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Unbeaten Ninth Wicket Stand Keeps Hampshire's Hopes Alive
Unbeaten Ninth Wicket Stand Keeps Hampshire's Hopes Alive
Gareth Berg & Ryan McLaren put on 95 in the evening session
Hampshire’s hopes of avoiding the drop remain alive after a battling performance on the second day of their LV= County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.
When bad light took the players from the field, with more than 13 overs remaining, the visitors had reached 298 for eight in their first innings, trailing Notts by only 42 runs.
Liam Dawson top-scored, making 69 from 97 balls, Gareth Berg was unbeaten on 52 and Ryan McLaren scored 44 not out as Hants looked to keep themselves in contention for the win that may preserve their First Division status.
Harry Gurney was the pick of the home attack, returning figures of three for 58 as Notts pressed their own claims to try and finish the season in the runners-up position.
Beginning the day on nought for one, after losing nightwatchman Ryan Stevenson on the first evening, Hampshire were rocked during the opening session of the day as Gurney ripped the top order apart.
The left arm quick bowler removed Jimmy Adams for 19, caught down the leg side with his first delivery of the match. He then followed up by having Will Smith caught for three, to a regulation nick through to Chris Read before emphatically knocking James Vince’s off peg out of the ground, for 42.
Brett Hutton picked up the other wicket to fall during the morning, trapping Michael Carberry lbw for 11. Either side of lunch Hampshire were indebted to a stand of 70 for the sixth wicket, between Dawson and Sean Ervine. The partnership was eventually broken by Samit Patel, who celebrated news of his England Test call-up by dismissing Ervine for 32 as a vigorous attempt to hit down the ground was smartly-taken by Stuart Broad at mid off.
The follow-on mark of 191 was passed before Brett Hutton collected his second wicket of the day, having Adam Wheater caught behind by Chris Read.
Dawson’s brave vigil ended when Steven Mullaney pinned him deep in the crease, with umpire Steve O’Shaughnessy upholding the loud roar for lbw.
Facing a deficit of more than three figures, the southern county kept their hopes intact of being able to turn the match around and pull off an unlikely victory as Berg and McLaren joined forces.
With Berg finding the boundary at every opportunity and McLaren playing a mainly defensive, supporting role, the pair added an unbroken 95 before deteriorating conditions curtailed play.
