Joe Weatherley: Hampshire batter extends contract until end of 2024

Hampshire have extended batter Joe Weatherley's contract until the end of the 2024 season.

The 25-year-old has made 130 appearances across all formats for Hampshire since his debut in 2016.

"I'm delighted - it was a no-brainer," Weatherley told BBC Radio Solent.

"Despite being at the club since I was nine, I still have a lot more that I want to achieve individually and collectively. I want more days like Saturday's T20 Blast win"

The batter and off-spinner came through Hampshire's youth ranks, captaining the club's age-group sides, and also led England Under-19s in 2015-16.

After making his first-team debut as a teenager he had a brief loan spell with Kent and played an off-season in Australia.

"We're pushing in both formats and I want to be here for that - we're looking for silverware in the short and long term," Weatherley added.

"We're a tight-knit bunch, we play for each other and don't give up - that makes it easier to sign."

Across the three formats, Weatherley, who was born in Winchester, averages 25.37 runs in first-class action, 28.86 in limited overs and 25.42 in Twenty20.

'His white-ball stock is high'

Analysis - Former Middlesex & Hampshire cricketer and BBC Radio Solent commentator, Kevan James

Unfortunately for Weatherley an injury back in early May saw him replaced in the red-ball side and despite now being fit, he's lost his place at the top of the batting order.

In past seasons that would have meant no first-team cricket for him.

But such is his value, in the T20 side he's now ever-present in that team, and he tasted success at Edgbaston last week.

Indeed his white-ball stock is so high that he will appear for the Southern Brave in this season's Hundred for the first time.