{"id":913405,"date":"2026-10-02T11:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/913405\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T11:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:42:25","slug":"nick-hobson-leaves-perth-scorchers-for-hobart-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/913405\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Hobson leaves Perth Scorchers for Hobart Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long-time Perth Scorchers batter Nick Hobson has signed with the Hobart Hurricanes, saying he left the west in search of more consistent cricket.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old left-hander has spent his entire Big Bash career with the Scorchers.<\/p>\n

He hit the winning runs against the Brisbane Heat to secure that club\u2019s fifth title in 2022-23.<\/p>\n

Hobson said he asked his manager to look at other options after the end of last season.<\/p>\n

\"\"Hobson will join a Hurricanes squad that already includes Tim David. Image \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

\u201cThe season finished with Perth last year and I was probably a little bit in and out of the team and was after a bit more consistent cricket,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHobart showed some interest and at the time I wasn\u2019t too sure where I\u2019d fit in, but I guess they were planning for life after Matthew Wade transitioning to coaching and were after someone to bat towards the back end of the innings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The Hurricanes open their BBL16 campaign at Ninja Stadium in Bellerive on December 17. Image \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

After starting his career higher up the order, Hobson has batted at six and seven in recent seasons.<\/p>\n

Speaking to media on Friday, he described himself as \u201cprobably a left-hand glorified slogger\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes have called him a \u201cproven Big Bash finisher\u201d. He joins a squad that already includes Tim David.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously got Tim David, who\u2019s the best finisher in Australia, but hopefully I can complement Tim somewhere down around the end of the innings and we can have some fun together,\u201d Hobson said.<\/p>\n

\"\"The 32-year-old left-hander said he was after \u201ca bit more consistent cricket\u201d. Image \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

He said the club\u2019s recent consistency and its core group of players, several of whom have started playing regularly for Australia in white-ball formats, helped make up his mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was definitely a big appeal when I kind of made my mind up I was after a bit of a change, to be in a team that performed strongly and hopefully I can play a role in pushing towards another Big Bash trophy down in Hobart,\u201d Hobson said.<\/p>\n

He plans to bring his young family, including a seven-month-old child, to Tasmania for most of the season.<\/p>\n

Hobson is currently playing T10 cricket in Vancouver before linking with his teammates in Hobart.<\/p>\n

\"\"Adam Zampa will be another new face in the Hurricanes line-up this year. Image \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Nick Hobson, Shai Hope and Ben McDermott are among the players in the full Hurricanes squad. <\/p>\n

Joining them are Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Billy Stanlake, Jake Weatherald, Beau Webster and Adam Zampa.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes play their first match of BBL16 against the Brisbane Heat at Ninja Stadium in Bellerive on December 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long-time Perth Scorchers batter Nick Hobson has signed with the Hobart Hurricanes, saying he left the west in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-913405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}