Historic Dawson feat leads Hampshire to crushing win over Middlesex

Hampshire 419 (Dawson 141, Gubbins 120, de Caires 7-144) beat Middlesex 150 (Dawson 6 for 40) and 208 (Higgins 54, Dawson 6-90) by an innings and 61 runs

His career-best match figures of 12 for 130 enters him into an unique Hampshire membership of Nineteenth-century gamers Arthur Ridley and Francis Lacey, and Charlie Llewellyn in 1901. Worcestershire’s Jack Shantry was the final to realize the feat within the Championship 9 years in the past.

The victory, which noticed Hampshire bowl Middlesex out for 150 and 208, retains them hanging on within the title race, and additional boosts Dawson’s Ashes credentials. It was Hampshire’s fourth victory of the season, as they took 21 factors away, whereas Middlesex seemed destined to drop into the relegation zone with their solitary level.

Kyle Abbott rattled via the Middlesex tail to complete the primary innings, with two excellent wickets falling inside 5 overs. Tom Helm shouldered his arms to a supply which swung then seamed into his off stump earlier than Josh de Caires was the sufferer of extra inwards motion because the ball thudded into his pads.

Middlesex, bowled out 269 behind, had been requested to observe on, and are nonetheless with out a Championship centurion this 12 months.

Second time round they survived virtually 13 overs earlier than collapsing.

Dawson ended the primary innings with 6 for 40, his finest on the Ageas Bowl, bettering the 6 for 61 he had taken towards Northamptonshire within the earlier Championship match at dwelling. Having been launched within the twelfth over within the first innings, James Vince threw him the ball within the eleventh this time round earlier than placing in his second to begin a 21-ball avalanche of wickets.

Dawson bookended the spell with Sam Robson edging to second slip and Mark Stoneman popping a reverse sweep off his glove to first slip.

In between, Keith Barker had Pieter Malan failing to undergo with a shot and toeing to mid-off and Max Holden brashly advancing and edging to first slip. There had additionally been time for Stoneman to be dropped at quick leg because the guests sagged from 40 with out loss to 51 for 4.

Ryan Higgins was proactive in dragging his facet out of their malaise with common advances on the spin bowlers and reverse sweeps on his technique to eight boundaries. He reached a 59-ball fifty in a 78-run stand with John Simpson however fell for 54 when he reversed Dawson to first slip.

Dawson introduced up his tenth wicket within the match when Luke Hollman was nicely caught at huge mid-off by Mohammad Abbas. It was solely the second 10-wicket haul of Dawson’s profession, after his 10 for 139 towards Essex final season. His 20 wickets this season have come at 17.75, half his profession common.

Simpson and de Caires had pissed off Hampshire for simply over an hour both facet of tea however the unlikely legspin of Nick Gubbins produced a supply Shane Warne would have been happy with to fortress de Caires – giving Gubbins a maiden Championship wicket.

After Simpson fell for 49 when he strangled Fuller behind, that man Dawson rounded issues off when Roland-Jones was struck on the pads and Helm was stumped. The six-for was his third in a row on the Ageas Bowl, having by no means beforehand taken greater than 5 wickets in an innings on his dwelling floor.