Championship: Hampshire bowler Keith Barker sends Somerset to heavy defeat

Hampshire's Keith Barker

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Hampshire’s Keith Barker took figures of 6-27 to help demolish Somerset in their second innings
LV= County Championship Division One, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day three)
Somerset 211: Overton 44; Abbott 3-60 & 69: Barker 6-27
Hampshire 280: Donald 57; Overton 4-57, Siddle 4-80 & 1-0
Hampshire (21 pts) beat Somerset (4 pts) by ten wickets
Match scorecard

Keith Barker played key roles with bat and ball as Hampshire completed a resounding 10-wicket County Championship win over Somerset inside three days at Taunton.

The 35-year-old left-arm seamer began by contributing a valuable 36 to help his side extend their first-innings total from an overnight 144-5 to 280 all out, Aneurin Donald making 57 and James Fuller a rapid 38.

That gave Hampshire a lead of 69 and Barker then got to work with the ball, combining extravagant swing with nagging accuracy to claim 6-27 from an unbroken 13-over opening spell as Somerset first crashed to 25-6 six before being bowled out with the scores…

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