Hampshire have rewarded captain Jimmy Adams, who has spent his whole career at the county, with a benefit year in 2015.
Adams, who turns 34 on Tuesday, earned his debut for the club in 2002 and has since made over 380 appearances for Hampshire. In that time, the left-handed batsman has racked up over 16,000 runs with an impressive 22 hundreds and 82 fifties to his name.
Adams said: “A benefit is something that every county cricketer hopes that they play long and well enough to achieve. It’s a huge privilege and I’m very thankful for everyone at the club who has helped me along the way.
“It’s a huge honour. There have been plenty of ups and downs in my career but it’s going to be a brilliant year and I’m very happy.”
Adams was awarded his Hampshire cap in 2006 when he recorded his highest first-class score: 262 not out versus Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in the County Championship.
He was an influential member of Hampshire’s trophy-winning sides in 2009 and 2010, being named players' player of the year in both seasons.
It was in 2010 that Adams enjoyed his most impressive season to date, scoring 1,351 first-class runs alongside 668 in the Twenty20 competition and 496 in List A matches.
Adams took over the Hampshire captaincy from Dominic Cork at the end of the 2011 season before finishing the 2012 campaign as LV= County Championship Division Two's leading run-scorer.
This term Adams reached 10,000 first-class runs for the club before scoring his fifth double-century for Hampshire in championship games - a match-winning 231 against Leicestershire at the Ageas Bowl.