\n Eve O\u2019Neill, 18, and Shristi Patil, 17, both products of the Vipers Academy, have played Tier 2 cricket with Sussex and have now secured deals with Hampshire.\n<\/p>\n
\n Leg-spinner O\u2019Neill, born in Southampton, who progressed through the Hampshire pathway and age group set-ups, made her county debut in 2023 at just 15-years-old.\n<\/p>\n
\n Eve O’Neill, left, has signed with Hampshire. (Image: Hampshire Cricket)\n<\/p>\n
\n She has since taken 65 wickets since her debut and was part of the England Under-19s squad that reached the semi-final of the 2025 U19 World Cup.\n<\/p>\n
\n O\u2019Neill said: “I\u2019m really excited to be awarded my first contract with Hampshire.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I can\u2019t thank the coaches and staff at the club enough for backing me and helping me on my cricketing journey.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I look forward to doing what I can to help Hampshire win matches and trophies next summer.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Batter Patil, who came through the Berkshire pathway, scored more than 500 runs at an average of 44 during the 2026 season, including an unbeaten 113 against Glamorgan Academy.\n<\/p>\n
\n Patil said: “I\u2019m really excited to be joining Hampshire.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I\u2019ve really enjoyed my time on the academy so far, and I\u2019m really grateful to all the coaches and staff for their support\u00a0and for helping me improve along the way.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eve O\u2019Neill, 18, and Shristi Patil, 17, both products of the Vipers Academy, have played Tier 2 cricket…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-793654","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\/793654","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=793654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}