Rankin strikes

Hampshire 24 for 1 (9.2 overs). Carberry 23, Crawley 0.

Adams, on 1, edges Rankin and Clarke takes a fine low catch at second slip.

Rankin 4.2-3-1-1. Impressive start.

I don't agree with much that Prince Philip says but when in 1975, he asserted: "It seems to me unwise to place too great a reliance on a growing or even a steady contribution of commercial sponsorship to the first-class game," I think he was spot on.