da casino： Gloucestershire need a miracle – or a return of winter weather – to avoidhumiliation on the final day’s play at Hampshire’s Rose Bowl
Pat Symes18-May-2001Gloucestershire need a miracle – or a return of winter weather – to avoidhumiliation on the final day’s play at Hampshire’s Rose Bowl.At the end of a miserable third day of their CricInfo Championship match they trailed Hampshire by 181 runs with eight second innings wickets standing.It was a day when nothing went right for the West Countrymen. At the starttheir bowling was dismembered by former England batsman Robin Smith as hecompleted the 46th century of his Hampshire career.Smith offered a single chance when on 84 as he mistimed a pull off MikeCawdron but a difficult chance was spilled by Jon Lewis at mid on.Gloucestershire’s only successes were to remove Hampshire’s other centurymaker Derek Kenway for 131 and have overseas player Neil Johnson leg beforeoffering no shot to Cawdron.Smith declared at 350-4 and Hampshire’s Alan Mullally claimed Dominic Hewsonwith his third ball.Immediately after lunch Matt Windows ran himself out and after briefresistance from Rob Cunliffe and Chris Taylor which saw Gloucestershirereach 91 they then subsided to Mullally’s pace and Udal’s off spin. The lastseven wickets fell for just 42 runs with Mullally finishing with 5-41.It was little better when they followed on with Cunliffe leg before toCunliffe with just three on the board and Windows then picked up at shortleg off the same bowler eleven runs later but Hewson and Taylor at least gotthem to the close without any further calamities.