Middlesex Cricket have named a thirteen man squad for the trip to Southampton to take on Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl, as the Seaxes begin their County Championship title defence.
Whilst this is Middlesex's opening fixture of this year's County Championship season, they come into the clash on the back of some strong performances in pre-season warm-ups against Durham at Merchant Taylors', Cambridge MCCU at Fenners and MCC in the Champion County fixture over in Abu Dhabi.
Hampshire themselves will be in high spirits, after securing a thrilling victory over Yorkshire in their opening County Championship clash at Headingley, where former Middlesex men Kyle Abbott and Gareth Berg played important roles in helping Hampshire secure their win.
Middlesex name a strong squad for the clash, including Adam Voges, who is included after arriving with the club last weekend, although Nick Compton misses out, as he recovers from an injection in his right shoulder.
Middlesex thirteen man squad:
James Franklin (captain)
Stephen Eskinazi
Steven Finn
Nick Gubbins
Tom Helm
Ryan Higgins
Dawid Malan
Tim Murtagh
Ollie Rayner
Sam Robson
Toby Roland-Jones
John Simpson (wicket-keeper)
Adam Voges
