HAMPSHIRE'S first team boss Adi Birrell admits his side "have a bit of a job to do", but insists: "We are not a bad team."

Hants reached T20 Finals Day last year, but have made a nightmare start to the 2022 Blast campaign.

Skippered by James Vince, Hawks are winless from the opening three matches, following Monday's resounding eight-wicket loss at Essex Eagles.

That leaves them bottom of the South Group, ahead of a key trip to the Oval to face Surrey tomorrow (6.30pm).

“They came hard and it came off for them but we didn't play very well," Birrell admitted, reflecting on the loss to Essex.

"We aren't getting any starts. We have a good team but as I've just said in the dressing room, three games ago we played in a semi-final in this format.

"Three games later we are not a bad team.

"With a bit of belief and form as a team and the form will turn around. We have a bit of a job to do in the next few games.

"T20 is a brutal format and when it isn't going your way it is magnified in all departments."