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September 14, 2011
Hampshire 324 and 43 3 v 493 v Warwickshire
Leaders in Warwickshire closed on their first County Championship title since 2004 on the day an unbeaten century from Liam Dawson was not enough to prevent Hampshire being relegated to Division Two.
Extension overnight 57 without loss, in response to Warwickshire's 493, Hampshire continued to reach a total of 324 Opener Dawson, the BAT 152 is carried out. As a result, then stumbled Hampshire 43 3 In the second inning to play up close.
That meant Hampshire require 126 more runs in the last day of Warwickshire, who won his first county championship 100 years ago, beat again.
Open Hampshire, Dawson and Jimmy Adams proceeded slowly through the first part of the morning, before Chris Wright, Adams pulled the stumps to be delivered on 33 Michael Carberry fell shortly after, only four creaky hovered Chris Metters delivery note to return home in mid 107 2
The situation quickly became worse for the home side when the normally reliable Neil McKenzie dropped from 10 in the race for the lunch interval, to leave Hampshire 137 for 3. After the break, the young couple batters Hampshire Vince and James Dawson, who had moved magnificently last 50 in the morning, settled the ship with a partnership in his hand.
But when Vince fell to a catch at the border for 41, Hampshire hopes faded. Dawson just reached three figures for only the third time in his career first-class, but approached 250 Hampshire, a couple of quick wickets to leave all but doomed.
Sean Ervin was the first to go 16, caught at the border off the bowling of Metters, before wicketkeeper Michael Bates was trapped LBW by the same bowler for a duck third ball. End of heavy wood frames tail-enders Chris (18) and Danny Briggs (25), score from Hampshire terribly close to the 343 required to beat Warwickshire again, but despite Dawson is impressive, they fell short.
With Hampshire requires maximum batting bonus points - Awarded for scoring 400 runs in 110 overs - to have a chance to quit, so that their inability to achieve this relegation confirmed. But the title-hunting Warwickshire, the race was to force a victory would ensure them their first championship in seven years.
The news filtered through the Rose Bowl title rivals Lancashire in the success of a fine in Somerset, Warwickshire bowlers tore through the top money Hampshire, Dawson, this time, dropping just 17 while Adams was 11 and night watchman James Tomlinson duck.
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