Hampshire 612-5 Leicestershire 202 and 305.
Hampshire win by an innings and 105 runs. Hampshire 24pts Leicestershire 2pts.
Hampshire took just 30 minutes to take the two wickets they needed to complete a comprehensive innings victory in their opening LV=Insurance County Championship match against Leicestershire.
Kyle Abbott pinned Gavin Griffiths leg before wicket for 16 before Mohammad Abbas, formerly of Leicestershire, bowled Alex Evans for 2, leaving Chris Wright unbeaten on 31.
Hampshire captain James Vince, who made a superb double century in Hampshire’s only innings, said: “We’re delighted, winning the toss on an incredible wicket to bat on for the time of the year was ideal, and a score like ours at the rate we made it gives you a bit of leeway.
“I felt pretty good, the wicket was so true and had decent pace in it and from the word go I felt in good touch and was timing it well. It couldn’t have gone any better for myself and the team.”
Regarding the controversial dismissal of batsman Hassan Azad, who was given out stumped in Leicestershire’s second innings after Hampshire wicket-keeper Lewis McManus knocked of the bails with his left hand while holding the ball in the air with his right hand appealing for a catch, Vince said: “Lewis is pretty down about how it looks but from his and our point of view we weren’t aware there was an issue until a few overs later. We’re talking split seconds. Had we known instantly we would have called [Azad] back and knowing Lewis if he’d known exactly what he’d done he would have said something.”
Match referee Stuart Cummings spoke to both captains after the game and said a statement would be issued by the ECB in due course. A spokesman for the club said Hampshire would be making no official comment at this stage.
Leicestershire head coach Paul Nixon said: “We were disappointed with what happened and we’ve spoken to the match referee, it’s something we don’t want to see in our game – I’ve never seen it before in all my years of cricket, and we’ll wait to see how the ECB handle it.”
Regarding the match Nixon said: “We had to be at our best to compete against a very good side and we weren’t. It was the perfect pitch, but we had a very bad session on the first day, and James Vince was outstanding in the way he took advantage of some wayward bowling. Allsop and then Dawson backed him up and made it tough for our bowlers.
“We battled well in our second innings but have to convert 50s and 60s into hundreds.”
Leicestershire chief executive Sean Jarvis said the club would be writing to the ECB to “express their disappointment with the behaviour of the Hampshire wicket-keeper”.
Hampshire win by an innings and 105 runs. Hampshire 24pts Leicestershire 2pts.
Hampshire took just 30 minutes to take the two wickets they needed to complete a comprehensive innings victory in their opening LV=Insurance County Championship match against Leicestershire.
Kyle Abbott pinned Gavin Griffiths leg before wicket for 16 before Mohammad Abbas, formerly of Leicestershire, bowled Alex Evans for 2, leaving Chris Wright unbeaten on 31.
Hampshire captain James Vince, who made a superb double century in Hampshire’s only innings, said: “We’re delighted, winning the toss on an incredible wicket to bat on for the time of the year was ideal, and a score like ours at the rate we made it gives you a bit of leeway.
“I felt pretty good, the wicket was so true and had decent pace in it and from the word go I felt in good touch and was timing it well. It couldn’t have gone any better for myself and the team.”
Regarding the controversial dismissal of batsman Hassan Azad, who was given out stumped in Leicestershire’s second innings after Hampshire wicket-keeper Lewis McManus knocked of the bails with his left hand while holding the ball in the air with his right hand appealing for a catch, Vince said: “Lewis is pretty down about how it looks but from his and our point of view we weren’t aware there was an issue until a few overs later. We’re talking split seconds. Had we known instantly we would have called [Azad] back and knowing Lewis if he’d known exactly what he’d done he would have said something.”
Match referee Stuart Cummings spoke to both captains after the game and said a statement would be issued by the ECB in due course. A spokesman for the club said Hampshire would be making no official comment at this stage.
Leicestershire head coach Paul Nixon said: “We were disappointed with what happened and we’ve spoken to the match referee, it’s something we don’t want to see in our game – I’ve never seen it before in all my years of cricket, and we’ll wait to see how the ECB handle it.”
Regarding the match Nixon said: “We had to be at our best to compete against a very good side and we weren’t. It was the perfect pitch, but we had a very bad session on the first day, and James Vince was outstanding in the way he took advantage of some wayward bowling. Allsop and then Dawson backed him up and made it tough for our bowlers.
“We battled well in our second innings but have to convert 50s and 60s into hundreds.”
Leicestershire chief executive Sean Jarvis said the club would be writing to the ECB to “express their disappointment with the behaviour of the Hampshire wicket-keeper”.
