Dimitri Mascarenhas, the Hampshire allrounder, has been awarded a benefit for next season.

"It is a great honour to be awarded a Benefit for 2007,” he said. “I'm very excited about it and looking forward to a great year on and off the field. I feel very lucky. I never thought that I would be in this position. A huge thank you must be expressed to all at the club, especially to all my team-mates and the members' committee who have awarded me this benefit.”