Adam Hose smashes 266 to steal top-flight headlines

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE ROUNDUP: Dom Sibley made a century for Surrey against Durham, but Hose's double century – the highest score by a visiting player at the Utilita Bowl – was the day's standout performance

ECB Reporters Network | 29/06/2025 at 20:16

Southampton (day one of four): Worcestershire 456-3, Hampshire

Adam Hose provided retribution to Hampshire for snubbing him as a youngster by scoring 266 – the highest-ever score by a visiting player at Utilita Bowl.

Top-order batter Hose played for Hampshire at under-13 and under-17 levels, having been born and raised on the Isle of Wight, but never progressed into the professional ranks.

He returned with an epic second career Rothesay County Championship hundred during a mammoth 395-run third-wicket stand with stand-in captain Jake Libby.

Libby knocked up 137 unbeaten runs of his own on a lifeless wicket with a joyless Kookaburra ball as Worcestershire ended day one on 456 for 3.

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^{Dom Sibley made a hundred for Surrey (Ben Hoskins/Getty Images)}

Kia Oval (day one of four): Surrey 407-3, Durham

Dominic Sibley and Sam Curran scored excellent centuries as champions Surrey made Durham rue their decision to field first on day one at the Kia Oval.

Sibley's batted all day for his unbeaten 169, his third century of the campaign, while Curran’s 108 from 117 balls was his first Championship ton of the season. The duo added 170 for the third wicket as the hosts piled up 407 for 3.

Prior to their mammoth stand Rory Burns lit up the morning's play with a half century full of trademark shots and laced with 12 fours and Dan Lawrence (58*) too passed 50 at better than a run a ball before stumps were drawn.

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^{Dean Elgar fell six short of a century for Essex (Harry Trump/Getty Images)}

Hove (day one of four): Warwickshire 372-7, Sussex

Sam Hain and Ed Barnard, with a fifth wicket stand of 151 in 32 overs, gave Warwickshire the advantage on the opening day of their championship match against Sussex at Hove, before the home side fought back to achieve parity at the close.

Hain played a particularly exhilarating innings, using his feet and wrists to play a medley of inventive strokes to unsettle the Sussex bowlers. He reached his half century for the fifth time in as many championship innings and went on to make 87 from 118 deliveries, with three sixes and seven fours. Barnard, impressive in a support role, made 66.

It would have been worse for Sussex but for Henry Crocombe, their fastest and best bowler yesterday in only his second game of the season. Crocombe missed the start of the summer with injury but took six wickets in the win over Hampshire in May. Here, he took three wickets for 73, bending his back and achieving some pace.