RESULT
Southampton, September 13 - 16, 2000, PPP Healthcare County Championship Division One
205 & 265
(T:258) 213 & 185

Yorkshire won by 72 runs

Report

Yorkshire win off last ball at Southampton. Hampshire docked 8 points by ECB.

From the very last scheduled ball of the very last Championship match at The County Ground, Yorkshire retained their 115-year record of never having lost at the ground

Victor Isaacs
16-Sep-2000
From the very last scheduled ball of the very last Championship match at The County Ground, Yorkshire retained their 115-year record of never having lost at the ground.
Alex Morris a former Yorkshire player edged Ian Fisher to Gavin Hamilton at slip to give the visitors an exiting victory.
After play had started 45 minutes late due to the heavy overnight rain, Yorkshire advanced their lead to 257, thanks in the main to Aussie Darren Lehman's 92, and a less swashbuckling innings of 61, by Hamilton. Shane Warne was particularly expensive as the Yorkshiremen chanced their arms on a turning wicket.
Set 258 to win in a minimum of 54 overs, Hampshire got off to a good start, and by tea had reached 109 for 1, the only batsman dismissed, White for 37, as he pulled Middlebrook to be caught at point.
What Yorkshire had for their tea, must have contributed to the changing face of the game. As first Kendall was caught at short leg, then Kenway attempting a second was run out directly by Matthew Hoggard. This started the slide, as Smith pulled the ball straight to Lehmann at leg-slip, then Shane Warne dragged his back foot out of his crease and was well stumped. Wicket-keeper Aymes fell lbw.
With overs and time running out, Dimitri Mascarenhas joined Lawrence Prittipaul, and for 12 overs they held up Yorkshire's progress, the following the youngsters departure, the more experience Shaun Udal came in.
With the statutory 16 overs complete and 35 minutes still to play, Mascarenhas finally fell to a slip catch that rebounded from the wicket keeper. With just five minutes remaining Udal could not avoid the turning ball. Peter Hartley came in to a standing ovation and a guard of honour from the Yorkshire team, but he watched as the last over bowled by Ian Fisher was played by another former Yorkshire player Alex Morris. Two loud shouts for LBW were turned down, but with the very last ball, Morris edged the ball to first-slip, where Hamilton gleefully took the catch.
Hampshire learnt later that they had been docked 8 points, after the County Ground pitch was rated as "poor" by the ECB Pitch Panel. The points penalty was largely academic as Hampshire were already relegated. Sixteen wickets fell on the first day, which forced umpires John Holder and Trevor Jesty to report the surface, a statutory requirement.

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