Hampshire batted through the final day to force a draw in their crucial clash with Somerset at the bottom of the LV= County Championship Division One table. Jimmy Adams led the way with 136 while defiant half-centuries from James Vince and Will Smith ensured Hampshire took a seven-point draw from a game that they […]
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South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir is set to return to Hampshire to play in their last two LV= County Championship games of the season, subject to visa clearance. Tahir is set to be available to face Kent at the Ageas Bowl and Glamorgan at the SWALEC Stadium, two matches in which Hampshire could be chasing
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Hampshire landed their fifth win of the LV= County Championship Division Two campaign and bolstered their promotion hopes by sweeping Kent aside by 196 runs at the Spitfire Ground. Resuming on their gloomy overnight position of 95 for two – still a massive 406 runs shy of a very unlikely victory target – Kent lost
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Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove has led the tributes to ex-coach and player Peter Sainsbury, who has passed away aged 80. The former all-rounder, a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1974, is the only Hampshire player to win two County Championship titles. Bransgrove told the club’s official website: “We are all sharing a profound sense
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By Matt Somerford The most bankable constant in county cricket is on the verge of being realised yet again. Hampshire have not quite booked their NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final ticket, but the south-coast county are only a step away from reaching the last-eight for the sixth successive season. It is a remarkable record given the
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