Hampshire County Cricket Club in 2005

Hampshire Hawks

Grounds

Rose Bowl, Southampton

Website

Captain

Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet...

Squad

Other overseas player

Simon Katich

Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...

Others

James Adams

James Adams (cricketer)

James 'Jimmy' Henry Kenneth Adams is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler....

Chris Benham

Christopher 'Chris' Charles Benham is an English cricketer. Benham is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Frimley, Surrey. He attended Yateley School across the county border at Yateley in Hampshire...

Michael Brown

Michael Brown (cricketer)

-Early life:Brown was born in in Burnley, Lancashire, attending Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in neighbouring Blackburn. Like many of his family, he began playing cricket for Burnley Cricket Club, making his debubt for the adult side at age 15...

James Bruce

Tom Burrows

Tom Burrows is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper.Born in Wokingham, he has played for Berkshire and Hampshire since his cricketing baptism in 2003...

John Crawley

John Paul Crawley is a retired English professional cricketer, who represented England in 37 Test matches. He is regarded alongside his near contemporaries Graeme Hick and Mark Ramprakash as a hugely talented player who failed to realise his full potential at international level.Crawley is a...

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

David Griffiths

David Griffiths (cricketer)

David Andrew Griffiths is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

Derek Kenway

Derek Anthony Kenway is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace, who can also play as a wicketkeeper.-First-class debut and early career:...

Greg Lamb

Gregory Arthur Lamb is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who can bowl both off spin and right arm medium pace....

Kevin Latouf

Kevin John Latouf is a South African born English cricketer. Latouf is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace...

Richard Logan

Richard Logan (cricketer)

Richard James Logan is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

Dimitri Mascarenhas

Adrian Dimitri Mascarenhas is an English cricketer of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He currently plays county cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club, in the Indian Premier League for the Kings XI Punjab and for the Otago Volts in New...

Jono McLean

Jono McLean is a South African cricketer. Born in Johannesburg, he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He made his Hampshire debut in 2005, and while he is not playing English cricket he played for Western Province in South Africa.He helped Hampshire finish as runners-up...

Alan Mullally

Alan Mullally is a former English cricketer.Mullally grew up in Western Australia, and played for the Australian Under-19 side against their West Indian counterparts in 1987/88. That same season he made his first-class debut for Western Australia in their Sheffield Shield final victory over...

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

Lawrence Prittipaul

Lawrence Prittipaul is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.A former England under 15, 17 and 19 international, he graduated to the Hampshire first team as a batsman and seam-bowler...

Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor (cricketer)

Billy Taylor is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.He started playing for Hampshire during the 2004 season, before which he played for Sussex...

James Tomlinson

James Andrew Tomlinson is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler.Having made his way through the Cardiff UCCE side, he got a chance to perform for the Hampshire second XI, and spent a season with Wiltshire in 2001.His best bowling for Hampshire was a...

Chris Tremlett

Christopher Timothy "Chris" Tremlett is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey County Cricket Club. He is 6 ft 8 in tall and is a fast bowler able to extract bounce on most surfaces. He is a competent number 8 or 9 batsman, with seven first-class fifties to his name...

Shaun Udal

Shaun David Udal is an English cricketer. An off spin bowler and lower-middle order batsman, he was a member of England's Test team for their tours to Pakistan and India in 2005/06.-International career:...

Benefit

Alan Mullally

Hampshire County Cricket Club played their cricket in Division One of both the County Championship

County Championship

The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

and the National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

in 2005. They started the season at 10-1 odds

Odds

The odds in favor of an event or a proposition are expressed as the ratio of a pair of integers, which is the ratio of the probability that an event will happen to the probability that it will not happen...

to win the Championship. With the first eleven including seven players who had represented their country at Test or ODIs at the end of the season, they nearly won the County Championship, beating eventual County Champions Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...

both home and away, and ended with the same win-loss record as Notts. However, with two bonus points less and half a point deducted due to a slow over rate against Sussex in July, they finished behind - something that had been apparent the week before the Championship ended. They did win the C&G Trophy

C&G Trophy

The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties compete each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland...

, defeating three League Division Two sides and a minor county on the way to the title, in addition to Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...

from Division One, but their other limited-overs forays ended in relegation (in the League) and elimination due to head-to-head results in the Twenty20 Cup.

Hampshire played 16 first class games in 2005, winning nine, drawing four and losing three. They also played 22 List A games, winning ten, losing ten and abandoning two, while eight Twenty20

Twenty20

Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...

games ended in three wins, two losses, two no results and one abandoned match.

Championship

2005 County Championship - Division One
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pen	BP	Pts
1	Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...	16	9	4	3	0	94	236
2	Hampshire Hampshire County Cricket Club Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...	16	9	4	3	0.5	92	233.5
3	Sussex Sussex County Cricket Club Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...	16	7	6	3	0	102	224
4	Warwickshire Warwickshire County Cricket Club Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...	16	8	3	5	0.5	86	209.5
5	Kent Kent County Cricket Club Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...	16	6	7	3	8.5	99	202.5
6	Middlesex Middlesex County Cricket Club Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...	16	4	7	5	0.5	98	181.5
7	Surrey Surrey County Cricket Club Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...	16	4	9	3	8.5	97	180.5
8	Gloucestershire Gloucestershire County Cricket Club Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....	16	1	5	10	2	72	104
9	Glamorgan Glamorgan County Cricket Club Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...	16	1	1	14	0	71	88.5

totesport League

2005 totesport League - Division One
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts
1	Essex Eagles Essex County Cricket Club Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...	16	13	1	2	56
2	Middlesex Crusaders Middlesex County Cricket Club Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...	16	10	5	1	42
3	Northamptonshire Steelbacks Northamptonshire County Cricket Club Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...	16	7	7	2	32
4	Glamorgan Dragons Glamorgan County Cricket Club Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...	16	6	6	4	32
5	Nottinghamshire Outlaws Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...	16	6	7	3	30
6	Lancashire Lightning Lancashire County Cricket Club Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...	16	6	9	1	26
7	Gloucestershire Gladiators Gloucestershire County Cricket Club Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....	16	6	9	1	26
8	Worcestershire Royals Worcestershire County Cricket Club Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...	16	5	10	1	22
9	Hampshire Hawks Hampshire County Cricket Club Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...	16	5	10	1	22

Twenty20 Cup Group Stage (South)

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2005 Twenty20 Cup - South Division
Team	M	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Surrey Lions	8	5	3	0	10
Middlesex Crusaders	8	4	3	1	9
Sussex Sharks	8	3	2	3	9
Hampshire Hawks	8	3	2	3	9	+0.20
Essex Eagles	8	3	3	2	8
Kent Spitfires	8	1	6	1	3

April

The first game in the Championship was a narrow 48 run victory against Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....

. This was followed by a rain-affected defeat against Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...

in the Sunday League. The second Championship game was a close draw against Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...

- the sort of game where Championships are won. However, surprisingly, with 29 needed off 34 balls with 2 wickets remaining, captain Shane Warne

Shane Warne

put up shop, securing the 4 points, but giving up the opportunity of 14. They then easily defeated the students of Cardiff UCCE.

County Championship: Hampshire v Gloucestershire (13-16 April)

Hampshire (17pts) beat Gloucestershire (4pts) by 48 runs

Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...

won the toss and elected to bat. There were 1,200 at the Rose Bowl to watch Simon Katich

Simon Katich

Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...

flawless 72 not out, as he was the only one able to cope with the conditions as Hampshire were all out for 197 before tea. Katich's innings was one of defence coupled with the odd drive, hook and pull. Hampshire's meagre total suggests they miss Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

, who performed so well for England

English cricket team

The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...

in the one-dayers against Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean cricket team

The Zimbabwean cricket team is a national cricket team representing Zimbabwe. It is administrated by Zimbabwe Cricket...

and South Africa

South African cricket team

The South African national cricket team represent South Africa in international cricket. They are administrated by Cricket South Africa.South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council, also known as ICC, with Test and One Day International, or ODI, status...

over the winter. Pietersen said of his foot injury, "If I got a ball on my foot or I slipped I could be out for six to eight weeks. It's a bit tender and it's just a case of biding my time," he said. However, they did have to face good, fast-medium-pace bowling from Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

. Gloucestershire fared well in reply, and Shane Warne

Shane Warne

brought himself into the attack after only 18 overs. He took Craig Spearman

Craig Spearman

Craig Murray Spearman played 19 Tests and 51 One Day Internationals for New Zealand from 1995 - 2001.A right-handed opening batsman, Spearman made his international debut for New Zealand in a Test Match in December 1995 against Pakistan at Christchurch...

's wicket when Spearman tried to sweep him, but Gloucestershire were sitting pretty at close on 118 for 2, 79 behind with 8 first innings wickets remaining.

On the second day, Hampshire's bowlers, led by Warne, battled hard to get them back into the game. Except for Jon Lewis

Jon Lewis

Jonathan "Jon" Lewis is an English cricketer. He was brought up in Swindon where he went to Churchfields School and Swindon College. He played for Swindon CC and, in Minor Counties cricket, for Wiltshire County Cricket Club in 1993. He joined Northamptonshire in 1994 and played for its Second XI...

, who scored 40 off 61 balls batting at number ten, no-one after the first three Gloucester batsmen scored more than ten. Their first innings ended for 221, just 24 ahead. Hampshire also struggled, and scored only 94 for their first 6 wickets. Warne and Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

survived the last six overs to push the score to 111 for 6 at close.

The third day saw yet another change in fortunes, which just about left Hampshire on top. The bowlers dominated the first two days, but the start of the third day was dominated by Hampshire's bowlers batting. Warne increased his score to 62, Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

got 64 and Richard Logan

Richard Logan (cricketer)

Richard James Logan is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

28 through aggressive batting as Hampshire closed their second innings on 275. This left Gloucestershire a challenging target of 252. Spearman and Phil Weston

Phil Weston

Phil Weston was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed opening batsman whose brother, Robin was the youngest player for Durham in the club's history. His father, Mike, played for Durham between 1956 and 1973.Weston played for Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Derbyshire during a career which...

then put on 129 for the first wicket, only for five wickets to fall in quick succession before bad light stopped play, with the visitors on 149 for 5, needing 103 for victory.

It took only 18.4 overs on the fourth day for the match to be settled. With Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor (cricketer)

Billy Taylor is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.He started playing for Hampshire during the 2004 season, before which he played for Sussex...

finishing on 6 for 45 as Gloucester were all out for 203. After the game Hampshire's captain, Shane Warne, said, "We believe we can win from any position and it's so important to win your first few games. It was a tremendous team effort and everyone pulled their weight. This is the type of game you never forget. We found ourselves behind the eight ball at the start of every day but I always felt we were in with a chance if we could remove their openers." Cricinfo scorecard

National League: Hampshire v Essex (17 April)

Essex (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by 16 runs (D/L method)

At the Rose Bowl, Hampshire Hawks

Hampshire County Cricket Club

batted first, scoring 175 for 9, as Tim Phillips took 3 for 31. It was a good day for spin, with Grant Flower

Grant Flower

Grant William Flower is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in history for his handy left arm spin and fine batting skills. He was a fitness fanatic who spends hours in the gym, and was also regarded as a brilliant fielder who was usually seen in the gully...

also taking 2 wickets. In reply, Essex Eagles'

Essex County Cricket Club

Will Jefferson

William Ingleby Jefferson is a professional cricketer who currently plays for Leicestershire and who played for Essex County Cricket Club until 2006, and for Nottinghamshire until 2009...

was 44 not out, and Essex 69 for 2 off 16 overs when rain put an end to play, leaving Essex the winners on the Duckworth-Lewis method

Duckworth-Lewis method

In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...

. England's star one-day player of the winter, Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

, managed only 5 off 14 balls for Hampshire before being bowled

Bowled

Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 30 of the Laws of cricket.A batsman is out bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler...

. (BBC scorecard)

County Championship: Sussex v Hampshire (20-23 April)

Sussex (9pts) drew with Hampshire (9pts)

Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

finished the first day on top at Hove. Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

, despite a century from Michael Yardy

Michael Yardy

Michael Howard Yardy is an English cricketer. He captains Sussex County Cricket Club and is a left-handed batsman whose unusual technique has attracted a great deal of attention due to a pronounced shuffle from leg to off immediately prior to the bowler releasing the ball...

, were all out for 252, with Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

taking 6 for 44. In reply, the visitors reached 67 for 1. Only for the position to be reversed on the second day, as they were dismissed for 280, with James Kirtley

James Kirtley

Robert James Kirtley is a former English Test cricketer, who was born on the 10 January 1975 in Eastbourne in the county of Sussex. He is a right arm fast to medium bowler and a right hand batsman. After prep school at St.Andrews School, Eastbourne, he was educated at Clifton College.-First ODI:His...

claiming 4 and Robin Martin-Jenkins

Robin Martin-Jenkins

Robin Simon Christopher Martin-Jenkins is an English cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Sussex CCC and British Universities. He is six feet 5 inches tall. He is the son of Christopher Martin-Jenkins, the cricket writer and commentator...

3 wickets. Sussex finished on 101 for 2.

The game remained evenly poised on the third day, but with Sussex slightly in the lead, with rain predicted for the fourth. Sussex took their score on to 312, thereby setting a target of 285. Hampshire were on 89 for 3 at the end of day three. With rain predicted on the fourth day, the game could have gone any one of four ways. Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

(61), assisted by Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

(57), took the challenge to Sussex - and the game was always in the balance. When the eighth wicket fell, the score was on 256 for 8. And with 29 required off 34 balls, the game looked set for one of those exciting finishes that only the longer form of the game can provide. Disappointingly for the crowd, Hampshire captain

Captain (cricket)

The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...

Shane Warne

ordered his batsmen to shut up shop. Sussex were unable to take the final two wickets, and on 267 for 8, the game was drawn. Hampshire finished the day second behind Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...

, but the ten points given up here had crucial repercussions later on in the season. (Cricinfo scorecard)

MCC University Match: Hampshire v Cardiff UCCE (27-29 April)

Hampshire beat Cardiff UCCE by 95 runs

On the first, rain-affected day Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

progressed to 299 for 4 off 76 overs, with Michael Brown

Michael Brown (cricketer)

putting on 93 at the Rose Bowl. On day 2, Hampshire declared

Declaration and forfeiture

In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...

on their overnight score and bowled out Cardiff UCCE. Cardiff UCCE's Christopher Salmons scored 84 not out, an innings that included six fours and five sixes, which made up nearly half of the students' total of 169. Hampshire were 80 for 3, 210 runs ahead, at close. On the third and final day Hampshire declared on 146 for 6, setting a target of 277. Wickets fell at regular intervals, and there was just enough time for Cardiff UCCE to be bowled out for a second time for 181. (BBC scorecard)

May

On the Sunday after, however, they were thrashed by the Northamptonshire Steelbacks

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...

. The next day, they lost heavily to the Gloucestershire Gladiators

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

. On 4 May Hampshire eased past Shropshire to progress to Round Two of the C&G Trophy. They then drew over 4 days against Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

, missing their chance of going top of the table by 1 wicket. Their first win in the Sunday League came on 15 May, beating Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...

at Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...

, and they carried their good one-day form into the midweek, beating Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

by six wickets. They then won a rain-affected match against the same team by nine wickets in the Championship, before going down to Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

by ten wickets inside two days. This meant they finished May second in the Championship table.

National League: Northamptonshire v Hampshire (1 May)

Northamptonshire (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by 98 runs

At Northampton

Northampton

Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...

, Northamptonshire Steelbacks'

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Bilal Shafayat

Bilal Mustapha Shafayat is an English cricketer. He is a middle-order batsman, fast bowler and wicket-keeper. Shafayat was a former captain of the England under-19 side....

struck a career-best 74 from 82 balls as Northants stormed to 266 for 9. Shafayat was dropped on 11 and 56, but congratulated by Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

captain, Shane Warne

Shane Warne

, who was taken for 53 in nine overs

Over (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. An over is normally bowled by a single bowler. However, in the event of injury preventing a bowler from completing an over, it is completed by a teammate....

. Hampshire fell to 44 for 4 in reply and, despite 42 from Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

batting number eight, were never in the game as the Hawks were all out for 168. Northamptonshire seamer Ben Phillips

Ben Phillips (cricketer)

Ben James Phillips is an English cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler.-Career:...

took his second List A four-wicket-haul, removing Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

, John Crawley

John Crawley

, Warne and Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

on his way to four for 48. (BBC scorecard)

National League: Hampshire v Gloucestershire (2 May)

Gloucestershire (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by 60 runs

Jon Lewis

Jon Lewis

won the game for Gloucestershire Gladiators

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

with 40 runs off 28 balls with the bat, and then taking out the Hampshire Hawks

Hampshire County Cricket Club

top order by taking 5 for 19 with the ball. Lewis had come in as a pinch hitter

Pinch hitter (cricket)

In cricket, pinch hitter is the usual term for a batsman promoted up the batting order in order to score quick runs. As attempting to score runs quickly involves playing more aggressive shots and thus an increased likelihood of being dismissed, it is generally considered unwise for a top-order...

at number four after Matthew Windows

Matthew Windows

Matthew Guy Newman Windows is an English cricketer. He attended Clifton College in Bristol, representing the First XI for many years as well as being a double foster cup champion at rackets. He is a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler...

retired hurt

Substitute (cricket)

A substitute in the sport of cricket is a replacement player that the umpires allow when a player has been injured or become ill after the nomination of the players at the start of the game...

. It was the Gladiators won the toss at the Rose Bowl, Southampton and, thanks to Lewis and 63 from Phil Weston

Phil Weston

, they scored 210 for 9. Hampshire's innings was stopped by Lewis, and despite a 55-run partnership between John Crawley

John Crawley

and Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

, it was never enough, and they finished on 150 all out. (BBC scorecard)

C&G Trophy Round One: Shropshire v Hampshire (4 May)

Hampshire beat Shropshire by 7 wickets to progress to Round Two of the C&G Trophy

Shropshire batted first at Whitchurch

Whitchurch, Shropshire

Whitchurch is a market town in Shropshire, England on the border between England and Wales. It is the oldest continuously inhabited town in Shropshire. According to the 2001 Census, the population of the town is 8,673, with a more recent estimate putting the population of the town at 8,934...

, making only 132 as Shane Warne

Shane Warne

and Richard Logan

Richard Logan (cricketer)

Richard James Logan is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

took 3 wickets each. This was never a big enough target to hold off Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

. The crowd were treated to a powerful innings by England's

English cricket team

new star one-day performer, Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

, who had been promoted to No. 1 in the batting order

Batting order (cricket)

In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...

. He scored 76 off 49 balls in an innings that included six sixes and seven fours as Hampshire racked up 133 for 3 off 21.1 overs. (Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Hampshire v Middlesex (6-9 May)

Hampshire (19pts) beat Middlesex (5pts) by 64 runs

Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

won a closely fought match at the Rose Bowl by 64 runs despite the efforts with the ball by New Zealand

New Zealand cricket team

The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...

and Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

all-rounder

All-rounder

An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...

Scott Styris

Scott Bernardo Styris is an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer. An allrounder, Styris is an aggressive right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler....

, who took his first ten-wicket haul of his career on a pitch that quickly deteriorated and in Styris' own words was "junk". With former England wicket-keeper John Crawley

John Crawley

starring in the first innings, making a controlled 84 before being ninth out to Alan Richardson. There were disappointments for England

English cricket team

fans, though, who had hoped that Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

would find some form - instead, he was out for a 10-ball duck in the first innings. Hampshire made 275 in their first innings, Alan Richardson and Scott Styris taking four wickets each.

Middlesex' reply would have been a sorry one but for a big partnership between Owais Shah

Owais Shah

Owais Alam Shah is an English cricketer. A middle-order batsman, he played for Middlesex between 1996-2010, before joining Essex CCC in the winter of 2010. He has represented England in all forms of the games.Between 2001 and 2009, he played 71 ODIs and 17 Twenty20 Internationals...

(83) and Irish left-hander Ed Joyce

Ed Joyce

Edmund Christopher Joyce is an Irish cricketer who has played for both the Irish and English national cricket teams. After beginning his career with Middlesex, he moved to Sussex in 2009. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler of medium pace, Joyce is widely regarded as one of the...

(70), who continued his great form in the Championship, passing 400 runs in his third match of the season. The pair were the only ones who passed 35, but their fourth-wicket partnership of 166 was the highest in the match. However, leg spinner

Leg break

A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...

Shane Warne

got the better of both of them in the end, as Joyce gave a return catch and Shah was stumped off the bowling of the Australian. With Hampshire losing two quick wicket

Wicket

In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch...

s to be 28 for 2 at the close, the match hung in the balance, with nightwatchman Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor (cricketer)

Billy Taylor is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.He started playing for Hampshire during the 2004 season, before which he played for Sussex...

on 0 and Australian batsman Simon Katich

Simon Katich

Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...

on 1.

Billy Taylor, however, played a special knock. Lasting 116 balls, he scored only 9 runs, but his stamina proved invaluable. He forged good partnerships with Katich and Crawley, giving Hampshire a good platform to hit loose from. Wicketkeeper Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

was top-scorer with 65, but Zimbabwe all-rounder Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

(30) and Dimitri Mascarenhas

Dimitri Mascarenhas

(44) also chipped in to lift Hampshire to 304. A spirited reply from Middlesex was always tampered by the Hampshire bowlers chipping away at their line-up patiently, and despite 52 from former Kent batsman Ed Smith

Ed Smith (cricketer)

Edward Thomas Smith is an English author and journalist, and former professional cricketer.-Background:He is the son of the novelist Jonathan Smith...

, Middlesex were defeated as Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

ripped out the tail, ending with four for 59 - just outperformed by Warne, who took four for 58.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Kent v Hampshire (11-14 May)

Kent (10pts) drew with Hampshire (10pts)

Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

put on 328 in only 73.3 overs on the first day at Canterbury

Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....

, helped greatly by a maiden 72-ball first-class century by Shane Warne

Shane Warne

, who came in with the score on 130 for 7. First class debutant wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...

Tim Burrows scored 42, sharing a 131-run stand with Warne. In reply, Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

were 135 for 3 at stumps

Stump (cricket)

Stump is a term used in the sport of cricket where it has three different meanings:# part of the wicket# a manner of dismissing a batsman# the end of the day's play .-Part of the wicket:...

, with David Fulton

David Fulton

David Paul Fulton is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed opening batsman, who occasionally bowled left-arm orthodox spin. He played first-class cricket for Kent for 15 years until 2006...

scoring a half-century.

On the second day, Kent were all out for 305, Hampshire making 191 for 2 in reply, putting them firmly in the box seat. The day's honours went to Simon Katich

Simon Katich

Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...

, who was on 125 at close, and with Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

also scoring a century

Century (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...

on day three, Hampshire were able to declare

Declaration and forfeiture

on 461 for 9, setting a mammoth target of 485. Kent were 121 for 2 in reply when time was called.

The fourth and final day saw Kent pull off a draw after they attempted to win. When the eighth wicket fell at 370, the tailenders looked for the draw, which they achieved as Kent reached their highest-ever fourth innings total of 447 for 9. Kent's innings featured 77 from Martin van Jaarsveld

Martin van Jaarsveld

Martin van Jaarsveld is a South African cricketer who played nine Tests and eleven One Day Internationals for South Africa between 2002 and 2004...

as six other batsmen scored more than 35. (Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Middlesex v Hampshire (15 May)

Hampshire (4pts) beat Middlesex (0pts) by 105 runs

Seldom has a captain regretted his decision as much as Ben Hutton

Ben Hutton

Benjamin Leonard Hutton , is a retired English cricketer.-Early life:Ben Hutton was educated at Radley and Durham University for whom he opened the innings with the current England captain Andrew Strauss....

of Middlesex Crusaders

Middlesex County Cricket Club

must have done when he chose to field on a flat Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground

against Hampshire Hawks

Hampshire County Cricket Club

. Before the match, Middlesex were top of the table, Hampshire rock bottom. It didn't show. Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

played a typical knock, scoring 80 off 50 balls with six sixes, while Dimitri Mascarenhas

Dimitri Mascarenhas

got himself a 26-ball fifty as Hampshire amassed 353 for 8 off 45 overs - a run rate of 7.84. Despite Owais Shah

Owais Shah

's 89, Middlesex were never in it, and crumbled to 248 all out in just 39 overs - Pietersen bowling the last over, conceding a single off the first ball before bowling four dot balls to Paul Hutchison

Paul Hutchison

Charles Paul Telford Hutchison, known as Paul Hutchison is a New Zealand politician and former health professional. He is a member of the National Party.-Early years:...

and having him caught by captain Shane Warne

Shane Warne

on the last ball - meaning that Pietersen now had figures of 1-0-1-1 in one-day cricket. It turned out to be his only List A over all season.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

C&G Trophy Round Two: Glamorgan v Hampshire (17 May)

Hampshire beat Glamorgan by six wickets to progress to the Quarter-Finals of the C & G Trophy

Zimbabwean all-rounder Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

and veteran wicket-keeper Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

made the most important contributions as Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

overpowered Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

at Cardiff. Only Mike Powell

Mike Powell (Glamorgan cricketer)

Michael John Powell is a Welsh cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He has played for Glamorgan since 1996, playing in the first team since 1997...

showed some sort of resistance, scoring 56 in Glamorgan's 214, while Ervine took five for 50 from his ten overs - admittedly mostly tail-enders, but he got the most wickets. Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

also took three for 32. Pothas then notched up the first limited-over century

Century (cricket)

of the Hampshire season, scoring 114 not out

Not out

In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...

off 127 balls and standing tall while Glamorgan's fast bowlers Andrew Davies

Andrew Davies (cricketer)

Andrew Davies is a Welsh cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.Davies made his Championship debut in 1995, and, despite having an early career full of injury, he continued to play through limited overs cricket...

and Simon Jones

Simon Jones (cricketer)

Simon Philip Jones MBE is a Welsh cricketer, who played internationally for England. Formerly playing his county cricket for Glamorgan County Cricket Club and then Worcestershire before moving in September 2009 to Hampshire. He is currently on a month's loan with his first county, Glamorgan...

made inroads with the ball. England prospect Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

continued his fine form with 69 off 64 balls, including four sixes, as he shared a 130-run partnership with Pothas. Thanks to the quick scoring of Pothas and Pietersen, Hampshire won with nearly 11 overs to spare.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Hampshire v Glamorgan (20-23 May)

Hampshire (22pts) beat Glamorgan (3pts) by nine wickets

Amid rains at Southampton, Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

batted their way to the big lead they were expected to get against Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

, who had lost four games in the Championship before this. Former England batsman John Crawley

John Crawley

crawled his way to a day-long century, while Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

took care of the fast scoring, making a century off 99 balls and ending with 126. Hampshire eventually made 401 for 8 declared

Declaration and forfeiture

to get full batting points before attacking Glamorgan. Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

bowled well in the attempt, removing David Hemp

David Hemp

David Lloyd Hemp is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, he has domestic cricket for Glamorgan, Free State and Warwickshire. David has a younger brother, Tim, who has previously played for Glamorgan's second eleven. He has also played List A and...

, Mike Powell

Mike Powell (Glamorgan cricketer)

Michael John Powell is a Welsh cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He has played for Glamorgan since 1996, playing in the first team since 1997...

and Jonathan Hughes among others to take four for 42 and reduce Glamorgan to 229 - a score that would have been much lower but for Darren Thomas

Darren Thomas

Stuart Darren Thomas is a retired Welsh cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....

, who blitzed his way to 63. Following on, Glamorgan batted more casually, getting to 77 for 1 at stumps

Stump (cricket)

Stump is a term used in the sport of cricket where it has three different meanings:# part of the wicket# a manner of dismissing a batsman# the end of the day's play .-Part of the wicket:...

on day 3, but wickets tumbled in the morning, reducing Glamorgan to 147 for 5. Robert Croft

Robert Croft

Robert Damien Bale Croft is a Welsh cricketer who has played international cricket for both England and Wales. He is an off-spin bowler who plays for Glamorgan and captained the county from 2003 to 2006...

and Mike Powell rebuilt, but when Australian batsman Simon Katich

Simon Katich

Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...

had Croft caught by skipper Shane Warne

Shane Warne

and Powell went a few overs later, Glamorgan imploded to 250 all out as Zimbabwe all-rounder Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

picked up the last three wickets, finishing with five for 60, while Tremlett took three for 48. In reply, Hampshire brushed aside the target of 79 inside fifteen overs, with Katich - unusually - opening the batting. With Nottinghamshire losing to Kent and Warwickshire and Surrey not playing, Hampshire took the lead in the Championship with their emphatic full-score win.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Warwickshire v Hampshire (25-26 May)

Warwickshire (19pts) beat Hampshire (3pts) by ten wickets

Defending champions Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

needed a win against table-toppers Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

to stay in the title chase, and in a low-scoring match at Stratford-on-Avon they managed it. The Scot Dougie Brown

Dougie Brown

Douglas Robert Brown is a former Scottish cricketer, currently employed as a coach for Warwickshire C.C.C.. He is an all-rounder who has represented both England and Scotland at One Day International level...

was the pick of the bowlers, taking four for 59 as the visitors crumbled to 184, rescued somewhat by a run-a-ball 34 from off-spinner Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

who batted at nine. Nick Knight

Nick Knight

Nicholas Verity Knight is a former England cricketer. Knight's middle name was in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World War II and is a distant family relation...

and 22-year-old Ian Westwood

Ian Westwood

Ian James Westwood is an English cricket player who plays for Warwickshire County Cricket Club.-Warwickshire:...

, batting in his fourth first-class game, sent Warwickshire to 135 for 0 before losing a couple of wickets before stumps. The second day belonged to Hampshire, however, taking seven wickets - captain Shane Warne

Shane Warne

with six of them for 88 runs, as they crumbled to 265.

However, a magnificent spell from Zimbabwean all-rounder Heath Streak

Heath Streak

Heath Hilton Streak is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his Test debut in Zimbabwe's tour of Pakistan 1993/1994 making his mark by taking 8 wickets in the 2nd Test at Rawalpindi...

, who took four wickets for 11 from nine overs, including five maidens, reduced Hampshire to 34 for 5 before Michael Brown

Michael Brown (cricketer)

and Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

rebuilt. However, two quick wickets before tea meant that Hampshire led by six runs with three wickets remaining - a surefire loss, almost. They rebuilt somewhat, but another two wickets from Streak resulted in him finishing with 6 for 31, and Hampshire were bowled out for 124. Nick Knight

Nick Knight

then smashed 39 not out

Not out

off 27 balls to see Warwickshire past the 44-run target inside 4.4 overs and a win inside two days.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Hampshire v Northamptonshire (30 May)

Northamptonshire (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by four wickets

Hampshire Hawks batted first at The Rose Bowl, and despite an unbeaten 100 from Greg Lamb

Greg Lamb

Gregory Arthur Lamb is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who can bowl both off spin and right arm medium pace....

- the first of his List A career - Hampshire were tied down to 226 for 7 off their 45 overs, mainly thanks to three for 30 from Australian

Australian cricket team

The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

Damien Wright

Damien Geoffrey Wright is an Australian cricketer, who plays for the Victorian Bushrangers and Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Wright made his first-class debut for Tasmania in 1997. In 2002 he played in the Scottish cricket team as their one permitted overseas player—he also had...

. Six wides from Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

, who conceded 51 runs off his eight overs then cost Hampshire the game after Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

had taken three wickets to set Northamptonshire Steelbacks

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

back to 135 for 5. David Sales

David Sales

David John Grimwood Sales is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Northamptonshire, England A and Wellington.-Domestic career:...

added 49 with Wright before Ben Phillips

Ben Phillips (cricketer)

Ben James Phillips is an English cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler.-Career:...

guided Northamptonshire to four points with 26 off 12 balls and secured a win with ten balls to spare.

(Cricinfo scorecard)

June

The first Championship game in June saw them come back to edge a win against Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

by 14 runs, and they carried their good one-day form into the match with Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...

which they won by 79 runs. They then lost heavily to England

English cricket team

in a fifty-over game that provided the national side with practice prior to the NatWest Series with Bangladesh

Bangladeshi cricket team

The Bangladesh national cricket team is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. The team is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board . Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status...

and Australia

Australian cricket team

The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

. Their title hopes were dented, however, as they went down by an innings to Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...

, and the Hawks took their rage out on a sorry Glamorgan side that were defeated by seven wickets.

County Championship: Nottinghamshire v Hampshire (1-4 June)

Hampshire (17pts) beat Nottinghamshire (4pts) by 14 runs

Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

pulled off a close win on the final day against their title rivals. There was no play on the first day at Trent Bridge

Trent Bridge

Trent Bridge is a Test, One-day international and County cricket ground located in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England and is also the headquarters of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. As well as International cricket and Nottinghamshire's home games, the ground has hosted the Finals Day of...

because of rain. When play did get underway, Hampshire batted first, making 277 as Andrew Harris took 6 for 83. Nine Hampshire batsmen made double-figure scores, with only Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

(two-ball 0) and No. 11 Richard Logan

Richard Logan (cricketer)

Richard James Logan is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

dismissed for a one-digit score. More rain meant that Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

were only on 222 for 5 in reply by the end of the third day. With both teams eager for the 14 points on offer for an outright victory, terms were agreed to between the two sides. Nottinghamshire declared

Declaration and forfeiture

overnight, and Hampshire replied by hitting 220 for 4 off 28.3 overs. These overs were bowled by Jason Gallian

Jason Gallian

Jason Edward Riche Gallian is a former English Test cricketer. A right-handed opening batsman, he originally hails from Australia and captained their Under-19 side for two Under-19 Tests in 1989 and 1990. He played three Test matches for England, but disappointed, with a highest score of 28 in six...

, David Hussey

David Hussey

David John Hussey is an Australian cricketer. Hussey is a right-handed batsman and can also bowl right-arm offbreaks. He is the younger brother of Australian Test cricketer Michael Hussey.-Australian domestic career:...

and Darren Bicknell

Darren Bicknell

Darren John Bicknell is an English former cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler.Born in Guildford, Darren is the brother of former England seam bowler Martin Bicknell. However, he struggled to have similar international impact in the 1990s, the selectors instead...

- players who on average bowled a couple of overs a match, but who now bowled as Hampshire were invited to score quickly. Hussey got career best figures

Bowling analysis

In the sport of cricket, a bowling analysis usually refers to a notation summarising a bowler's performance in terms of overs bowled, how many of those overs are maidens , total runs conceded and number of wickets taken...

of four for 105. Nottinghamshire were set 276 to win, and a century from Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming

Stephen Paul Fleming ONZM is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...

saw the hosts to 227 for 3, but after that they collapsed, losing their last five wickets for three runs, with Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

taking 5 for 80, including a hat-trick

Hat-trick

A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...

as Hampshire edged the victory. (Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Lancashire v Hampshire (5 June)

Hampshire (4pts) beat Lancashire (0pts) by 79 runs

Despite an economical bowling performance from England prospect James Anderson

James Anderson (cricketer)

James Michael "Jimmy" Anderson is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and since bursting onto the scene in 2002/03, before his first full season of county cricket, Anderson has represented England in over 50 Test matches and over 100 One Day...

who took two for 18 off 7.5 overs, Lancashire Lightning

Lancashire County Cricket Club

imploded with the bat at home against Hampshire Hawks

Hampshire County Cricket Club

who moved out of the relegation zone as they took a 79-run win at Old Trafford

Old Trafford (cricket)

Old Trafford is a cricket ground situated on Talbot Road in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. It has been the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club since its foundation in 1864, having been the ground of Manchester Cricket Club from 1857...

. Hampshire batted first, and Derek Kenway

Derek Kenway

Derek Anthony Kenway is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace, who can also play as a wicketkeeper.-First-class debut and early career:...

top-scored with 65 as they were bowled out for 200, but Lancashire could only muster 121 against Hampshire's strong bowling attack, Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

taking three for 30 while off-spinner Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

took three tail-enders for 11.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Warm-up Match: Hampshire v England (11 June)

England beat Hampshire by 153 runs

England

English cricket team

warmed-up for the one-day NatWest Series that started on the 16th with an emphatic win in a 50-over game against Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

at the Rose Bowl, Southampton. England batted first, and disappointly Geraint Jones

Geraint Jones

Geraint Owen Jones MBE is an England cricketer of Welsh extraction but raised in Australia. Until August 2006 he was the first-choice wicketkeeper for England in both Test and One-day cricket, but fell behind Chris Read, Paul Nixon, Matt Prior and Tim Ambrose...

failed once again as an opener, leaving after facing two balls for a duck. Marcus Trescothick

Marcus Trescothick

Marcus Edward Trescothick MBE is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club, and represented England in 76 Test matches and 123 One Day Internationals. A left-handed opening batsman, he made his first-class debut for Somerset in 1993 and quickly established...

also fell cheaply. The innings was steaded by Andrew Strauss

Andrew Strauss

Andrew John Strauss, OBE is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and is the captain of England's Test cricket team. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots...

, who made 85 off 108 balls, and local hero Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

, who made 77 off 80 balls, which included 2 sixes. In reply Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

were reduced to 14 for 6, with Darren Gough

Darren Gough

Darren Gough is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals with 234, and took 229 wickets in his 58 Test matches, making him...

picking up a hat-trick

Hat-trick

. Simon Jones

Simon Jones (cricketer)

also picked up 3 wickets as Hampshire were all out for 85. (Cricinfo scorecard)

Warm-up Match: Hampshire v England (11 June, 12-over match)

England beat Hampshire by one wicket

In a bonus 12-over match, arranged in haste as Hampshire were bowled out for 85 in the first match, Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

- led by hired-in Vikram Solanki

Vikram Solanki

Vikram Singh Solanki is an Indian-born English cricketer, who plays county cricket for Worcestershire. In 2007, he became the 24th Worcestershire batsman to pass 10,000 career runs for the county. He also captained Worcestershire from 2005 to 2010, before resigning mid-season...

who made 41 - scored 110 for 4, but were still beaten by a massive smash from Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

for England, as he scored 46 from 15 balls. However, that was not all - Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

's three wickets threatened to ruin England's chase, but Simon Jones

Simon Jones (cricketer)

and Darren Gough

Darren Gough

saw them to the target on the last ball.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Hampshire v Surrey (15-17 June)

Surrey (21pts) beat Hampshire (3pts) by an innings and 55 runs

A great team effort, despite Martin Bicknell

Martin Bicknell

Martin Paul Bicknell is a former English cricketer. He played only four Test matches, but the last two, against South Africa in 2003, came ten years after the first two in the 1993 Ashes series. England had played 114 matches between his appearances, a record...

being out of form, resulted in Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

winning their third game of the season and sharing third place in the table with Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

. A healthy opening partnership between Scott Newman and Richard Clinton

Richard Clinton

Richard Selvey Clinton is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler....

worth 100 was to be the highest of the entire match, and despite Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

taking wickets regularly, he also conceded a lot of runs, as he ended with four for 106 off twenty overs. Newman eventually finished with 111 and Australian David Thornely made 73 to see Surrey to a final score of 361 - in just 81.4 overs. The first two days at The Rose Bowl were hampered by rain, but amid the showers, Indian bowler Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh Plaha , commonly known as Harbhajan Singh, is an Indian cricketer. A specialist bowler, he has the second-highest number of Test wickets by an off spinner, behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan....

took six for 36 as Hampshire crumbled in a rather unimpressive heap for 146. Only two batsmen passed 20, and seven were out in single figures. Hampshire's second innings began with the first ball of the third day, and James Ormond

James Ormond

James Ormond is a former English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler although he has also bowled off-spin in Test matches....

ripped out two wickets quickly, Mohammad Akram

Mohammad Akram

Mohammad Akram is a Pakistani right arm fast-medium bowler in cricket, he plays for Surrey County Cricket Club. He played in 9 Test matches and 23 One Day International matches for Pakistan between 1995–1996 and 2000-2001.He is 6'2 tall and Akram is nicknamed Haji...

got a five-for, and only John Crawley

John Crawley

's 67 - off 62 balls with thirteen boundaries, slightly out of place in the situation - passed 25. Thus, the two teams were tied on 100 points in the Championship, allowing Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

and Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

to run away further on the table.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Hampshire v Glamorgan (19 June)

Hampshire (4pts) beat Glamorgan (0pts) by seven wickets

A toothless bowling effort from Glamorgan Dragons became their downfall as Hampshire Hawks recorded a relatively comfortable seven-wicket win at The Rose Bowl. Batting first, Glamorgan were in a good position at 117 for 1, but Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

and Shane Warne

Shane Warne

chipped away at the Glamorgan middle-order. Robert Croft

Robert Croft

, the former England spinner, top-scored with a healthy 88, and an eighth-wicket partnership of 23 rescued Glamorgan to 211 for 7. It was never enough, however, as all Hampshire batsmen - excluding Derek Kenway

Derek Kenway

Derek Anthony Kenway is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace, who can also play as a wicketkeeper.-First-class debut and early career:...

, who was out for 4 - fired and took runs at will off the bowling. With 45 deliveries and seven wickets remaining, Hampshire eased to victory to increase the gap to the relegation zone.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Twenty20 Cup Group Stage

Hampshire were without a win for the first two Twenty20 games, losing to Middlesex in a close game before having a match with Sussex rained off, but they won a low-scoring match against Surrey Lions at the Oval

The Oval

The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...

. They followed up with a win over Kent and two no-results with Essex, but a loss to Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

were to be crucial. Despite a win over Middlesex on the last matchday, they were still behind Middlesex on games won, and behind Sussex on head-to-head, thus they finished fourth in the table and did not qualify for the quarter-finals.

Hampshire v Middlesex (22 June)

Middlesex (2pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by 18 runs

Owais Shah

Owais Shah

made a good attempt at getting the highest strike-rate of the opening day of Twenty20 cricket, recording 72 runs off only 30 balls to lift Middlesex Crusaders

Middlesex County Cricket Club

to an unassailable 210 for 6. For Hampshire Hawks

Hampshire County Cricket Club

, Shane Warne

Shane Warne

showed somewhat poor captaincy when Zimbabwean all-rounder

All-rounder

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

was the eighth man to come on to bowl - and then took two for 13 from two overs. New Zealander Craig McMillan

Craig McMillan

Craig Douglas McMillan is a former New Zealand international cricketer at Test, One Day International and Twenty20 level. He was a right-handed batsman and useful right-arm medium pace bowler and played for Canterbury in New Zealand first-class cricket...

, meanwhile, conceded twenty-eight runs from his only over. Despite Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

scoring 59 off 39 balls, the Hawks were nowhere near keeping up with the required pace, and Middlesex bowler Irfan Pathan

Irfan Pathan

Irfan Pathan is an Indian cricketer who made his debut for India in late-2003 and was a core member of the national team until a decline in form set in during 2006, forcing him out of the team...

was a main cause of that - he took three for 16 from four overs, as Hampshire finished on 192 for 7.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Hampshire v Sussex (24 June)

No result; Hampshire (1pt), Sussex (1pt)

Rain caused the match between Hampshire Hawks

Hampshire County Cricket Club

and Sussex Sharks

Sussex County Cricket Club

to be abandoned. Despite the fact that a ball was not bowled, the match was declared a no-result since a toss was made.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Surrey v Hampshire (25 June)

Hampshire (2pts) beat Surrey (0pts) by three wickets

James Bruce and Richard Logan

Richard Logan (cricketer)

Richard James Logan is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

, Hampshire Hawks'

Hampshire County Cricket Club

new-ball bowlers, reduced Surrey Lions

Surrey County Cricket Club

to pieces at the Oval

The Oval

. Only Rikki Clarke

Rikki Clarke

Rikki Clarke is an English cricketer, currently playing for Warwickshire. He was educated at Broadwater School and then Godalming College.-Surrey:...

passed 12 runs for Surrey, and he did so in style, making 52 with six fours and a six, while Logan and Bruce shared seven wickets btetween them. Hampshire had reason to be happy with bowling Surrey out for 118, although they did concede 17 wides, as extras were the second highest scorer for Surrey. Hampshire then attempted to collapse of their own, crashing to 6 for 2 and 66 for 7, but 34 from off-spinner and captain

Captain (cricket)

The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...

Shaun Udal

saw them home without any further loss of wickets.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Hampshire v Kent (27 June)

Hampshire (2pts) beat Kent (0pts) by five wickets

Zimbabwean Greg Lamb

Greg Lamb

Gregory Arthur Lamb is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who can bowl both off spin and right arm medium pace....

, playing for the Hampshire Hawks as a home qualified player due to owning an English passport, took four wickets, including three former Test players, for 28 - which helped peg Kent Spitfires back to 154 for 9. Hampshire's reply was very well timed, and even a good bowling spell from Kent's James Tredwell

James Tredwell

James Cullum Tredwell is an English cricketer. A left-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler, he plays his domestic cricket for Kent County Cricket Club...

- who only conceded sixteen runs off the bat in four overs - could not stop the Hawks. Lawrence Prittipaul

Lawrence Prittipaul

made 35 before being out on the penultimate ball with the scores tied, but off-spinner and stand-in captain Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

, however, made a single on the last ball, as Hampshire reached 155 for 5 in their 20 overs - Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

top-scoring with 58.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Hampshire v Essex (28 June)

Match abandoned; Hampshire (1pt), Essex (1pt)

Hampshire Hawks and Essex Eagles shared the spoils as the match at The Rose Bowl, Southampton never got underway.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Essex v Hampshire (29 June)

No result; Essex (1pt), Hampshire (1pt)

Hampshire Hawks endured their second no-result in two days against Essex Eagles, having batted to a competitive total of 151 for 9 in their 20 overs, with Greg Lamb

Greg Lamb

Gregory Arthur Lamb is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who can bowl both off spin and right arm medium pace....

making 67. However, the Essex innings never got off, due to rain.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Sussex v Hampshire (1 July)

Sussex (2pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by 10 runs

A twelve-over game at Hove

Hove

Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove. It forms a single conurbation together with Brighton and some smaller towns and villages running along the coast...

was won by Sussex Sharks, though the rain threatened to destroy it all. Ian Ward and Matt Prior opened the batting for Sussex, who had been sent in to bat by Hampshire Hawks' captain Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

, and they made good use of it, sending Sussex to 53 for 0. Two quick wickets from Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

slowed the Sharks' progression, as they slumped to 88 for 5, but Michael Yardy

Michael Yardy

hit 10 in four balls in an unbeaten 11-run sixth-wicket stand with Carl Hopkinson

Carl Hopkinson

Carl Hopkinson is a former English cricketer and current coach. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He was also a talented fielder.Born in Sussex, he attended Brighton College...

. Chasing, Hampshire never quite kept up with the required run rate, as Mushtaq Ahmed

Mushtaq Ahmed

Mushtaq Ahmed is a retired Pakistani cricketer who specialised as a leg spin bowler. He was known for his hard-to-pick googly. He memorably trapped Graeme Hick in front with one during the 1992 World Cup final. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997...

took three for 19 in his three overs to be the main cause of the Hawks' demise, and Hampshire finished on 89 for 6.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Middlesex v Hampshire (6 July)

Hampshire (2pts) beat Middlesex (0pts) by six wickets

In a high-scoring match at Richmond, Middlesex Crusaders made 174 for 7 having opted to bat first. Owais Shah

Owais Shah

made yet another fifty - his fifth in eight innings - while Scott Styris

Scott Styris

Scott Bernardo Styris is an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer. An allrounder, Styris is an aggressive right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler....

and Paul Weekes

Paul Weekes

Paul Nicholas Weekes is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offspin bowler.Born in Hackney, Weekes made his first-class debut for Middlesex in 1990. He is the only English cricketer to have scored more than 150 runs in both innings of a first class game. He has twice...

made quick scores to up the run-rate. Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

, Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

and Craig McMillan

Craig McMillan

all got two wickets. Hampshire Hawks started slowly, at about seven an over, but McMillan took a liking to Chris Peploe

Chris Peploe

Christopher Thomas Peploe is an English cricketer. A left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler, he currently plays List A cricket for the Unicorns in the Clydesdale Bank 40....

in particular as he smashed five sixes in his half-hour 65 not out, and thanks to McMillan's big hitting Hampshire won with sixteen balls and six wickets to spare. However, it was in vain - with only three wins, they finished fourth in the South Division tables, while Middlesex qualified despite having a poorer net run rate than Hampshire.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

July

Middlesex, however, beat Hampshire rather comfortably in the County Championship the following week, to send Hampshire nearer the relegation mire, and after the loss to Nottinghamshire in the National League it became woefully clear that Hampshire's lack of Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...

and Warne

Shane Warne

hurt them. However, they succeeded in digging out a 35-run win over Sussex, who only needed 104 for seven wickets on the fourth day, but were bowled out by Dimitri Mascarenhas

Dimitri Mascarenhas

and Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

. Two rained off matches followed, against Bangladesh A and Worcestershire Royals

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...

County Championship: Middlesex v Hampshire (8-11 July)

Middlesex (19pts) beat Hampshire (7pts) by two wickets

Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

won the toss and chose to bat at a Southgate

Southgate, London

Southgate is an area of north London, England, primarily within the London Borough of Enfield, although parts of its western fringes lie within the London Borough of Barnet. It is located around north of Charing Cross. The name is derived from being the south gate to Enfield Chase...

wicket which the final scores suggested to be not as batting-friendly as a month ago, when 13 wickets fell in the Championship match between Middlesex and Glamorgan. Three wickets from Chris Peploe

Chris Peploe

Christopher Thomas Peploe is an English cricketer. A left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler, he currently plays List A cricket for the Unicorns in the Clydesdale Bank 40....

set the visitors back to 189 for 7, but a 79-ball century

Century (cricket)

from Shane Warne

Shane Warne

- just in time to get some Ashes

The Ashes

The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...

form - lifted them to 355. The returning Irishman, Ed Joyce

Ed Joyce

, made 54 for Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

, and Jamie Dalrymple

Jamie Dalrymple

James William Murray "Jamie" Dalrymple is a Kenyan-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler....

made 62, but despite those innings - and 37 extras - Middlesex could only scamper 272.

Hampshire were leading by 104 overnight with one wicket down, but the third day belonged to Dalrymple. The Kenyan-born off-spinner took four for 53, including internationals John Crawley

John Crawley

and Craig McMillan

Craig McMillan

, as Hampshire imploded to 192. A Twenty20 style hit-out from Owais Shah

Owais Shah

, who made 60 off 56 balls, lifted Middlesex to 168 for 4 at stumps, and as the Hampshire captain Warne chose to bowl himself over after over despite being smashed out of the park (ending with 108 runs off nearly 30 overs for only two wickets), Middlesex reached the target shortly before lunch on day four with two wickets to spare, despite losing three wickets to Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

and two to Zimbabwean part-timer Greg Lamb

Greg Lamb

Gregory Arthur Lamb is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who can bowl both off spin and right arm medium pace....

.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

C&G Trophy Quarter-Final: Surrey v Hampshire (15 July)

Hampshire beat Surrey by two wickets to progress to the Semi-Finals of the C&G Trophy

Despite an unbeaten 158 from Jonathan Batty

Jonathan Batty

Jonathan Batty is an English cricketer who plays for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Batty made his name as a wicket-keeper batsman and was a consistent performer for Surrey for over a decade....

, Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

still lost their quarter-final game at The Oval

The Oval

, having first batted to make 358 for 6 in 50 overs

Over (cricket)

. James Benning

James Benning (cricketer)

James Benning is an English cricketer who currently plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club having previously represented Surrey. He is a right-hand bat and right-arm medium pace bowler...

with 73, and Graham Thorpe

Graham Thorpe

Graham Paul Thorpe MBE is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey and England. A left-handed middle-order batsman and slip fielder, he appeared in exactly 100 Test matches.-Early life:...

with 60, also contributed, as Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

used seven bowlers who all failed to keep their conceded runs below six an over. In reply, Azhar Mahmood

Azhar Mahmood

Azhar Mahmood Sagar is a Pakistani cricketer, . Originally his father objected to his interest in cricket, but later started to appreciate it seeing his accomplishments. As a teenager, Azhar was mentored by Irfan Bhatti who played a One Day International for Pakistan in the early 90’s...

served up a wicket maiden over in the first over of Hampshire's innings, leaving Hampshire 359 to win with nine wickets in hand, but Shane Watson

Shane Watson

Shane Robert Watson is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast medium bowler. He mainly bats as an opener in international cricket, although he does not do so domestically....

and Craig McMillan

Craig McMillan

put the visitors from the south back on track with a partnership of 81 for the fourth wicket. When McMillan was run out

Run out

Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.-The rules:A batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no part of his bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and his wicket is fairly put down by the opposing...

, Hampshire were 200 for 4, but Watson powered on to make 132, his highest career List A cricket score to boost Hampshire to 342 for 8 when Tim Murtagh

Tim Murtagh

Tim Murtagh is an English professional cricketer.Murtagh is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He first shone in the 2000 Under-19s World Cup. Though he is first and foremost a seam bowler, Murtagh has progressed with his batting, and has stepped in on many occasions to...

broke through his defences. By then, it was too late, as Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

completed his 44 not out, having added 63 with Watson for the eighth wicket earlier, and Hampshire made it to the target with thirteen balls to spare - although they had been gifted eleven extra balls due to no-balls and wides.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Nottinghamshire v Hampshire (17 July)

Nottinghamshire (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by one wicket

Captain Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming

Stephen Paul Fleming ONZM is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...

stood tall for Nottinghamshire Outlaws winning them the game as they chased down 241 at Trent Bridge

Trent Bridge

. Hampshire Hawks had batted first, and no Hawk batsman converted their starts, and Gareth Clough

Gareth Clough

Gareth Clough is an English first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler...

's two for 44 threatened to stop their innings prematurely, as they were 152 for 6 when Kevin Latouf

Kevin Latouf

Kevin John Latouf is a South African born English cricketer. Latouf is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace...

gave a return catch to Samit Patel

Samit Patel

Samit Rohit Patel is an English cricketer of Indian descent. He plays first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. He made his One Day International debut for England in August 2008, and three years later played his first Twenty20 International in 2011.-Early and personal...

. However, a big seventh-wicket partnership between Dimitri Mascarenhas

Dimitri Mascarenhas

and Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

lifted Hampshire to 240 for 8. Mascarenhas and Ervine also grabbed two wickets each in the Nottinghamshire reply, and things looked grim for the hosts when Chris Read

Chris Read

Christopher Mark Wells Read is an English cricketer, a wicket-keeper who is the captain of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club...

departed for 4 with Nottinghamshire still needing 114 runs for the last four wickets.

However, Fleming and Mark Ealham

Mark Ealham

Mark Alan Ealham is a retired English cricketer, who played domestic cricket for Kent C.C.C. and Nottinghamshire C.C.C.. He is an all-rounder and is a former England international at both Test and one-day cricket....

put the chase back on with a partnership of 75, before Hampshire struck again with wickets in successive overs, and then Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

had Greg Smith lbw

Leg before wicket

In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out LBW under a series of circumstances which primarily include the ball striking the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued on to hit the batsman's...

for 6. Needing 15 for the last wicket, Fleming shielded Andrew Harris from strike (Harris faced three balls in a partnership of 19), to end with 102 not out

Not out

- his sixteenth one-day century - to win the match for Nottinghamshire with an over to spare. Notable also was the 36 extras

Extra (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, an extra is a run scored by a means other than a batsman hitting the ball.Other than runs scored off the bat from a no ball, a batsman is not given credit for extras and the extras are tallied separately on the scorecard and count only towards the team's score...

Hampshire conceded, including six penalty runs.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Hampshire v Sussex (20-23 July)

Hampshire (19.5pts) beat Sussex (6pts) by 35 runs

Hampshire's veteran wicketkeeper Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

made his way to a four-hour 135, his twelfth first-class century, after Jason Lewry

Jason Lewry

Jason Lewry is a former English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler.Born in Worthing, he played for Sussex from the beginning of his career in 1993 until his retirement in 2009. He has played Twenty20 cricket since 2003...

, James Kirtley

James Kirtley

and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is a cricketer who plays for the Pakistani Test and One Day International teams...

had reduced Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

to 102 for 6 in the middle of the afternoon session on the first day. Pothas was well supported by Zimbabwean Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

, who made 69, and the pair added 191 in three hours before Naved-ul-Hasan broke through with the last ball of the day, having Ervine caught by Ian Ward. Hampshire slumped to 309 on the morning of day two, and solid contributions from the entire batting order - bar number three Michael Yardy

Michael Yardy

who made a duck - lifted Sussex to a slender seven-run lead amid Ervine's swing bowling, which yielded five wickets for 73. However, Mushtaq Ahmed

Mushtaq Ahmed

got the early breakthrough for Sussex, and James Kirtley

James Kirtley

ripped out two quick wickets as Hampshire folded to 22 for 3 overnight.

Kirtley and Naved-ul-Hasan continued to pile on the pressure on the third morning, as they eked out two catches and reduced Hampshire to 28 for 5, a lead of 21. However, once again, the all-rounders fought back. Australian Shane Watson

Shane Watson

made 82, while Pothas added 74, and number 11 Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

made an unbeaten 44 to ensure that Hampshire set a competitive target of 271, despite Kirtley's five for 67. Ian Ward made 60 and Murray Goodwin

Murray Goodwin

Murray William Goodwin is a cricketer who played 19 Tests and 71 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe. He is a right-handed top order batsman strong on the back-foot and a good cutter and puller of the ball....

an unbeaten 51 as Sussex cruised to 167 for 3 after only 38 overs on day three, needing 104 more to win on the fourth day.

Goodwin added 20 more on the final morning before Dimitri Mascarenhas

Dimitri Mascarenhas

snared him out, but he had stood tall in Mascarenhas' early spell on the morning of day 4, which had yielded three wickets for two runs. Goodwin was eventually caught by Greg Lamb

Greg Lamb

Gregory Arthur Lamb is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who can bowl both off spin and right arm medium pace....

, but Sussex still needed only 55 for the last three wickets - however, Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

added the wickets of Pakistanis Rana and Ahmed to his tally to help bowl Sussex out for 235. Thus, Hampshire took the victory in a closely contested game, although they were later deducted half a point for a slow over rate.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Tour Match: Hampshire v Bangladesh A (24 July)

Match abandoned without a ball bowled

Rain at Rose Bowl, Southampton prevented Bangladesh A

Bangladesh A cricket team

The Bangladesh A cricket team is a cricket team representing Bangladesh, and is the "second tier" of international Bangladeshi cricket below the full Bangladeshi cricket team. The team played its first game, against the full Pakistan side, in 2001/02...

from playing their third scheduled match on their tour of England, against Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Hampshire v Worcestershire (26 July)

Match abandoned without a ball bowled; Hampshire (2pts), Worcestershire (2pts)

At Rose Bowl, Southampton it was not possible to play cricket due to rain, and the two teams Hampshire Hawks and Worcestershire Royals walked away with two points each.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

August

August started with a comprehensive 178-run win over a battling Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

side, which saw Hampshire into second place in the Championship table, but this was followed up with a loss to the same side in the National League. Three days later, however, they avenged that by beating Lancashire, and then Hampshire invited Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

to a top-of-the-table clash. However, this match was drawn, leaving the title battle in Division One wide open. Five days later, the team beat Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

to qualify for the C&G Trophy Final, and the one-day success continued with a four-wicket National League defeat of Worcestershire. Their second Championship draw in a row came against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

later on in the week, before they lost to champions Essex Eagles on the last Sunday of August.

County Championship: Gloucestershire v Hampshire (3-6 August)

Hampshire (21pts) beat Gloucestershire (7pts) by 178 runs

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

bowlers Steve Kirby, Jon Lewis

Jon Lewis

and Malinga Bandara

Malinga Bandara

Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara , commonly known as Malinga Bandara, is a Sri Lankan Test and one-day international cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and also bowls legbreaks. Malinga Bandara was earmarked from an early age as a legspinner of great potential...

threatened to make a mockery of Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

's decision to have a bat at Bristol, as Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

fell to 81 for 7, with five batsmen out for single-figures. However, a 257-run partnership - a Hampshire record for the eighth wicket - between Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

and Andy Bichel

Andy Bichel

Andrew John Bichel is a retired Australian cricket player and was the bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League....

turned the match around, as Lewis was carted for 112 runs in his 20 overs, despite five of them being maiden overs. Hampshire finished their innings on 385 all out, after Pothas had made 139 and Bichel 138, and Gloucestershire struggled initially with the bat, losing their first two wickets for 25 runs (admittedly with Kirby filling the role of nightwatchman

Nightwatchman (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play...

).

On the second day, Alex Gidman

Alex Gidman

Alexander Peter Richard Gidman is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who currently plays for Gloucestershire....

posted 115 and Steve Adshead 73 to lift Gloucestershire from 191 for 6 to 363. Hampshire then collapsed again, falling to 23 for 3 (including the wicket of nightwatchman Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

) before John Crawley

John Crawley

and Shane Watson

Shane Watson

rescued them with a 120-run partnership, as spinners Bandara

Malinga Bandara

and Ian Fisher toiled away to little effect. Hampshire eventually declared on 388 for 7, with four of their batsmen passing fifty, which left Gloucestershire 411 to win in a day. That never looked likely, but attritional cricket from Ramnaresh Sarwan

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team....

and Matt Windows lifted Gloucestershire to 156 for 2, and then Gidman came in to add a further 39 for the fourth wicket. However, Shane Watson

Shane Watson

got a vital breakthrough with the wicket of Gidman, Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

unleashed a spell of furious off-spin on the tail, taking six for 61, and Gloucestershire were bowled out with an hour to spare.
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National League: Gloucestershire v Hampshire (7 August)

Gloucestershire (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by five wickets

Mark Hardinges

Mark Hardinges

Mark Andrew Hardinges is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....

took four for 40 to help Gloucestershire Gladiators

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

record a thumping victory over Hampshire Hawks

Hampshire County Cricket Club

, after tying down and frustrating the opponents' batsmen. Hardinges was the main culprit as Hampshire lost their last nine wickets for exactly 100 runs to post a total of 178, despite Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

, Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

and Shane Watson

Shane Watson

all making at least 40. In reply, William Weston and Matt Windows paired up for 106 runs for the second wicket, and not even Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

, who took three for 34, could stop Gloucestershire from reaching the target with more than ten overs to spare.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Hampshire v Lancashire (10 August)

Hampshire (4pts) beat Lancashire (0pts) by eight runs

Hampshire Hawks

Hampshire County Cricket Club

recovered to post a challenging target after early setbacks, caused by two wickets from Lancashire Lightning

Lancashire County Cricket Club

spinner Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds is a former Australian cricket team all-rounder. A two-time World Cup winner, Symonds is a right-handed middle order batsman and alternates between medium pace and off-spin bowling....

and losing Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

early through a run out

Run out

. They struggled to 86 for 4 before Shane Watson

Shane Watson

put them back on track with an unbeaten 106, helped by Greg Lamb

Greg Lamb

Gregory Arthur Lamb is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who can bowl both off spin and right arm medium pace....

, who made 42. In a match dominated by foreign or foreign-born players, Marcus North

Marcus North

Marcus James North is an Australian cricketer, who scored centuries on both his Test and Ashes debuts. He has also played for the Australian Cricket Academy, Western Australia, Australia A, Durham, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire and Hampshire.He is a left-handed batsman and right arm...

and Symonds

Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds is a former Australian cricket team all-rounder. A two-time World Cup winner, Symonds is a right-handed middle order batsman and alternates between medium pace and off-spin bowling....

put on a 94-run partnership to help Lancashire to 155 for 2. However, Australian all-rounder Andy Bichel

Andy Bichel

Andrew John Bichel is a retired Australian cricket player and was the bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League....

took three for 34, Dimitri Mascarenhas

Dimitri Mascarenhas

rounded off his nine overs by taking two wickets with the two last balls, and Lancashire were left to score 23 from 24 balls with a wicket in hand. James Anderson

James Anderson (cricketer)

tried, hitting two fours, but with nine required off ten balls he was lbw to Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

for nine to give Hampshire an eight-run victory.
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County Championship: Hampshire v Kent (12-15 August)

Kent (12pts) drew with Hampshire (10pts)

Darren Stevens

Darren Stevens (cricketer)

Darren Ian Stevens is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.-Career:...

and Robert Key

Robert Key (cricketer)

Robert William Trevor Key is an English cricketer. He is the captain of Kent County Cricket Club, and a former member of the England Test match and One Day International sides....

both passed 1000 first-class runs for the season as they lifted Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

to a competitive total at The Rose Bowl. Stevens top-scored with 101, while Hampshire's Australian

Australian cricket team

The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

all-rounder

All-rounder

Andy Bichel

Andrew John Bichel is a retired Australian cricket player and was the bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League....

took four for 122 - but was thoroughly smacked about by Min Patel

Min Patel

Minal Mahesh Patel is a retired Indian-born cricketer; who made 2 appearances in Test cricket for England. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left arm bowler, who primarily played for Kent....

and Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan (cricketer)

Amjad Khan is an English Test cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He plays for Sussex.-Career:...

on the second morning. The pair added 65 for the final wicket to take Kent to a first-innings total of 446. Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

hit plenty of boundaries

Boundary (cricket)

Boundary has two distinct meanings in the sport of cricket:# the edge or boundary of the playing field, and# a manner of scoring runs.-Edge of the field:...

in reply, as Hampshire eased to 82 for 1 before play was stopped due to bad weather.

On day three, however, Kent hit back. In 33 fiery overs before lunch, Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan (cricketer)

Amjad Khan is an English Test cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He plays for Sussex.-Career:...

and Min Patel

Min Patel

Minal Mahesh Patel is a retired Indian-born cricketer; who made 2 appearances in Test cricket for England. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left arm bowler, who primarily played for Kent....

both took two wickets, and despite more runs from Ervine - who finished with 74 - Hampshire crumbled to 182 for 7 at lunch. However, Andy Bichel

Andy Bichel

Andrew John Bichel is a retired Australian cricket player and was the bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League....

and Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

added 138 for the eighth wicket, as Hampshire eked out 325, with Bichel top-scoring from number nine with 87 off 90 balls. Kent got a good start to their attempt to get quick runs and put a big target up for Hampshire, as they moved to 140 for 4 just before the close of play, but Shane Watson

Shane Watson

took two quick wickets and Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

one, and all of a sudden it was up to Justin Kemp

Justin Kemp

Justin Miles Kemp is a South African cricketer who has played Test and ODI cricket for South Africa since the 2000–01 season. Kemp is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler. His batting is noted for the high frequency of sixes, particularly those which are hit out of the stadium...

and Andrew Hall

Andrew Hall

Andrew James Hall is a South African cricketer and a former member of the South African cricket team . He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played...

to save Kent, as they were 153 for 7 overnight. Kemp fell on the fourth morning, as Kent rolled over for 185, setting up a potentially exciting finish with 307 runs to get in 83 overs. A 95-run partnership

Partnership (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, two batsmen always bat in partnership, although only one is on strike at any time. The partnership between two batsmen will come to an end when one of them is dismissed or retires, or the innings comes to a close In the sport of cricket, two batsmen always bat in...

between Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

and John Crawley

John Crawley

put Hampshire into a good position at 139 for 1, but Hampshire failed to score quickly enough, and three wickets from Simon Cook

Simon Cook (English cricketer)

Simon James Cook is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.Cook initially played in 1996 for Cumnor before a year later being picked up by Middlesex along with Andrew Strauss....

could not quite force a victory as Hampshire hung on to finish on 241 for 8 and draw the match.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

C&G Trophy Semi-Final: Hampshire v Yorkshire (20 August)

Hampshire beat Yorkshire by eight wickets to progress to the C&G Trophy Final

Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

never managed to score in the semi-final match at The Rose Bowl, which meant that Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

were set a relatively easy target of 198 to win. Michael Lumb

Michael John Lumb

Michael John Lumb is a South African-born English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire and England in Twenty20 International cricket...

top-scored with 43, but the late order failed to score runs quickly enough to get past 200; number ten John Blain

John Blain

John Blain is a Scottish first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler....

only made six off 20 deliveries

Delivery (cricket)

A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman.During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman...

, while number nine Tim Bresnan

Tim Bresnan

Timothy 'Tim' Thomas Bresnan is an English cricketer. He is a fast-medium bowler, as well as being respected for his ability with the bat for Yorkshire. He normally fields in the deep. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2002 and 2003. In June 2006 he was called up to the England One Day...

made three off ten. Yorkshireman Deon Kruis

Deon Kruis

Gideon Jacobus Kruis , popularly known as Deon Kruis, is a South African first-class cricketer who played in England with Yorkshire County Cricket Club for five seasons from 2004 to 2009...

served up some economical bowling early on to John Crawley

John Crawley

, and bowled

Bowled

him for a 28-ball 8, but a 147-run partnership between Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

and Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

saw Hampshire right on track, as they won with over 10 overs

Over (cricket)

to spare. Ervine made his second List A century, off 96 balls, but was caught and bowled by Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson (cricketer)

Richard Kevin James Dawson is an English first-class cricketer, who plays primarily as an off-spinner....

three balls later. It didn't matter much - Hampshire only needed 20 runs to win, and Shane Watson

Shane Watson

and Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

knocked them off to book Hampshire's place in the C&G Trophy

C&G Trophy

final.
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National League: Worcestershire v Hampshire (22 August)

Hampshire (4pts) beat Worcestershire (0pts) by four wickets

Hampshire Hawks got the four points from a closely fought match at New Road

New Road, Worcester

New Road, Worcester, England, has been the home cricket ground of Worcestershire County Cricket Club since 1896. Immediately to the northwest is a road called New Road, part of the A44, hence the name.- Overview :...

. Worcestershire Royals had won the toss and chosen to bat, and their innings was shortened to 34 overs

Over (cricket)

out of a scheduled 45 due to rain. Wickets fell regularly, four batsmen being dismissed with scores in the thirties, and the final score of 185 for 7 did not look too threatening. John Crawley

John Crawley

and Shane Watson

Shane Watson

put Hampshire back on track after two early wickets from Kabir Ali

Kabir Ali

Kabir Ali is an English cricketer who currently plays for Hampshire in the English County Championship. A right-arm seam bowler and useful lower-order right-handed batsman, outside cricket he works as a model...

shook them, but an economical spell from Ray Price which yielded two wickets was nearly enough. However, the other spinner Gareth Batty

Gareth Batty

Gareth Jon Batty is an English cricketer, more specifically a spin-bowler. He is the younger brother of the former Yorkshire and Somerset off-spinner, Jeremy Batty.-Life and career:...

was not nearly as economical, and Greg Lamb

Greg Lamb

Gregory Arthur Lamb is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who can bowl both off spin and right arm medium pace....

took him for runs to end with 16 not out

Not out

and win the game for Hampshire.http://live.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005/ENG_LOCAL/NLF/SCORECARDS/22-26AUG2005/WORCS_HANTS_NLF_22AUG2005.html

County Championship: Surrey v Hampshire (24-27 August)

Hampshire (11pts) drew with Surrey (10pts)

The first day was rained off, and in only three days of cricket, neither team seemed intent on forcing a result

The result in cricket

The result in a game of cricket may be a win for one of the two teams playing, a draw or a tie. In the case of a limited overs game, the game can also end with no result...

, as the run rate was limited to 3.5 runs an over. On the second day, as the first day of actual play, 406 runs were scored for the loss of twelve wickets. Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

batted first, and after losing Richard Clinton

Richard Clinton

Richard Selvey Clinton is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler....

and Mark Ramprakash

Mark Ramprakash

Mark Ravin Ramprakash is an English cricketer, playing for Surrey and England. A right-handed batsman, he initially made his name playing for Middlesex, and was selected for England aged 21...

early, Scott Newman lashed out in a 65-ball cameo. He hit fifteen fours in his 71 before finally being bowled

Bowled

by Dimitri Mascarenhas

Dimitri Mascarenhas

. Indeed, the second day was a day of boundaries - a total of 270 runs were hit in boundaries, most of them by Mark Butcher

Mark Butcher

Mark Alan Butcher is a former English Test cricketer, who played county cricket for Surrey from 1992 until his retirement from the sport in 2009. He was a left-handed batsman, and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler....

(14 fours in 75) and Jonathan Batty

Jonathan Batty

(20 fours in 124). Surrey were eventually all out for 378, Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

wrapping up the tail with the three last wicket

Wicket

s falling in four balls. Mohammad Akram

Mohammad Akram

then had both openers caught behind as Hampshire closed on 28 for 2, but Surrey toiled for little reward on the third day, Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

making an unbeaten century as Hampshire declared on 361 for 6, 17 behind Surrey. Thus, the teams were left with a day to play out their second innings, and on the final day, Udal took five for 65 with his off breaks, but Surrey easily saved the draw by making 302, as captain Butcher

Mark Butcher

did not attempt to risk the four points for a draw with a declaration

Declaration and forfeiture

.
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National League: Essex v Hampshire (28 August)

Essex (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by 12 runs

Economical bowling from Andre Nel

Andre Nel

André Nel is a South African cricketer who played Test cricket and ODIs as a fast bowler but has since retired opting to play county cricket for Surrey.-International career:...

and Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Danish Prabha Shanker Kaneria is a Pakistani cricketer . Danish Kaneria has continued the tradition of great Pakistani leg spin bowlers and possesses a very well disguised googly...

gave Essex Eagles the victory over Hampshire Hawks at Chelmsford

Chelmsford

Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...

, and the four points for the win increased their lead in the National League to an unassailable 14 points and secured the National League title. Essex opener William Jefferson kept his calm while the rest of the top order deserted him, making 88, but when three wicket

Wicket

s fell for only three runs and the score was 172 for 7 Hampshire would have fancied their chances of bowling Essex out. Only two more wickets fell, though, as contributions from Ryan ten Doeschate

Ryan ten Doeschate

Ryan Neil ten Doeschate is a South African-born cricketer who plays internationally for the Netherlands due to his Dutch ancestry. He has played cricket for Essex since 2003....

, Graham Napier

Graham Napier

Graham Richard Napier is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler....

and Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Danish Prabha Shanker Kaneria is a Pakistani cricketer . Danish Kaneria has continued the tradition of great Pakistani leg spin bowlers and possesses a very well disguised googly...

propelled Essex to 222 for 9 at the end of their 45 overs

Over (cricket)

. Hampshire and England fast bowler Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

got Napier, ten Doeschate and James Middlebrook

James Middlebrook

James Middlebrook is an English first-class cricketer, currently playing for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He is an all-rounder, who bats right-handed and bowls off spin.-Career:...

out to end with three wickets for 48. Despite John Crawley

John Crawley

and Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

recording a first-wicket partnership of 95, Kaneria kept his calm, only allowing 26 runs off his nine overs, and boundaries were rare after Pothas and Crawley were dismissed. In the end, Hampshire finished on 210 for 8, 13 runs short of victory - they could put some of the blame on their overseas players, as Australians Shane Watson

Shane Watson

and Andy Bichel

Andy Bichel

Andrew John Bichel is a retired Australian cricket player and was the bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League....

contributed only four runs off 18 deliveries.
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September

A three-day win over Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

saw them enjoy one day at the top of the Championship, before they were overtaken by Nottinghamshire. On 3 September, however, they won the C&G Trophy with an 18-run win over Warwickshire, meaning that they were the only club with a chance of winning two titles in 2005. Their one-day form didn't carry into the League, however, as they lost by two wickets to Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

, moving closer to relegation, and that trend continued with a 151-run defeat to Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

. However, they recovered to beat Glamorgan in the Championship, and ended the Championship season with a thumping innings-and-188 run victory over the county champions Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

, to finish second, 2.5 points behind. Hampshire then lost their final game of the season, to just Nottinghamshire, which led to their relegation into Division Two of the National League.

County Championship: Hampshire v Warwickshire (30 August-1 September)

Hampshire (22pts) beat Warwickshire (4pts) by an innings and 86 runs

Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

dominated proceedings against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

at The Rose Bowl, occupying the crease for a day and a half to amass 576 runs in their first innings. The top three of James Adams

James Adams (cricketer)

James 'Jimmy' Henry Kenneth Adams is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler....

, Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

and John Crawley

John Crawley

set the tone with fifties, and when Crawley departed for 60 the score had moved to 279 for 3. Jonathan Trott

Jonathan Trott

Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott is a South African-born England Test cricketer. Domestically, he plays for Warwickshire and he has also played in South Africa and New Zealand...

and Makhaya Ntini

Makhaya Ntini

Makhaya Ntini is a former South African cricketer who was the first ethnically black player to play for the South African team. A fast bowler, he tends to bowl from wide of the crease with brisk, although not express, pace...

shared three wicket

Wicket

s before the end of the day, leaving Hampshire 353 for 6 overnight, but Shane Watson

Shane Watson

and Dimitri Mascarenhas

Dimitri Mascarenhas

shared a mammoth 234-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Watson hit a career-best 203 not out

Not out

, while Mascarenhas took three hours for an unbeaten 102, the first century of his season, before Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

declared

Declaration and forfeiture

. Warwickshire stumbled early on, falling to 21 for 2, but an unbeaten 97 from Nick Knight

Nick Knight

lifted them to 145 for 4 at the close of play on day two.

Knight could not save Warwickshire alone, though, and Warwickshire lost sixteen wickets on the third day to crumble to an innings defeat. Knight got his century

Century (cricket)

, ending with 116, but no other batsman passed 30, as they were all out for 258 in the first innings. They were asked to follow on 318 behind, and did rather well initially, getting the score to 110 for 1 after two hours. Then, Jonathan Trott

Jonathan Trott

Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott is a South African-born England Test cricketer. Domestically, he plays for Warwickshire and he has also played in South Africa and New Zealand...

and Ian Westwood

Ian Westwood

Ian James Westwood is an English cricket player who plays for Warwickshire County Cricket Club.-Warwickshire:...

fell in quick succession, leaving Jamie Troughton to try to tie together a match-saving innings with the lower order. He made a two-hour 76 before being ninth out, caught off Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

's bowling, ending Warwickshire's resistance. No further runs were added for the tenth wicket, as Makhaya Ntini

Makhaya Ntini

was bowled

Bowled

by Udal, and Warwickshire ended on 232 all out - 86 runs short of making Hampshire bat again. Hampshire captain Udal finished with a second innings analysis

Bowling analysis

of 22-8-44-6, after only one wicket in the first innings. The win left Hampshire briefly on top of the Championship, before Nottinghamshire took over the following day.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

C&G Trophy Final: Hampshire v Warwickshire (3 September)

Hampshire won by 18 runs and won the C&G Trophy

Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

became the third team to win a major county trophy in 2005

2005 English cricket season

Before the beginning of the 2005 English cricket season began, a resurgent English cricket team had won four Test series in a row, going unbeaten through the 2004 calendar year. The start of the international season saw England defeat Bangladesh 2–0 in their two-match series, winning both Tests by...

, as they prevailed in a high-scoring final at Lord's, leaving only the County Championship

County Championship

The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

left for grabs. Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

and Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

added 136 runs for the second wicket to propel Hampshire to a big total against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

, whose bowlers gave away 20 runs from wides but still managed to bowl Hampshire out on the last ball. Ervine was fifth out, taking 91 balls for his second successive C&G century, before he was caught off Jonathan Trott

Jonathan Trott

Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott is a South African-born England Test cricketer. Domestically, he plays for Warwickshire and he has also played in South Africa and New Zealand...

, who finished with three wickets for 35 runs. Neil Carter took five wickets to redeem his 66 conceded runs, while Makhaya Ntini

Makhaya Ntini

bowled two maiden overs for Warwickshire, but went wicketless.

Warwickshire were set to chase 291 to win, and Carter fulfilled his job as a pinch hitter

Pinch hitter (cricket)

well, scoring four fours and one six en route to 32, and Nick Knight

Nick Knight

and Ian Bell kept up with the required run rate well. However, Bell suffered cramps just before he reached 50, and that limited his movements - he succumbed shortly afterwards, chipping a simple catch to Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

and was gone for 54. The other batsmen tried to add runs with Knight, but yielded to the Hampshire bowling and fielding effort, and when Knight was finally dismissed for 118 Warwickshire needed 40 runs for the last three wickets. Shane Watson

Shane Watson

effectively stopped that, having Dougie Brown

Dougie Brown

and Ashley Giles

Ashley Giles

Ashley Fraser Giles MBE is a retired English cricketer. Giles played the entirety of his 14-year first-class career at Warwickshire County Cricket Club where he is now employed as Director of Cricket...

out bowled

Bowled

, leaving Warwickshire to hit about 20 runs in the last over. It was too much for Makhaya Ntini

Makhaya Ntini

, who was bowled by Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

with the second ball of the last over, and thus Hampshire took an 18-run victory.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Hampshire v Middlesex (5 September)

Middlesex (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by two wickets

Two days after their win in the C&G Trophy

C&G Trophy

Final, Hampshire Hawks were defeated by Middlesex Crusaders, to move closer to relegation in the National League

National League (cricket)

The NatWest Pro40 League was a one-day cricket league for first-class cricket counties in England and Wales. It was inaugurated in 1999, but was essentially the old Sunday League retitled to reflect the fact that large numbers of matches were played on days other than Sunday.-Sunday League:The...

. They were put in to bat, and lost wicket-keeper Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

for 5 early on, but John Crawley

John Crawley

and Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

fought back with a 101-run partnership

Partnership (cricket)

for the second wicket. The Middlesex bowlers frequently interrupted with wickets, though, and Crawley failed to hit the ball hard enough to end with only six fours in his 122-ball 92. Hampshire closed on 227 for 6, with five Middlesex bowler. Middlesex lost Paul Weekes

Paul Weekes

in the first over, but a blistering 139-run stand between Owais Shah

Owais Shah

and Jamie Dalrymple

Jamie Dalrymple

James William Murray "Jamie" Dalrymple is a Kenyan-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler....

turned the match around. Despite three wicket

Wicket

s each from Hampshire's Chris Tremlett

Chris Tremlett

and Greg Lamb

Greg Lamb

Gregory Arthur Lamb is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who can bowl both off spin and right arm medium pace....

, Middlesex' Chris Peploe

Chris Peploe

Christopher Thomas Peploe is an English cricketer. A left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler, he currently plays List A cricket for the Unicorns in the Clydesdale Bank 40....

held his head calm, and with 14 not out

Not out

he guided Middlesex to a two-wicket victory with 11 balls to spare.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Glamorgan v Hampshire (13 September)

Glamorgan (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by 151 runs

Glamorgan Dragons

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

recorded a victory at their home ground Sophia Gardens, despite being tied down in mid-match by Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

and Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

who took two wicket

Wicket

s each and both conceded less than 40 runs. Wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...

Mark Wallace hit one six and one four in a valuable hit-out late on, while Mike Powell

Mike Powell (Glamorgan cricketer)

Michael John Powell is a Welsh cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He has played for Glamorgan since 1996, playing in the first team since 1997...

had set the pace with 52. Then, Hampshire Hawks were shot down in the chase. David Harrison

David Harrison (cricketer)

David Stuart Harrison is a Welsh-born cricketer who has played for the England A team. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.David Harrison's father, Stuart and brother Adam also play cricket...

had John Crawley

John Crawley

caught with the second ball of the match, and Andrew Davies

Andrew Davies (cricketer)

followed up, getting Greg Lamb

Greg Lamb

Gregory Arthur Lamb is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who can bowl both off spin and right arm medium pace....

and Ervine caught behind. With James Adams

James Adams (cricketer)

James 'Jimmy' Henry Kenneth Adams is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler....

bowled

Bowled

by Harrison, Hampshire had scored seven runs for four wickets, and their lower order never recovered. Jono McLean

Jono McLean

was the first to hit into double figures, before he too was caught behind off Davies, and Harrison then took two as Hampshire were 33 for 7. Kevin Latouf

Kevin Latouf

Kevin John Latouf is a South African born English cricketer. Latouf is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace...

and Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

adjusted somewhat, adding 19 for the eighth wicket, but first change bowler Alex Wharf

Alex Wharf

Alex Wharf is an English former first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-fast bowler, who ended his career with the Welsh side, Glamorgan County Cricket Club....

cleaned up them as well, leaving Hampshire all out for 69 - the lowest score of the National League Division One all season, and giving Glamorgan the highest victory by runs in the division all season.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Glamorgan v Hampshire (15-18 September)

Hampshire (21pts) beat Glamorgan (4pts) by 75 runs

The first day of this match was rained off, and so Glamorgan's last match of the season was effectively reduced to a three-day one. They still managed to lose, however, capping their Championship season with their fourteenth loss in sixteen matches to cement their last place in the table. When the match got underway, the entire Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

batting order made contributions, and an innings including half-centuries from James Adams

James Adams (cricketer)

James 'Jimmy' Henry Kenneth Adams is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler....

, Jono McLean

Jono McLean

, Simon Katich

Simon Katich

Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...

and Dimitri Mascarenhas

Dimitri Mascarenhas

, saw them to a total of 350. Australia

Australian cricket team

The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

leg spinner

Leg break

Shane Warne

hit three sixes in a 17-minute 24, while Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

captain

Captain (cricket)

The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...

Robert Croft

snared five wickets for 103 runs.

The returning Shane Warne

Shane Warne

, fresh from taking 40 wicket

Wicket

s in the 2005 Ashes, took four for 50 in Glamorgan's innings, as Glamorgan faltered from 151 for 4 to 249 all out, and the third day's play ended with Simon Katich

Simon Katich

Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...

and Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

plundering runs in return. An opening stand of 117 was achieved quickly, and Warne then clobbered two sixes in a nine-ball 15, as Hampshire added 218 for 7 in just 32 overs before declaring. Croft completed another five-wicket-haul, but still conceded 57 in ten overs. Set 320 to win, Glamorgan went about it positively, as Croft led from the front with a well-paced 90. Once he was caught behind off Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

, however, Glamorgan needed 94 for the last three wickets, and the lower order succumbed to the Zimbabwean

Zimbabwean cricket team

The Zimbabwean cricket team is a national cricket team representing Zimbabwe. It is administrated by Zimbabwe Cricket...

Ervine. Wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...

and number eight Mark Wallace was left not out

Not out

on 33, as Glamorgan posted a total of 244, while Ervine finished with five for 60 in the second innings, his best bowling figures of the season thus far.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Hampshire v Nottinghamshire (21-23 September)

Hampshire (22pts) beat Nottinghamshire (2pts) by an innings and 188 runs

Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

were put in to bat by Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

, who had won the Championship four days earlier. However, Hampshire's batsmen all put in above 50 scores after Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.-Domestic career:Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe....

was bowled

Bowled

for 9, James Adams

James Adams (cricketer)

James 'Jimmy' Henry Kenneth Adams is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler....

, John Crawley

John Crawley

, Simon Katich

Simon Katich

Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...

and Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

all exceeded 50, and Crawley went on to make 150 not out

Not out

at the end of the first day - his highest score of the season. Boosted by 75 extras

Extra (cricket)

- 38 coming in no-balls, of which 18 were conceded by Mark Footitt

Mark Footitt

Mark Harold Alan Footitt is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a left arm fast bowler who is currently contracted to Derbyshire.-Biography:...

alone - Hampshire ended their innings voluntarily on 714 for 5 - a team record - having hit 290 runs for one wicket in 42.3 second-day overs. Captain

Captain (cricket)

The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...

Shane Warne

declared when Mascarenhas got his century

Century (cricket)

, only to later discover that Crawley - who had gone from 200 to 300 with 58 balls - had been denied of the Hampshire highest innings score by five runs, despite a career-best 311 not out

Not out

http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Hampshire/Batting_Records/Highest_Innings_For.html. Dick Moore

Dick Moore

Richard Henry Moore was an English first class cricketer who played with Hampshire. He holds the record for the highest score by a Hampshire cricketer in a first class match...

's record from 1937

1937 English cricket season

-Honours:*County Championship - Yorkshire*Minor Counties Championship - Lancashire II*Wisden - Tom Goddard, Joe Hardstaff, Leonard Hutton, Jim Parks senior, Eddie Paynter-Test series:England defeated New Zealand 1-0 with two matches drawn....

thus remained. When Hampshire bowled, spinner Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

celebrated his England

English cricket team

call-up with four wicket

Wicket

s for 39 runs, while Mascarenhas continued with his all-round effort, taking his second five-wicket-haul of the season as Nottinghamshire were bowled out for 213 shortly before the close on day two. Warne chose to bowl eight balls, conceding six runs. Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming

Stephen Paul Fleming ONZM is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...

top scored for the visitors with 42, as they were asked to follow on - 501 runs behind Hampshire.

Nottinghamshire needed 269 to avoid suffering the highest defeat of the Championship season, and amid the rain breaks at the Rose Bowl, they passed that score with one wicket in hand, thanks to 97 from Darren Bicknell

Darren Bicknell

and a 49-ball cameo from Chris Read

Chris Read

Christopher Mark Wells Read is an English cricketer, a wicket-keeper who is the captain of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club...

which yielded 63 runs. Captain Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming

Stephen Paul Fleming ONZM is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...

lasted four minutes at the crease, hitting three fours, a single and a dot ball before he was caught by James Adams

James Adams (cricketer)

James 'Jimmy' Henry Kenneth Adams is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler....

off Warne. Udal took another four-wicket-haul, but conceded 70 in 11.5 overs, and even Warne was expensive, conceding 67 in thirteen overs. Nottinghamshire were eventually bowled out for 313, but Hampshire finished 2.5 points behind Nottinghamshire in the Championship - despite the same win-loss record and two victories in their head-to-head matches.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Hampshire v Nottinghamshire (25 September)

Nottinghamshire (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by 37 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method
Duckworth-Lewis method
In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...

Hampshire Hawks

Hampshire County Cricket Club

were defeated by Nottinghamshire, in particular David Hussey

David Hussey

and Ryan Sidebottom

Ryan Sidebottom

Ryan Jay Sidebottom is an English cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Yorkshire. He is a primarily a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Sidebottom played his first Test match in 2001 against Pakistan, but failed to take a wicket and was dropped for six years...

, to go down into Division Two in front of their home crowd. The visiting Nottinghamshire Outlaws batted first, and after a slow start where Anurag Singh

Anurag Singh

Anurag Singh is a cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler....

and Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming

Stephen Paul Fleming ONZM is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...

had accumulated forties to see them to 101 for 3, Hussey hit loose. He hit five sixes in a 53-ball 75 which, together with 26 off 13 balls from Mark Ealham

Mark Ealham

, took Nottinghamshire to 248 for 5. Then rain intervened, cutting 25 overs

Over (cricket)

off the Hampshire effort. When they came back to bat, Hampshire were set 165 to win - and duly lost six wickets for 58 runs, Gareth Clough

Gareth Clough

Gareth Clough is an English first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler...

having two men bowled

Bowled

and captain Shane Warne

Shane Warne

lbw. Jono McLean

Jono McLean

hit 36 from number eight, but Hampshire were still taken out for 127 a ball before the end - Ryan Sidebottom

Ryan Sidebottom

finishing them off by having Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor (cricketer)

Billy Taylor is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.He started playing for Hampshire during the 2004 season, before which he played for Sussex...

caught for 0. Sidebottom thus finished with three for 13 from 23 balls.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

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