Hampshire quick bowler Keith Barker was Northamptonshire’s essential tormentor as he took 4-13 on the Ageas BowlLV= County Championship Division One, Ageas Bowl (day two)Hampshire 367: Vince 95, Dawson 63; White 4-80Northamptonshire 56: Zaib 29; Barker 4-13 & 50-2: Whiteman 25*Northamptonshire (3 pts) path Hampshire (6 pts) by 261 runs Match scorecard

Northamptonshire’s County Championship batting woes continued as they have been bowled out for 56 – the bottom whole within the Ageas Bowl’s 22-year historical past.

Hampshire quick bowler Keith Barker was their essential tormentor as he pilfered 4-13 in his 12 overs, whereas Mohammad Abbas and Ian Holland grabbed two wickets every.

Solely Saif Zaib managed to achieve double figures – scoring 29 – with 4 of his team-mates falling for geese as they scored one run fewer than Hampshire’s 57 in opposition to Kent on the bottom final season.

It meant they gave up a 311-run first-innings deficit, after Hampshire had earlier been bowled out for 367, with the shut seeing an additional two wickets fall – the rating 50-2 with Hampshire’s lead now 261.

Northamptonshire overachieved in opposition to many expectations with their sixth-placed end within the Championship final season – with Luke Procter, Emilio Homosexual and Rob Keogh all scoring in extra of 800 runs.

Up to now this yr there was only a solitary batting level in 5 matches and totals of 72, 63 and now 56.

They’re additionally the one aspect to not have a batter make 300 runs but this season – though that’s considerably mitigated by Homosexual and Procter lacking video games by means of harm.

Unsurprisingly that modest batting document has solely translated to a single victory.

Their makes an attempt to enhance that began horrendously as Hassan Azad was barbequed by Homosexual and run out with out dealing with a ball within the first over – Mason Crane’s good direct hit at level splattering the stumps.

No phrases have been spoken as Azad trudged off, whereas Homosexual would frenetically go on to get dropped at second slip earlier than taking over an Abbas bouncer, solely to stay it straight down…

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