Hampshire wicketkeeper-batter Toby Albert has penned a brand new deal to maintain him on the Utilita Bowl till a minimum of the tip of the 2028 season.
Albert, 24, has featured in all codecs for Hampshire and was the main run-scorer within the 2025 Vitality Blast as Hampshire Hawks reached Finals Day for a file eleventh time.
A product of the Berkshire pathway, Albert joined the Hampshire Academy and went on to make his senior debut for the membership within the 2021 Vitality Blast.
He has developed a status as a extremely modern batter, topping the charts with 633 runs within the T20 Blast final yr, with six fifties on the high of the order which included a 48-ball 85 within the ultimate.
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Delighted
Albert, mentioned: “I’m completely delighted to increase my time with Hampshire.
“That is my dwelling membership, and I’m massively proud to characterize it. I’ve discovered a lot over the previous few years and I’m enthusiastic about what’s forward.
“We’ve received a superb group of gamers and employees right here, and I’m decided to maintain enhancing and assist the membership compete for extra trophies over the subsequent few seasons.”
The 24-year-old is understood for his audacious ramps and scoops, while additionally turning into established with the gloves within the shorter codecs of the sport.
Albert made his First-Class debut in opposition to the Sri Lanka Improvement XI in 2022, the place he scored an unbeaten 69, and made his County Championship debut on mortgage at Kent in July 2023.
In simply his fourth Championship sport for Hampshire, Albert scored 114 in opposition to then-champions Surrey on the Utilita Bowl – his maiden skilled century – because the hosts recorded a mammoth victory by an innings and 278 runs.
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Integral
He would rating a second 100 in opposition to Essex later that very same season.
In 50-over cricket, Albert has made his mark within the center order, scoring 5 half-centuries in 24 matches, together with a better of 96 not out in opposition to Somerset in 2024.
His maiden fifty within the format got here in a match-winning innings in opposition to Derbyshire in 2022, as his unbeaten 84 helped Hampshire to a nervy two-wicket win.
Giles White, Hampshire’s director of cricket, mentioned: “Toby has turn into an integral a part of the squad and embodies all the things this membership stands for.
“He has come by way of our pathway, developed yr on yr, and his performances in final season’s Vitality Blast confirmed what he’s able to.
“We’re delighted he has dedicated his future to Hampshire and stay up for watching him proceed to develop over the approaching years.”
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