England’s Chris Woakes took 5 wickets within the match within the Bears’ season opening win in opposition to KentLV= County Championship Division One, Ageas Bowl (day one)Hampshire 229: Vince 75*, Middleton 49; Rushworth 3-38, Woakes 3-45Warwickshire 82-0: Davies 46*, Yates 26*Warwickshire (3 pts) path Hampshire (0 pts) by 147 runsMatch scorecard
James Vince continued his fantastic kind with an unbeaten 75 however a Hampshire collapse allowed Warwickshire the most effective of day one on the Ageas Bowl.
Hampshire captain Vince, who scored a shocking 186 in final month’s victory over Northamptonshire, regarded untroubled within the face of a difficult visiting assault.
Chris Woakes and Chris Rushworth each claimed three wickets every, with Oliver Hannon-Dalby and Ed Barnard supplementing them within the rested Hasan Ali’s absence.
Their successes offered Hampshire’s downfall as they slipped from 83-1 to 109-6 earlier than being bowled out for 229.
In response, Warwickshire openers Alex Davies (46 not out) and Rob Yates (26 not out) then noticed out the day on 82-0.
Hampshire’s brittle batting was the Achilles heel of their failed County Championship title problem final season and it might additional lengthen their 50-year wait for one more crown.
After Hampshire had chosen to bat first, opener Felix Organ was bowled shouldering his arms at Rushworth.
In distinction, Fletcha Middleton has taken to first-class cricket strongly. He scored twin half-centuries within the earlier dwelling match on the Ageas Bowl and once more comfortably handled the brand new ball.
However Woakes ended a 74-run stand when he angled a supply throughout Nick Gubbins that was caught at first slip, by way of a chested parry from second slips, earlier than discovering Middleton’s exterior edge, for an unfortunate 49.
He additionally picked Ian Holland hooking in his third spell to return 3-45, which included his 550th first-class wicket.
Hannon-Dalby chimed in to pin Tom Prest lbw earlier than Rushworth ploughed into Ben Brown and Liam Dawson’s pads in a single prolific over. Hampshire had misplaced 5 wickets in 69…
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