HAMPSHIRE skipper James Vince revealed how the late, great Shane Warne had left a legacy at the club and added: “People speak about the way he changed the mindset.”

The Australian star spent eight years at the Ageas Bowl between 2000 and 2008.

As well as captaining the club between 2004 and 2007, Warne took 276 first-class wickets for Hampshire, at an average of 25.58.

He made a total of 2,040 runs, including a highest score of 107 against Kent at Canterbury in 2005.

And despite the death of the all-time great in April of this year, current skipper Vince insisted Warne’s legacy still lived on at the Ageas Bowl.

Asked what it was like to follow in the footsteps of Warne as skipper of Hampshire, Vince told the Daily Echo: “It’s massive.

“I crossed over just as he finished, so I didn’t actually play in the same team as him but when I was on the academy, he was captaining Hampshire.

“People speak about the way he changed the mindset of the players in the club – to go from a team that was kind of competing and maybe worrying a little bit about losing.

“To change that mindset and go out and win every game, leave nothing out there.

“We’ve got some quotes from him at the ground, he’s obviously got a stand named after him and I think he was just ‘never give up’.

“People have mentioned that over the years. He did change the way Hampshire played their cricket and instilled belief in a team that could win, to do everything to try to win.

“That’s something we are trying to emulate at the minute.”

Adored by millions across the globe, Warne took 708 Test wickets — the second-most of all time behind only Muttiah Muralitharan.

Vince himself, who is set to lead the Hawks in their crucial T20 Blast quarter-final at Birmingham Bears on Thursday, has already passed 10,000 first-class runs and 8,000 in T20s.

Asked whether Warne ever gave him any advice while he was coming through the academy, Vince replied: “Not necessarily any advice but over the years, playing at Hampshire we bumped into each other when he was on commentary and stuff like that.

“He has always gave me chance to speak to him. Asked how things were going, just really polite and had time for everyone.

“I never really got to sit down and discuss cricket and the tactics side of the game hugely with him, but everyone you speak to says what great person he was and how he always had time for everyone.

“He was regarded always around the world in different places, would have known hundreds of thousands of people. I think that speaks volumes of the type of person he was.

“He definitely left his mark on Hampshire.”