Abbas and Amir go head to head in English county

Pakistan’s Mohammad Abbas and Mohammad Amir dominated the second day of an English County Championship match between Hampshire and Gloucestershire on Friday.

Abbas produced great line and length bowling, taking six counters for 45 runs while the Hampshire hosts reduced the Gloucestershire to 124 for nine on the second day of four in Southampton. But Ajeet Singh Dale and Jared Warner added 55 runs to the final draw to bring the deficit down to 163. Then Amir, bowling for Gloucestershire, continued where his compatriot had stopped in a stunning three-for-11 spell while Hampshire fell to 28-for-four in their second innings at stumps in this First Division clash.

The southern side of the coast, however, still had an advance of 191 runs.