13th June - A Day Of Firsts

Hampshire Cricket's historian Dave Allen takes a look back on timely memorable moments in his ‘On This Day’ series.

Two landmarks in the history of the Ageas Bowl have taken part on this day - 13th June - and are both T20s.

13th June 2003

On this day in 2003, Hampshire met Sussex in a televised match at the then Rose Bowl, the first-ever domestic T20 match. It was not a very successful first T20 season for Hampshire – in those days teams played just five matches, and Hampshire lost the last four, but they did open with a victory over their near neighbours. Kenway and James Hamblin helped Hampshire post 153 – all out with two balls to spare and Sussex fell six runs short of victory thanks mainly to Wasim Akram’s 2-22.

Take a look back at the historic day below.

13th June 2005

Two years later - on the same day - there was another Rose Bowl ‘first’, as England played Australia in the first IT20 played on English soil.

England posted a very respectable 179-8, thanks to 46 from Collingwood and 41 from Trescothick, while Hampshire’s new boy Kevin Pietersen added 34 with Glenn McGrath finishing with 3-31.

Australia got to 23 before former Hampshire opener Matthew Hayden fell to the first of three Pietersen catches, and the first of three Darren Gough wickets (3-16) and that dismissal precipitated a dramatic collapse to 31-7 with debutant Jonathan Lewis taking 4-24 in his four overs.

Bowlers Lee and Gillespie restored a little pride but were parted at 67-8 and Collingwood added 2-8 as England beat their oldest rivals in this newest form by exactly 100 runs.