County Championship: Hampshire nightwatchman Mason Crane helps safe draw with Yorkshire

Mason Crane batted for a total of 197 balls for his 28

LV= County Championship Division One, Ageas Bowl, Southampton (day four):

Yorkshire 243 & 312-6 dec: Ballance 101*, Kohler-Cadmore 89, Hill 55; Barker 2-39

Hampshire 163 & 177-9: Weatherley 43, Vince 42, Crane 28; Thompson 4-18

Hampshire (11 pts) drew with Yorkshire (12 pts)

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Hampshire nightwatchman Mason Crane batted for more than four hours to help his side secure a nail-biting draw against Yorkshire at The Ageas Bowl.

Crane batted throughout the first two sessions as Hampshire crawled to 120-4 from their overnight 26-2.

Yorkshire took the new ball after tea and it did the trick as Crane edged Matthew Fisher to slip for 28.

Jordan Thompson got James Vince (42) to leave them 177-9 but Kyle Abbott and Brad Wheal saw out the last 7.3 overs.

Abbott and Wheal, both unable to bowl on day three because of injury, did not add a run in their stand of 45 deliveries as Yorkshire were forced to bowl two spinners because of fading light in…

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