Hampshire v Yorkshire (County Championship) : Day Three

Michael Vaughan was forced to sit out a riveting day's play with a broken finger at the Rose Bowl yesterday but he looked on in admiration as Younis Khan became the first batsman since Vaughan himself to plunder a century in each innings of a Championship match for the county.

And the Pakistani Test star went one better than that because he took his second innings score to 202 not out to become the only batsman in the club's history to notch a double century and a century.

Yorkshire then declared at 439 for four, with Gerard Brophy unbeaten on 100, his maiden ton for the county, leaving Hampshire to make 443 for victory.

Opener Michael Brown soon fell to a catch behind the wicket off Jason Gillespie and Hampshire closed on 16 for one, still wanting a further 427.

Great though Younis' achievement was, he was not by himself yesterday in turning in a rousing performance which converted a difficult situation into one in which Yorkshire may go on to record a third consecutive victory.

Hampshire were on top when Yorkshire resumed on 49 for two, with Vaughan's role reduced to that of a spectator, and it was the nightwatchman, Matthew Hoggard, who exceeded all expectations by staying with Younis until almost 15 minutes into the afternoon session.

Crouching over his bat in familiar style, Hoggard faced up to Stuart Clark, the breaker of Vaughan's finger on the previous day, and his only chance came on 20, when he was dropped at second slip by Hampshire captain Shane Warne.

Hoggard even outscored Younis early on and the Pakistani just beat him to 50, the third-wicket stand galloping on to 152 in 41 overs before Hoggard mis-swept Warne to Sean Ervine at square leg for a gallant 61 from 127 deliveries with eight fours.

Vaughan's century in each innings came against Essex at Chelmsford in 1999 and Younis also achieved the feat when he steered Ervine for four to go to his century from 143 balls with a dozen fours.

Jacques Rudolph shared a 59 stand with Younis when he was caught behind but his departure only made things tougher for Hampshire as Brophy entered the fray with some dazzling strokeplay of his own to notch his maiden century for Yorkshire.

The fifth-wicket pair pulverised the bowling, Warne included, Brophy taking 14 off a James Bruce over with two fours and a six and Younis planting Warne high over mid-wicket and into the seats.

SCORECARD

Hampshire v Yorkshire at The Rose Bowl.

Overnight: Hampshire 296 (M J Brown 105, N
Pothas 70 no; T T Bresnan4-65). Yorkshire 299
(Younis Khan 106, M P Vaughan 72, A Rashid
54; J T ABruce 4-56) and 49-2.

Yorkshire Second Innings
M P Vaughan retd hurt 16
Younis Khan not out 202
M J Hoggard c Ervine b Warne 61
J A Rudolph c Pothas b Clark 22
G L Brophy not out 100
Extras (b10 lb8 w5 nb2 pens 0) 25
Total 4 wkts dec (106.5 overs) 439
Fall: 1-29 2-34 3-186 4-245
Did Not Bat: A Rashid, T T Bresnan, D Gough,
J N Gillespie.
Bowling: Clark 22.5-0-83-3. Bruce 17-7-44-0.
Tomlinson 15-1-78-0. Ervine 21-3-86-0. Warne
29-2-114-1. Adams 2-0-16-0.

Hampshire Second Innings
J H Adams not out 8
M J Brown c Brophy b Gillespie 8
J T Bruce not out 0
Extras (pens 0) 0
Total 1 wkt (9 overs) 16
Fall: 1-12
To Bat: J P Crawley, M J Lumb, C C Benham,
N Pothas, S M Ervine, S K Warne, S R Clark, J
A Tomlinson.
Bowling: Hoggard 5-2-6-0. Gillespie 4-2-10-1.