{"id":27641,"date":"2026-03-30T16:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/codi-yusuf-hampshire-sign-south-african-bowler-for-county-champs\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:45:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:45:41","slug":"codi-yusuf-hampshire-sign-south-african-bowler-for-county-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/codi-yusuf-hampshire-sign-south-african-bowler-for-county-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"Codi Yusuf: Hampshire sign South African bowler for County Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Hampshire have signed South African fast bowler Codi Yusuf for the opening block of County Championship games. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The right-arm bowler and right-handed batter arrives at the Utilita Bowl after deals to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/cricket\/articles\/c6277xrpnzxo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Michael Neser<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/cricket\/articles\/cp863lqjn0yo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Jayden Seales<\/a> fell through. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 27-year-old played for Durham in last season&#8217;s County Championship, taking 19 wickets across five games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He made his Test debut last summer against Zimbabwe, taking 10 wickets in two matches. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Naturally it is disappointing not to have Jayden with us, but we are pleased to have secured an excellent replacement in Codi Yusuf,&#8221; said Hampshire director of cricket Giles White. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Codi comes highly recommended by Russell (Domingo) and brings valuable international experience, as well as familiarity with English conditions following his spell with Durham last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The past couple of weeks have been frustrating as we have had to adjust our plans at short notice, but we are delighted to welcome Codi and look forward to his arrival.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hampshire get their County Championship campaign under way on Friday when they host Essex at the Utilita Bowl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/cricket\/live\/c98my374gl5t\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Watch the BBC Radio Solent Hampshire Cricket Forum for 2026 on Monday at 19:00 BST by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/cricket\/articles\/c4gxrz77378o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hampshire have signed South African fast bowler Codi Yusuf for the opening block of County Championship games. The right-arm bowler and right-handed batter arrives at the Utilita Bowl after deals to sign Michael Neser and Jayden Seales fell through. The 27-year-old played for Durham in last season&#8217;s County Championship, taking 19 wickets across five games. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27643,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27641\/revisions\/27643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}