Cricket latest: Yorkshire settle for draw at Hampshire

Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale ensured there was no repeat of last weeks shock six-wicket loss at Somerset by enforcing a conservative declaration at the Rose Bowl to earn a draw for his side.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th May 2010, 15:02 BST
Updated 27th May 2010, 21:24 BST

While at Taunton seven days ago, stand-in captain Jacques Rudolph left Somerset needing 362 to win from 71 overs a total they reached with 32 balls to spare - on the south coast Hampshire were given an impossible target of 356 from 22 overs for the match to peter out into stalemate.

The decision may not have made for a welcome spectacle for the few hundred die-hards left inside the ground but it ensured Yorkshire maintained a strong position at the top of the County Championship.

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Adam Lyth repeated his scoring feats from Taunton where he scored a second innings 93 to his first knock of 142.

At the Rose Bowl he was again cruelly denied two centuries in the same again, caught behind for 93 in Yorkshire's painfully slow second innings following his marvellous 133 in the first.

Yorkshire are next in action on Saturday, again in the County Championship, when they welcome Lancashire to Headingley Carnegie for the first Roses battle of the season.

For full match repoirt and reaction, see Friday's Yorkshire Post..

Click here to read a report from day one at the Rose Bowl >>

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