Nottinghamshire ease to nine-wicket win over Hampshire: County Championship Division Two
Nottinghamshire raced to victory in a match of the County Championship Division Two against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 by 9 wickets at Trent Bridge, Nottingham in England.
The hosts were given a small target of 23 runs which they achieved easily.
Hampshire scored 218 and 131 in their two innings whereas http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 managed 327 and 26 for 1 when the match ended.
The captain of the home team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Read-c1248 elected to field first after winning the toss. He expected some swing and seam movement early on, but his bowlers failed to provide an ideal start.
Hampshire’s openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Liam-Dawson-c1840 got off to a brilliant start, scoring 91 runs for the first wicket. They batted sensibly and it looked as if the visitors would reach a big first innings total.
However, things changed dramatically after Adams got out. The seasoned left-handed batsman missed out on a half-century as he was sent back to the pavilion for 45 runs. The visitors lost 5 wickets in a span of just 25 runs including opening batsman Dawson
who scored 37.
Hampshire captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Vince-c1657 when the team was struggling at 116 for 5. The pair put together 50 runs for the sixth wicket before Vine was dismissed for 22. Cork scored 48 runs in his innings, guiding the team’s
total above 200.
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Charlie-Shreck-c1232, who dismissed four batsmen.
In reply, Nottinghamshire got a healthy first innings lead of 109 runs. The team had lost 5 wickets for 118 runs and the situation looked grim for them.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samit-Patel-c2426 scored a superb ton, rescuing his team from trouble. He was involved in a 148-run stand with his captain for the 6th wicket. Patel was dismissed after scoring 116 runs whereas Read managed 54 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Griffiths-c1330 was the stand out performer for the visitors, as he claimed 6 wickets for his team. His effort went in vain though, as his team was unable to post a challenging target in the second innings.
James Vince was the lone performer with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 59 runs before he ran out of partners from the other end. The second highest score in the innings came from Johann Myburgh, who added 15 runs to the total.
Adams continued his dominant form in the match, scalping 6 wickets in the second innings and increasing his tally to 11 in the match.
The hosts only lost http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Wagh-c1912 remained unbeaten 11, guiding the team to an easy win.
Griffiths was the lone wicket-taker for the visitors in the second innings.
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