Date-stamped : 12 Aug97 - 10:30
Middx v Hampshire

By D J Rutnagur

Hampshire (216) bt Middlesex (200) by 16 runs

JASON   Pooley   made   a  brave and audacious 94 not out against
Hampshire at Lord`s before running out of partners  17  short  of
Middle- sex`s target of 217 for victory.

Hampshire   owed   their   win to a dashing 89 by Matthew Hayden,
their Australian import, for after  his  dismissal,  still   with
seven wickets standing, they added only 49 from nine overs.

Their   216   was   not  a  large  total,  but Middlesex have not
reached 200 in a Sunday League match this season.

At 106, with only Pooley of their main  batsmen  remaining,  Mid-
dlesex,  who  have not won a Sunday league game since May, looked
doomed to a heavy defeat. But the left-hander kept them  in  con-
tention  un- til only two overs remained.

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

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