Hampshire County Cricket Club
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Hampshire County Cricket Club (HCCC) is a first-class cricket club based in the south of England. When playing in the English one-day league they play under the name Hampshire Hawks. Their home ground is the Rose Bowl, which is located on the outskirts of Southampton. They moved to the newly-built Rose Bowl in 2001 after they left the County Ground, Southampton, which had been their home since 1885.
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History
Hampshire first played first-class cricket in 1864, and first competed in the County Championship in 1895, the sixth year in which the Championship was held. They were winners in 1961 and 1973. They also won the NatWest Trophy (now the C&G Trophy in 1991, the now-defunct Benson&Hedges Cup in 1988 and 1992, and the Sunday League in 1975, 1978 and 1986.
Players
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Their current captain is Australian Test bowler, Shane Warne.
Famous players include England cricket captains CB Fry, David Gower and Lionel Hallam Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson; West Indian great Gordon Greenidge; Barry Richards of South Africa; and recent England Test caps John Crawley and Robin Smith.
The Rose Bowl
One reason for building the new Rose Bowl ground was to attract international cricket to the south coast of England. England has traditionally had six grounds where Test and ODI cricket has been played: The Oval, Lord's, Trent Bridge, Edgbaston, Old Trafford and Headingley. Durham was the first of the other centres to put forward a claim for international status, building the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street, which has played host to a Test match between England and Zimbabwe in 2003, and which will play host to another Test, between England and Bangladesh in 2005.
Amongst this competitive background, as part of a four year staging agreement the Rose Bowl hosted a one-day international between South Africa and Zimbabwe in 2003. It was scheduled to play host to a one-dayer between the West Indies and New Zealand in 2004, but this was called off because of rain.
The Rose Bowl was also selected as one of three venues to host five matches in the ICC Champions Trophy in September 2004, along with The Oval and Edgbaston. Five fixtures were played there. It hosted England's first twenty20 International, played against Australia in 2005.
The ground is also used occasionally for concerts, and will be hosting Oasis in July 2005.
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