Adil Rashid takes four wickets as Yorkshire beat Hampshire
Thursday 14 May 2015 09:07, UK
Yorkshire continued their unbeaten start to the season with a comprehensive 305-run win over Hampshire at Headingley.
Spinner Adil Rashid claimed four wickets and Yorkshire wrapped up their 23-point haul with a session and a half remaining on the final day.
Hampshire had been set a mammoth target of 449 for victory on Tuesday, and by the close of play they were already in deep trouble on 37-4, Rashid claiming one of the wickets and Jack Brooks the other three.
Night-watchman James Tomlinson resisted Yorkshire's attack for the first 10 overs on Wednesday morning before becoming the first wicket to fall when Rashid dislodged his bails - he had hung around for 40 balls but managed only three runs.
That left Hampshire's hopes in the hands of Smith and all-rounder Sean Ervine, but the Zimbabwean managed to make only five before he edged a Tim Bresnan delivery to wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow.
But they would prove to be Yorkshire's only morning successes as Smith found a willing seventh-wicket partner in young 'keeper Luke McManus.
McManus made a patient 28, hitting four fours in a 91-ball stay at the crease, but he was eventually undone by occasional bowler Will Rhodes just after the interval.
Gareth Berg made only 12 - all of his runs coming in boundaries - before he offered a catch to Brooks off the bowling of Rashid (4-48), who also accounted for Andre Adams first ball. The hat-trick ball was left alone by Fidel Edwards.
However, the West Indies bowler only managed to resist for another seven balls as he edged Steve Patterson to Alex Lees in the slip cordon after scoring only one.
Victory lifted the defending champions back into third place, nine points off early leaders Middlesex who wrapped up their victory over Sussex on Tuesday.
