County Championship: Somerset bowl Hampshire out for 79 in first innings

Craig Overton attempts to run out Hampshire batsman Joe Weatherley

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Craig Overton failed with a run-out attempt on Joe Weatherley, but the Somerset bowlers had the better of the Hampshire batsmen on day one
LV= County Championship Group Two, The Ageas Bowl, Southampton (day one):
Hampshire 79: Weatherley 20; Gregory 4-26, Overton 2-16
Somerset 142-5: Abell 52*; Abbott 2-35
Somerset (3 pts) lead Hampshire (1 pt) by 63 runs
Scorecard

Somerset carved out a first-innings lead over Hampshire after the hosts were bowled out for 79 on the opening day at The Ageas Bowl.

Lewis Gregory (4-26) led the charge as Hampshire collapsed in their first innings for the second game running, opener Joe Weatherley (20) top scoring.

Somerset lost both openers early to slip to 11-2, but captain Tom Abell dug in to anchor their innings.

Abell finished unbeaten on 52, guiding his side to 142-5, a lead of 63.

Somerset put Hampshire in on a helpful pitch under cloudy skies, and the hosts were dismissed inside 41 overs less than an hour after lunch.

Following on from last week’s 92 all out…

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