However, the signing of Murali Kartik in 2007 pushed him further down the pecking order – Peploe only played three matches that year – while Shaun Udal made it three specialist spinners in 2008.
He finally claimed his first victim in the last AXA League game of the season, when he had Hampshire's Shaun Udal caught by Graeme Hick.
He succeeded Shaun Udal as the County Captain following the departure of interim captain Adam Gilchrist after the fixture on 24 June.
During his near decade with Hampshire, Pothas has stood in as county captain when captains such as Shane Warne, Shaun Udal and Dimitri Mascarenhas were unavailable.
With the continuing unavailability through injury of Ashley Giles, Udal started the 2006 season in contention with Monty Panesar for Englands spinning berth.
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It was not until September 2005, after an impressive season with Hampshire, that he was recalled to the England squad for their tour of Pakistan when they were looking for more spinners in addition to Ashley Giles.
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He was instrumental in England's victory, taking figures of 4 wickets for 14 runs in the second innings, including the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar for 34 as England completed a 212 run victory.
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