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24-year old spinner has been released one-year early from his Hants contract
Hampshire Cricket has agreed for spinner Danny Briggs to be released with a year remaining on his contract due to limited opportunities in the longer format of the game.
The 24-year old, who progressed through Hampshire’s junior and Academy sides, has found opportunities limited due to the emergence of other young spinners at the club and will join Sussex ahead of the 2016 season.
I'm really grateful that Hampshire are letting me leave early, I'd like to thank all players and coaches at the club for all their support over the years. I'm looking forward to joining Sussex and working with the players and coaching staff there. I'm excited for the opportunities that lie ahead.
Danny Briggs
Briggs has been most impressive in the shorter format of the game – the left-arm spinner set a club record of 31 wickets in the 2010 Friends Provident t20 competition as Hampshire won the trophy on home turf. The 24-year old went on to be Hants’ go-to bowler in the shorter format, taking 119 wickets at an average of 19.4 from 94 matches.
Losing Danny is tough, however this is the right decision for him and therefore he goes with our blessing. I have been lucky enough to have seen him grow into the cricketer and person that he is today and he has been a pleasure to work with throughout. He understands the wider picture and in some ways it was inevitable, considering his ambition to progress in all forms of the game that it would lead to him moving on.
I hope the move allows him the opportunity to further his career in the longer form of the game with a good club like Sussex. Danny is an extremely popular player, the team will miss him but I have no doubt that they will all wish him well.
Giles White, Director of Cricket
In 2012, Briggs made his full England debut against Pakistan in the UAE, taking two wickets to help his country to a 4-0 ODI series whitewash. In so doing, he became the youngest ever Hampshire player, and the first Isle of Wight-born cricketer, to play for his country.
