Hampshire suffer first Rose Bowl Championship defeat

Hampshire suffered their first-ever Championship defeat at the Rose Bowl, when they went down to an innings defeat against Leicestershire.

Will Kendall was the only batsman to offer any real resistance to the Leicestershire attack; he became the 16th player to carry his bat in Hampshire's history. He batted for over four hours in an attempt to hold the innings together whilst all around him wickets were tumbling to Darren Maddy and Devon Malcolm.

Malcolm who did not bowl the previous evening because of a bad cold, struck first, dismissing nightwatchman James Hamblin. After DeFreitas limped off with a mild hamstring injury, Darren Maddy, better known for his batting prowess, took charge. Smith, Johnson, Pothas (to Malcolm) and Udal all fell cheaply. Four fours in a quickfire innings from Mascarenhas gave some cheer to the cold Hampshire supporters, before Tremlett and Mullally fell to Maddy. The last wicket fell just four balls after the lunch interval.

Darren Maddy completed career-best figures of 5-37 and match figures of 9-74. Devon Malcolm took advantage of some uneven bounce to take three wickets, which left him 14 short of 1,000 first class wickets.