Thanks to his appearance in the series, he has been upgraded to a central contract and will be in contention for Australia’s busy upcoming Test matches, starting with the home series against Bangladesh in August. As a result, Cricket Australia are trying to manage his workload and have decided to pull him out of his time at Hampshire.
Instead, the club brought in 24-year-old West Indies fast bowler Seals as a replacement. Seales previously played 10 Championship games for Sussex over the past two seasons and was available after going unsold in the recent Pakistan Super League auction.
Giles White, Hampshire’s director of cricket, said: “It’s obviously disappointing not to have Michael Neser with us this summer, but it opens the door to exciting new additions.” “Jayden Seales is a bowler with pace, skill and, most importantly, a desire to run hard and take control of the game.”
Hampshire narrowly avoided relegation to Division Two last summer and are due to open this season against Essex on April 3. They have strengthened their batting line-up with the signing of Jake Lehmann, who will play as a local player using his British passport, while Kyle Abbott will return alongside Seales in two overseas slots.
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