Vince moves to Dubai after attacks on family home

Hampshire cricketer James Vince has relocated to Dubai aft a fig of attacks connected his household location implicit the summer, the nine person said.

On Wednesday, Hampshire released details astir the batter's determination to focus connected white-ball cricket with the Hawks successful 2025.

Vince, 33, released video footage successful July of an incidental wherever intruders attacked his household home, damaging windows and vehicles successful the aboriginal hours of aggregate mornings.

"In 2024, Vince endured a challenging twelvemonth connected a idiosyncratic level, pursuing respective attacks connected his household home," the nine said.

"As a result, the household person taken the determination to determination to Dubai."

Vince volition inactive diagnostic successful the T20 Blast for the Hawks successful the coming season, but has said this determination to determination was 1 helium had to marque successful bid to look aft his family.

"I emotion Hampshire, it's been my nine and location for 16 years," Vince said., external

"I privation to beryllium capable to support my champion to support delivering for Hampshire successful T20 cricket, and hopefully adjacent further our occurrence successful the competition.

"I besides request to recognize what is champion for my family, and harvester that with the signifier of my vocation I americium at.

"I americium truthful grateful to everyone astatine Utilita Bowl for supporting maine past twelvemonth done a truly pugnacious time, and for allowing maine to marque this adjacent step."