County Championship - Season 1998

Britannic Assurance County Championship - Results

Date	Opponents	Venue	Results	Scores
23 Apr	Northamptonshire	Southampton	Match Drawn (5 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Nhants 275-5 (Loye 77, Aymes 2-135) Hants Innings Forfeited Nhants Innings Forfeited Hants 193-8 (Keech 67, Malcolm 5-60)
13 May	Surrey	Southampton	Lost by an innings and 184 runs (2 pts) Toss won by Surrey	Surrey 591 (Brown 155, Butcher 106, McLean 4-107) Hants 189-9 (1 abs) (Mascarenhas 60no, Tudor 4-32) Hants 218-9 (1 abs) (RA Smith 42, MP Bicknell 3-43)
21 May	Leicestershire	Leicester	Match Drawn (9 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 361 (Aymes 133, Mullally 5-72) Leics 305-7 (Habib 112, McLean 6-101) Hants 276-8 (Mascarenhas 63, Dakin 3-38)
03 Jun	Glamorgan	Southampton	Won by 9 wkts (23 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Glam 269 (Dale 92, Mascarenhas 4-68) Hants 471 (Aymes 120, Watkin 3-106) Glam 285 (Evans 87, Hartley 4-77) Hants 84-1 (White 27no, Watkin 1-28)
11 Jun	Yorkshire	Headingley	Match Drawn (7 pts) Toss won by Yorkshire	Yorks 327-9 (Wood 108, Mascarenhas 4-31) Hants 104 (McLean 33, Silverwood 5-13) Hants 272-9 (Aymes 73, Hutchison 3-22)
17 Jun	Derbyshire	Basingstoke	Won by 5 wkts (21 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Derby 350 (Rollins 89, Udal 3-25) Hants 210-4 (RA Smith 104no, Dean 1-17) Derby 140-3 (Tweats 44, Barnett 44no, Connor 2-23) Hants 281-5 (Stephenson 75, Aldred 1-44)
26 Jun	Somerset	Taunton	Match Drawn (9 pts) Toss won by Somerset	Somerset 378 (Bowler 104, Mascarenhas 4-55) Hants 350-5 (White 101, Pierson 2-80)
01 Jul	Gloucestershire	Southampton	Lost by 2 wkts (4 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 184 (James 57, Lewis 3-29) Glos 176 (Hancock 65, McLean 4-39) Hants 322 (Stephenson 114, Walsh 4-90) Glos 333-8 (Hewson 78no, McLean 4-71)
15 Jul	Warwickshire	Edgbaston	Lost by 225 runs (5 pts) Toss won by Warwickshire	Warwick 367 (Giles 75, Morris 4-75) Hants 249 (White 79, Giles 5-48) Warwick 187 (Powell 27, Smith 27no, Morris 3-27) Hants 80-9 (1 ret) (White 22, Giles 4-9)
22 Jul	Nottinghamshire	Portsmouth	Won by 7 wkts (23 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Notts 128-9 (Franks 23, McLean 4-45) Hants 301 (Mascarenhas 89, Bowen 3-64) Notts 243-9 (1 abs) (Gallian 113no, Morris 4-35) Hants 73-3 (James 29no, Bowen 2-32)
30 Jul	Durham	Southampton	Match Drawn (11 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Durham 203 (Morris 48, Morris 4-30) Hants 396 (RA Smith 134, Lugsden 3-67) Durham 332-9 (Speight 97no, Udal 3-80)
05 Aug	Kent	Canterbury	Lost by 292 runs (4 pts) Toss won by Kent	Kent 391 (Headley 81, Morris 4-72) Hants 173 (RA Smith 72, Hooper 4-14) Kent 227 (Marsh 47, Udal 4-37) Hants 153 (Udal 25no, Hooper 4-29)
14 Aug	Essex	Portsmouth	Won by an innings and 111 runs (24 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Essex 141 (Irani 34, McLean 5-37) Hants 490 (RA Smith 138, Hibbert 3-16) Essex 238 (Law 48, Morris 4-39)
26 Aug	Sussex	Hove	Won by 9 wkts (21 pts) Toss won by Sussex	Sussex 187 (Bevan 58, Morris 3-33) Hants 224 (Stephenson 84, Kirtley 3-63) Sussex 245 (Bevan 42, McLean 4-46) Hants 209-1 (White 95no, Martin-Jenkins 1-35)
31 Aug	Middlesex	Southampton	Won by 7 wkts (21 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Middx 437 (Strauss 83, James 3-64) Hants 311 (White 106, Johnson 4-75) Middx 173-2 (Kettleborough 62no, Hartley 1-19) Hants 301-3 (Stephenson 105, Tufnell 2-80)
09 Sep	Worcestershire	Worcester	Match Drawn (7 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Worcs 212 (Rhodes 34, Stephenson 4-29) Hants 178 (Stephenson 47, Haynes 6-50) Worcs 144-4 (Weston 57no, Mclean 3-37)
17 Sep	Lancashire	Old Trafford	Lost by 161 runs (4 pts) Toss won by Lancashire	Lancs 185 (Atherton 45, James 4-22) Hants 172 (James 39, Wasim Akram 4-37) Lancs 449-4 (Crawley 239, Fairbrother 103no, Maru 2-101) Hants 301 (Kenway 57, Yates 3-86)

Totals
Runs scored 7126 for 234 wkts at an average of 30.45 per wkt.
Runs against 7918 for 249 wkts at an average of 31.79 per wkt.
Played 17, Won 6, Drawn 6, Lost 5, Points 202
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 - 6th

Averages

Ct	St	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	50's	100's	HS	Runs	Average	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	5fers	10Wm	BP	RPO	Average
52	2	AN Aymes	17	26	5	3	2	133	741	35.28	11	0	166	2	0	0	2-135	15.09	83.00
		CA Connor	3	1	1	0	0	0no	0	--	35	5	122	2	0	0	2-23	3.48	61.00
3		PJ Hartley *	12	16	3	0	0	29	160	12.30	348.5	65	1102	31	0	0	4-42	3.15	35.54
4		KD James	17	25	9	3	0	57	559	34.93	320	67	1005	31	0	0	4-22	3.14	32.41
9		M Keech	10	12	0	2	0	67	262	21.83
6		WS Kendall	6	9	2	1	0	78no	245	35.00	4	0	16	0	0	0	0-16	4.00	--
1		DA Kenway	2	4	0	1	0	57	80	20.00	2	0	17	0	0	0	0-17	8.50	--
8		JS Laney	7	12	0	1	0	67	123	10.25	2	0	14	0	0	0	0-1	7.00	--
5		NAM McLean *	16	22	2	0	0	43	288	14.40	518.5	105	1575	62	2	0	6-101	3.03	25.40
1		RJ Maru	1	2	0	0	0	14	27	13.50	31	5	112	2	0	0	2-101	3.61	56.00
11		AD Mascarenhas	16	24	2	6	0	89	645	29.31	266.5	58	934	30	0	0	4-31	3.50	31.13
6		AC Morris *	11	14	4	1	0	51	184	18.40	296	61	944	47	0	0	4-30	3.18	20.08
		ZC Morris *	1	2	0	0	0	10	10	5.00	1	0	5	0	0	0	0-5	5.00	--
		SJ Renshaw	1	1	1	0	0	10no	10	--	6	1	9	1	0	0	1-9	1.50	9.00
10		RA Smith	15	23	2	2	3	138	841	40.04	21	1	197	2	0	0	1-63	9.38	98.50
14		JP Stephenson	15	23	1	4	2	114	681	30.95	271.4	66	735	22	0	0	4-29	2.70	33.40
9		SD Udal	13	18	5	1	0	62	404	31.07	176.2	34	542	13	0	0	4-37	3.07	41.69
7		PR Whitaker	7	11	1	2	0	74	309	30.90	6	1	15	1	0	0	1-2	2.50	15.00
12		GW White	17	29	2	5	2	106	905	33.51	11	1	47	0	0	0	0-4	4.27	--
		Extras/run outs							652				714	3
		No balls and wides											-353
158	2	TOTALS	187	274	40	32	9		7126		2328.3	470	7918	249	2	0

* County Championship Debut

Hundreds

Score	Player	Opponents	Venue
138	RA Smith	Essex	Portsmouth
134	RA Smith	Durham	Southampton
133	AN Aymes	Leicestershire	Leicester
120	AN Aymes	Glamorgan	Southampton
114	JP Stephenson	Gloucestershire	Southampton
106	GW White	Middlesex	Southampton
105	JP Stephenson	Middlesex	Southampton
104no	RA Smith	Derbyshire	Basingstoke
101	GW White	Somerset	Taunton

5 Fers

Return	Player	Opponents	Venue
6-101	NAM McLean	Leicestershire	Leicester
5-37	NAM McLean	Essex	Portsmouth

10 Wkts Matches (none)

Best Partnerships

Wkt	Score	Players	Opponents	Venue
1st	141	GW White and JP Stephenson	Middlesex	Southampton
	119	GW White and JP Stephenson	Somerset	Taunton
2nd	139	GW White and RA Smith	Glamorgan	Southampton
	117	GW White and WS Kendall	Sussex	Hove
	116	GW White and PR Whitaker	Somerset	Taunton
3rd	80	GW White and RA Smith	Essex	Portsmouth
4th	133	RA Smith and AN Aymes	Derbyshire	Basingstoke
5th	159	RA Smith and AN Aymes	Durham	Southampton
	114	AN Aymes and AD Mascarenhas	Leicestershire	Leicester
	114	AN Aymes and AD Mascarenhas	Derbyshire	Basingstoke
6th	145	AN Aymes and PR Whitaker	Glamorgan	Southampton
	119	GW White and AD Mascarenhas	Middlesex	Southampton
	103	JS Laney and AD Mascarenhas	Nottinghamshire	Portsmouth
7th	79	AN Aymes and KD James	Glamorgan	Southampton
8th	101	KD James and SD Udal	Leicestershire	Leicester
9th	62	KD James and NAM McLean	Gloucestershire	Southampton
10th	51	PJ Hartley and SD Udal	Warwickshire	Edgbaston