sentences:  He was nonetheless back in the side as an ever-present with 1,000 runs as Hampshire won the title in 1973 - from then until he retired in 1989, he continued to score runs in both formats and by the end he had passed 1,000 runs in nine seasons.With the covering of pitches in his later years, his average rose into the 40s, and to 49.18 in his ‘Indian Summer’ of 1987 – for Hampshire he finished with 18,683 first-class runs and 27 centuries.He scored almost 10,000 limited-overs runs for Hampshire, and fittingly was at the wicket with his captain when Hampshire won their first Lord’s Final in 1988.