Visit Hampshire Cricket and Utilita Bowl's online store to get your hands on official replica and supporter kit as well as a range of other merchandise.
Hampshire Bowlers Look To Set Up Final Day Victory
Hampshire Bowlers Look To Set Up Final Day Victory
Hampshire reduced Warwickshire to 75-2 (f/o), still 186 runs behind, to end day three at the The Ageas Bowl
Hampshire's bowlers looked to set-up a final day victory, as they reduced Warwickshire to 75-2 after enforcing the follow-on on day three of their Specsavers County Championship contest.
After resuming on 49-6 overnight, Warwickshire looked to fight back as Jonathan Trott (101) recorded his second century in as many Championship innings, before the visitors were dismissed for 254 (261 runs behind) just after tea.
Kyle Abbott (2-41 & 1-10) was the pick of the bowlers throughout the day and he finished off the first-innings before Hampshire captain George Bailey enforced the follow-on. Warwickshire soon found themselves in early-innings trouble once again at 9-2 batting again before reaching the close without further loss but still 186 runs adrift of making Hampshire bat again.
Having endured a difficult end to the second day, Warwickshire lost an early wicket to begin day three - Grant Thornton, who appeared as a night-watchman on the previous evening, falling to Abbott with Rilee Rossouw pouching a good catch at first-slip.
Testing spells from the Hampshire bowling attack continued, but Trott alongside Keith Barker (63) ensured just one wicket fell in the opening session.
The duo put on 104 together, with Barker the first to his half-century, however an excellent delivery from Sean Ervine (1-21), bowling off spin, brought an end to the partnership as the left-hander was well-held at first slip.
Mason Crane (3-104) then removed Boyd Rankin (4) cheaply soon after, but an unlikely partnership between Trott and Sukhjit Singh (16*) helped the former reach fifty, before then kicking on to record his century in the afternoon session.
The pair would have hoped to make further in-roads into the Hampshire lead, but when Trott was trapped LBW from Abbott's first ball after tea, Warwickshire still trailed by 261 which allowed the follow-on to be enforced.
21 overs remained in the day as Hampshire looked to press home their advantage again in the second-innings, and it didn't take long for the first wicket to fall.
Abbott became the highest wicket taker in the Championship this season when he notched up his 32nd scalp of the campaign – Ian Westwood (2) on the end of a peach of a delivery outside off stump, and Jimmy Adams catching well at second slip.
Gareth Berg (1-23) snatched the other evening wicket as Andrew Umeed (7) feathered behind to Lewis McManus before Trott (17*) and Ian Bell (47*) came together to record a 66-run stand to see the visitors to the close without further loss.
