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RESULT
Division 1, Birmingham, September 05 - 08, 2021, County Championship
89 & 322
(T:296) 116 & 235

Hampshire won by 60 runs

Report

Keith Barker digs in to swing compelling contest Hampshire's way

Wheal lends support in unbroken fifty stand to wrest control from Warwickshire

ECB Reporters' Network
06-Sep-2021
Keith Barker carves to the off side, Hampshire vs Leicestershire, County Championship, Ageas Bowl, May 20, 2021

Keith Barker swung the momentum Hampshire's way with the bat  •  Getty Images

Hampshire 89 and 260 for 8 (Barker 49*) lead Warwickshire 116 (Abbas 5-29, Barker 5-43) by 233 runs
A compelling LV=Insurance County Championship contest is unfolding at Edgbaston where Hampshire closed the second day on 260 for 8 in their second innings, 233 ahead of Warwickshire.
The home side had Hampshire 208 for eight, just 181 in front, but former Edgbaston favourite Keith Barker dug in with Brad Wheal to add an unbroken 52 up to stumps.
After taking a five-for on the first day, Barker continued to impede his former team-mates' title bid with an unbeaten 49 off 124 balls with power to add. Warwickshire will face an awkward chase in pursuit of a victory which would keep them top of the table.
On a hot afternoon, Liam Norwell led the Bears' bowling manfully with 4 for 64 while Danny Briggs wheeled away skilfully for 36-17-38-2 but their injury-hit attack was exposed as other bowlers, notably home debutant Chemar Holder, struggled for control.
After the freak clatter of wickets on the first day, a good pitch was put into proper perspective on the second when wickets had to be much harder-earned. Trailing by 27 on first innings, Hampshire resumed on 41 without loss and took the score to 55 before Norwell made the breakthrough. The big-hearted paceman swung one in to win an lbw appeal against Joe Weatherley.
Ian Holland and Tom Alsop added 54 before the Bears struck a double blow just before lunch. Holland edged Norwell to Rob Yates at slip to be out for 44 and then Briggs got one to lift at Nick Gubbins and Will Rhodes took a sharp catch at slip.
Briggs bowled with great control after lunch and added the scalp of Alsop, adroitly stumped by Michael Burgess, before Norwell trapped Liam Dawson lbw.
James Vince batted diligently for 48 off 67 balls with seven fours and it was a surprise when he perished carelessly, pulling Craig Miles to Matt Lamb at long leg. Four balls later, Miles hit the middle stump of James Fuller but the Bears were held up by the obdurate Felix Organ who went into tea unbeaten on 3 from 72 minutes and made 16 in exactly two hours before falling lbw to Norwell.
Barker batted with great composure and Wheal supported him ably in the last hour to tilt this tight and intriguing match Hampshire's way.

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