Visitors confirm victory early on day four
Sun 11 Apr 2021
DAY FOUR | Hampshire CCC 612/5d v Leicestershire 202 & 305
POINTS | Leicestershire 2, Hampshire 24
SCORECARD | Available HERE
REPORT | Chris Wright and Gavin Griffiths got the fourth and final day of County Championship action underway at the Uptonsteel County Ground, as they were looking to prevent what seemed to be the inevitable for as long as they could.
The eighth wicket stand had already amassed a total 14 runs in the dying overs of day three, and both batsmen came out firing this morning, claiming boundaries from the bowling of Kyle Abbott and Mohammad Abbas.
Griffiths hit Abbott for a couple of boundaries before the South African exacted his revenge, claiming his fifth wicket of the contest after pinning the Running Foxes seamer infront for 16.
Alex Evans emerged from the pavilion to join Wright (30*) at the crease with Leicestershire on 292 for nine.
Wright was looking in decent touch as the boundaries continued to flow for the pace man and he began to start thinking about his half-century.
However, with Wright on 41 from 74 balls, the final wicket for Leicestershire at the hands of Mohammad Abbas as he sent Evans’ leg-stump cartwheeling out of the ground, bringing and end to proceedings at the Uptonsteel County Ground.
Leicestershire’s second innings came to an end on 305, confirming their innings defeat at the hands of Hampshire CCC.
FIGURES (2nd inns) | Abbott 17-4-53-2, Abbas 15.5-9-41-2, Wheal 12-0-57-2, Dawson 19-5-30-1, Holland 3-1-8-0, Crane 29-6-102-3
TEAM | Hassan Azad, Sam Evans, Harry Dearden, Colin Ackermann (C), Lewis Hill, Harry Swindells (wk), Ben Mike, Callum Parkinson, Chris Wright, Gavin Griffiths, Alex Evans.
HAMPSHIRE CCC | Joe Weatherley, Ian Holland, Tom Alsop, Sam Northeast, James Vince (C), Liam Dawson, Lewis McManus (wk), Kyle Abbott, Mason Crane, Brad Wheal, Mohammad Abbas.
IMAGES | Thanks to John Mallett of Outside Off for providing the images throughout the game.
MATCH SPONSOR | Thanks to Uptonsteel for being our match sponsor.
