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| LV= County Championship Division One, The Ageas Bowl (day four) |
| Yorkshire 428 & 178: Revis 28*; Wheal 3-32 |
| Hampshire 410 & 198-8: Dawson 67; Patterson 2-40 |
| Hampshire (22 pts) beat Yorkshire (6 pts) by two wickets |
| Scorecard |
Liam Dawson guided Hampshire through a thrilling chase to complete a two-wicket victory over Yorkshire and maintain their County Championship title ambitions.
Dawson, who had scored 61 in the first innings, got his side out of a sticky position at 103-6 when chasing 197 with a boundary-filled 67- with a crucial 67-run stand with Keith Barker.
The victory was Hampshire’s first over Yorkshire at home in the Championship since 2008 and only the third at the Ageas Bowl.
Hampshire claimed 22 points to keep the pressure on Surrey, with the gap at the top of Division One just three. Yorkshire took away six points from the topsy-turvy match to drop to fourth.
Barker had led a third-evening assault on Yorkshire’s top order, with the…
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