket, avoiding relegation for the 3rd season in a row by drawing against already relegated Warwickshire meaning relegation for Middlesex, with Kolpak Abbott taking 60 wickets across the First - class season. In List A cricket Hampshire again missed out on the knockout stages. However Hampshire performed better in Twenty20 cricket, qualifying for their 7th Finals Day in 8 years, although they lost in the Semi-final to eventual winners Nottinghamshire. They also recorded their highest Twenty20 score in their Quarter final victory over Derbyshire scoring 249 - 8, with Pakistan overseas player Shahid Afridi scoring a century. Players Current squad No. denotes the player 's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. denotes players with international caps. * denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap. No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen Jimmy Adams * England ( 1980 - 09 - 23 ) 23 September 1980 ( age 37 ) Left - handed Left - arm medium pace 5 Joe Weatherley England ( 1997 - 01 - 19 ) 19 January 1997 ( age 21 ) Right - handed Right - arm off break 9 Tom Alsop England ( 1995 - 11 - 26 ) 26 November 1995 ( age 22 ) Left - handed Slow left - arm orthodox Occasional wicketkeeper 14 James Vince * England ( 1991 - 03 - 14 ) 14 March 1991 ( age 27 ) Right - handed Right - arm medium pace Club Captain 17 Sam Northeast England ( 1989 - 10 - 16 ) 16 October 1989 ( age 28 ) Right - handed Right - arm off break 30 Rilee Rossouw South Africa ( 1989 - 10 - 09 ) 9 October 1989 ( age 28 ) Left - handed Right - arm off break Kolpak player 82 Colin Munro New Zealand ( 1987 - 03 - 11 ) 11 March 1987 ( age 31 ) Left - handed Right - arm medium Overseas player ( T20 only ) 99 Hashim Amla South Africa ( 1983 - 03 - 31 ) 31 March 1983 ( age 35 ) Right - handed Right - arm off break Overseas player -- Aneurin Donald Wales ( 1996 - 12 - 20 ) 20 December 1996 ( age 21 ) Right - handed Right - arm off break On loan from Glamorgan Joining permanently at end of 2018 season -- Oliver Soames England ( 1995 - 10 - 27 ) 27 October 1995 ( age 22 ) Right - handed Right - arm medium All - rounders Felix Organ England ( 1999 - 06 - 02 ) 2 June 1999 ( age 19 ) Right - handed Right - arm off break Academy contract 7 Sean Ervine * Zimbabwe ( 1982 - 12 - 06 ) 6 December 1982 ( age 35 ) Left - handed Right - arm medium pace Irish passport On loan at Derbyshire 8 Liam Dawson * England ( 1990 - 03 - 01 ) 1 March 1990 ( age 28 ) Right - handed Slow left - arm orthodox 13 Gareth Berg * Italy ( 1981 - 01 - 18 ) 18 January 1981 ( age 37 ) Right - handed Right - arm fast - medium 22 Ian Holland Australia ( 1990 - 10 - 03 ) 3 October 1990 ( age 27 ) Right - handed Right arm fast - medium UK Passport 25 Chris Wood * England ( 1990 - 06 - 27 ) 27 June 1990 ( age 28 ) Right - handed Left - arm fast - medium 28 Asher Hart England ( 1997 - 03 - 30 ) 30 March 1997 ( age 21 ) Right - handed Right arm fast - medium 33 Tom Scriven England ( 1998 - 11 - 18 ) 18 November 1998 ( age 19 ) Right - handed Right - arm fast - medium Academy contract 51 Kyle Abbott South Africa ( 1987 - 06 - 18 ) 18 June 1987 ( age 31 ) Right - handed Right - arm fast - medium Kolpak player Wicket - keepers 18 Lewis McManus England ( 1994 - 10 - 09 ) 9 October 1994 ( age 23 ) Right - handed -- 21 Calvin Dickinson England ( 1996 - 11 - 03 ) 3 November 1996 ( age 21 ) Right - handed -- Bowlers Dale Steyn South Africa ( 1983 - 06 - 27 ) 27 June 1983 ( age 35 ) Right - handed Right - arm fast Overseas player 6 Reece Topley England ( 1994 - 02 - 12 ) 12 February 1994 ( age 24 ) Right - handed Left - arm fast - medium List A & T20 only 20 Fidel Edwards * West Indies ( 1982 - 02 - 06 ) 6 February 1982 ( age 36 ) Right - handed Right - arm fast Kolpak player 32 Mason Crane England ( 1997 - 02 - 18 ) 18 February 1997 ( age 21 ) Right - handed Right - arm leg break 47 Ryan Stevenson England ( 1992 - 04 - 02 ) 2 April 1992 ( age 26 ) Right - handed Right - arm fast - medium 58 Brad Wheal Scotland ( 1996 - 08 - 28 ) 28 August 1996 ( age 22 ) Right - handed Right - arm fast - medium 71 Chris Sole Scotland ( 1994 - 02 - 27 ) 27 February 1994 ( age 24 ) Right - handed Right - arm fast - medium 88 Mujeeb Ur Rahman Afghanistan ( 2001 - 03 - 28 ) 28 March 2001 ( age 17 ) Right - handed Right - arm leg break Overseas player ( T20 only ) 93 Brad Taylor England ( 1997 - 03 - 14 ) 14 March 1997 ( age 21 ) Right - handed Right - arm off break Squad information correct as of 20 August 2018 Current & Former players List of Hampshire County Cricket Club first - class players List of Hampshire County Cricket Club List A players List of Hampshire County Cricket Club Twenty20 players International players List of international cricketers from Hampshire Captains 2015 -- present James Vince 2012 -- 2015 Jimmy Adams 2010 -- 2011 Dominic Cork 2008 -- 2009 Dimitri Mascarenhas 2004 -- 2007 Shane Warne 2003 John Crawley 1998 -- 2002 Robin Smith 1996 -- 1997 John Stephenson 1985 -- 1995 Mark Nicholas 1980 -- 1984 Nick Pocock 1979 Bob Stephenson 1971 -- 1978 Richard Gilliat 1966 -- 1970 Roy Marshall 1958 -- 1965 Colin Ingleby - Mackenzie 1946 -- 1957 Desmond Eagar 1939 -- 1945 WWII -- No county cricket 1939 George Taylor 1938 Cecil Paris 1936 -- 1937 Dick Moore 1934 -- 1935 Geoffrey Lowndes 1919 -- 1933 Lionel Tennyson 1914 -- 1918 WWI -- No County cricket 1903 -- 1914 Edward Sprot 1900 -- 1902 Charles Robson 1896 -- 1899 Teddy Wynyard 1895 Russell Bencraft 1886 -- 1894 No first - class matches played by Hampshire 1883 -- 1885 Arthur Wood 1880 -- 1882 Russell Bencraft 1879 Arthur Wood 1875 -- 1878 Clement Booth 1870 -- 1874 No first - class matches played by Hampshire 1864 -- 1869 George Ede Staff Corporate hierarchy Position Name Chairman Rod Bransgrove CEO David Mann Vice-President Terry Crump Administrator Tim Tremlett Administrator Andy Sharp Director of Women 's Cricket Charlotte Edwards Director Nic Pike Company Secretary Michael Lashmar Cricket Development Manager John Cook Cricket Development Manager Simon Jones Cricket Development Manager Michael Pollard Cricket Development Director Ben Thompson Schools Engagement Manager Emily Munro Community Coach Simon Hammond Community Coach Chris Wheeler Head Groundsman Karl McDermott First Team staff Position Name Director of Cricket Giles White First Team Coach Craig White Batting Coach Tony Middleton Wicket - Keeping Coach Bobby Parks Spin - bowling Coach Darren Flint Head of Player Development / 2nd XI Coach Charlie Freeston Player Development Manager James Tomlinson Head Physiotherapist James Clegg Physiotherapist Liam Newton Performance Analyst Joe Maiden Head of Strength & Conditioning Nick Karamouzis Strength & Conditioning Coach Jamie Cook Southern Vipers Coach Nick Denning Records For more details on this topic, see List of Hampshire CCC first - class cricket records, List of Hampshire CCC List A cricket records, List of Hampshire CCC Twenty20 cricket records. Results summary For more details on this topic, see Hampshire County Cricket Club record by opponent. Grounds The Rose Bowl The Rose Bowl, seen before redevelopment started in 2009 Further information : Rose Bowl ( cricket ground ) Hampshire play the majority of their home matches at The Rose Bowl. One reason for building the new Rose Bowl ground was to attract international cricket to the south coast of England. The old County Ground, Hampshire 's home since 1885, no longer had the capability to do this. Land in West End, on the outskirts of Southampton was chosen as the location for The Rose Bowl. Construction began in March 1997 and was completed in time for the 2001 season. Hampshire 's first first - class match on the ground was against Worcestershire, ending in a victory by 124 runs for Hampshire. In July 2008 the ground hosted the Twenty20 Cup final, with Middlesex defeating Kent by 3 runs in the final. 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Question: how many time have hampshire won the county championship
Answer: twice