STAGING a five-day England Test match at Hampshire's Rose Bowl would bring an estimated £9m worth of spending to the county.
Hampshire Cricket hopes to transform the ground into England's first "model Test venue" by the 2010 season after getting permission to extend its capacity to 25,000
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