Shock and Orr - Hampshire Could Call on Forgotten Man For Key Essex Clash
04.05.26, 19:05 Updated 04.05.26, 19:05
Rich Edwards
At the start of last week, there was a real sense that the County Championship clash with newly-promoted Glamorgan would tell us a lot about the direction of Hampshire's red ball season.
After an innings defeat, there are now genuine fears that escaping relegation on the final day of last season has merely delayed the inevitable by 12 months.
There were some positives to take from this match, not least Ben Mayes' first half-century in the County Championship and the counter-attacking rearguard of under-fire skipper Ben Brown today as the game slipped inexorably away in the Bank Holiday Utilita Bowl sunshine.
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Rich Edwards is the founder and editor of The Hawk. Rich is a freelance cricket writer and lifelong Hampshire man. He has been published in a host of national publications, including The Times, The Cricketer and The Independent.