Management have been shocking this summer. How to destroy a Division 1 Championship winning team in 10 months......

A collapse this last half-hour. Some questionable umpiring. They really need to introduce DRS for all games. McAndrew really needs to protect the tail.

So, after being out all season, Woakes will now undergo surgery on his knee. If it goes well he'll miss up to 6 weeks, so that's effectively it for the season. A big disappointment.

Best days cricket for sometime. Dare we say the Bears could win this!?
Hain superb again. If he was playing for one of the Southern Counties he'd be called up for England.......

Get Allan Donald in as the bowling coach. A true bear through and through. The current coach hasn't progressed some decent bowlers this year, get rid!

Watch Olly enjoy injury free cricket at Notts now we've got him fit.....
Where are the replacements?

I think McAndrew needs to play at Surrey. He's been a bit better than some of the team lately.

Malc wrote:

Team for Surrey?

Sibley
Yates
Rhodes
Hain
Hose
Lamb
Burgess
Stone
Norwell
Pandya
OHD

I think the overseas recruitment since Jeets retired has been poor. We need a much higher calibre of player. Obviously there's the conundrum of possible international call ups during the season. However, take Glamorgan for instance, they've managed to recruit Aussie Marnus Labuschagne for a number of seasons now. We should be aiming at that level of player.

I think too many of our senior bowlers are injured. Not a single appearance from Woakes or Stone. Norwell has barely played through one injury after another. Apart from last season, Norwell has missed an awful lot of games since he joined from Gloucester. Oh for a Jeetan Patel! I also think losing Welch and Bresnan had had a big impact. Matt Mason doesn't impress me as bowling coach either.

What a difference from September 2021. Champions and looking to dominate for a few years......and now? Probable relegation. A disgrace.

51/3. Hain gone for 16. The weather last night looked like it might end in a draw today. You can't rely on these forecasts! I'll be amazed if we save this.....even more so if we can somehow win it! Kent's new bowler Saini now has 7 wickets in this match.....

The same problems week in week out. We can see Benjamin isn't a number three, but our management haven't got a clue. This team is totally bereft of any confidence. Due to the poor weather forecast tomorrow, we'll likely get an undeserved draw against one of the worst teams in Division One.

I think the season before last, all of our top line bowlers were injured! We had to borrow bowlers if I recall and avoided relegation. It seems an ongoing issue with so many of our first choice attack either injured or called up for their respective Countries.

If Norwell and Stone had bowled 20 overs each in this match, I feel the situation would look somewhat different tonight! The current bowling, OHD apart, looks toothless.

Not the best decision making leaving the tail to face most of the bowling! In a low scoring game Hain should be facing the majority of the strike.

Why on earth is Benjamin batting so high up the order at number 3? He doesn't even feature that high in the order in the white ball format. He's more effective when the ball is that bit older.

Another poor batting effort from the 'top' order. This is so familiar. Davies is terrible and should've been dropped weeks ago. What are the selectors playing at? We'll probably get a slim lead but likely to lose this game.

Need to back up this great start from OHD. Don't let them recover!
Nonetheless, we are greatly weakened by the loss of Stone, Norwell and Woakes. Will they even feature again this season in the red ball format?? I have my doubts.

Hampshire bowlers benefitting from Graeme Welch's coaching.......