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All the action from day two at the Ageas Bowl in the County Championship, where Steven Finn picked up the final two wickets of the Hampshire innings to dismiss the hosts for 319. All of that good work was then undone by a devastating spell of pace bowling from Pakistan quick Mohammad Abbas, who destroyed the visitors' top order, picking up the wickets of Middlesex's first six batsmen to help dismiss them for just 79. The Pakistan Test bowler finished with figures of 6 for 11 off 11 overs. Hampshire then set about taking complete control, closing day two on 204 for 2, to lead by 444 runs, with Sam Northeast unbeaten on 99.
At the Ageas Bowl Middlesex lost the toss and were asked to bowl first against Hampshire in round two of the LV= Insurance County Championship. A well balanced day saw the Middlesex attack bowl with discipline all day to reduce the hosts to 281 for 8 at the close., with two wickets apiece for Martin Andersson, Ethan Bamber and Steven Finn.
A staggering end to this Vitality Blast match saw Pakistani international paceman, Shaheen Shah Afridi, take a double hat-trick in the eighteenth over, four wickets, all clean bowled, to finish with figures of 6 for 19 and win the game for Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl by 20 runs.
Match action from the Vitality Blast in Chelmsford, where a brilliant T20 hundred off only 60 balls from left handed opener Max Holden saw Middlesex post 184 for 5 against Essex Eagles, before heavy rain forced the game to be abandoned after just 9 balls of the hosts reply!
A thrilling final day of the Bob Willis Trophy clash between Middlesex and Hampshire at Radlett saw the visitors reach their victory target, seven wickets down, with Joe Weatherley adding to his first innings score of 98, with a match-winning unbeaten half century to see his side home.