County Championship: Surrey awaited Hampshire title and weather
County Championship: Surrey awaited Hampshire title and weather
LV= County Championship Division One , Ageas Bowl (second day)Hampshire 219: Brown 78; Lawes 5-27, Roach 3-41 and 1-0 (3.2 overs)Surrey 207: Sudharsan 73; Dawson 5-44, Abbas 3-34Hampshire 3 pts, Surrey 3 ptsMatch scorecard
Left-arm spinner Dawson, who had his best batting season since 2015, taken 5-44 to make it his best summer as a bowler as Surrey were bowled out for 207 - 12 runs behind their hosts.
Sai Sudharsan then completed an outstanding 73 before Jordan Clark hit 50 with no outs - but that was 93 runs short of the 300-run mark they had needed for the two batting bonus runs which would have guaranteed a second successive county championship. crown.
But Surrey's failure to reach 300 may not matter since Essex stutter to 125-4 against Northamptonshire and, if they don't reach 400 and claim four runs at bat, Surrey will automatically be champions.
Starting the day at 47-2, in response to Hampshire's 219, Ryan Patel nodded to Dawson's mid-wicket to end his involvement in the match as Jamie Smith, back from England, will now replace him for the rest of the match.
Ben Foakes n 'never looked comfortable before being handed weight on returning to Dawson, but 21-year-old Sudharsan, who hit a superb 96 in the IPL final earlier this year, is racking up runs at a professional pace .
He reached his first championship fifty in exactly 100 balls after being joined by Will Jacks, who was also returned from England duty to replace Lawes, Tuesday's five-wicket hero.
Sudharsan finally gloved Dawson at short leg, before Jacks went to weight...
LV= County Championship Division One , Ageas Bowl (second day)Hampshire 219: Brown 78; Lawes 5-27, Roach 3-41 and 1-0 (3.2 overs)Surrey 207: Sudharsan 73; Dawson 5-44, Abbas 3-34Hampshire 3 pts, Surrey 3 ptsMatch scorecard
Left-arm spinner Dawson, who had his best batting season since 2015, taken 5-44 to make it his best summer as a bowler as Surrey were bowled out for 207 - 12 runs behind their hosts.
Sai Sudharsan then completed an outstanding 73 before Jordan Clark hit 50 with no outs - but that was 93 runs short of the 300-run mark they had needed for the two batting bonus runs which would have guaranteed a second successive county championship. crown.
But Surrey's failure to reach 300 may not matter since Essex stutter to 125-4 against Northamptonshire and, if they don't reach 400 and claim four runs at bat, Surrey will automatically be champions.
Starting the day at 47-2, in response to Hampshire's 219, Ryan Patel nodded to Dawson's mid-wicket to end his involvement in the match as Jamie Smith, back from England, will now replace him for the rest of the match.
Ben Foakes n 'never looked comfortable before being handed weight on returning to Dawson, but 21-year-old Sudharsan, who hit a superb 96 in the IPL final earlier this year, is racking up runs at a professional pace .
He reached his first championship fifty in exactly 100 balls after being joined by Will Jacks, who was also returned from England duty to replace Lawes, Tuesday's five-wicket hero.
Sudharsan finally gloved Dawson at short leg, before Jacks went to weight...
