South African batter Tristan Stubbs has joined Hampshire Hawks for the 2026 Vitality Blast.
The 25-year-old has performed 71 instances for his nation since debuting in 2022 and has featured within the Indian Premier League (IPL), Caribbean Premier League (CPL), SA20, and The Hundred.
He has scored 3,188 runs in 154 T20 matches with a median of 32.30 and a formidable strike price of 142.95.
In his final two seasons within the IPL with GMR co-owned Delhi Capitals, Stubbs has scored over 600 runs at a mammoth strike price of 170 while averaging 52.
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No stranger
This season will probably be Stubbs’ first within the Blast, however he’s no stranger to English shores or Utilita Bowl.
In July 2022, he featured for South Africa within the third IT20, which the Proteas gained by 90 runs, and within the third ODI at Utilita Bowl in September 2025, the place England ran out victors by 342 runs.
Stubbs has additionally taken half in The Hundred and scored 157 runs for Manchester Originals in 2022.
He’ll return to the competition with Southern Courageous in 2026 as one of many crew’s direct signings.
He not too long ago gained the SA20 for a 3rd time in 4 years with Sunrisers Jap Cape, who’re led by former Hampshire males’s Head Coach Adi Birrell.
His 63* off 41 deliveries was a captain’s innings as he and Matthew Breetzke shared a partnership of 114 to beat Pretoria Capitals within the last at Cape City.
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Vastly proficient
Giles White, director of cricket for Hampshire, mentioned: “Tristan is a massively proficient participant with sturdy connections to the membership by means of his time at Delhi Capitals and his relationships with our coaches, previous and current.
“He’s a beautiful addition and having him concerned is a large enhance for each our squad and the competitors as an entire.
“We will’t wait to see him mild up the Bowl.”
Internationally, Stubbs has been capped 42 instances in IT20s, having debuted towards India in Delhi in 2022.
Since then, he has scored 822 runs in 36 innings, with two fifties.
He has additionally featured in 14 Check matches, reaching three figures twice, and 15 ODIs.
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