We sat down for a chat with Sam Hain and Olly Hannon-Dalby to talk their 11-year Bears careers, memories of their first meeting, and how their roles have evolved as senior pro’s in the side.
It was pre-season in 2013 when Hain and Hannon-Dalby first met.
Hain was a 17-year-old “prodigal son” (Olly’s words!) having flown over from Australia to sign his first professional contract with Warwickshire.
Hannon-Dalby had been released by Yorkshire and was given a short contract by the Bears who saw a spark in the 6ft 8ins seamer.
They were unlikely best mates. But more than a decade later the pair reminisce here about that first meeting over breakfast at Boston Tea Party in Edgbaston.
It’s there where Sam got the call to say he’d been selected for England. Hainy discusses that moment and his time with England.
