Hampshire Rothesay County Championship Div 1 at [insert sponsor] Bowl Day 3

 

17/05

Day 3

More rain forecast for this afternoon. Come on Notts, just bat and then bat some more.

Over night Notts have replaced injured Freddie McCann (thumb) with Sam Seecharan.

16/05

Day 2

NOTTS BATTLE ABBOTT'S SCRUTINY

After an O'Neill five bag, on another shorn day

Another frustrating day in cold and cloudy Southampton with the third session completely lost to rain. 

Hampshire resumed on 152 for 6 and added 62 to their overnight score.

In the second over of the morning , Potgieter (15) was smartly caught low down by Hameed at mid off, the fifth wicket for O'Neill (Pavilion End); 154 for 7 in the 47th over. The seventh wicket partnership between Organ and Potgieter had added 46 runs. Abbott (14) was caught at first slip by Patterson-White off a lifting delivery by Tongue; 176 for 8 in the 54th over. Stone came on from the Hilton End with his first delivery Organ got to his 50 off 66 balls in the 58th over. Organ (55 off 73 balls) under edged an attempted  leg side hit off Stone and became Verreynne's fourth victim as he took the chance diving to his left; 199 for 9 in the 60th over. Overhead condtions were decidedly gloomy and the floodlights came on for the rest of the day. Patterson-White came on for the 61st over. Baker was the last man to fall lbw to Patterson-White for 3. Hampshire 214 all out off 66.2 overs with Wheal 21 not out. O'Neill 5 for 51 the star performer.

Abbott (Pavilion End) started with a wicket maiden bowling Hameed middle stump with a ball that kept low for a 6 ball duck, 0 for 1. Notts finally got off the mark with a two for Slater off Wheal off the first delivery of the fourth over. Notts found the ropes for the first time with Slater hitting three successive offside boundaries off Wheal. At lunch,  Notts were 18 for 1 off 10 overs with Slater on 16 and McCann on 2.

Baker replaced Wheal for the 12th over. Both Slater and McCann were struggling to time the ball. Potgieter replaced Abbott (8 4 7 1)  for the 19th over. Organ came on for the 20th over but only bowled a single over from the Hilton End. Wheal replaced him and a four through point by Slater took Notts passed 50 in the 22nd over. Baker returned this time from the Pavilion End for the 25th over. There was a stoppage in the 29th over when McCann got struck on the thumb by Baker. Off the last delivery of the same over, Slater (48) pulled Baker and he was caught by Potgieter diving forwards at deep square leg; 85 tor 2. Potgieter then immediately came on from the Hilton End. Notts got to three figures in the 32nd over with a majestic on driven four by Clarke. McCann retired hurt on 38 with Notts 105 for 2 off 32 overs. He was later seen with an ice pack and strapping over his thumb. Will Seecharan replace him? Clarke (14) inside edged Abbott and was caught behind by Ben Brown going to his left; 109 for 3 in the 35th over. Tea was taken at 1600 with Notts 124 for 3 off 38 overs with Haynes on 5 and Verreynne on 10. Potgieter had three times induced edges with each time the ball just failing to reach the slip cordon. Abbott (11 5 20 2) bowled outstandingly throughout.

Rain arrived at teatime and set in. Play was called off at 1723 with 41 overs lost out of the day. MAG

15/05 Day 1

FERGUS TAKES FOUR WICKETS ON A RAIN SHORTENED DAY

Only 45.3 overs were possible on the opening day of a cool cloudy day at the soulless Rose Bowl.

On a greenish pitch, Notts won the toss and inserted struggling Hampshire. The only change was McCann coming in Duckett. Fergus O'Neill dominated the showery day. Bowling from the Pavilion End throughout he had figures of 15 5 32 4.

O'Neill opened the bowling with Josh Tongue. Hampshire were soon in trouble. In the fifth over, Albert (5) was lbw to a well pitched up delivery from O'Neill, 14 for 1. Middleton made a 14 ball duck being caught behind low down by Verreynne off O'Neill,  22 for 2 in the 9th over. Stone replaced Tongue for the 10th over but did not have the best of days with the ball. Lehmann became O'Neill's third victim leg before for 4, 32 for 3 in the 11th over. O'Neill with figures of 8 4 14 3 after his first spell and was replaced by James for the 17th over. A four through the covers by Gubbins off Stone saw Hampshire to 50 in the 18th over. Prest (11) survived a confident caught behind shout from an out swinger from James . He departed the very next ball chasing a widish delivery with no foot movement edging the ball to Verreynne who took the catch low to his right, 54 for 4 in the 21st over. A poor shot! Tongue returned for the 22nd over. Bad light stopped play at 1242 with Hampshire on 68 for 4 off 23 overs with Gubbins on 34 and Brown on 4. Heavy rain arrived shortly afterwards.

Play restarted at 1400 with two overs lost. Tongue and O'Neill returned. Gubbins (36) became O'Neill's fourth victim edging him to Verreynne who took the chance diving to his left; 85 for 5 after 29 overs. Hampshire well and truly on the ropes. Ben Brown hit successive fours off O'Neill off the last two balls of the 31st over. Rain immediately stopped play at 1434 with Hampshire on 96 for 5 off 31 overs with Brown on 24 and Potgieter on 2. Potgieter is a 29 year old all rounder from Port Elizabeth brought in this week as an overseas player.

Play resumed at 1509 with a further 10 overs lost. The Hampshire 100 came up in the 34th over when left hander Potgieter found the backward point ropes off Tongue. Brown (29) top edged an attempted pull shot from Tongue and substitute Sam Seecharan took the catch at long leg; 105 for 6 in the 36th over. This turned out to be the last wicket of the day.

Organ edged his first ball from Tongue just wide of third slip for four. James and Stone replaced O'Neill and Tongue for the 39th and 40th overs respectively. Organ hit successive fours off Stone in the 40th over but later in the same over he was badly dropped on 19 in the gully by Lyndon James. With the light deteriorating tea was taken early at 1554 with Hampshire 128 for 6 off 41 overs with Potgieter on 7 and Organ on 21. A heavy 25 minute storm hit the ground ten minutes later.

Play resumed at 1800 with 15 overs remaining in the day. Tongue and Stone bowled poorly and a further 24 runs were added in 27 balls with the ball being replaced after 43 overs. Hampshire got to 150 via a four through point by Potgieter off Tongue in the 45th over. Shortly afterwards at 1822 bad light stopped play at 152 for 6 off 45.3 overs with Potgieter on 14 and Organ on 34. More rain arrived five minutes later.

A frustrating day. Hampshire looked a poor dispirited team. The forecast for the rest of the game is not particularly promising..... MAG

14/05

Squad:

Haseeb Hameed c

Ben Slater

Freddie McCann

Joe Clarke

Jack Haynes

Kyle Verreynne x

Lyndon James

Liam Patterson-White

Fergus O'Neill

Olly Stone

Josh Tongue

Dillon Pennington

Sam Seecharan

Farhan Ahmed

Hampshire will have their new signing Delano Potgieter available for this match.

13/05

Writing 2 days into the 32 days gap between home championship fixtures:

Ben Duckett has managed to find some of his lost mojo, so sits out this game. Meanwhile, Josh Tongue is on fire and wants to keep that fire stoked ahead of the Test at Lord's, so is expected to be available. Two centrally contracted players, two different approaches to workload and form.