Why Hampshire have a remarkable home Championship record against Yorkshire

But with no action to report on, The News takes a look back at some memorable clashes between the two counties on Hampshire soil.

There are not many home wins to choose from, though. Remarkably, out of Yorkshire’s 91 visits to the county for a Championship game stretching back to 1895, Hampshire have won just seven.

The first was in Portsmouth in 1911, while Hampshire had to wait until 2006 for their first ever home first class victory over Yorkshire in Southampton.

1911

Wicket-keeper James Sprot scored the only half-century of the match in Hampshire’s second innings to clinch a six-wicket victory at Burnaby Road.

Opening the batting, his 62 enabled the hosts to ease to 137-4 in a low-scoring game.

George Brown bagged 6-48 as Yorkshire were dismissed for 169 on the first day, with Hampshire taking a 22-run first innings lead.

Brown’s new ball partner Alec Kennedy took centre stage in the visitors’ second innings, taking 5-61 as Yorkshire were dismissed for 158.

1960

While Hampshire have only won seven home games against Yorkshire, they have lost an amazing 43 Championship matches.

And the legendary Fred Trueman was at his fiery best at Burnaby Road in 1960, taking 12 wickets as the visitors romped to an innings success to chalk up one of those victories.

First, Trueman watched on as England pair Brian Bolus (146 not out) and Brian Close (102) took Yorkshire to 399-7 declared.

Hampshire moved serenely to 166-2 in reply before Trueman started to take control - a 6-34 burst instrumental in the hosts losing eight wickets for 25 runs to collapse to 191 all out.

Asked to follow on, Trueman took 6-28 - meaning startling match figures of 12-62 - as Hampshire were dismissed for 147. Henry Horton (68 not out) provided the sole resistance of note.

1971

David Turner and Peter Sainsbury starred with bat and ball as Hampshire romped to an eight-wicket success at Bournemouth.

Turner scored 132 out of Hampshire’s first innings 299. Coming in at No 3, he was in early as Gordon Greenidge fell for a duck before putting on 99 for the second wicket with Barry Richards (57).

Replying, Yorkshire were routed for 96 - of which Geoff Boycott scored 40 - with Sainsbury recording the superb figures of 16.2-6-14-6.

Asked by skipper Richard Gilliat to follow on, Boycott scored 111 as the visitors were this time bowled out for 233.

Sainsbury completed a 10-wicket match by bagging 5-62.

Richards and Greenidge both fell cheaply, but Turner’s 18 not out saw Hampshire easily win on 33-2.

2006

John Crawley scored a big century as Yorkshire finally lost a Championship game in Southampton - Hampshire storming to a 10-wicket win at The Rose Bowl.

But it was Dimi Mascarenhas who was first to impress with a 6-45 haul as the Tykes were bowled out for 195 in their first innings.

Michael Carberry blazed 99 out of Hampshire’s first 165 runs in reply, before Crawley compiled 173 in a 493 total - Chris Benham adding 56.

Michael Lumb - who was to join Hampshire at the end of the season - provided Yorkshire’s main second innings resistance with 105 out of 311.

But that only left openers Jimmy Adams and Carberry needing to knock off 15 runs for victory.

2009

Adil Rashid turned in a fantastic all-round performance as Hampshire were thrashed by an innings at May’s Bounty, Basingstoke.

The hosts began well enough, reaching 153-2 thanks to Jimmy Adams (79) and ex-Tyke Michael Lumb (51), but Ajmal Shahzad took four wickets as they were dismissed for 250.

It still seemed like being a close contest when Yorkshire reached 268-7 in reply.

But tailenders Rashid (117 not out) and Shahzad (78) proceeded to add 192 for the eighth wicket, and further tail wagging took the score to 524.

Tim Bresnan dismissed Adams and Lumb cheaply when Hampshire batted again.

Michael Carberry top scored with 70 but Rashid bagged 5-41 as the hosts collapsed from 230-5 to 252 all out to lose by an innings and 22 runs.

2011

Michael Carberry and Neil McKenzie compiled Hampshire's highest ever partnership and the highest third wicket stand in Championship history in a drawn encounter at The Ageas Bowl.

Replying to the visitors’ 532 total (Anthony McGrath 115, Jaques Rudolph 99), Carberry and McKenzie shared a staggering third wicket stand of 523.

Carberry struck a maiden triple century - exactly 300 not out - in what was the ninth highest stand in first class cricket history.

After coming together at 59-2, the pair took the score to 582-2 before McKenzie fell for a career-best 237. In all, they resisted the Yorkshire attack for eight hours and a total of 135 overs.

As well as being Hampshire's record partnership for any wicket - overtaking the 411 put together by Robert Poore and Teddy Wynyard against Somerset at Taunton in 1899 - their stand was the highest for the third wicket in the history of the Championship.

It broke the unbroken 438 Graeme Hick and Tom Moody shared for Worcestershire against Hampshire at Southampton’s County Ground in 1997.

At one stage it looked as if they would threaten the all-time best partnership of 555 between Yorkshire's Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe against Essex at Leyton in 1932, but it finally came to an end when McKenzie lifted left-arm spinner David Wainwright to Gary Ballance at mid-on.

It was only Carberry’s third game of the season after being diagnosed with blood clots on his lung the previous November.