Picard Posted 5 November, 2019 Share Posted 5 November, 2019 Overseas player to be announced today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 5 November, 2019 Share Posted 5 November, 2019 I predict Nathan Lyon will be the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 7 November, 2019 Share Posted 7 November, 2019 I predict Nathan Lyon will be the man. Yes as expected. I'm no expert, but wouldn't a top order batsman have been a better choice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 27 November, 2019 Share Posted 27 November, 2019 Fixtures are out: https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/50549193 A reshuffle in 2019 saw three teams promoted from the second tier of the County Championship and one relegated from Division One, meaning 10 sides will compete in Division One and eight in Division Two in 2020. All counties will still play 14 games in total, with some fixtures in Division One only taking place once. What a joke. Hants only play Lancs, Northants, Essex and Surrey once. An amateurish way to run a professional sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 27 November, 2019 Share Posted 27 November, 2019 Fixtures are out: https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/50549193 What a joke. Hants only play Lancs, Northants, Essex and Surrey once. An amateurish way to run a professional sport.Wtf? How is that fair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadesmith Posted 28 November, 2019 Share Posted 28 November, 2019 It was completely normal in cricket throughout the 70/80's t0 play one team once and another team twice. It's always been one of those weird things in cricket. In 1973 when we won the championship there were 17 teams in a single division & Hampshire played 20 games. In 1986 when we came 2nd there were 17 teams in a single division and we played 24 games. In my first season of watching 1979 Hampshire played 21 games in a 17 team division. It's all part of the weird charm of cricket, that's why Americans don't understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 28 November, 2019 Share Posted 28 November, 2019 It was completely normal in cricket throughout the 70/80's t0 play one team once and another team twice. It's always been one of those weird things in cricket. In 1973 when we won the championship there were 17 teams in a single division & Hampshire played 20 games. In 1986 when we came 2nd there were 17 teams in a single division and we played 24 games. In my first season of watching 1979 Hampshire played 21 games in a 17 team division. It's all part of the weird charm of cricket, that's why Americans don't understand it. I'm British and I don't understand why they can't play 18 matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadesmith Posted 28 November, 2019 Share Posted 28 November, 2019 I'm British and I don't understand why they can't play 18 matches. Doesn't change my point though. Cricket historically played teams an uneven amount of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 28 November, 2019 Share Posted 28 November, 2019 (edited) Doesn't change my point though. Cricket historically played teams an uneven amount of times. Amateurish then doesn't mean having to go back to being amateurish now. Back then it was even worse, 0 points for both teams if a match was abandoned without a ball being bowled (cost Hants the championship). That stupidity was rectified. And when the league was split they had a balanced schedule, so an uneven schedule was ended too. Why go back to it, especially now we have relegation. Imagine last season one team playing Essex and Somerset only once and Notts twice, and another team having it the other way around. Yes Div 2 had an unbalanced schedule when they had 10 teams, but there is no relegation so it was not quite as bad. Still, it should've been balanced too. Edited 28 November, 2019 by Dark Munster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadesmith Posted 28 November, 2019 Share Posted 28 November, 2019 Amateurish then doesn't mean having to go back to being amateurish now. Back then it was even worse, 0 points for both teams if a match was abandoned without a ball being bowled (cost Hants the championship). That stupidity was rectified. And when the league was split they had a balanced schedule, so an uneven schedule was ended too. Why go back to it, especially now we have relegation. Imagine last season one team playing Essex and Somerset only once and Notts twice, and another team having it the other way around. Yes Div 2 had an unbalanced schedule when they had 10 teams, but there is no relegation so it was not quite as bad. Still, it should've been balanced too. I loved it back then. Amateurism & all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 13 December, 2019 Share Posted 13 December, 2019 Donald has done his ACL presumably in winter training and out for the whole of 2020. Why are there so many ACL injuries in sport these days? Footwear? Running styles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 28 December, 2019 Share Posted 28 December, 2019 Ex Hampshire opener Gordon Greenidge receives a knighthood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadesmith Posted 11 April, 2020 Share Posted 11 April, 2020 Struck me today, with Abbott probably at the last year of the peak of his powers & Nathan Lyons contract (for this season at least) cancelled, this might have been our best chance of winning the championship. It's the only trophy i've never watched Hampshire win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 12 April, 2020 Share Posted 12 April, 2020 Struck me today, with Abbott probably at the last year of the peak of his powers & Nathan Lyons contract (for this season at least) cancelled, this might have been our best chance of winning the championship. It's the only trophy i've never watched Hampshire win. Batting would have probably been far too weak to win the CC. Unless of course we've signed a couple when I wasn't paying attention, which has been most of the winter really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picard Posted 31 July, 2020 Author Share Posted 31 July, 2020 For the first match of the season Vince and Dawson in England squad , Edwards and Abbott abroad, Rossouw on his Playstation, Donald injured. An opportunity for the youngsters. Is Rossouw still at Hants? I never saw anything about him renewing his original 3 year contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 31 July, 2020 Share Posted 31 July, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Picard said: Is Rossouw still at Hants? I never saw anything about him renewing his original 3 year contract. He's still listed in the squad on Hants CC official web site. As he signed his contract in 2017, presumably it expires at the end of this 'season'. Edited 31 July, 2020 by badgerx16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 31 July, 2020 Share Posted 31 July, 2020 (edited) .... Edited 31 July, 2020 by badgerx16 Incorrectly functioning operator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Saint Posted 31 July, 2020 Share Posted 31 July, 2020 Rossouw only signed a white ball contract for 2020. Edwards not returning this year because of COVID restrictions. As he is a Kolpak and not valid after this season he will return next year for a testimonial. Allowed 2 overseas from next season so Abbott and one more Abbott and Wheal not in this country due to COVID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 1 August, 2020 Share Posted 1 August, 2020 Not a bad start to the 4 day season today with Sussex 73-5 at lunch. Two wickets for the young Dale and 2 for Holland. Batting looks weak though, perhaps they'll yet surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 3 August, 2020 Share Posted 3 August, 2020 Much as expected, Hant's batting nowhere near good enough. Fortunately there's no relegation for this truncated season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picard Posted 3 August, 2020 Author Share Posted 3 August, 2020 And that was the easy game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 12 September, 2020 Share Posted 12 September, 2020 God we are poor are we not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 12 September, 2020 Share Posted 12 September, 2020 Tough mini season with all away games, we know the batsmen are very poor but not helped by the Aug/Sept wickets. Only Simpson and Alsop really going their SRs going today on either side. Crane bowled well. Tom Helm is a quality quick in the making and removed our only two truly established first class level batters (Vince and Northeast). The others have had good knocks but little consistency over a few seasons now. Fuller has contributed quite well with ball and bat. Holland does a job but you’ve got to question Wood and a few of the other bits and bobs being kept on. More quality and slightly less quantity in the squad next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 17 September, 2020 Share Posted 17 September, 2020 Just a mini-season not worth worrying about. Scratch team most of the time because of injuries, other unavailabilities and I suspect a bit of perfectly comprehensible cost cutting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 18 September, 2020 Share Posted 18 September, 2020 23 hours ago, Window Cleaner said: Just a mini-season not worth worrying about. Scratch team most of the time because of injuries, other unavailabilities and I suspect a bit of perfectly comprehensible cost cutting. Batting was better in the T20 at Kent, Fuller again contributing well, but undone by one of the best young batsman I’ve ever seen, Zak Crawley. I was very taken with him even before the double hundred in the Test but looks a million dollars. Alsop, Weatherley etc need to look at his concentration. Has the shots to go with the technique, will go far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopper Posted 29 October, 2020 Share Posted 29 October, 2020 So sorry to learn of the passing of Alan Rayment who played for the county for a number of years in the early `50s. He was 92 and passed away yesterday at his home in Barton on Sea. He played 199 matches for Hampshire and although his `statistics` may be moderate compared to his more illustrious team mates at the time, he was a stylish and determined batsman, John Arlott describing him as "a fine cover fielder and a batsman of decorative stroke play." Yet another boyhood hero from the Northlands Road days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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