Rashid ensures honours even

(ECB Match Report)

Adil Rashid took career-best figures as Yorkshire and Hampshire each made 236 during their first innings at the Rose Bowl to leave the LV County Championship Division One match intriguingly poised with two days to go.

Rashid demolished the Hampshire middle-order in giving some sharp turn on a slow surface as Hampshire lost seven wickets for 41 runs.

They were only able to draw level thanks to a last-wicket stand of 38 in eight overs between David Balcombe and James Tomlinson.

Rashid began Hampshire's problems by trapping Michael Brown leg before wicket, before dismissing Michael Lumb, Chris Benham and Nic Pothas in quick succession.

Pothas had earlier averted a hat-trick after Rashid had Lumb caught at silly point, before removing Chris Benham to a ball which kept low.

Rashid returned later to have Chris Tremlett stumped charging down the wicket and then dismissed Imran Tahir to a catch at slip.

It was appropriate that Rashid should finish off the Hampshire response when Tomlinson, who had made an aggressive 22, was caught close to the wicket by Anthony McGrath. 

The highly-rated young leg-spinner finished with figures of 7-107.

Young left-arm spinner David Wainwright also found some turn to have Sean Ervine stumped attempting a big hit and then sending back Hampshire captain Dimitri Mascarenhas leg before to finish with figures of 2-28.

Hampshire's top-scorer was Michael Carberry, who made 46 before edging Rana Naved-ul-Hasan to wicketkeeper Gerard Brophy.

Brown made a fluent 45 and there were some strong blows including two sixes off Rashid in Ervine's 43, but the rest of the innings subsided rapidly.

Earlier Yorkshire had resumed their first innings at 206 for seven and added 30 more runs before the innings concluded.

Overnight pair Jacques Rudolph and Wainwright were out in the space of four balls after a useful stand of 75 for the eighth wicket.

Wainwright was the first to go to a catch behind for a dogged 25 and then the prolific Rudolph, after adding only six to his overnight score, was also caught behind off Tremlett.

Rudolph's 89 came off 197 balls and included 12 fours, and the innings was soon over when Tomlinson sent back Matthew Hoggard.

Tomlinson finished with figures of 5-53 to give him 47 wickets for the first-class season, the best in the division.

Tremlett took 2-61 and Hampshire looked well on course to overhaul Yorkshire's modest score when they reached 157 for two, but then Rashid got to work.

The match starts at 11.00am on Day 3 Friday 8th August.  Tickets are aviable on the gate priced at £15 for Adults and £12 for Senior/Students and £5 for Juniors (Under 16's)

Scorecard

Opener Brown made 45 of 81 balls (Photo - Barry Zee)

Brown was Rashid's first wicket caught lbw (Photo - Barry Zee)

Top-scorer Carberry made 46 (Photo - Barry Zee) 

 Hoggard's bowling attack (Photo - Barry Zee)

Lumb and Ervine (Photo - Barry Zee)

 

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