Sam Hain scores but extra runs that do not get you seen

Warwickshire 364 for five (Hain 85, Burgess 60*) lead Hampshire 229 (Vince 75*, Rushworth 3-38, Woakes 3-45) by 135 runs

Hain started the season with centuries towards Kent and Somerset and returned to kind after a quiet match towards Surrey with a faultless 85.
Hong Kong-born, Australian-raised Hain captained England Lions in Sri Lanka in the course of the winter, however a hamstring harm scuppered his likelihood to coach with the Test squad within the UAE earlier than the tour to Pakistan. He as an alternative busied himself on the Big Bash.

Hampshire had discovered hope with three wickets in a truncated morning session to vogue a collapse from 83 with out loss to 95 for 3, however half-centuries for Alex Davies, Ed Barnard, and Michael Burgess accompanied Hain. Barnard, specifically, floor the hosts down to finish the day on a trendy unbeaten 91.

Warwickshire on 364 for 5, maintain a lead of 135 – though forecast rain on Saturday might thwart their probabilities of a victory that, if gained, would symbolize a big restoration after their defeat towards Surrey at Edgbaston final week.

Hain’s inventory has been rising for a number of years, having burst onto the scene with a double-century in his debut season in 2015 – the place he averaged over 50. His run tallies within the final three Championship seasons – 914 in 2019, 881 in 2021, and 1,137 in 2022 – imply solely Keaton Jennings and Ben Compton have totted up extra Division One runs.

Hain’s inventory has been rising for a number of years, having burst onto the scene with a double-century in his debut season in 2015 – the place he averaged over 50. He was the third-leading run-scorer in Division One final yr, with 1337, and for the reason that begin of the 2019 nobody has scored extra runs within the Championship (and Bob Willis Trophy) than Hain.

Against Hampshire’s Keith Barker-less assault, he discovered an ideal adagio tempo the place he fastidiously went about his work, having arrived on the crease in the course of a top-order hiccup.

Rob Yates and Alex Davies had negotiated the night session of the primary day flawlessly to compile 82 runs however had been separated inside three authorized deliveries of the morning when Yates lobbed a caught and bowled again at Kyle Abbott. Davies reached his forty fourth first-class fifty with a slap via the covers, however perished three balls later when Mohammad Abbas nipped one again into his pads.

Only seven overs had been doable earlier than lunch however Will Rhodes changing into the third sufferer – leg earlier than to Abbott.

Hain settled issues after lunch. For massive durations you would not discover him, after which he’d power your consideration with an impeccably timed shot. His cowl drive to take him to a 110-ball fifty was the undoubted spotlight.

Mousley caught with him for simply over an hour and a half in a 69-run stand earlier than he was lbw, swinging throughout the road to Ian Holland.
Holland additionally produced a uncommon misjudgement from Hain to be caught behind – a call which appeared to disappoint the batter.

Barnard had placed on 86 with Hain, as Warwickshire strode right into a first-innings lead and to a batting level, and reached his maiden half-century for the county after his winter transfer from Worcestershire.