Hampshire Cricket @ hantscricket 7m7 minutes ago
Tomlinson has his third wicket - Harris (57) has been trapped lbw & @ Middlesex_CCC are 347-8, 11 runs ahead
Hampshire Cricket @ hantscricket 5m5 minutes ago
Four wickets for Tomlinson as Finn (5) skies the ball to Best, Middlesex are 361 all-out, 25 ahead. Full bowling bonus points for Hants.
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Firstinnings361 - for 9wickets
Hampshire lead Middlesex by 25 runs with 9 wickets remaining
Had too much else going on yesterday to really keep up with this, but all in all, another decent 11 points collected, after once again losing too much time due to rain for any reasonable expectations of bowling them out twice.
A win would’ve been nice at home, but we faired well with the bat twice which in itself is encouraging.
Great to see Jimmy Adams back and contributing a well-built 70 in his first game of the season, and for both openers to clock up decent totals for a change.
Makes a world of difference when we’re not having to rely on Tom Alsop to see off the new ball and score runs. 
James Tomlinson continues to look a good option with the ball for us, regularly taking wickets. I like to see a left arm pace-man in the side, as it gives us an extra dimension in our bowling angles; and Ryan McLaren is enjoying a good start to the season with both the bat and the ball.
A mention too for young Mase Crane, taking another First Class wicket! Good lad.
Not a nice position on that table already, but it’s still all very tighly packed at this stage, and only two wins managed from all of the games so far this season.
Hampshire currently 109-9 v. Lancashire.
I think there could be a result in this one.
The sporting gods give with one hand and take away with the other.
But today I feel we have done well out of them.
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Ohh Hants. Get back home from a wonderful day, and find that you have batted like cunts again. 
Cheers lads. 
Still, there’s always the second innings…
and Mason Crane might just decide to take his chance with the ball, to show the cricketing world what he can do, and rip the heart out of them like he did with his five-wicket haul against Warwickshire at the end of last season.
Jack Schitt: always the eternal optimist.
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Originally posted by @Jack-Schitt
Ohh Hants. Get back home from a wonderful day, and find that you have batted like cunts again.
Cheers lads.
Still, there’s always the second innings…
and Mason Crane might just decide to take his chance with the ball, to show the cricketing world what he can do, and rip the heart out of them like he did with his five-wicket haul against Warwickshire at the end of last season.
Jack Schitt: always the eternal optimerist.
Glasses for the almighty and some umpires
Lancashire 226-2 v Hampshire 109 - Lunch
Nice to see one of those wickets was for Mason Crane. 
I’m currently wearing an indian headress and doing a rain-dance around the office.
I look like a twat, but if it works, I can live with that.
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Fuck. Just looked at the weather forecast for Old Trafford, and of all places, it’s 25 degree beautiful sunshine all day up there. In fucking Manchester!
Need to have some serious words with the gods about this. 
Not content with being 347 behind, Adams decided to go in the first over of our second innings for a duck. Jeeeeeez
Utter shit. What a bunch of cunts.
I know I said how do you get results in four day matches but I wanted Hants to show us how to win not bloody capitulate like an England team on tour.
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Lancashire v Hampshire, day two |
| **Hampshire 109 & 22-1: ** Anderson 1-6 |
| Lancashire 456: Procter 137, Petersen 81; Best 5-90 |
| Lancashire lead by 325 runs |
| Lancs 7 pts, Hants 1 pt |
What did we get the point for?
Can’t be for Batting or Bowling
Striding out to the pitch in a confident manner?
Running back to the dressing room with tail between legs?
surely somebody knows?
Comedy value
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Yes!!! It worked!!!
The gods listened afterall.
A day later than planned, but…
Currently pissing down with rain at Old Trafford!!! 
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The rain is holding out for us, and looking like giving us a chance, with the announcement of the close of play, if we can somehow survive tomorrow and cling on for an unlikely draw.
All credit due to the Flying Spaghetti Monster, for once again coming through when all other gods have turned an ignorant cold shoulder to my earnest pleas for help.
But his Pastafarian Grace knows no bounds. And whilst lacking in the omnipresence of other gods (hence his delay in acting on our behalf), his willingness to reach out and touch the Manchester rain-clouds with his noodly appendage is indeed worthy of our praise and worship.
Thank you, Lord Monster. Hail Pastafari, and bless your enormous Meaty Balls.
The trouble is that even when we battle to a glorious draw, it still leaves us in the relegation slots.
Something has to change…other than the weather.