Hampshire CCC 2026

[Toadhall Saint]

Good resilience shown at the end! Probably means a draw.

in other news the ladies won their blast game inside 16 overs.

[Window Cleaner]

17 hours ago, Toadhall Saint said:

Good resilience shown at the end! Probably means a draw.

in other news the ladies won their blast game inside 16 overs.

Remains robe seen for the draw. Pitch looks a bit viscious with the new ball.

Hants 2 down already.

[Toadhall Saint]

Good draw - something to build on

[Hodgey]

Really good result that, dug deep for the draw against a good outfit. Will need that kind of resilience for the rest of the games to have any chance of staying up.

 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Massive Championship game against Sussex next up. Really need a positive result in that one.

[Toadhall Saint]

Good win for the ladies yesterday in the 50 over game . Takes them to 2nd in the table.

[Picard]

Talking about the ladies the Utilita bowl looked about 10% full for the World cup game yesterday (NZ vs WI). Pretty disappointing especially as it had an exciting finish.

[Toadhall Saint]

4 hours ago, Picard said:

Talking about the ladies the Utilita bowl looked about 10% full for the World cup game yesterday (NZ vs WI). Pretty disappointing especially as it had an exciting finish.

Yep pity as the ticket prices were reasonable 

[Toadhall Saint]

Another good result in the 50 over ladies game yesterday - won by 10 wickets with 11 overs to spare with a record partnership t boot

[Window Cleaner]

On 14/06/2026 at 18:02, Picard said:

Talking about the ladies the Utilita bowl looked about 10% full for the World cup game yesterday (NZ vs WI). Pretty disappointing especially as it had an exciting finish.

Ladies cricket doesn't interest a whole lot of people. Forcing it down people's throats won't change that. In my view there's far too much of it now. Now County Cricket..well there's not enough of it, haven't had a CC or T20 match for seems like ages.

Edited Thursday at 11:12 by Window Cleaner

[Window Cleaner]

Batting first by choice. Wicket looks to have a bit of mean bounce.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 hours ago, Window Cleaner said:

Batting first by choice. Wicket looks to have a bit of mean bounce.

84/3. Albert 20, Orr only 3 and Lehmann a rare early perish for 10. Gubbins 48 no, Prest 0 no. 

One of those wickets where you need to see both side bat on it.

[Picard]

All those winning the toss chose to bat this morning and interestingly a lot of wickets have fallen. For the moment Hants seem to be doing best of the batting teams.(Don't speak too soon!)

[Picard]

Just now, Picard said:

All those winning the toss chose to bat this morning and interestingly a lot of wickets have fallen. For the moment Hants seem to be doing best of the batting teams.(Don't speak too soon!)

I spoke too soon!

[Window Cleaner]

Collapsed, my what a surprise...

[Window Cleaner]

I think we given up for the CC season.Poor batting,poor bowling and poor fielding. 

[Gloucester Saint]

15 hours ago, Window Cleaner said:

I think we given up for the CC season.Poor batting,poor bowling and poor fielding. 

Three batting points when every other side is in double figures is pathetic. They’re so reliant on Lehmann that when he fails, it all fails. Gubbins at least seems to be on an uptick of form and Prest did better yesterday. And Sussex were missing their two frontline bowlers Robinson and Crocombe! So they got skittled by a fringe attack on a not-too bad deck. Great effort lads!

But although the overseas isn’t as useless as Yusuf or Hampton, it’s astonishing that so-called cricket professionals couldn’t spot yet again that we needed a top quality overseas batsman to give our bowlers something to work with. 

Needs to be a total rebuild next year. Rasmus Ankerson syndrome, massive squad but very few FC calibre players within it. If we don’t, D2 basement looms for many years.

[Window Cleaner]

24 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Three batting points when every other side is in double figures is pathetic. They’re so reliant on Lehmann that when he fails, it all fails. Gubbins at least seems to be on an uptick of form and Prest did better yesterday. And Sussex were missing their two frontline bowlers Robinson and Crocombe! So they got skittled by a fringe attack on a not-too bad deck. Great effort lads!

But although the overseas isn’t as useless as Yusuf or Hampton, it’s astonishing that so-called cricket professionals couldn’t spot yet again that we needed a top quality overseas batsman to give our bowlers something to work with. 

Needs to be a total rebuild next year. Rasmus Ankerson syndrome, massive squad but very few FC calibre players within it. If we don’t, D2 basement looms for many years.

Well Lehmann is a top quality overseas batter, just doesn't count as overseas.

We have so many holes to patch 2 overseas players isn't anywhere near enough, plus I very much doubt that we have the money to plug all the holes even if it was permitted. Bowling looks weak as well, no-one is going to convince me that, as of yet,Baker is a test bowler,he's so erratic.

I have never really understood the persistance with Middleton, Currie Weatherly and even Albert, he looks like a one day slogger. Organ is a waste of time apart from the odd showing once in a blue moon but I suppose at the end of the day it comes down to money.

Anyway we need to start over next season in D2 and for me personally thé point of départ is a clean sweep of the coaching staff, all of them, top to bottom.

[Window Cleaner]

Good job we have Abbott. 

 

First innings lead of 32. Now, some serious batting is called for. Set them 350 tomorrow tea-time and it might bé interesting.

Edited Saturday at 11:13 by Window Cleaner

[John B]

I spent the day at the Oval yesterday but although I am a diehard Hampshire supported I am unable to justify Sonny Baker playing for England

[Window Cleaner]

52 minutes ago, Window Cleaner said:

Good job we have Abbott. 

 

First innings lead of 32. Now, some serious batting is called for. Set them 350 tomorrow tea-time and it might bé interesting.

Pipe dream that, Hants 9/2

[Window Cleaner]

20 minutes ago, John B said:

I spent the day at the Oval yesterday but although I am a diehard Hampshire supported I am unable to justify Sonny Baker playing for England

I'd doubt if many could. He's just so erratic. Needs to slow down until he can bowl a regular line. Seems obsessed with bowling at 95 mph, isn't that what his shirt number is about ?

[Lee On Solent Saint]

5 minutes ago, Window Cleaner said:

Pipe dream that, Hants 9/2

Must be so frustrating for Abbot. He's single handedly dragged Hampshire back into the game, then he has to watch the familiar failures of the batsmen again. 

[John B]

3 minutes ago, Window Cleaner said:

I'd doubt if many could. He's just so erratic. Needs to slow down until he can bowl a regular line. Seems obsessed with bowling at 95 mph, isn't that what his shirt number is about ?

Sonny Baker currently averages 141 in international cricket. That is the highest average for any England bowler to take at least two international wickets, barring Michael Atherton.

His England shirt is 60 he was not that fast yesterday one at 88

[John B]

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Must be so frustrating for Abbot. He's single handedly dragged Hampshire back into the game, then he has to watch the familiar failures of the batsmen again. 

Nothing to do with the wicket then and a dodgy caught behind

[Window Cleaner]

Just now, John B said:

Nothing to do with the wicket then and a dodgy caught behind

The wicket and the overcast conditions are obviously causing problems. Gubbins should appel against that decision, but then that's not possible in County matchs.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

32 minutes ago, John B said:

Nothing to do with the wicket then and a dodgy caught behind

I think 3 batting points from 7 matches tells you all you need to do know about the batting.

[Window Cleaner]

Catastrophic.... Shite pitch.

[Gloucester Saint]

3 minutes ago, Window Cleaner said:

Catastrophic.... Shite pitch.

Sussex could be subject to an ECB points deduction if this carries on.

[Dark Munster]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Sussex could be subject to an ECB points deduction if this carries on.

Hants got 8 points deducted last year for the same reason. And it was against Sussex (who even had a player score a century if I remember correctly). 

[Window Cleaner]

Batting conditions have obviously improved, it being less overcast. Probably need to play out a maximum of overs after tea, try to get 200+ ahead and hope for the same dire batting conditions when Sussex bat again. 

Edited Saturday at 15:36 by Window Cleaner

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, Window Cleaner said:

Batting conditions have obviously improved, it being less overcast. Probably need to play out a maximum of overs after tea, try to get 200+ ahead and hope for the same dire batting conditions when Sussex bat again. 

We’re over 200 ahead, need Organ to carry on beyond to get us 250+ to give Kyle the Organgrinder enough to work with.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 hours ago, Dark Munster said:

Hants got 8 points deducted last year for the same reason. And it was against Sussex (who even had a player score a century if I remember correctly). 

Ought to be automatic hearing if neither side gets a batting point. Context of course - the preceding weather and level of movement off the actual pitch v overheads. 

Lord’s should be dug up and use drop-in pitches until the new square beds in. Any surface where the keeper takes it around their ankles, if that high, needs to go. The extremes of weather made it worse but it has been low and poor for many years now. 

[Window Cleaner]

52 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Ought to be automatic hearing if neither side gets a batting point. Context of course - the preceding weather and level of movement off the actual pitch v overheads. 

Lord’s should be dug up and use drop-in pitches until the new square beds in. Any surface where the keeper takes it around their ankles, if that high, needs to go. The extremes of weather made it worse but it has been low and poor for many years now. 

Pitches are becoming more of a problem nowadays. The reason? More cricket because women's matches are being played on main grounds. Also more representative games, didn't used to have all these Overseas A against Lions and the like during the regular season.

[Gloucester Saint]

6 minutes ago, Window Cleaner said:

Pitches are becoming more of a problem nowadays. The reason? More cricket because women's matches are being played on main grounds. Also more representative games, didn't used to have all these Overseas A against Lions and the like during the regular season.

More intense spells of weather patterns with climate change as well. If you’re the groundsman for the third test, some real extremes the pitch is exposed to in the lead up. Seen it in Australia as well last winter. Throw in white ball batting habits and it leads to some exciting cricket but collapses if the pitch/overheads vary by a millimetre. 

[Window Cleaner]

Thought 250 might bé a challenge for Sussex but it's looking really lightweight because we don't have the bowling to défend it.

[Toadhall Saint]

Well who’d have thought it eh! Looking good for Hampshire.

[badgerx16]

Evening Major.

[Window Cleaner]

Job done, good win. Abbott will be on a hat-trick in his next game.. probably in about 2 months.

T20 now for about a month.

[badgerx16]

6 minutes ago, Window Cleaner said:

Job done, good win. Abbott will be on a hat-trick in his next game.. probably in about 2 months.

12.5 overs, 7 maidens, 3 wickets, 6 runs.

[Window Cleaner]

Organ and Jack did a lot of spade work in the middle as well.

Bowled pretty well. Wouldn't mind getting Potgieter for the last 6 championship games.

[John B]

47 minutes ago, Window Cleaner said:

Organ and Jack did a lot of spade work in the middle as well.

Bowled pretty well. Wouldn't mind getting Potgieter for the last 6 championship games.

Kevan James suggested it would be a possibilty during commentaey

[Window Cleaner]

4 minutes ago, John B said:

Kevan James suggested it would be a possibilty during commentaey

Yes I heard that. He's done pretty well 

Batting perhaps a bit better than bowling but as a first change bowler he does a job.

[Toadhall Saint]

Good day all round really ladies beat Glamorgan by 97 runs in their T20 match. 

[Hodgey]

Unexpected but great to see some fight. Given themselves half a chance and built some confidence - you never know, they may actually get a decent first innings score at some point and get some batting points….

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Take the win gladly, shame Leics got the win over Yorkshire though

[Dark Munster]

3 hours ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Take the win gladly, shame Leics got the win over Yorkshire though

Not necessarily. With Glamorgan doing much better than expected (they beat Surrey today) overtaking Yorkshire may be the best chance of finishing above two teams (Leicestershire and them).

[Gloucester Saint]

28 minutes ago, Dark Munster said:

Not necessarily. With Glamorgan doing much better than expected (they beat Surrey today) overtaking Yorkshire may be the best chance of finishing above two teams (Leicestershire and them).

Carlson and Norton in particular have been outstanding for them so far.