Not bad for openers
Warwickshire v Hampshire at Edgbaston, 1987.
Warwickshire 168 and 271
Hampshire 396 for 2 and 44 for 1.
Hampshire won by 9 wickets.
For Warwickshire, Andy Moles and Andy Lloyd put on opening stands of 4 and 3, which were somewhat dwarfed by Hampshire's first innings opening partnership of 347 by Paul Terry and Chris Smith. It was Hampshire's record opening stand as Smith (217) and Terry (122) plundered an attack of Allan Donald, Paul Smith, Gordon Parsons, Moles, Ed Milburn and Norman Gifford.
No Warwickshire batsmen reached 30 in the first innings but they showed more fight in the second as Moles dug in for 41, Geoff Humpage scored 64, Asif Din struck 49 and even Donald defied with 27 but Malcolm Marshall ended the resistance by dismissing Donald; a great fast bowler dismissing one who was to become great.
Hampshire 24 points, Warwickshire 1.
Next day, Martin Crowe scored 206 not out for Somerset at Edgbaston. It was not a happy time for the Bears.
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This was the first days county cricked I ever watched!! I also vaguely remember the Sunday match where the bears were about 50 odd for 5 at 1 stage and chris Smith said it was pretty embarrasing coming here. Did not ed Milburn break the opening partnership??
Hi Spencer, yes Milburn did indeed bowl Smith for 217. And you're spot on with the Sunday game as well. In reply to Hampshire's 210 for 7, Warwickshire hit 46 for 5 before "recovering" to 126 for 8 from 40 overs. Doesn't sound like a feast of entertainment does it?
Can you recall who was the rather unlikely top scorer for the Bears with 21 not out?
Complete guess dean Hoffman??
Good effort - but it's Adrian Pierson!