Hampshire captain James Vince will not play red-ball cricket for the county this season and will instead focus on white-ball cricket, BBC Radio Solent reports., external
The 33-year-old has been the county’s leading run-scorer in the Championship for the past four seasons.
In 2025, however, he is set to concentrate on the county’s T20 Blast campaign as well as featuring in The Hundred.
The move will allow him to explore other franchise cricket options abroad.
Vince opted to miss Hampshire’s participation in the Global Super League in Guyana over the winter as he was contracted to play for Delhi Bulls in the Abu Dhabi T10 competition.
He was also retained by Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League, with that tournament expected to run from 8 April to 19 May. Hampshire will play six red-ball games in that time.
Since his debut in 2009, Vince has scored nearly 12,500 first-class runs for Hampshire at an average of over 41.
He has played in 13 Tests, 25 one-day internationals and 17 Twenty20 internationals, but last appeared for England in March 2023.
Hampshire are yet to comment.