Hampshire Royals

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Welcome down south to Hampshire.
Home to the Royals
Ground: The Rose Bowl now due to some great deals Ageas Bowl
Pitch condition: just good enough so that we don't get fined this time

Batsmen
Robert Key England 12 May 1979 (age 32) Right Handed Right arm off break
Usman Khawaja Australia 18 December 1986 (age 25) Left Handed Right arm medium
Graeme Smith South Africa 1 February 1981 (age 31) Left Handed Right arm off break
4 James Adams England 23 September 1980 (age 31) Left-handed Left-arm medium pace Club captain
32 Jaik Mickleburgh England 30 March 1990 (age 21) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
14 James Vince England 14 March 1991 (age 20)
15 Michael Carberry England 29 September 1980 (age 31) Left-handed Right-arm off break
26 Tim Ravenscroft Guernsey 21 January 1992 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm off break Development contract
Michael Clarke Austalia

All-rounders
13 Benny Howell England 5 October 1988 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
17 Dimitri Mascarenhas* England 30 October 1977 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
25 Ravi Bopara England 4 May 1985 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm medium pace Vice-captain
Andrew McDonald Australia 15 June 1981 (age30) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Steve Smith Australia 2 June 1989 (age 22) Right-handed Right arm leg break
Dwayne Bravo West Indies 7 October 1983 (age 28) Right-handed Right arm medium fast


Wicket-keepers
16 Michael Bates England 10 October 1990 (age 21) Right-handed –
Umar Akmal Pakistan 26 May 1990 (age 21) Right-handed

Bowlers
18 David Griffiths England 10 September 1985 (age 26) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium
19 Danny Briggs England 30 April 1991 (age 20) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
25 Chris Wood England 27 June 1990 (age 21) Right-handed Left-arm medium pace
Nuwan Kulasekara Sri Lanka 22 July 1982 (age 29) Right Handed Right arm Fast Medium
Nayan Doshi England 6 October 1978 (age 33) Right Handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Vinay Kumar India February 12, 1984 (age 28) Right handed Right arm medium
Wayne Parnell South Africa 30 July 1989 (age 22) Left handed Left arm medium fast
Zaheer Khan India

Finances remaining: 270K

Transfers:
Liam Dawson to Essex for Jaik Mickelburgh and Andrew Gale
Graeme Smith from Auction for £300,000
Nuwan Kulasekara from Auction for £75,000
Shahid Afridi to Essex for Ravi Bopara and Graham Napier
Nayan Doshi from Auction for £75,000
Umar Akmal from Auction for £250,000
Andrew McDonald from Auction for £175,000
Usman Khawaja from Auction for £75,000
Steve Smith from Auction for £110,000
Vinay Kumar from Auction for £75,000
Dwayne Bravo from Auction for £300,000
Wayne Parnell from Auction for £240,000
Robert Key from unattached for £125,000
Zaheer Khan from Unsold for £175,000
Michael Clarke from Unsold for £175,000

Releases:
Simon Katich = £100,000
Hamza Riazuddin = £50,000
David Balcombe = £50,000
Sean Ervine = £90,000
Neil McKenzie = £100,000
Andrew Gale = £80,000
Graham Napier = £120,000
Kabir Ali = £80,000
Adam Rouse = £50,000
James Tomlinson = £50,000
Sean Terry = £50,000

Starting XI:
1. Graeme Smith - Overseas
2. Jimmy Adams - England
3. James Vince – under 25/England
4. Umar Akmal – Under 25/Wicket Keeper/Overseas
5. Ravi Bopara – England
6. Steve Smith – under 25/Overseas
7. Dwayne Bravo - Overseas
8. Dimitri Mascarenhas - England
9. Wayne Parnell – under 25/Overseas
10. Danny Briggs – under 25/England
11. Chris Wood – Under 25/England

Squad:
Overall size = 23 players
Overseas Players = 9 players
Kolpak = 0 Players
English players = 14 players (including Guernsey I assume)
Under 25's = 10 players
Captain = Graeme Smith
Vice Captain = Dwayne Bravo

really want Dimi, plz can we do a deal for him?

Owais Shah + Alviro Peterson + Tymal mills

for

Dimi maschenras + Ravi Bopara?

I have enough keepers so don't greatly need Bates in my squad, and I just about prefer Buttler to Vince

mate can we do a deal for rob key?

David Masters + Adam Wheater (u-25) for Ravi Bopara?

Bollinger + Masters for Wayne Parnell?

Bollinger + Alviro Peterson for Dwayne Bravo?

Alviro Peterson + David Masters + Michael Comber for Ravi Bopara?

really want vinay kumar surely we can do a deal for him?

Bollinger + Wheater for Vinay kumar?

really want wayne parnell...

Anything for Briggsy, mate?

Vince?

Cant afford to let Shah go in his current form.

Any chance of my mate Vincey moving?

RHB and Bell-Drummond for Wood and ?

Wouldn't be keen to lose Taylor or Hales. Khan for Lumb + Another? Maybe Harris?