James Vince: Hampshire captain extends contract till finish of 2025 season

Hampshire captain James Vince

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James Vince led Hampshire to the T20 Blast semi-finals and within a wicket of winning the County Championship last season

Hampshire captain James Vince has signed a contract extension until the end of the 2025 season.

Vince, 31, came through the county’s academy before making his first-class debut in 2009 and has since played 13 Tests, 19 one-day internationals and 17 T20 internationals for England.

“If people are happy with what I’m doing, I’m certainly delighted to carry on playing my cricket here,” he said.

“To add a few more years on to my time at Hampshire is great.”

Right-hand batter Vince steered Hampshire to the T20 Blast semi-finals last season and almost engineered the county’s first Championship title since 1973 before they were narrowly beaten by Lancashire at Aigburth in the final round of games.

“The club’s been building in a nice direction, particularly in red-ball cricket, and the next three to four years feels like an important period of time where hopefully we can have…

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