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Dave Allen: 20 Years Of Gloucestershire At The Ageas Bowl
Dave Allen: 20 Years Of Gloucestershire At The Ageas Bowl
Club historian Dave Allen has taken a look back at Gloucestershire's previous visits to The Ageas Bowl
Our first home match with Gloucestershire in 2010 saw us post 205-5, one of 11 occasions when we have passed 200 in a T20 innings. James Vince (77) and Neil McKenzie (55) added 110 for the fourth wicket and while Gloucestershire reached 164-4, they lost the remaining wickets for just 13 runs (Dent 63) – our left-armers Chris Wood took 3-27 and Danny Briggs 3-31 both passing their previous best figures. In the following year Gloucestershire, including Muralitharan (4-15) restricted us to 139-7 (Adams 47) before rain meant a revised target for Gloucestershire of 124 in 17 overs but Shahid Afridi with 5-20 bowled them out for 107 – it was one of just six ‘five-fors’ (or better) in Hampshire’s T20 history and our best against Gloucestershire.
Gloucestershire made their highest total against us on our ground in 2016 but even 178-8 with 50 from our ‘old boy’ Benny Howell could not take them to victory as Will Smith’s 3-26 left them two short of our total, which was built on 69* from Jimmy Adams including a partnership of 68 with Glenn Maxwell. In 2016 they visited us again, the teams were named, we won the toss and that was it – the rain came and the game never started. For our overseas West Indian Darren Sammy it was a very un-Caribbean way to end his English T20 career.
2018 was a better day; Gloucestershire posted 144 (Klinger 43) with Chris Wood taking 4-16 in his four overs and we chased that down with 19 balls and six wickets to spare, with 48* from Vince and 42 from Rilee Rossouw. The 2020 match was cancelled with the Covid-rearranged fixture list while in 2021 we met them at home having won just one of our first nine matches and our victory by 10 runs got us going; we won five in-a-row from there which took us to the quarter-final thrills of Trent Bridge. In the game against Gloucestershire Tom Prest’s 59* and Fuller’s 38 took us to 176-6 and while Phillips with 57 and Dent 42 gave them hope when Phillips went they still needed 43 from 21 balls. It was too many (Wood 2-31).
Fans enjoying a summer’s afternoon or evening of Vitality Blast action at The Ageas Bowl can look forward to free family-friendly activities, live music and a whole host of off-pitch entertainment as well as the best food and drink in English cricket – that’s in addition to all the edge-of-your-seat cricketing action that T20 promises.
Vitality Blast Passports have now sold out after a record number of fans secured their seven-match passes for the 2022 season. Individual match tickets are on sale for this summer’s Vitality Blast at the discounted Advance rate until 11:59pm the day before each match. Click the link below to purchase yours.
Hampshire Hawks have also announced a brand-new type of ticket for this summer’s T20 matches at The Ageas Bowl, the Vitality Blast Plus ticket, which offers an upgrade on general admission tickets with premium reserved seating and access to a private, pitch-facing lounge and bar.
Getting to The Ageas Bowl for this summer’s Vitality Blast is easier and more affordable than ever before as fans will be able to make use of free buses running to and from The Ageas Bowl from Hedge End and Southampton Airport Parkway train stations.
You won't need a ticket or any accreditation to use the free buses - simply turn up at the stations and get on board - however, if you are planning to use the buses we would ask you to complete the short registration form (available below) to ensure we're able to provide enough vehicles for all fans using the services.
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