Pakistan made full use of their World Cup lead-up match in Lenasia with most of the batsmen and the bowlers getting in some practice before their crucial clash against Australia, a replay of the 1999 final, at the Wanderers on Tuesday, February 11.Batting first against a Gauteng Invitation XI all the batsmen, except Shahid Afridi, spent valuable time at the crease with Younis Khan top scoring with 50 off 52 balls. Khan, backing up a touch to far at the non-striker end was well run out by Martinus Otto from cover with a brilliant bit of individual fielding.The experiment of opening the innings with Afridi failed once again as the hard hitting right hand batsman was caught in the slips after spending seven balls at the crease.Saleem Elahi was solid in making 43 but playing past a Clive Eksteen delivery he was stumped by Ahmed Omar. Eksteen also got rid of Yousuf Youhana, trapped in front for 32, and Abdur Razzaq caught for 22.Wasim Akram (33*) and Waqar Younis (25*) put on 63 in the final nine overs for Pakistan to post a good 264/7 in the allocated 50 overs.For Gauteng, Clive Eksteen showed he can still compete against the best, returning figures of 3/46 off his 10 overs.For the most, the Pakistan batsmen seemed to have learnt something from their recent tour of South Africa and should still be a major threat to any opposition. The balance in the side, with players able to mix aggression with defense, may be one of the best in the tournament.Gauteng made a very good start with Stephan Cook (61) and Grant Elliot (33) putting on 103 for the second wicket before Razzaq struck three times in four overs to reduce the hosts from 110/1 to 115/4. Bowling some vicious off cutters he got rid of Cook and then clean bowled both Elliot and Vaughn van Jaarsveld with consecutive balls.With the rain chasing the players off the field after 30 overs and Gauteng on 123/4, Pakistan won by 24 runs (Duckworth/Lewis).On the bowling side Pakistan will be worried about the form of Shoaib Akhtar, going for 12 runs in his first over, and Shahid Afridi not showing any penetration.On Thursday, February 6, Pakistan will face Easterns in Benoni giving them another match to hone their skills.

Often though England and India have met in one-day internationals in recent times, last year’s encounters pale into insignificance beside tomorrow’s Kingsmead day-nighter.While India had England’s measure in last year’s classic NatWest Final as well as the ICC Champions Trophy, there is little qualitative difference between the two sides. India have the superior batting, while England’s opening attack is the more reliable.Although the two teams have the same number of points, England have yet to take the field and lose, while India have come under the Australian cosh. Both sides have had a rash of minnow nerves, at the hands of Namibia and Holland respectively.The toss tomorrow will again be vital. Should Nasser Hussain win it, the outcome could well rest on how Tendulkar, Sehwag, Ganguly and company deal with the threat posed by Anderson and Caddick in conditions that favour swing under darkening Durban skies.India’s coach, John Wright countered: “Any side that is serious about winning championships such as this won’t worry too much about the toss. You have to worry about your own performance and the problems you have to solve out there in the middle.”We respect England, they are developing and they had a good win the other night. The match is nicely poised and it’s an opportunity for both sides to make a statement. We feel if we can get out of the group we will be a tough proposition and they will possibly feel no different.”If the ball does swing. England’s pace sensation James Anderson can expect to add to the nine wickets he has already bagged in the tournament at an average of 10.88. It is a point not lost on India’s leader, Sourav Ganguly.”We have not seen him much, but we saw him bowl very well against Pakistan and he looks good,” Ganguly said.It is Saturday’s win over Pakistan that will have enabled spirits to soar after the political turmoil of the previous month. What effect that had on dressing room morale is impossible to gauge, but at Newlands it looked binding. And nothing breeds confidence like success on the field.On current form Sachin Tendulkar’s wicket looks like a pearl beyond price. So far his scores are 52, 36, 81 and most recently 152 against Namibia, his 34th one-day international century.”He is enjoying being back in the opening position and with any great player they have the sense of occasion,” Wright added.One of the bowlers with his sights trained on Tendulkar is England’s Andrew Caddick, who is far from overawed by tomorrow’s challenge.”The key will be continuing the form we’ve been building up to and to remain level-headed about things and not allow Saturday to go to our heads,” Caddick stressed.”The Indians are a very big threat. They have a very good batting line-up but the success they had against us in the Test series last summer has nothing to do with this match.”Most of their games so far have been against lesser opposition so thankfully for us, their main batsmen further down the order haven’t played that much and hopefully we will be able to use that to our advantage tomorrow.”For England, Marcus Trescothick will doubtless hope to emerge from his recent poor run against a team which he has often dominated over the past year. He has scored two centuries and earned two man-of-the-match awards against them.”He is a very fine player and his record against India is sensational in one-day cricket,” Hussain said.”He plays spin very well and he’s a big player for us. You can’t expect people to score runs all the time, however good you are. Even Michael Vaughan, Sachin Tendulkar and others like that will go through periods when they don’t score runs.”Namibia’s coach Dougie Brown, who watched his side trouble England at Buffalo Park last week, believes England’s attack holds the key.”England have just got to bowl straight,” Brown said. “And with the form they’re in, especially James Anderson, that should not be a problem. India do tend to struggle when the ball goes round in the air as it does at Durban.”England are keeping their fingers crossed over the fitness of their captain and key batsman. Hussain is recovering from a stiff neck while Michael Vaughan hopes to be fit after ultrasound and MRI scans on the leg injury he sustained in Cape Town were both clear.India are likely to retain just one front-line spinner – Anil Kumble has been left out in favour of Harbhajan Singh in their last two matches – with left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra hoping to be passed fit after turning his ankle against Namibia.

Kenya coach Sandeep Patil insists victory over India is a realistic aspiration in tomorrow’s Super Six encounter at Newlands, Cape Town.Patil, a World Cup winner with India in 1983, is tired of constant claims thatKenya are effectively tournament also-rans.But he has been particularly irritated by comments made by Navjot Sidhu, the former India Test opener who is now a television commentator.”He said the top teams were going to lick us like candy but I would like to tell him that I am carrying candy for him and he should start licking it now,”said Patil, whose team beat Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Canada in Pool B.”We had a goal in front of us at the start of the tournament, to qualify forthe Super Six, which we have done. I’ve said for the last four years that this team is capable of beating any side in the world.”Of course, saying it is one thing and it happening on the field is another but we have made things happen on the ground. “We have made a big statement to the cricketing world by reaching the Super Sixes. We have also made a statement on behalf of the other weaker teams, Canada, Namibia and Holland because we were always considered minnows.”Let’s be realistic, we have taken half a step forward and we would like to complete that step by playing good cricket. Everyone knows how good the Indian side is and how the Kenyan side compares but one-day cricket is so funny; I have seen good sides losing and weaker sides winning.”It is not inconceivable that the teams could meet again in the semi-finalsregardless of the result in Cape Town, because Kenya are currenly behind only Australia in the standings.”We are here to play cricket,” Patel insisted. “The rules and regulations are not our problem, it is the International Cricket Council who have set the rules for points.”We are not here because we played bad cricket but we also know that New Zealand forfeited their points and we have benefited like Zimbabwe have. Luck plays a part in cricket but we are here because we played well.”Kenya’s captain Steve Tikolo, who has been one of the mainstays of cricket in his country over the past decade, conceded: “It is a great achievement to get here and we have thought about that prospect but we would like to go through to the semi-finals having won at least one game.”There is pressure on us to do so but there is always pressure each time youwalk out to play a game against a Test-playing country. If we do get through by not winning that is life and we must take life as it comes.”Tikolo also believes Kenya should be given more international exposure given that Bangladesh, who have lost their last 30 completed one-day matches, were handed Test status in 2000.”We don’t want to compare ourselves to Bangladesh but having said that wehave a better side and hopefully ICC will look into that,” he added.Bangladesh have won just three out of 67 one-day internationals while Kenya, who won as many in the group stages here, have 11 wins from 57 games.

The West Indies selectors have recalled Chris Gayle for the third Test against Australia and announced the return to fitness of Shivnarine Chanderpaul (after knee injury), Ridley Jacobs (groin) and Jermaine Lawson (chicken pox).Wavell Hinds, Pedro Collins and David Bernard, the debutant allrounder, were dropped for the Test starting at Bridgetown, Barbados, on May 1.Gayle, who was controversially dropped for the first two Tests, returns after West Indies were thrashed in the first Test at Georgetown (by nine wickets) and the second at Port of Spain (by 118 runs).Gayle was axed for allegedly violating an eligibility rule that demanded playing in the West Indies domestic tournament for selection to the national side. He had missed the final featuring his Jamaican side, and instead participated in an international double-wicket tournament in St.Lucia.Brian Lara, the captain, made the mandatory upbeat noises, saying, “My approach in the remaining matches will be very positive. I am very optimistic about our batting in the remaining matches but in the bowling we need to do some work to limit the Australians.However, he hinted that West Indies could continue their curiously defensive strategy of playing seven specialist batsmen by saying: “One of things we do not want is to lose the next Test match, if we can get a draw it would be great, so we need to be careful who we select in the next match.”The squad 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Devon Smith, 3 Daren Ganga, 4 Brian Lara (capt), 5 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 6 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 7 Marlon Samuels, 8 Ridley Jacobs, 9 Mervyn Dillon, 10 Vasbert Drakes, 11 Jermaine Lawson, 12 Omari Banks, 13 Carlton Baugh (wk), 14 Tino Best

As widely expected, Lance Klusener has been left out of South Africa’s squad to tour England this summer. Klusener’s form of late has been poor, and he was dealt a second blow with the news that he wasn’t being awarded a central contract by the South African board (UCBSA), putting his international future in doubt.Even before Klusener’s omission, the South Africa side was missing some familiar names with Allan Donald and Jonty Rhodes having both retired after the World Cup.The Test squad includes two uncapped players – fast bowler Monde Zondeki and Thami Tsolekile, a wicketkeeper. Zondeki is still short of full fitness following a car crash in March. Morne van Wyk, another wicketkeeper, and fast bowler Dewald Pretorius are the only two uncapped members of the one-day squad.Graeme Smith, who succeeded Shaun Pollock as captain following South Africa’s World Cup humiliation, was confident that the side would do well in England. “We are a young side with plenty of exciting talent,” Smith said. “But we are also starting on a new era with South African cricket and we see this tour as another step forward on that path.”South Africa squad for Tests and ODIs Graeme Smith (capt), Mark Boucher (v-capt/wkt), Paul Adams, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Neil McKenzie, Makhaya Ntini, Shaun Pollock, Dewald Pretorius, Jacques Rudolph.One-day only Nicky Boje, Allan Dawson, Andrew Hall, Charl Langeveldt, Andre Nel, Martin van Jaarsveld, Morne van Wyk.Tests only Boeta Dippenaar, Gary Kirsten, Robin Peterson, Thami Tsolekile, Charl Willoughby, Monde Zondeki

Chris Laine (Romsey)Served on the old General committee from 1984, he was on the Executive committee and Club treasurer from 1986-1996. Trustee Hampshire CC Youth Trust and Trustee Hampshire Cricket. His playing days ranged from Surrey under 19s to hampshire over 50s.He has lived in Hampshire since 1971. Represented Trojans 1972-1983 and Hampshire Hogs 1973-2000 where he is currently President.

Porthill Park:
Staffordshire v Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire 261 (SA Kellett 122) beat Staffordshire 200 by 61 runsBeaconsfield:
Buckinghamshire v Shropshire
Buckinghamshire 188-9 (PD Atkins 88) lost to Shropshire 189-5 (SJ Adshead109, PJ Woodroffe 4-37) by 5 wicketsWelwyn Garden City:
Hertfordshire v Cheshire
Cheshire 227-7 (D Leach 83) lost to Hertfordshire 228-5 (D Ward 108) by 5wicketsDean Park:
Dorset v Suffolk
Dorset 214 (D Carey 73) lost to Suffolk 215-6 (A Mawson 85, R Keates 4-32) by4 wickets

What are the fundamental requirements for a good spinner?
A spinner needs constant practice in line and length and bowling at his target. You don’t need strong shoulders or long limbs or anything like that – just accuracy. As far as identifying talent goes, you have to look at whether the boy has a good delivery action and spin. Even spin can be learned. But an instinct for line and length is very important.Keeping that in mind, how would you rate the left-arm spinners in cricket today?
Daniel Vettori is probably the best left-arm spinner around. Sunil Joshi had a rough time; he just didn’t seem to be lucky enough. But he had that arc, he wasn’t one of the flatter bowlers. He could induce the batsman to come out and play shots. A bowler needs some element of luck, and Joshi didn’t have that. Bowling well is fine, but a batsman could be beaten umpteen times or catches could be dropped or decisions may not go in your favour.What about Murali Kartik?
Murali is a much flatter bowler. I watched him in the Irani Trophy recently. The wicket was helpful, and he bowled line and length and got wickets, but he was still flat. He is in the reckoning, but he will have to work hard to get that arc and become India’s first-choice left-arm spinner. Good flight is very, very difficult to hit, even in one-dayers. If Bishan Bedi were to come and bowl in a one-dayer tomorrow, it would be very difficult to hit him out of the attack. My guru, Vinoo Mankad, used to say: “Shivalkar, good flight is tough to hit. So don’t be scared. Learn that.”But isn’t it surprising that somebody like Kartik, who by now has even played for India, has not been told at any level of his lack of flight?
He must have been told many times. Even when I spoke to him during the Irani Trophy, when he came to me to get my opinion on how he bowled, I told him. I said: “Murali, you are still quite flat. There has to be an arc. Learn to flight the ball.” When you pick a bowler, watch for his control over flight, and for how he gets his wickets. A spinner should be able to get wickets even on good pitches, not just turners, and the way to do that is flight. Control and flight are the permanent weapons for spinners, and those you learn with constant practice. I always say that spinners should be mature before being inducted into the higher levels of cricket.Do you agree with Bedi’s view that Sourav Ganguly does not favour left-arm spinners because they are not effective against left-handers?
I do agree with him. It’s like an offspinner bowling to a right-hand batsman; right-handers find it easier to play the offspinner. Cricketers like Ricky Ponting, who had a problem against offspin, learned to play it and started hammering them. A left-arm spinner is an offspinner to a left-hand batsman, so it does become easier for him to play with the break.But there are more right-hand batsmen playing the game, so shouldn’t that be a reason for picking a left-arm spinner?
Absolutely. There are more right-hand batsmen, so you should have a left-arm spinner. In fact, when you have a good offspinner and left-arm spinner in the attack, the captain does not have to worry about what type of batsman is at the crease. As regards Ganguly, I don’t know. He probably has his reasons for not favouring left-arm spinners. Maybe he does not think there is anybody good enough, for of course if he gets somebody like Bedi tomorrow, he’ll definitely pick him in the side.Also, unless the spinner is exceedingly good, the captain may drop him in favour of balancing the side. These days, you need a batting line-up until No. 9 or even 10, especially in one-day cricket. So having too many spinners or too many bowlers may upset the balance. That is very essential today, because totals of at least 300 – whether batting first or second – are necessary. That could be another reason why Ganguly does not opt for too many spinners. Harbhajan is good with the bat also, capable of getting 20-30 runs when needed, so Ganguly may not really be interested in more spin options, especially in the one-day game.Is there a reason why spin coaching in India has not taken off the way pace coaching has?
Well, you have to remember, when we played, we did not have any such academies. Bedi did not go through any academy; neither did Prasanna nor I. We had our seniors to guide us. The experience we acquired by playing with them and against them was tremendous. I don’t think the youngsters nowadays get that invaluable experience. The seniors are not available in domestic cricket at all.The trend of learning bowling has also changed. Earlier everybody learned to toss the ball up and buy wickets, but now they are content with containing the batsman, leaving it to him to make a mistake and get out. That instinct, that desire to get batsmen out is missing. When you’re bowling, you have to have the confidence to get the batsman out, never mind what the captain and other players think.Do you think there is perhaps a mental block that in India, the home of spin, we don’t need to coach spin?
Well, nowadays there is a coach for everything, even for fielding! Does a cricketer have to be told how to field the ball? It is cricketing common sense – you have to run fast, chase the ball, and stop the runs. Players in first-class cricket who want to move up the ladder should know all these things; they should not need coaches to tell them. Cricket requires it of you, so you must do it. Why go to a coach? My guru used to say: “Shivalkar, don’t copy me. If you do, you will be doomed. Learn your own bowling.”I always give youngsters the example of Ekalavya. I ask them, “Who was Ekalavya’s guru?” and they say, “Dronacharya.” But was the guru in front of whom he learned his art a live person? No. It was a statue! That is the kind of self-learning I am talking about.So you don’t agree with the concept of specific coaches, or, say, sports psychologists?
Well, possibly not disagree … I don’t think they’re necessary. Of course, if such coaches are provided, cricketers should take advantage of it and consult them. No doubt it is helpful as a method to help a cricketer out of difficulties. But it is possible to learn from yourself and from observation. None of the cricketers earlier went through academies; it was merely playing experience that kept on teaching us what we should be doing and what we should not be doing.Recently I attended a coaching seminar. Many coaches have their particular methods. “This must happen, the leg must go forward, the arm must come down straight and not from the side, you should look from under the shoulder or over the shoulder …” But Dennis Lillee and Greg Chappell both emphasised one point. If a batsman or a bowler is doing things right out in the middle, don’t change him. It doesn’t matter if it looks ugly. It doesn’t matter if it does not conform to the cricket manual. As long as he is performing out there, that is what is important. If it comes naturally, don’t change it.The best example of that is Paul Adams. If coaches had made him look up and bowl, he may have left cricket altogether. But they saw that even though he was looking down, he was pitching the ball right. That is all that matters.What will be the newly formed spin panel’s role in halting the decline of Indian spin?
The panel is constituted so that whenever the opportunity to help out with spin coaching is provided to these spinners, they take it. For example, I was at a spin camp for six days in Bangalore recently. Prasanna was handling offspinners, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan was dealing with legspinners, and I was handling left-arm spinners. We were there to advise them, to correct whatever flaws we could see with our naked eye and with video footage. Whatever they could fix, they did. But a couple of bowlers there were absolutely side-arm, falling over at the crease, which is not at all good. For a spinner, the weight going forward is all right, but if it goes backward, it does not help. That kind of big change we could not effect in six days, but we did bring about little changes in action, delivery range, things like that.These cricketers had already been playing cricket for five to 10 years. They have formed their habits, and you cannot change that overnight. They have to consciously help us help themselves. We could see some progress, but six days is not enough for something like this. Which is why we have suggested to the BCCI that the art of spin – for spin bowling is an art – takes a lot of time to cultivate. We in the panel have to be with these youngsters for extended periods of time, to see them practice hour after hour.That kind of practice is invaluable. In the nets, I used to bowl from batsman number one until the last batsman left. Even during the off-season, I used to bowl solo for one or two hours every day. You need that kind of practice. These boys were doing it at the camp in the nets, but we can’t keep tabs on them when they go back to their respective hometowns.What were the suggestions that the panel discussed in Kolkata and put forward to the BCCI?
We talked mainly about limited-overs games being detrimental to spin. The thing is, these young spinners are scared of being hit, and that fright has to be removed. If a bowler is scared, he is finished. He must have confidence in himself. Only after that will the captain gain confidence in him.Spinners nowadays are crippled by over-exposure to limited-overs cricket during their formative years. At that age, they do not have the maturity and confidence to continue tossing it up after being hit. They simply down shutters and start bowling flatter and quicker, trying to concede as few runs as possible. Their equally inexperienced captains take spinners out of the attack if they are hit, not realising that they are there to buy wickets.We also discussed the coaching setup. We insisted that coaches should not try to change the natural action of a young bowler. If a bowler is doing well without necessarily conforming to the norms of coaching, he should be left alone. Like Alf Valentine. He did not have a good action at all, but what mattered was that he always bowled on the spot. Encourage a bowler to bowl better and better with the same action.I remember a left-arm spinner with a beautiful action who got spoiled. This was when I was a selector, and I told my colleagues not to touch him. “Just don’t tell him anything, let him proceed as he is.” But coaching spoiled him. He even forgot how to land the ball! That kind of coaching – which nips naturalness in the bud – should be stopped.After the BCCI working committee meeting, Jagmohan Dalmiya also talked about a network of spin clinics at the domestic level. What was that about?
We have no idea about that right now. Our meeting did not proceed to that level. What we did suggest was that as coaches, we must spend more time with the youngsters and guide them. These other plans, I am sure we will come to know in time.What about the idea of the spin academy, which has been mooted by the BCCI a few times?
The National Cricket Academy, which has invited me to coach a few times, works with the BCCI, and that could be the first step towards a spin clinic. It will proceed from there. See, a single six-day stint will not do much. But if these stints happen regularly, that may help. Let’s wait and see; nothing can be done within a season or two. We have merely started the stone rolling; it has yet to gather moss.Changing tack, what are your views on the attack that India should field in Australia later this year?
At present, we have only one spinner – Harbhajan. Anil Kumble, unfortunately, is not what he was earlier. He used to be absolutely in control of line and length, but he has now started pitching short, and batsmen can cut him. I hope he reverts to his old ways. If he does – and that should not be difficult for a bowler like Kumble – we could field two spinners.But Kumble has rarely done well overseas…
Even Harbhajan, for that matter, has not. Our spinners have always done better on home wickets. That again goes back to the component of flight. Prasanna and Chandra, for example, had variations in delivery and had flight as their main weapon on good wickets. Bowlers must learn that. It can be told, but it cannot be taught. You can show him where to pitch, but it is his shoulder that has to turn. That [idea] of where to pitch can only be obtained by sheer practice. You have to fall in love with bowling. It’s hard work, but there is no substitute for it.

Ed Giddins today announced his retirement from first-class cricket, bringing the curtain down on a 12-year career of ups and downs.

Giddins, 32, played four Tests for England in 1999 and 2000, and his finest hour was his Man-of-the-Match performance of 5 for 15 against Zimbabwe at Lord’s. He played in the following match against Zimbabwe that 2000 summer, but struggled against West Indies at Edgbaston and was never seen again.He made his first-class debut for Sussex in 1991, but left under a cloud in 1996 after a positive test for recreational drugs which resulted in an 18-month ban from county cricket. He came back with Warwickshire two years later, then joined Surrey in 2001 with his reputation enhanced as an international. Surrey released him after two seasons and he completed his county career with Hampshire, from whom he departed today after making only three appearances this summer.Speaking at The Rose Bowl, Giddins said: “Throughout my career I have always set myself high standards of fitness and ability. There is no doubt that despite some adequate performances for Hampshire, it has become more and more difficult to dig deep enough on every occasion. I therefore feel that it is fairest to both Hampshire and myself that I bow out now and avoid any public deterioration in my performances.”He added: “I have thoroughly enjoyed my career with each of the four counties I have represented, and I wish them all well for the future.”Paul Terry, Hampshire’s team manager, said: “We fully respect Ed’s decision and wish him well for the future. His record is up there with the best of them and speaks for itself. Although we probably did not see the best of Ed at Hampshire, those who saw him bowl at Worcester in the first game of the season and later against Zimbabwe will have seen the quality that brought him 12 years at the top.”Away from cricket, Giddins earned a bob or two selling Christmas trees with former Surrey team-mate Nadeem Shahid, and was also chosen as one of England’s three most eligible bachelors by in March 1995.

Hampshire Hawks suffered their second successive defeat in the National League Division Two, losing to runaway leaders Lancashire Lightning by 45 runs at the Rose Bowl. Hampshire must now win one of their remaining two matches (Middlesex at Lords 14th September and Derbyshire at Derby 21st September) to gain promotion to Division One.A tidy spell from Dimitri Mascarenhas at the start of the innings had the Lightnings on the back foot, his spell of 2 for 20 in nine overs, in which he equalled Shaun Udal’s Hampshire record of 31 wickets in a season, gave the home side a boost especially as one of the wickets was the prolific Stuart Law the Australian premier batsman.At 52 for 4, with Alan Mullally and James Tomlinson chipping in with a wicket apiece, one from an outstanding Mascarenhas catch, West Indian Carl Hooper and Glen Chapple got together, posting 124 for the 5th wicket. Hooper who played as only he can built back the innings from scratch, was finally out for 73 in just 88 balls, driving Shaun Udal over mid-off for a hugh six in the process.Chapple also hit a six and with help from Warren Hegg took their side past the 200 mark.When Hampshire started their reply, which was always going to be difficult, they got off to the worst possible start losing Aussie Simon Katich and Derek Kenway with the score on 3.Some steady batting from Nic Pothas and John Crawley steadied the boat, but the accuracy of the Lancashire seamers continued to create problems. Crawley was beaten end up by a ball from Kyle Hogg, and Francis edged Wood behind having just stroked him for successive fours.Nic Pothas looked a lone soul in the battle to keep up with the run rate, but when he fell for 58 the end was in sight. Udal stayed to the end, but Hampshire were well short.Hooper with three wickets in a tidy spell was the pick of a good Lancashire attack.