Hampshire Men\u2019s head coach Adi Birrell will leave the club at the end of the 2025 season<\/p>\n
Wednesday 10 September 2025<\/p>\n
Hampshire Men\u2019s head coach Adi Birrell will leave the club at the end of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n
Appointed ahead of the 2019 summer, Birrell has led the club in all formats and won the 2022 Vitality Blast, the club\u2019s first T20 trophy since 2012.<\/p>\n
He also secured three third place finishes in the County Championship with the club finishing runners-up in 2024.<\/p>\n
The team also finished fourth in 2021 where they were one wicket away from winning the title.<\/p>\n
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All good things come to an end, and we are sad to see Adi go. It\u2019s been a fantastic seven years at the Club, during which he has become a hugely popular figure and overseen a successful period across all formats. Under his leadership, the team has reached numerous finals, come close in Championships, and lifted the Blast title in 2022. His contribution has left a lasting mark, and he will be deeply missed by players, coaches, and fans alike at Utilita Bowl.<\/p>\n
Giles White, Director of Cricket<\/p>\n
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In white ball cricket, Birrell has led the team to Finals Day four times, with the Hawks aiming to be the first side to lift the Blast trophy for a fourth time on Saturday 13th September.<\/p>\n
In the One Day Cup, the team finished runners-up in 2019 and 2023 under Birrell\u2019s stewardship and reached the knockout stages a further two times in 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n
Everyone at Hampshire Cricket and Utilita Bowl thanks Adi for his services and wish him all the best as he returns to South Africa.<\/p>\n
Year<\/p>\n
County Championship<\/p>\n
One Day Cup<\/p>\n
Vitality Blast<\/p>\n
2019<\/p>\n
3rd<\/p>\n
Group Stage<\/p>\n
Runners-Up<\/p>\n
2020<\/p>\n
N\/A<\/p>\n
N\/A<\/p>\n
Group Stage<\/p>\n
2021<\/p>\n
4th<\/p>\n
Group Stage<\/p>\n
Semi-Final<\/p>\n
2022<\/p>\n
3rd<\/p>\n
Semi-Final<\/p>\n
Winners<\/p>\n
2023<\/p>\n
3rd<\/p>\n
Runners-Up<\/p>\n
Semi-Final<\/p>\n
2024<\/p>\n
2nd<\/p>\n
Quarter-Final<\/p>\n
Group Stage<\/p>\n
2025<\/p>\n
Currently 5th<\/p>\n
N\/A<\/p>\n
Finals Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hampshire Men\u2019s head coach Adi Birrell will leave the club at the end of the 2025 season Wednesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-130288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}