Rain wipes out final day as Lancashire, Hampshire share spoils
No play possible in finely poised contest at Ageas Bowl
ECB Reporters Network
01-May-2022
The Ageas Bowl groundstaff attempt to mop up on the final day • Getty Images
Lancashire 240 (Bailey 59, Salt 55, Barker 5-67) and 9 for 0 drew with Hampshire 246 (Gubbins 101*, Fuller 55, Hasan 5-45) and 344 (Gubbins 130, Brown 72, Anderson 3-36)
Rain thwarted Hampshire and Lancashire's attempts to play out a potentially classic LV= Insurance County Championship final day.
The first three days had set up the tantalising prospect of Lancashire needing 342 more runs and Hampshire requiring 10 wickets.
But light rain swept over the Ageas Bowl from around 10:30am, throughout the morning and afternoon.
Even with the prospect of a result evaporating, Hampshire were still keen to get onto the field to enhance their over rate - which sat at -1. But conditions never improved and umpires Rob White and Nick Cook finally confirmed the draw at 5pm to the backdrop of both sets of players kicking footballs around.
Both sides claim 12 points each in their quests to win the Championship, and means Lancashire's unbeaten run in first class cricket away at Hampshire stretches to 33 years.
