 Injury put paid to him recording over 800 first-class runs in the 2010 County Championship.Since making his debut for Hampshire, he has been at the forefront of one of the county's most successful periods, winning the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and 2009 Friends Provident Trophy, in the final at Lords he made 35 runs from only 31 balls, including a huge six in to the Tavern Stand, in a winning partnership worth 67 runs with Chris Benham, who hit the winning runs.In the field Pothas caught his opposing wicket-keeper Matt Prior for a duck, and caught Pakistani international Yasir Arafat behind for 9.