Date-stamped : 12 May97 - 06:15
Gloucestershire`s  Monte  Lynch   thrashed    Hampshire`s  attack
for  88  off  51  balls  but  still could not beat  the  rain  at
Bristol.

Lynch faced the first ball and the  last  in  what  was scheduled
to be a 16-overs-per-side match.

The former Surrey batsman finished with two  sixes  and 10  fours
and  was  dropped three times by Hampshire, who  will  be glad to
see the back of him, after he  rattled  up  87  against  them  in
the Benson and Hedges Cup just 10 days ago.

He and Mark Alleyne added 97  in  nine  overs   for   the  fourth
wicket, as Gloucestershire reached 139 for five.

But it was all to prove in  vain:  first  a   heavy   shower  cut
Hampshire`s  target  to 95 runs in 10 overs and then  the umpires
decided the outfield was too wet in any case.

Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)

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