Hampshire docked three factors for ‘beneath common’ pitch towards Essex in July

The Ageas Bowl pitch was rated ‘below average’ by the match referee in the game between Hampshire and Essex in July

Hampshire have been deducted three points in the County Championship for preparing a “below average” pitch for their match against Essex in July.

A further 20-point penalty has been suspended until the end of next season, with the club also fined £5,000.

Essex won the match at the Ageas Bowl inside three days, with only 506 runs coming across the four innings.

The deduction means Hampshire, third in Division One, are now 52 points behind leaders Surrey with two games to play.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) charged the county with failing to comply with regulation 8.1 of its pitch regulations, which requires each county to “actively seek to prepare the best quality cricket pitch that it can for the match that it is staging” – a decision which was upheld by an independent cricket discipline commission panel.

In the decision document, it is stated that…

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