Close - Hampshire are 291 for 6
2 Likes
Hampshire, earlier, were bowled out for 354
Currently Warwickshire are 61-2 (29.4) in reply.
Tea at Edgbaston
Warwickshire 88-3 v Hampshire 354
145-6
Abbott on a hatrick
Warwickshire 171-7
still require 34 to avoid follow on.
1 Like
That is a helluva effort on a pretty flat track
Close - Warwickshire trail Hampshire by 170 runs with 3 wickets remaining
1 Like
Day 3 and 1 wicket gone already
Warwickshire trail Hampshire by 143 runs with 2 wickets remaining
1 Like
223-9, trail by 131 runs,
3 bowling points for Hampshire
Berg to Patel, OUT ,
JS Patel c â Alsop b Berg 17 (45m 43b 3x4 0x6) SR: 39.53
1 Like
233 all out
1 Like
A searing post-tea burst from Kyle Abbott put Hampshire in command against Warwickshire on the second day of their County Championship clash at Edgbaston.
After Hampshire were lifted to a solid 354 by Tom Alsopâs classy, career-best 150 off 317 balls, including 23 fours, the home sideâs reply advanced smoothly enough to 135 for three before Abbottâs blast of three wickets for four runs in eight balls.
Suddenly, the follow-on figure of 204 was far from a formality for Warwickshire and they still have work to do to reach it, having closed the second day on 184 for 7.
Against a rampant and raucous Hampshire side, the injury-ravaged Bears were left leaning heavily on Dominic Sibley. The former Surrey opener, who has scored centuries in each of his previous five first-class matches, went into stumps five short of another.
In the morning session, Hampshire added 63 to their overnight 291 for 6. They advanced to 327 without further loss before Jeetan Patel took the last four wickets in 33 balls.
The Bearsâ captain finished with 6 for 94, his 35th first-class haul of five-or-more wickets, after Gareth Berg fired back a fierce return catch, Alsop skied to mid-off, Abbott played on and former Warwickshire player Keith Barker edged behind.
In reply, Warwickshire lost three wickets in the afternoon session. Will Rhodes edged an excellent ball from Abbot to second slip where Joe Weatherley took a smart catch before debutant Rob Yatesâ maiden first-class innings was ended by a ripper from Liam Dawson. Having opened his first-class account with a sumptuous cover-driven four off Abbott, Yates offered no stroke to Dawsonâs second delivery only to see it turn in a long way to strike off-stump.
Sibley and Adam Hose began to retrench but, having added 40, were separated in the last over before tea when Fidel Edwards speared a yorker through Hoseâs defence.
Liam Banks settled alongside Sibley to add 47 in 17 overs but then came Abbottâs purple patch - a textbook example of aggressive, straight fast-bowling. He bowled Banks through the gate then removed Alex Thomson, who offered no shot, and Tim Ambrose lbw with successive balls.
That left Warwickshire still 59 short of the follow on figure with four wickets left. Sibley and Craig Miles added 26 but Edwards, brought back fresh just before the close, had the latter caught at short leg.
Rossouw brings up his 50 with a 6.
Now 225/3 at Tea
Rossouw out for 76 off 46
Dawson out just after 6 off 3 balls
Now 271/5 lead of 392 looks to be smash and bash with 27 overs remaining, try and get them in for 10 overs or so tonight?
Close - Warwickshire need 382 runs to win with 8 wickets left and 1 day remaining
2 Likes