Five of the most bizarre first-class scorecards of 2015

2015 in review

The year's wackiest turnarounds and weirdest matches

Gale blows, Hampshire down?

Hampshire v Yorkshire, LV= Championship, Division One, Ageas Bowl, 4th day

It was Yorkshire who faced criticism if their decision to collude with Hampshire and engineer a run-chase ended up having a decisive effect on the relegation battle. It was Gale who absolved all, his third hundred of the season setting up a five-wicket vi

Bransgrove dreams of a Championship as pavilion named in his honour

Hampshire v Yorkshire, LV= Championship Div One, Ageas Bowl, 2nd day

Rod Bransgrove had the Ageas Bowl pavilion named in his honour. He has higher ambitions, though, for the relegation-threatened county: he wants a Championship title

No frills as Hampshire dig for survival

Hampshire v Yorkshire, LV= Championship Div One, Ageas Bowl, 1st day

Hampshire's desperation to avoid relegation led to an honest-to-goodness hard-working day of solid Championship battling, unfashionable down to its bootstraps

A Lyth

FH Edwards

AZ Lees

GS Ballance

GK Berg

AW Gale

JA Leaning

TT Bresnan

AJ Hodd

JD Middlebrook

SA Patterson

JA Brooks

MD Fisher

R McLaren

RA Stevenson

LA Dawson

WR Smith

Yorkshire

England

The Rose Bowl

Southampton

LV= County Championship Division One

Hampshire

NGC Cowley

PJ Hartley

RT Robinson

Player Name		R	B
A Lyth	run out	12	24
AZ Lees	bowled	5	13
GS Ballance	caught	17	20
AW Gale	caught	125	225
JA Leaning	caught	76	182
TT Bresnan	not out	35	56
AJ Hodd	not out	17	32
Extras	(lb 8, nb 9, w 1)
Total	305(5 wkts; 91.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
FH Edwards	20	1	74	3	3.7 (3 nb)
R McLaren	21	0	81	0	3.86
GK Berg	10	0	41	1	4.1
RA Stevenson	10	3	26	0	2.6
LA Dawson	25.2	7	63	0	2.49 (1 nb)
WR Smith	5	2	12	0	2.4

WKT	RUNS	Players
1st	13	Adam Lyth	Alex Lees
2nd	5	Gary Ballance	Adam Lyth
3rd	19	Andrew Gale	Gary Ballance
4th	190	Andrew Gale	Jack Leaning
5th	37	Andrew Gale	Tim Bresnan
6th	41	Andy Hodd	Tim Bresnan

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
Yorks	16	11	1	4	286
Middx	16	7	2	7	218
Notts	16	6	5	5	211
Durhm	16	7	8	1	188
Warks	16	5	5	6	186
Somst	16	4	6	6	183
Hants	16	4	6	6	163
SUX	16	4	8	4	161
Worcs	16	3	10	3	151
Derby	0	0	0		0
Surr	0	0	0		0
Nthnt	0	0	0		0
Lancs	0	0	0		0

Day 4

Day 2

Day 1

Others

Yorkshire Innings

LV= County Championship Division One