All-rounder Francesca Candy has signed a two-year contract with Hampshire following a profitable trial interval with the membership.
Candy, 21, was born in Sussex and has represented Berkshire and Leicestershire and just lately signed for Glamorgan in Tier Two, who can be promoted to Tier One in 2027.
She additionally featured for the Challengers, a workforce run to bridge the hole between Tier Two and Tier One.
The suitable-hander scored 81 off 73 balls on debut for the Challengers towards The Blaze on the best way to a four-run victory.
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Excited
Taking part in for Surrey towards Hampshire within the Second XI 50-over competitors, Candy fell simply three runs shy of a century and was the one Surrey participant to make it previous 20.
Upon signing for the county, she mentioned: “I’m actually excited to hitch Hampshire, everybody on the membership has been very welcoming while I’ve been trialling.
“The chance wouldn’t have come about with out the Challengers and I’m grateful to them for serving to arrange the trial.
“It’s a extremely robust group to be part of. I’ve loved attending to know everybody, and I hope I could make an affect on the pitch over the subsequent couple of years.”
Influence
For the Foxes in 2025, Candy notched up 315 runs at a mean simply shy of 40 within the Ladies’s Metro Financial institution One Day Cup League Two.
She handed 50 3 times and high scored with 138 off 117 balls towards Derbyshire within the competitors as Leicestershire completed in eighth.
Within the Vitality Blast League Two, Candy was the second-leading run-scorer within the competitors with 296 as Leicestershire reached Finals Day at Northampton.
Adam Carty, regional director of girls’s cricket for Hampshire, mentioned: “In Francesca, we really feel we’ve got unearthed a participant, with assistance from our associates on the Challengers, who has all of the bodily attributes and private traits to have a significant affect on the ladies’s home recreation for years to come back.
“She presents vigour and enthusiasm for the sport and the chance offered, and has fitted into the group seamlessly.
“She is a batter of a lot potential and has an apparent skill to strike the ball as cleanly as any participant we’ve got on our roster.”
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Invaluable
He concluded: “She might but show to be a helpful medium pacer in time, and we’re very excited at what the longer term might maintain for Cesca, and we want her nicely on the membership.”
For Berkshire, Candy scored 107 runs at a strike price of 142 throughout 4 innings within the tier three One Day Cup, and 131 runs at a strike price of 170 throughout two innings within the Vitality Blast League Three.
Having signed for Glamorgan, Candy can be loaned to the county when out there and never taking part in for Hampshire.
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