County Championship: Hampshire get maximum batting runs against Northants
County Championship: Hampshire get maximum batting runs against Northants
LV= Division One County Championship, The Ageas Bowl (day two): Hampshire 400-9 Dec: Donald 94, Organ 71, Sanderson 3-68Northants 77-1: Gay 31*; Abbott 1-26Northants (3 pts) trail Hampshire (5 pts) by 323 points Scorecard The 45-shot barrage did heavy damage.
After being 167-5 and 273-7, the idea of reaching 400 for maximum runs seemed fanciful, but Abbott was amazing in ensuring the last wicket got the required 46 runs, to keep the pressure on leaders Surrey. /p>
Having declared on 400, Northamptonshire were brilliant in their defence, with only Will Young falling before reaching 77 -1 at close.
An action-packed half-hour morning session, but good too brief, before the rain hit his w Liam Dawson half drove the second slide to the seventh ball of the day and Donald a reached his half-century in 53 balls.
When play returned - with Hampshire 273-6 - he turned out to be a breathless 20 plus afternoon.
It started well for visitors when Luke Procter beat Keith Barker with the first pitch on the rebound, but from then on bounds were frequent and runs sank.
It was Donald's peak as he mixed glorious urges with agricultural aggression. One over he hit a six and swung hard and took advantage on the slides, the next he had to stroke through the covers.
The Welshman has the ability to increase the run rate regardless of the game situation and more often than not makes a telling contribution, with that third fifty in 10 mangoes this season.
LV= Division One County Championship, The Ageas Bowl (day two): Hampshire 400-9 Dec: Donald 94, Organ 71, Sanderson 3-68Northants 77-1: Gay 31*; Abbott 1-26Northants (3 pts) trail Hampshire (5 pts) by 323 points Scorecard The 45-shot barrage did heavy damage.
After being 167-5 and 273-7, the idea of reaching 400 for maximum runs seemed fanciful, but Abbott was amazing in ensuring the last wicket got the required 46 runs, to keep the pressure on leaders Surrey. /p>
Having declared on 400, Northamptonshire were brilliant in their defence, with only Will Young falling before reaching 77 -1 at close.
An action-packed half-hour morning session, but good too brief, before the rain hit his w Liam Dawson half drove the second slide to the seventh ball of the day and Donald a reached his half-century in 53 balls.
When play returned - with Hampshire 273-6 - he turned out to be a breathless 20 plus afternoon.
It started well for visitors when Luke Procter beat Keith Barker with the first pitch on the rebound, but from then on bounds were frequent and runs sank.
It was Donald's peak as he mixed glorious urges with agricultural aggression. One over he hit a six and swung hard and took advantage on the slides, the next he had to stroke through the covers.
The Welshman has the ability to increase the run rate regardless of the game situation and more often than not makes a telling contribution, with that third fifty in 10 mangoes this season.
LV= Division One County Championship, The Ageas Bowl (day two): Hampshire 400-9 Dec: Donald 94, Organ 71, Sanderson 3-68Northants 77-1: Gay 31*; Abbott 1-26Northants (3 pts) trail Hampshire (5 pts) by 323 points Scorecard The 45-shot barrage did heavy damage.
