Gloucestershire v Hampshire - County Championship Division Two – Day 1 – Live Score and Update
Gloucestershire 265/8 (96.0 ov) v Hampshire - Hampshire won the toss and elected to field
Gloucestershire held their nerve against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 on the first day of play in the four-day match to bolster a first innings tally of 265 for the loss of eight wickets, at stumps on Monday, August 06.
Hampshire on winning the toss chose to field, at County Ground, Bristol, in a bid to dominate the opposition by some outstanding bowling.
The bowlers responded well to the call of their skipper, as they grabbed their first wicket with only 13 runs on the board, when Hampshire opener BAC Howell, was trapped in front of stumps by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kabir-Ali-c69945 after scoring a knock of six runs.
The duo of opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Nicol-c2331 and middle-order batsman DM Housego carried the team to a tally of 36, before DJ Balcombe made inroads by nabbing the wicket of Nicol. The batsman found his way back to the pavilion after hammering ten runs off 43 deliveries.
Skipper, APR Gidman, then perished cheaply on a score of two, leaving his side standing on 49 runs.
DM Housego and HJH Marshall then forged a daunting partnership, as they smashed the bowlers out of town, taking the sting out of the opposition.
With a total of 85 on the board, Housego became the fourth batsman to lose his wicket on getting his stumps shattered by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mascarenhas-c912 after bolstering an inspiring knock of 51 runs.
Before Hampshire could gloat in success, the batting side made a remarkable comeback in the match with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marshall-c74817 and IA Cockbain spearheading the onslaught.
The two batsmen opened http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gates-c58585 of h**l upon their rivals, smacking the bowlers everywhere without a hint of remorse.
This blatant offensive was unlike anything Hampshire had imagined and had their back on the wall with the two http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 batsmen in the middle.
The duo took the score to a massive tally of 210, before Hampshire’s LA Dawson became the man with the golden arm by taking the wicket of Marshall. The batsman was trapped in front of stumps by the bowlers after crafting an innings of 75 runs.
Cockbain was soon to follow, as he fell after smacking a 51-run knock, leaving his team standing on a tally of 218.
From Gloucestershire, RG Coughtrie and DA http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Payne-c81269 stood unbeaten on 24 and four runs at stumps, as the side finished on a high after a shaky start.
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