County Championship: Hampshire on prime towards Gloucestershire after Ian Holland and Tom Alsop tons

Ian Holland and Tom Alsop

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Ian Holland and Tom Alsop both scored their second centuries of the season
LV= County Championship Group Two, The Ageas Bowl (day one)
Hampshire 292-3: Alsop 127*, Holland 114; Goodman 1-29
Gloucestershire: Yet to bat
Hampshire (2 pts), Gloucestershire (1 pt)
Scorecard

Ian Holland and Tom Alsop continued their own and Hampshire’s fine start to the season with first-day centuries against Gloucestershire.

Holland (114) and Alsop (127 not out) put on 228 for the second wicket after the early loss of Joe Weatherley.

It was Holland’s second successive ton after making 146 not out against Middlesex last week while Alsop backed-up a hundred at Leicestershire.

Sam Northeast (24) fell just before the close as Hampshire reached 292-3.

But left-hander Alsop reached stumps still unbeaten after earlier bringing up his fourth first-class career century from exactly 200 balls.

Holland, dropped on 77 by Kraigg Brathwaite off the bowling of Dan Worrall, was eventually trapped leg before with the second delivery…

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