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Ahead of our trip to Bristol, Club historian Dave Allen taken a look at our previous away matches against Gloucestershire
We have generally enjoyed the better of our meetings with Gloucestershire, winning eight matches and losing two with another four remaining unfinished. Our first T20 meeting with them came in 2010 at Bristol and on our way to the Trophy we won an easy victory after bowling them out for 68 – just one run more than the lowest ever against us, by Sussex in 2004. The damage was done by Sean Ervine (4-12 and Dominic Cork 2-9) and we won by seven wickets in the eighth over. One year later we won a much tighter game at the delightfully named Archdeacon Meadow Ground in Gloucester when our 165-4 included Neil McKenzie’s 89*, still our highest innings against Gloucestershire. In reply the home side finished 10 runs from the victory target with two wickets each for Cork, Wood and Briggs.
We did not travel west again until 2015 when our third away game took us to a third ground, Cheltenham College, and a victory this time for Gloucestershire after we fell from 57-1 to 116 all out, our lowest score in these matches. The main damage was done by Craig Miles whose 3-25 is still their best bowling against us but he was well supported by James Fuller (4-0-19-2) and Benny Howell (4-1-15-2) - Hampshire’s future and past. Gloucestershire won by five wickets with Howell adding 31* and sharing a 61-run partnership with Geraint Jones (40).
Since then our away matches have all been in Bristol. In 2017 we won a Duckworth/Lewis calculation after they posted 174-5 with a century from Klinger, one of five three-figure innings against Hampshire in the 19 seasons of T20 so far. The match had started as 19 overs each and after Vince and Rossouw opened with a partnership of 85, when play was halted at 121-3 in the 12th over we were 23 runs ahead of the winning score. In 2019 Aneurin Donald opened for us with 44 from 23 balls but 139-6 was a disappointing total – Liddle’s 3-25 equalling Craig Miles four years earlier - and Bracey’s 64 took them to a comfortable seven wicket win. The pandemic meant the 2020 match was cancelled while last year rain ensured we failed to start again. Let’s hope for third time lucky this year.
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.
A limited number of these new tickets are still available at the Advance rate for Hampshire Hawks’ last Vitality Blast match against Gloucestershire.
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.
