The Hobart Hurricanes have secured the services of Tasmanian player Hamish Kingston in trade of Hurricanes batsman Ben Dunk who will join the Adelaide Strikers for BBL06 after four seasons with the Hurricanes.

With BBL06 just weeks away the Hurricanes and Strikers reached an agreement in the final stages of the second official BBL trade week which started on November 17th and finished today at 2pm.

The BBL trade weeks allow BBL clubs to have the ability to trade their players for players at another club, or transfer one of their players to another club in order to free up space on their contract list and salary cap.

Hobart Hurricanes Cricket Manager Andrew Dykes said whilst it was a difficult decision to let Dunk go, the inclusion of local product Kingston to the Hurricanes list was an extremely good one.

"Hamish is a wonderful death bowler who performed really well at the most recent Matador Cup," Dykes said.

"We were really keen to add some extra depth to our death bowling in particular and as a bowling all rounder he provides us with more batting options in the lower order as well."

With the opening partnership an area the Hurricanes are looking to improve on to assist in claiming their first piece of BBL silverware in BBL06, Dykes said although it was a hard decision to part ways with Dunk it was best for the long term.

"We feel this is a good long term outcome for Ben who was in the last year of his contract with us and we thank him for his big contribution to the Hurricanes over his four seasons with us. We wish him all the best with his career with the Strikers."

With three places left on the Hurricanes list, Dykes indicated that Hurricanes will be looking to fill one of these spots with another batting allrounder to join the likes of Paine, Bailey, Sangakkara, Wells and Christian in the batting stocks.

"We think it's important to have someone in our top six who can bowl and by getting this trade done we've opened up an opportunity to sign someone who ticks this criteria"

"We are currently in discussions with potential candidates for the final two Hurricanes contracts for BBL06 and we hope to make an official announcement in the next few weeks regarding these players."

The Hurricanes first match of BBL06 is on December 23rd against the Sydney Sixers at the SCG with their first home match a Boxing Day Blockbuster against the Melbourne Stars at Blundstone Arena.