Hashim Amla must have felt at home in the Hampshire team against Essex at Southampton in the latest round of county championship matches. Amla batted at No4‚ one place above Rilee Rossouw and four higher than Kyle Abbott. Brad Wheal‚ a Durban-born former KwaZulu-Natal Under-19 fast bowler who has played 11 ODIs for Scotland‚ was listed at No10. Amla might also have felt as if Hampshire’s dressingroom was a UN project. Fidel Edwards‚ a veteran of 55 Tests for West Indies‚ was their No11. The Hampshire squad also includes Zimbabwe’s Sean Ervine; Ian Holland‚ who was born in Stevens Point‚ Wisconsin in the US and grew up in Melbourne‚ Australia; and Gareth Berg‚ originally a Cape-tonian‚ who last played in SA in November 2003. Berg‚ a seaming allrounder‚ played for Western Province at B level and owns 80 T20 international caps for Italy. Of the 21 players on Hampshire’s books, only three are from the county — a trend that holds true around the circuit. So‚ can we really call the compet...
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