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BBC News
06-04-2025
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Hampshire complete three-day win over Yorkshire
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Utilita Bowl, Southampton (day three)Yorkshire 121 & 275: Lyth 106, Bairstow 56; Wheal 4-56Hampshire 249 & 148-5: Prest 57, Middleton 38; Bess 3-52Hants (19pts) beat Yorks (3pts) by five wickets Match scorecard The Ben Brown era as Hampshire captain began with a five-wicket County Championship win over newly-promoted took over from James Vince – who had led the side to a second-placed finish last season – as skipper but was given an anxious 148-run victory chase in his opening had been behind the eight-ball since they had been bowled out for 121 on the first day but Adam Lyth ground out 106 to give them hope of a sensational turnaround White and Dom Bess' two wickets left Hampshire sweating on 86-4, but Tom Prest eased the worries with a bullish 58 to take his side towards the win with Liam meant Hampshire's fresh start without Vince and influential fast bowler Mo Abbas began with 19 points, while the visitors – with their new-look leadership team of Jonny Bairstow and Anthony McGrath – took three points from the had taken 123 balls to strike his first boundary of the innings, but started day three with a luscious straight drive for four – it marked an upshift from the 56 off 192 balls, that would accelerate with 49 runs in his 83 third-day watcher Ben Cliff stuck around for 78 balls, adding 42 with Lyth, before Kyle Abbott found his outside edge during the first over with the second new didn't blow Yorkshire open. Bess blocked out for 17 balls before Abbott sent his off stump cartwheeling and Ben Coad hung firm for nine off 46 the main contributor was the experienced Lyth. The 37-year-old went to a 38th first-class century in 263 balls – four short of his 11th all-time leading red ball century-maker brought up the ton with a firm back foot drive to the Zealander Brett Hampton ended Hampshire's toil. Firstly, he got one to bounce on Coad, who edged behind, before Lyth skied straight up in the Hampshire strode towards the winning post, with Fletcha Middleton and Mark Stoneman putting on 47 in 14 overs, but things went got frustrated, having been dropped, after only scoring 11 in an hour and attempted to attack Bess, and was Gubbins was struck plumb in front on the back pad, Toby Albert edged behind – both falling to White – and Middleton's 38, which also saw him dropped, was ended when Bess had him wickets had been lost for 40 runs, and at tea 62 runs were still got the bit between his teeth and refused to bow to the pressure by trying to knock the runs off swiftly, although he was also put sixth first-class fifty came in 64 balls, a ball before reaching a half-century stand with Dawson. Prest was bowled to give Bess a third scalp with the scores level, to end a 61-run stand, but Brown came in to score the winning run to delight a sun-kissed Utilita Bowl Alex Smith, ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
10-02-2025
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Trophy win would justify India loss
Opener Ben Duckett says he does not care if England are beaten 3-0 in their one-day series in India, as long as they win the Champions have lost six of their seven matches on Brendon McCullum's first tour as white-ball coach and are already 2-0 down going into the third and final ODI in Ahmedabad on then travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, beginning their campaign against Australia on 22 February."We have come here for one thing and that is to win the Champions Trophy," said Duckett. "We still believe we can do that. It'll be completely different conditions, all different teams we are playing against."If we lose 3-0 to India, I don't care as long as we beat them in the final of the Champions Trophy. If we do that, we probably won't look back on this if we do the business in that Zealander McCullum, who reinvigorated England's Test side, was given control of the white-ball teams after Matthew Mott was sacked last once simultaneously world champions in both limited-overs formats, are looking to rebuild after an awful period which included lacklustre performances at the 50-over World Cup in 2023 and again at the T20 version last first assignment is among the hardest in global white-ball cricket. India - T20 world champions - first beat England 4-1 in the shortest format and, in following up with victory in the ODIs, extended an England winless run in ODI series in that country that stretches back to with Australia, England will meet South Africa and Afghanistan in the group stage of the Champions Trophy, which is being held in Pakistan and Dubai."It's about peaking at the right time," said Duckett. "We have been close against this India side and we have been nowhere near our best. We will always take positives."We could dwell, start meetings and going at each other but the group under Baz aren't going to do that. It's difficult not to get the results here, but hopefully we can turn it around in Pakistan."Batter Tom Banton has now joined the squad in India after Jacob Bethell was ruled out of the tour and the Champions Trophy with a hamstring 26, is expected to be confirmed as Bethell's replacement in the Champions Trophy squad in the coming days.
