Crawley in runs again but Hampshire struggle to avoid follow on

80 runs from John Crawley saved Hampshire's embarrassment as they struggled to save the follow-on after Leicestershire has scored 428 in their first innings.

Vince Wells added just one to his overnight score before he edged Mullally to give Kenway his fourth slip catch. Following some lusty hitting from the veteran DeFreitas, the innings folded when three wickets fell in 22 balls.

Will Kendall and Derek Kenway were dismissed cheaply, before skipper Robin Smith and John Crawley, batting at the Rose Bowl for his new county for the first time, revived the innings with a 70-run stand. Smith showed some of his fine array of strokes, driving the short ball hard to the boundary and playing off his legs much in his old style, before he fell to a sucker punch and was well caught at long-on by Carl Crowe.

Crawley was a lone figure by now, with Johnson, Pothas and Udal departing quickly to the medium pace of Maddy and Dagnall. When he was finally out for 80, Crawley had struck nine fours.

With Hampshire facing the follow-on, youngsters Chris Tremlett and James Hamblin stayed till close of play, but Hampshire still require another 34 to avoid it.

Bees buzzing Photo Vic Isaacs

With so much going on at the Rose Bowl with the new pavilion, a remark was made as to the place buzzing. This was however taken seriously as a swarm of bees stretched across the playing fields as players and umpires lay flat on the ground, and as the bees moved towards the members enclosure, spectators were seen scurrying away. After the bees had settled on the advertising board an expert bee-keeper from the local council arrived to clear the danger.

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