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Hampshire Trio Help Hampshire Seize Control On Day Three
Hampshire Trio Help Hampshire Seize Control On Day Three
Rilee Rossouw, Michael Carberry and Kyle Abbott helped Hampshire seize control on day three of their Specsavers County Championship match against Middlesex
Hampshire trio, Rilee Rossouw (99), Michael Carberry (98) and Kyle Abbott (56 & 3-24) helped their side seize control on day two against Middlesex.
All three batsman struck superb half-centuries to help Hampshire record 438 in the first-innings, surpassing Middlesex's opening 356.
Abbott then continued to make an impact, this time with the ball, taking three of the four Middlesex wickets to fall in the evening session as the visitors closed on 111-4, a lead of 29 runs.
Resuming the day on 84*, Carberry was looking to secure his first four-day century of the season. However, the left-hander fell two runs short of what would have been a well-deserved hundred in the morning session when edging Tim Murtagh on 98.
Despite Carberry departing, Abbott continued to impress with the bat, and he soon moved to record his maiden Hampshire half-century,
He formed a valuable partnership with Rossouw, who was batting with a finger injury - the duo sharing an 80-run partnership for the sixth wicket before being dismissed shortly after lunch.
Rossouw kicked on after the interval, becoming the third Hampshire batsman to reach fifty in the innings and following Abbott to reach his first half-century for the club.
He found the ever reliable Gareth Berg (43) to be a valuable partner in the afternoon session, the pair coming together for a 86-run stand before Berg departed with Rossouw nearing three figures on 93*.
When Brad Wheal departed the very next ball, Fidel Edwards was the man to accompany Rossouw.
The 27-year-old was agonizingly close to what would have been a remarkable century, but was run-out short of his ground coming back for a second run - the final wicket to fall in the innings.
Middlesex began their second-innings 82 runs behind and Abbott was quick to make his presence felt with the ball. The seamer took two crucial wickets inside his opening two overs, finding the edge of both Sam Robson (8) and Nick Gubbins (11) who departed in quick succession.
Brad Wheal (1-25) soon got in on the action too as he clean bowled Dawid Malan (10) who offered no stroke, reducing the visitors to 44-3.
Stevie Eskinazi (45) and Adam Voges (29*) led the away-side's recovery but when the former wafted at one outside off against Abbott and edged through to Lewis McManus, celebrations ensued.
I think it is pretty well set for a result tomorrow, we have a big first hour if we can knock over two in the hour and get batting pretty soon would be pretty great.
They spent a long time in the field which will play to our advantage. We did well today to keep them out there that long and a couple of the wickets this evening were purely fatigue.
Kyle Abbott
Play will resume at 11am tomorrow, with things poised for a thrilling final day at the The Ageas Bowl.
