Following Sunday’s delayed play, day 2 unfortunately was a complete washout however day 3 has made for a pleasant day. Despite only being around 11c I managed to return from cricket today looking a bit pink!
Resuming play at 37-3, Will Smith and Jimmy Adams batted nicely through most of the first hour; Adams scored quickly and looked in good form before eventually getting out for 67. This sparked a mini collapse as Jack Shantry, Worcestershire’s left arm bowler with an unusual action picked up three quick wickets and Hampshire were 105-6. At this point Hampshire’s Sean Ervine was joined by Adam Wheater and together made a quick scoring partnership achieving between them 93 runs. The tail on the whole hung around to support Ervine and he was eventually last man out for 93 trying to get to his hundred quickly. The score was 262 all out which from 37-3 and 105-6 was quite respectable. The most pleasing thing was that the runs were scored quickly at almost 4 runs per over. This hopefully will be a sign of things to come throughout the season.
However, after tea Worcestershire started their reply which unfortunately was not fun to watch. Hampshire’s bowling lacked penetration and at the close we had taken just one wicket. It is a worry that like last season we will just not take enough wickets to go up but hopefully a nights rest is what’s needed and they will perform better tomorrow.
Close: Hampshire 262, Worcestershire 103/1
Ian
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