Hampshire CCC 2026

[badgerx16]

Evening Major.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, badgerx16 said:

Evening Major.

Who had Chris Wood sealing a penultimate ball win with a 6 on their bingo card?

[Toadhall Saint]

12 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Who had Chris Wood sealing a penultimate ball win with a 6 on their bingo card?

Or the 4 previous to that. My son and myself were like please not Woody facing when you have Stubbs at the other end just bump and run for one - when he hit the six we just looked at each other with a well what do we know look! 😂🤣

[Toadhall Saint]

Oh and have to say what a cracking atmosphere 

[Toadhall Saint]

Back in action today - men away at Kent, we should have enough about us but it’s T20 so who knows. The ladies take on Durham at the rose bowl.

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, Toadhall Saint said:

Back in action today - men away at Kent, we should have enough about us but it’s T20 so who knows. The ladies take on Durham at the rose bowl.

St Lawrence Ground with its shorter boundaries tends to be high scoring. Their batting line up is dangerous - Crawley, Drummond-Bell, Billings and Stewart (whose six broke a window on Friday night v Notts) - but their bowling whilst on paper decent, perhaps being too samey, struggles to defend hence losing last 3 blast fixtures. 

[Window Cleaner]

Kent's bowling is woeful, still that's good for Hants right!

[Gloucester Saint]

Vince was going to get a score at some stage.

Astonished at what I’m watching at Trent Bridge - Stokes’s retirement was saddening but I understand it. Opening the batting? Giving his wicket away when set? Brook the wanker holing out for 21 off 9 balls. NZ are down to 2 fit fast bowlers and obvious to grind them down and put away the bad ball.

But no, Bazball at its worst.

New coach please. 

[badgerx16]

I think we were 20 runs short, our innings stalled after over 15.

I also don't think Baker is a T20 bowler.

[Gloucester Saint]

Looks like a Kent win - they are a very good side in this format, as are Hants.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, badgerx16 said:

I think we were 20 runs short, our innings stalled after over 15.

I also don't think Baker is a T20 bowler.

You didn’t need to add the T20 bit.

[badgerx16]

Just now, Gloucester Saint said:

You didn’t need to add the T20 bit.

Has potential but no guile, control, or true threat. Erratic, and too prone to leaking runs.

[Hodgey]

Not a great performance all round, even Vince whilst great with the bat made some questionable bowling decisions.

I don’t get Baker as a one day player - he doesn’t take wickets and is expensive. You can’t just bang it in at 85mph every ball in T20 - you need variation.

Overseas had a bad game, one getting injured, the other not firing and shelling an easy chance.

Agree with above, we were poor batting in last 8 overs and left 20 runs on the table which was ultimately the difference.

Still been a great run and in a good position

[Window Cleaner]

4 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

I think we were 20 runs short, our innings stalled after over 15.

I also don't think Baker is a T20 bowler.

He is or was a prospect but his talents don't seem to be  being well developed. Probably needs to move to a county with a real bowling coach.

 

[Toadhall Saint]

Baker just wants to bowl fast which doesn’t help matters - I like to see a fast bowler go about his work but the best fast bowlers mix it up a bit short/full, fast/medium the last thing you need to be is predictable. Personally I prefer Lumsden.

At least the ladies won again.

On to Sunday for a double header 

[Picard]

Dawson and Baker off to play for England for the next few games.