Friendly Match, 1998
Hampshire v Sussex
County Ground, Southampton
13 April 1998

Result: Hampshire won by 1 wicket.

Toss: Sussex
Umpires: NG Cowley and TE Jesty
Scorers: VH Isaacs and LV Chandler

Sussex innings
                                                              R   B   4  6
*CJ Adams                              b Renshaw             33  30   2  1
WG Khan             run out (Udal)                           12  19   2  -
M Newell            run out (Laney)                           4   8   -  -
RK Rao              c Keech            b Udal                73 117   5  3
JR Carpenter        c Laney            b Mascarenhas          6  13   1  -
K Newell                               b Mascarenhas          0   8   -  -
+P Moores                              b Udal                10  26   -  -
AD Edwards          c Stephenson       b Udal                15  22   1  -
RP Davis                           c & b Renshaw              9  13   -  -
JD Lewry            not out                                  15  22   -  -
MA Robinson         lbw                b Morris              11  18   1  -
Extras              (lb 14, w 10)                            24
Total               (all out - 49.3 overs)                  212

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Khan), 2-39 (M Newell), 3-67 (Adams), 4-89 (Carpenter),
                 5-90 (K Newell), 6-127 (Moores), 7-170 (Rao), 8-175 (Edwards),
                 9-187(Davis), 10-212 (Robinson).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Renshaw                     10      1     29      2
Connor                       8      0     51      0  (5w)
Stephenson                   7      2     20      0  (2w)
Mascarenhas                  8      0     28      2  (1w)
Udal                        10      0     29      3  (1w)
Morris                       6.3    0     41      1  (1w)

Hampshire innings
                                                              R   B   4  6
JS Laney            c Moores           b Edwards             12  22   2  -
GW White            c Carpenter        b Robinson            21  50   1  1
SD Udal             c Moores           b Robinson             0   3   -  -
*RA Smith                          c & b Davis               53  54   6  -
M Keech             c M Newell         b K Newell            14  26   2  -
JP Stephenson       c Khan             b Davis               24  37   1  1
AD Mascarenhas      c Carpenter        b K Newell             6  18   1  -
AC Morris           c M Newell         b Robinson             0   4   -  -
+AN Aymes           not out                                  30  50   1  -
SJ Renshaw          run out (Lewry)                          21  31   3  -
CA Connor           not out                                   3   4   1  -
Extras              (lb 6, w 9, nb 14)                       29
TOTAL               (9 wickets, 49.5 overs)                 213

Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Laney), 2-43 (Udal), 3-47 (White), 4-84 (Keech),
                 5-127 (Smith), 6-145 (Mascarenhas), 7-149 (Morris),
                 8-149 (Stephenson), 9-198 (Renshaw).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Edwards                     10      0     63      1 (3nb)
Lewry                        9.5    2     44      0 (4w, 3nb)
Robinson                    10      1     26      3 (1w, 1nb)
Davis                       10      0     31      2
K Newell                    10      1     43      2 (3w)

• In their first friendly encounter of the new season, Hampshire defeated Sussex at Southampton, by 1 wicket with one ball to spare.

• Chasing 213 to win in 50 overs, they looked out of it when the 8th wicket went down at 149. A 49 run partnership with Aymes and Renshaw brought Hampshire back.

• A sparking 73 by Rajesh Rao gave the Sussex innings some impetus. Hampshire were indebted to their new captain Robin Smith with a run a ball half century.

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