Warhorse: Kyle Abbott has been Hampshire’s guiding light this season
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VETERAN SEAMER Kyle Abbott has been named Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round after his spectacular nine-wicket match haul saw relegation-threatened Hampshire upset title challengers Sussex by 118 runs at Hove to pick up a second win of the season.
Abbott took first-innings figures of 6-49 to see Sussex dismissed for 159 in reply to Hampshire’s total of 191. Hampshire then posted 220 to set the home side a target of 253 to win, but they could only manage 134, Abbott takin...
