Tom Prest in Vitality T20 Blast action captured by Dave Vokes.
Promising Academy raised all-rounder Tom Prest has signed his first professional contract with Hampshire Cricket.
The 18 year old top order batsman and off-spinner from Canford School made his first-team breakthrough this summer and signs for Hampshire on a deal until the end of the 2024 season.
Prest showed maturity beyond his years in only his third senior appearance in July to hit an unbeaten 59 in the Vitality Blast. This came after his remarkable unbeaten triple century in Hampshire's Second XI Championship match against Sussex, an innings he played after sitting an A-level Geography examination at breakfast time.
The Dorset-based all-rounder also contributed a vital 44 in the Vitality Blast quarter-final against Nottinghamshire Outlaws at Trent Bridge to help Hampshire Hawks reach an eighth Vitality Blast Finals Day.
Hampshire Director of Cricket Giles White said: “Tom is a talented all-rounder and he will be hoping to build on a promising start to push for a place across all formats.
“He’s impressed everyone in a short space of time and if he’s able to continue to develop he has an exciting future ahead of him.”
Pivotal
Tom Prest said: “It’s something I always dreamed of growing up. It’s a really exciting time at Hampshire right now and it makes it an extra special feeling to sign a contract for your home club.
“Charlie (Freeston), Tony (Middleton) & Jimmy (Adams) have been pivotal in my development and I’m just really grateful for all they’ve done. To gain some first-team experience this season has been valuable and it was really pleasing to put in a couple of good performances in the Vitality Blast. Hopefully over time I can become more consistent at that level and contribute in all formats.”
Prest, from Wimborne, came through the Hampshire age-group system and has featured heavily for the Club over a number of seasons in CAG, Academy and 2nd XI cricket. In 2019, he gained selection for the National Super 4’s competition a year young and played a major role in all the teams he represented.
2020 saw Prest finish the season as Hampshire Academy’s leading run-scorer with seven fifties and two centuries as a 17 year old in the ECB Southern Premier Cricket League.
Prest made 16 first-team appearances this season and most recently he was named in the England Men's Young Lions (U19) squad for their tour to Sri Lanka later this month. He hopes to play for England in the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
The 18 year old top order batsman and off-spinner from Canford School made his first-team breakthrough this summer and signs for Hampshire on a deal until the end of the 2024 season.
Prest showed maturity beyond his years in only his third senior appearance in July to hit an unbeaten 59 in the Vitality Blast. This came after his remarkable unbeaten triple century in Hampshire's Second XI Championship match against Sussex, an innings he played after sitting an A-level Geography examination at breakfast time.
The Dorset-based all-rounder also contributed a vital 44 in the Vitality Blast quarter-final against Nottinghamshire Outlaws at Trent Bridge to help Hampshire Hawks reach an eighth Vitality Blast Finals Day.
Hampshire Director of Cricket Giles White said: “Tom is a talented all-rounder and he will be hoping to build on a promising start to push for a place across all formats.
“He’s impressed everyone in a short space of time and if he’s able to continue to develop he has an exciting future ahead of him.”
Pivotal
Tom Prest said: “It’s something I always dreamed of growing up. It’s a really exciting time at Hampshire right now and it makes it an extra special feeling to sign a contract for your home club.
“Charlie (Freeston), Tony (Middleton) & Jimmy (Adams) have been pivotal in my development and I’m just really grateful for all they’ve done. To gain some first-team experience this season has been valuable and it was really pleasing to put in a couple of good performances in the Vitality Blast. Hopefully over time I can become more consistent at that level and contribute in all formats.”
Prest, from Wimborne, came through the Hampshire age-group system and has featured heavily for the Club over a number of seasons in CAG, Academy and 2nd XI cricket. In 2019, he gained selection for the National Super 4’s competition a year young and played a major role in all the teams he represented.
2020 saw Prest finish the season as Hampshire Academy’s leading run-scorer with seven fifties and two centuries as a 17 year old in the ECB Southern Premier Cricket League.
Prest made 16 first-team appearances this season and most recently he was named in the England Men's Young Lions (U19) squad for their tour to Sri Lanka later this month. He hopes to play for England in the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
