County DIV1 2026, YOR vs HAM 8th Match Report, 10 – 13 April 2026

hampshire 251 (Lehmann 76, Gubbins 43, Hill 5-46) and 93 for 2 (Gubbins 48) lead yorkshire 177 (Lyth 76, Baker 4-45, Abbott 4-49) by 167 runs

The seam bowling duo – Abbott more skill and Baker’s raw pace – combined to bowl out the hosts for 177 in reply to a first innings of 251.

Hampshire’s second innings started with a lead of 74 just before tea, and they built on that with 93 for two from 28 overs – a total lead of 167.

During the latter stages of Yorkshire’s innings, they used the newly introduced injury replacement to replace Australian Test quick Jhye Richardson, whose debut was cut short due to illness. Dutch overseas Logan van Beek entered.

Summing up on 48 for four, Yorkshire enjoyed a productive morning, which started late and ended early due to the rain, which actually intervened on four separate occasions.

Lyth and Revis took their partnership to 100, both looking in good shape to help their team recover from Baker’s triple maiden late on day one.

Revis hit the field this morning after receiving his county cap with teammate and fellow Lion James Wharton after playing last night. Revis was presented by former Yorkshire captain Steve Patterson in a ceremony inside the pavilion, with current captain Jonny Bairstow presenting Wharton with his.

It was a distinctly unpleasant day weather-wise. While the rain was clearly unhelpful – play didn’t start until 11:30 and interrupted things four more times – the biting wind complicated things for both players and spectators.

Still, the game was very engaging, with ball largely dominating the bat.

The Lyth and Revis alliance has been the only century stand of the match so far, and on the way they took Yorkshire through to lunch at 129 for four.

Veteran Lyth reached his second consecutive fifty, off 130 balls, just before the break.

Abbott then reasserted Hampshire’s overnight power position with a trio of wickets as the score fell from 137 for four to 149 for seven.

He bowled Revis and George Hill with Lyth caught behind in between.

A brief rain delay followed before Liam Dawson’s left-arm spin was the reason for Dom Bess being caught behind, with Codi Yusuf and Baker sweeping up the tail. Harry Duke was also caught behind and Jack White bowled.

Abbott finished with four for 49 from 20 overs and Baker four for 45 from 12.

Amid the flurry of wickets, Van Beek came in to bat at number 10 in place of Richardson, who will not miss Yorkshire’s next game, despite having to sit out the next eight days.

Yorkshire do not have a game next weekend. It is the second time in two games they have used the substitute rule, with Bairstow dropping out before day three at Glamorgan last week with a broken right thumb.

It was an impressive response from Hampshire after last week’s three-day home defeat to Essex. For Yorkshire, they were unconvincing in their draw at Glamorgan last week and so far have been here as well.

Van Beek’s pace struck twice late in the day to remove openers Joe Weatherley and Nick Gubbins – lbw and caught behind, the latter for 48. But Hampshire remain in control.