Overview
- Liam Dawson, who announced the move on Wednesday, will miss the rest of Hampshire’s County Championship season.
- He remains available for T20 and one-day games for Hampshire and is slated to play the T20 Blast opener on May 22.
- Hampshire sit bottom of Division One after five matches, and director of cricket Giles White said Dawson’s exit leaves a large gap.
- Dawson ends a red-ball career of more than 200 first-class games for Hampshire with over 10,000 runs and 350-plus wickets.
- He was recalled to England’s white-ball squads in 2025 and took 10 wickets at the T20 World Cup in India earlier this year.