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[ad_1] Hampshire 154 for 2 (Adams 57*) v Essex Scorecard Hampshire captain James Vince failed to capitalise on a good start in front of England selector Ed Smith, but Jimmy Adams scored a watchful half-century on another truncated day against Essex. Vince batted with maturity on a testing wicket to reach 47, while Adams dropped anchor for the 73rd first-class fifty of his career in the 45 overs of play before bad light brought an early close. New National Selector Smith was in attendance at the Ageas Bowl, with Alastair Cook, Jamie Porter, Tom Westley, Liam Dawson and Vince the most likely players to be under the spotlight. But Porter and Vince were the only two candidates able to show off their skills in front of the former Kent and Middlesex man. Fast bowler Porter took 75 wickets to help Essex to the Division One title in 2017, and began the new season with nine wickets against Lancashire last week. But he was out-bowled by canny Australian Peter Siddle - who managed to find more...

[ad_1] Hampshire 241 for 4 (Adams 87) v Essex Scorecard Jimmy Adams missed out on his first Specsavers County Championship century of the season as bad light frustrated both Hampshire and Essex at the Ageas Bowl. Opening batsman Adams began his innings at 11.30am on the first day and reached a slow-paced 87 runs before he was finally dismissed at 3.10pm on the third day. "It was a hard slog," he said. "I wouldn't teach my kids to bat like me." But overcast conditions created light issues for the second day in a row to allowed only 28 overs to be bowled on Sunday - meaning 135 overs had been lost to bad light in the match, in addition to 81 overs to rain. Adams and Hashim Amla had batted wonderfully during the morning session, having returned on 57 and eight respectively overnight. Batting was again tricky, despite the older ball, with dark clouds hanging over the ground with the floodlights turned on throughout the day. South African star Amla provided the sho...