http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 v Hampshire: County Championship Division One
A high scoring encounter of the County Championship Division One between Hampshire and Yorkshire ended in a draw at The Rose Bowl, Southampton in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Friday, August 5, 2011.
The visitors batted first in the match and ended up with a massive first innings total of 532 runs. The highlight of the innings was a solid bating performance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anthony-McGrath-c45053, who collected 115 runs.
However, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 batsmen found conditions to be even easier once they came out to bat. The team amassed a mammoth 599 runs for the loss of just 3 wickets before finally declaring the innings.
The innings was dominated by a staggering 523-run stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-McKenzie-c2094. They ended up with 300 and 237 runs in their respective outings.
Toss was won by the Yorkshire skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Gale-c1039, who opted to bat first without any hesitation. There was absolutely no assistance for the bowlers in the pitch, as it was hard and dry.
Despite losing opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 Sayers early, the Yorkshire team went off to a very good start. The opening batsman failed to make most of the excellent batting conditions, getting out for 8 runs.
However, South Africa’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jacques-Rudolph-c1619 and Gale put together 129 runs for the second wicket partnership. The latter got out after a solid 54-run knock with the help of 10 boundaries.
Rudolph played exceptionally well, but missed out on a century by one run. The Proteas player got out after scoring 99 runs with the help of 11 fours and one towering six.
The innings was carried forward by a spectacular century stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Ballance-c1465 and McGrath. The pair collected 157 runs for the fourth wicket partnership before the former got out for 76.
McGrath did not miss out on an opportunity to make a big one, scoring 115 runs in his fabulous outing. He struck 11 boundaries in his knock.
Wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gerard-Brophy-c1482 also did a decent job, collecting 53 runs for his side.
Hampshire’s spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Tahir did a very good job, picking up 6 wickets on a pitch which did not have any support for the bowlers.
In reply to the massive first innings total of the visitors, Hampshire lost a couple of wickets early. The team’s openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Liam-Dawson-c1840 failed to make a big impression, getting out for 29 and 13 respectively.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/McKenzie-c75497 and Carberry dominated the match from then onwards. The pair put together an incredible partnership of over 500 runs, ensuring a draw.
McKenzie got out after collecting 237 runs with the help of 25 fours and a couple of sixes whereas Carberry remained unbeaten on 300, clobbering 43 fours and two massive sixes.
Yorkshire’s Daniel Wainwright picked up two wickets in the innings before the hosts’ innings was declared at 599/3.
Yorkshire came out to bat a few overs in their second innings and ended the match with 40/0. Openers Rudolph and Sayers remained unbeaten on 27 and 7 respectively.
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