Hampshire struggling against Lancashire
Hampshire needed 32 more runs with five wickets in hand to avoid an innings defeat in a match of the County Championship Division against Lancashire, at The Rose Bowl Southampton in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. The hosts ended day-two of the match on 163 for the loss of five
wickets in their second innings on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011. They were bowled out for 133 in the first outing and were following on to the first innings total of 328 by Hampshire.
The visitors’ captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Chilton-c1900, won the toss and decided to bat, as the conditions were friendly for the batsmen. His decision proved to be a correct one, as the team posted a decent total in their first outing.
Hampshire’s first-drop, Karl Brown, was the top scorer for his team, scoring 96 runs. He held the innings together nicely batted with responsibility, smashing 14 boundaries, but was unfortunate to miss out on a ton.
Apart from Brown, there was no other batsman in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kyle-Hogg-c1824 who ended up with 38 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789’s bowlers did a decent job in restricting the opposition to 328 on a good batting pitch. Former English pacer, who is currently the skipper of Hampshire, led the attack, dismissing four batsman of Lancashire.
However, the hosts were unable to make an impression with the bat, as only four batsmen reached double figures in the first innings. The top score came from opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jimmy-Adams-c1696, who added 35 runs to the total.
There were a couple of other batsmen, who got starts, but failed to capitalize. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-McKenzie-c2094, only managed 16 runs in his short stay at the crease.
Kyle Hogg was in sensational form with the ball for the visitors, picking up seven wickets in the innings. He seemed to be totally unplayable and got the ball to move in the air and off the seam.
The hosts had to come out to bat for the second consecutive time in the match, as the follow on was imposed on them. However, the second outing proved to be slightly better compared to the first one, as Hampshire scored 163 runs for five wickets.
Opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Vince-c1657, who scored 35 and 39 in their respective outings.
Hogg was unable to take any wickets in the second innings, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SI-Mahmood-c2523 managed to grab three wickets.
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