County Championship: Rain as soon as once more hampers play between Hampshire and Leicestershire

Rain floods the Ageas Bowl outfield

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Just 81 overs play has been possible in three days between Hampshire and Leicestershire
LV= County Championship Group Two, Ageas Bowl, Southampton (day three):
Hampshire 233: Holland 82, Vince 32; Barnes 4-61, Wright 4-71
Leicestershire 28-5: Patel 13*; Abbott 3-22, Abbas 2-5
Leicestershire (3 pts) trail Hampshire (2 pts) by 205 runs
Scorecard

Rain once again washed out the majority of play between Hampshire and Leicestershire but not before a flurry of wickets on the third day.

Eight wickets fell for just 38 runs inside 11 overs as Hampshire were dismissed for 233 before Leicestershire slumped to 28-5 in reply.

Hampshire could initially only add 10 runs to their overnight 223-7.

New ball pair Kyle Abbott (3-22) and Mohammad Abbas (2-5) then ripped through Leicestershire’s top order.

No play was possible after an early lunch had been taken but Leicestershire still need another 56 runs to avoid the follow-on.

At one stage, the Foxes were 17-5 as Abbott and former Leicestershire paceman Abbas…

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