Hampshire denies Guardiola’s request to take Abbas' penthouse suite

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Hampshire County Cricket Club denied Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola's request to take Mohammad Abbas' penthouse at Hilton hotel for two nights.

Journalist, Cameron Ponsonby, shared the incident while speaking in a Wisden podcast.

"Part of his [Abbas] deal at Hampshire is that he has the premier penthouse suite at the Hilton hotel that overlooks the [The Ageas Bowl] ground," Ponsonby said.

"Man City were playing Southampton last week, and Man City were staying at the Hilton hotel.  Man City put in a request that if their manager Pep Guardiola can take Abbas’ suite off him for two nights. Hampshire said no, that's Mo Abbas' suite. Pep, you go down the hallway," he added.

Hampshire’s Keith Barker confirmed the aforementioned story on his Instagram.

 

Confirmation from Hampshire's Keith Barker 😂 pic.twitter.com/C6yF10VaAf

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) April 14, 2023

 

Abbas is in outstanding form as he took nine wickets for Hampshire in his first County Championship match against Nottinghamshire this season.

He finished with spectacular match figures of 9/116 and now has 100 first-class wickets for Hampshire at an average of just 16.5.