County Championship - Season 1997

Britannic Assurance County Championship - Results

Date	Opponents	Venue	Results	Scores
23 Apr	Essex	Chelmsford	Match Drawn (7 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Essex 246 (Pritchard 65, Connor 7-46) Hants 161 (Aymes 33no, Cowan 5-49) Essex 442-8 (Irani 123no, Stephenson 3-74) Hants 64-2 (Hayden 35no, Irani 1-10)
07 May	Gloucestershire	Bristol	Lost by 6 wkts (6 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 316 (Udal 58, Simth 4-61) Glos 403 (Young 73, Stephenson 4-81) Hants 145-9 (1 abs) (RA Smith 36, Smith 6-45) Glos 59-4 (Trainor 26, Renshaw 4-30)
14 May	Leicestershire	Southampton	Lost by 5 wkts (6 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 285 (James 56no, Mullally 4-69) Leics 349 (Millns 114no, Udal 4-118) Hants 182 (Maru 36no, Pierson 4-58) Leics 119-5 (Whitaker 37, Stephenson 2-24)
21 May	Glamorgan	Cardiff	Match Drawn (6 pts) Toss won by Glamorgan	Hants 309-4 (RA Smith 94, Cosker 2-61) Glam Innings Forfeited Hants Innings Forfeited Glam 287-8 (James 76, Bovill 3-65)
29 May	Warwickshire	Southampton	Match Drawn (7 pts) Toss won by Warwickshire	Warwick 631-7 (Moles 168, Hemp 138, Bovill 3-154) Hants 549-6 (Hayden 235no, Udal 117no, Welsh 4-119) Warwick 252-1 (Knight 119no, Hemp 114no, Kenway 1-53) Hants 274-9 (Hayden 119, Brown 5-106)
04 Jun	Derbyshire	Chesterfield	Won by 7 wkts (23 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Derby 523 (Rollins 210, Renshaw 5-110) Hants 422-7 (RA Smith 154, Aldred 3-40) Derby 208-4 (Barnett 101, Renshaw 2-80) Hants 310-3 (Hayden 136no, Dean 2-86)
12 Jun	Somerset	Basingstoke	Won by 9 runs (21 pts) Toss won by Somerset	Hants 204 (Laney 40, Rose 3-26) Somerset 159 (Holloway 73no, James 5-44) Hants 189 (Hayden 63, Rose 5-53) Somerset 225 (Parsons 74, James 8-49)
18 Jun	Northamptonshire	Northampton	Match Drawn (7 pts) Toss won by Northamptonshire	Hants 405-8 (Hayden 150, Taylor 6-91) Nhants 86-2 (Curran 43no, Renshaw 2-13) Hants Innings Forfeited Nhants 297-9 (Loye 86, Bovill 3-40)
02 Jul	Durham	Chester-le-Street	Abandoned without a ball bowled (3 pts) No toss made	No play
16 Jul	Surrey	Guildford	Lost by 9 wkts (7 pts) Toss won by Surrey	Surrey 477 (Stewart 98, Milburn 3-97) Hants 303 (Hayden 58, MP Bicknell 4-88) Hants 251 (Aymes 96no, MP Bicknell 5-34) Surrey 78-1 (Ratcliffe 29no, Udal 1-29)
23 Jul	Lancashire	Southampton	Match Drawn (10 pts) Toss won by Lancashire	Lancs 569-8 (Watkinson 135, Flintoff 117, Milburn 2-135) Hants 412-4 (Keech 101no, Gallian 1-39) Lancs 255-9 (Hegg 77no, Bovill 4-62)
06 Aug	Middlesex	Lords	Lost by 217 runs (5 pts) Toss won by Middlesex	Middx 442-8 (Ramprakash 190, Milburn 3-112) Hants 306-5 (Keech 78no, Hewitt 2-70) Middx 178-1 (Kallis 102no, Renshaw 1-55) Hants 97 (Stephenson 35, Fraser 5-38)
15 Aug	Yorkshire	Portsmouth	Match Drawn (8 pts) Toss won by Yorkshire	Yorks 501-8 (Lehmann 182, Udal 3-134) Hants 281 (RA Smith 110, Hutchison 7-50) Hants 471-9 (White 145, Stephenson 114, Hamilton 5-89)
27 Aug	Kent	Portsmouth	Match Drawn (9 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 406 (Udal 91, Phillips 4-64) Kent 350-8 (Smith 102, Renshaw 4-61)
02 Sep	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge	Match Drawn (9 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Notts 291 (Dowman 74, Stephenson 6-54) Hants 260-6 (Hayden 74, Evans 2-56) Notts 253-4 (Johnson 93no, Udal 2-37) Hants 114-2 (Laney 33, Evans 1-13)
10 Sep	Sussex	Southampton	Won by 7 wkts (21 pts) Toss won by Sussex	Sussex 114 (Jarvis 22, Udal 4-17) Hants 245 (White 80, Kirtley 4-41) Sussex 390 (Peirce 104, Renshaw 3-52) Hants 260-3 (Laney 76, Bates 1-38)
18 Sep	Worcestershire	Southampton	Lost by 9 wkts (3 pts) Toss won by Worcestershire	Worcs 538-2 (Hick 303no, Moody 180no, Renshaw 1-106) Hants 312 (Udal 66, Illingworth 7-79) Hants 313 (Hayden 77, Illingworth 3-68) Worcs 88-1 (Weston 34no, Whitaker 1-31)

Totals
Runs scored 7846 for 217 wkts at an average of 36.15 per wkt.
Runs against 8810 for 198 wkts at an average of 44.49 per wkt.
Played 17, Won 3, Drawn 8, Lost 5, Abandoned 1, Points 158
Points System: WIN: 16 pts, TIE: 8 pts, DRAW: 3 points, LOST: no points, DRAW and scores level and won on 1st inns: 8 points, ABAN: 3 pts. BONUS POINTS (first 120 overs): Batting: 1 point for every 50 runs over 150 (max 4 pts, 350 runs), Bowling: 1 point for 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th wicket. Position decided by Total points, won.
Finish - 14th

Averages

Ct	St	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	50's	100's	HS	Runs	Average	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	5fers	10Wm	BP	RPO	Average
33	7	AN Aymes	16	21	3	1	0	96no	393	21.83	9	0	76	0	0	0	0-76	8.44	--
4		JNB Bovill	8	7	2	0	0	27	55	11.00	207.4	30	815	23	0	0	4-62	3.92	35.43
		CA Connor	4	4	2	0	0	12no	34	17.00	102.5	15	364	11	1	0	7-46	3.53	33.09
		SRG Francis *	1	2	0	0	0	4	8	4.00	19	1	97	0	0	0	0-97	5.10	--
		TM Hansen *	1	2	1	0	0	19	31	31.00	26	10	75	0	0	0	0-14	2.88	--
12		ML Hayden *	16	28	3	7	4	235no	1438	57.52	33	0	166	3	0	0	2-17	5.03	55.33
5		KD James	9	14	2	4	0	85	306	25.50	132.1	29	443	23	2	1	8-49	3.35	19.26
9		M Keech	8	13	4	1	1	101no	368	40.88	12	1	51	1	0	0	1-12	4.25	51.00
5		WS Kendall	10	16	2	1	0	76	375	26.78	5	0	46	0	0	0	0-46	9.19	--
1		DA Kenway *	1	2	1	0	0	20no	22	22.00	9	2	58	2	0	0	1-5	6.44	29.00
6		JS Laney	13	23	0	6	0	95	808	35.13	5	2	19	0	0	0	0-19	3.80	--
6		RJ Maru	4	4	1	0	0	36no	67	22.33	127	35	336	3	0	0	2-60	2.64	112.00
		AD Mascarenhas	5	7	1	0	0	21	50	8.33	93.4	16	319	3	0	0	1-48	3.40	106.33
1		SM Milburn	9	6	2	0	0	19	64	16.00	277	41	972	18	0	0	4-38	3.50	54.00
		CM Patel *	1	2	1	0	0	6	9	9.00	18	3	65	0	0	0	0-65	3.61	--
3		SJ Renshaw	12	17	6	1	0	56	252	22.90	329.4	57	1171	33	1	0	5-110	3.55	35.48
1		L Savident *	3	4	1	0	0	6	15	5.00	56	9	247	4	0	0	2-86	4.41	61.75
4		RA Smith	13	21	1	4	2	154	852	42.60	5.1	0	75	0	0	0	0-1	14.51	--
6		JP Stephenson	15	23	3	1	1	114	644	32.20	386.5	62	1356	35	1	0	6-54	3.50	38.74
2		SD Udal	16	22	3	4	1	117no	577	30.36	564.1	131	1666	32	0	0	4-17	2.95	52.06
		PR Whitaker	2	4	0	1	0	73	131	32.75	22	3	73	1	0	0	1-31	3.31	73.00
6		GW White	9	16	2	4	1	145	667	47.64	10.5	0	49	0	0	0	0-4	4.52	--
		Extras/run outs							680				529	6
		No balls and wides											-258
104	7	TOTALS	176	258	41	35	10		7846		2451	447	8810	198	5	1

* County Championship Debut

Hundreds

Score	Player	Opponents	Venue
235no	ML Hayden	Warwickshire	Southampton
154	RA Smith	Derbyshire	Chesterfield
150	ML Hayden	Northamptonshire	Northampton
145	GW White	Yorkshire	Portsmouth
136no	ML Hayden	Derbyshire	Chesterfield
119	ML Hayden	Warwickshire	Southampton
117no	SD Udal	Warwickshire	Southampton
114	JP Stephenson	Yorkshire	Portsmouth
110	RA Smith	Yorkshire	Portsmouth
101no	M Keech	Lancashire	Southampton

5 Fers

Return	Player	Opponents	Venue
8-49	KD James	Somerset	Basingstoke
7-46	CA Connor	Essex	Chelmsford
6-54	JP Stephenson	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge
5-44	KD James	Somerset	Basingstoke
5-110	SJ Renshaw	Derbyshire	Chesterfield

10 Wkt Matches

Returns	Player	Opponents	Venue
13-93 (5-44 & 8-49)	KD James	Somerset	Basingstoke

Best Partnerships

Wkt	Score	Players	Opponents	Venue
1st	213	JS Laney and ML Hayden	Derbyshire	Chesterfield
	200	JS Laney and ML Hayden	Lancashire	Southampton
	110	JS Laney and ML Hayden	Derbyshire	Chesterfield
	108	JS Laney and ML Hayden	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge
2nd	189	ML Hayden and KD James	Northamptonshire	Northampton
	123	JS Laney and GW White	Yorkshire	Portsmouth
3rd	184	ML Hayden and RA Smith	Yorkshire	Portsmouth
	144	KD James and RA Smith	Glamorgan	Cardiff
	125	GW White and PR Whitaker	Sussex	Southampton
	109	KD James and RA Smith	Derbyshire	Chesterfield
4th	206	ML Hayden and WS Kendall	Warwickshire	Southampton
	100	ML Hayden and WS Kendall	Warwickshire	Southampton
5th	173	GW White and JP Stephenson	Yorkshire	Portsmouth
	108	RA Smith and JP Stephenson	Derbyshire	Chesterfield
6th	100	M Keech and JP Stephenson	Middlesex	Lords
7th	205	ML Hayden and SD Udal	Warwickshire	Southampton
8th	123	AN Aymes and SJ Renshaw	Surrey	Guildford
9th	113	SD Udal and SJ Renshaw	Kent	Portsmouth
10th	41	SJ Renshaw and JNB Bovill	Somerset	Basingstoke