County Championship 2025.

[Alviro Patterson]

Hampshire have lost.

Durham just need a draw. Batting now, 121 behind

I have no faith in them at all this season.... none

I don't think there is enough time. We had bad light at the stroke of noon yesterday. The stroke of noon of all times!

Today's weather is similar for yesterday. Cloud rolling in with an Easterly airflow, but rain expected in the evening.

When bad light stopped play after 3pm, I saw stubborn cloud behind the East Stand. It was a cue to leave as the light was only going to diminish.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Yorkshire stay up, which didn't always look probable.

Well done on Chahar's 8-fer for Surrey. On his championship debut! That must be hard to take for Hants.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Rain has appeared on the forecast for Leeds. But too late to help Durham, who are now shedding wickets.

[Durhamfootman]

We've suddenly lost 5 wickets in 8 overs

we really are a *modded* shower

and the rain isn't due until about 6pm according to my phone

we won't last another half hour

and we don't deserve to

[Arthur Crabtree]

9 down. Sadly looking like curtains. Three in an over for Good Dom Bess.

Relief for Hants though...

[Durhamfootman]

Jesus......

in an utterly shambolic season, we've managed to save the biggest shambles for the final hour of the season

I'll bet Hampshire fans can't even begin to believe their luck

[Durhamfootman]

wave bye bye to div 1

see you again in another 10 years

I can't even begin to describe how angry I feel atm

[Arthur Crabtree]

Commiserations. Pretty dismal collapse.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Not that hard to get out of CC2 however. Staying out is much tougher

Though maybe too early for optimism...

[captaincolly]

Commiserations. Pretty dismal collapse.

I don't like to exaggerate...but that has to be the worst batting performance of all time!

[Arthur Crabtree]

England have collapsed worse than that!

[captaincolly]

England have collapsed worse than that!

Probably! But Ben Raine wss talking midgame about how hard it wss to take wickets on a hybrid pitch- that was definitely tempting fate! I don't think they'll ever live it down!

[Durhamfootman]

we've played on 2 hybrid pitches in the last 3 matches

I still don't know what a hybrid pitch is

[captaincolly]

we've played on 2 hybrid pitches in the last 3 matches

I still don't know what a hybrid pitch is

Easy for batting according to Raine!
He said they had two pitches prepared - a green top if they went in needing a win, and a hybrid if they needed a draw. That makes the collapse even more unforgiveable.

[Durhamfootman]

we have history, though

Harmer bowled us out in a single session at Chelmsford 3 or 4 years ago

once wickets begin to fall, the Johnny Fartpants clouds start appearing from the backs of their trousers and they end up looking like England batters in Australia in 2013 coming out to face Mitch Johnson

paralysed by fear