LIVE BLOG: Lancashire v Hampshire, Day One
Latest news from the opening day of the LV= County Championship match at Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club.
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CLOSE Day 1
Lancashire 1st inns 139-1 (35 overs) trail by 3 runs, Salt 76 Bohannon 12
6.02pm
Lancashire 1st inns 115-1 (25 overs) trail by 27 runs, Salt 64 Bohannon 0
And just after reaching fifty George Balderson is bowled by spinner Liam Dawson.
But Balderson and Salt have put Lancashire firmly in the driving seat with that century partrnership.
6.00pm
Lancashire 1st inns 115-0 (24 overs) trail by 27 runs, Salt 64 Balderson 51
Now George Balderson goes to his fifty of 75 balls with 12 fours!
The century partnership has also arrived from 21.2 overs.
5.40pm
Lancashire 1st inns 90-0 (20 overs) trail by 52 runs, Salt 52 Balderson 38
Phil Salt has reached a brilliant fifty off just 58 balls with 8 fours.
This has been an outstanding reply to Hampshire's 142.
5.00pm
Lancashire 1st inns 50-0 (10 overs) trail by 92 runs, Salt 34 Balderson 16
This has been a brilliant start by Phil Salt and George Balderson who have played some thrilling shots to race to fifty in ten overs.
Salt has cracked six boundaries so far and Balderson four to make a big inroad into the Hampshire total.
4.20pm
Lancashire 1st inns 12-0 (2 overs) trail by 130 runs, Salt 8 Balderson 4
That was an eventful first couple of overs!
Phil Salt on-drove Keith Barker for four, was dropped at third slip, and then cracked Barker through cover for four more off the back foot.
That was followed by George Balderson edging Mohammad Abbas wide of slips for four, and then surviving a huge appeal for a caught behind.
3.57pm, TEA Day 1
Hampshire first inns 142 all out (60.4 overs)
Mason Crane takes on a short ball from Jack Blatherwick but only cross bats it high to Tom Bailey who takes a straightforward catch at mid-on.
That's completes an excellent effort with the ball, with three wickets each for Tom Bailey and Will Williams and a brace each for Tom Hartley and Jack Blatherwick.
Batting has been challenging so far today and Lancashire's batters will start their reply in around 20 minutes.
3.51pm
Hampshire first inns 142-9 (60 overs) Crane 12 Abbas 0
Kyle Abbott hits out off Tom Hartley but only into the hands of Will Williams running back at mid-off who takes a nicely judged catch over his head.
3.37pm
Hampshire first inns 134-8 (55 overs) Crane 12 Abbott 0
That's six and out!
Keith Barker's great effort ends at 44, the ball after he had driven Tom Hartley for six.
Hartley pitched the next ball up and turned it past Barker's drive to hit the stumps.
3.30pm
Hampshire first inns 127-7 (53 overs) Barker 37 Crane 12
Just past the halfway stage of the day and Dane Vilas turns to spin for the first time with Tom Hartley into the attack.
And there's a double bowling switch with Daryl Mitchell returning, this time at the Harrod Drive End.
Keith Barker is doing a great job for Hampshire but gets away with an edge wide of the slips off Mitchell.
And Mason Crane drives for four to bring up the 50 partnership.
2.55pm
Hampshire first inns 108-7 (46 overs) Barker 26 Crane 7
Keith Barker has driven to great effect as he leads a potential Hampshire counter attack.
He very nearly gave Will Williams a return catch when on 4, but survived to take the visitors past three figures.
The ball is still nibbling about to keep the bowlers very interested and this is developing into a great contest.
2.19pm
Hampshire first inns 76-7 (37 overs) Barker 2 Crane 0
Did I say tumble? Here's another wicket, this time Liam Dawson on 9 edges to Tom Hartley who takes a shoulder-high catch at third slip off Tom Bailey.
2.10pm
Hampshire first inns 72-6 (36.2 overs) Dawson 9 Barker 0
Wickets continue to tumble at Southport!
Felix Organ nicks behind attempting to pull Will Williams towards midwicket, out for 2.
Williams current figures are outstanding: 13.2-8-9-3.
2.00pm
Hampshire first inns 70-5 (33 overs) Dawson 8 Organ 1
Back underway after lunch and Tom Bailey strikes!
Ben Brown top edges a pull off Bailey that lobs up to Josh Bohannon at square leg and he departs for 6.
1.00pm, LUNCH Day 1
Hampshire first inns 57-4 (28 overs) Brown 4
What a way to finish the session!
Will Williams produces a beauty with the final ball before lunch to bowl James Vince for 15.
12.42pm
Hampshire first inns 49-3 (24.4 overs) Vince 15 Brown 0
Jack Blatherwick has got the breakthrough!
He's trapped Nick Gubbins lbw for 12.
12.35pm
Hampshire first inns 48-2 (24 overs) Gubbins 16 Vince 14
James Vince has driven a couple of boundaries but scoring in the main has proved difficult as all the Lancashire have bowled a good line and length throughout the morning.
Jack Blatherwick and Will Williams, returning for a second spell, have both coming very close to making a further breakthrough with some excellent deliveries.
12.15pm
Hampshire first inns 34-2 (18 overs) Gubbins 16 Vince 3
Nick Gubbins clipped George Balderson neatly through square leg for four but edged the next delivery just short of first slip.
Balderson and Jack Blatherwick have taken over the Lancashire attack following good opening spells by Tom Bailey and Will Williams who have a wicket apiece.
11.51am
Hampshire first inns 20-2 (13 overs) Gubbins 5 Vince 0
Joe Weatherley had struck a couple of nice boundaries and battled hard in the face of accurate opening spells by Tom Bailey and Will Williams, but he's departed for 15 courtesy of a fine catch by George Bell, low down, at gully off Bailey.
11.37am
Hampshire first inns 13-1 (10 overs) Weatherley 11 Gubbins 2
Tom Bailey right on the money with another excellent over, Joe Weatherley edging the ball just short of first slip.
Good, probing, start by the Red Rose opening duo.
11.20am
Hampshire first inns 10-1 (6 overs) Weatherley 10 Gubbins 0
Fletcha Middleton departs for an eight-ball duck after pushing forward to Will Williams and getting a thick edge that was taken nicely, low down to his right, by wicketkeeper Phil Salt.
11.05am
Hampshire first inns 6-0 (2 overs) Weatherley 6 Middleton 0
Lancashire opening their attack with Tom Bailey operating from the Harrod Drive End and Will Williams at the Grosvenor Road End, bowling to Joe Weatherley and Fletcha Middleton in warm, humid and slightly overcast conditions at Trafalgar Road.
10.30am
Toss: Lancashire have won the toss and have put Hampshire in to bat.
Teams
Lancashire: Phil Salt (w), George Balderson, Josh Bohannon, Rob Jones, Daryl Mitchell, Dane Vilas (c), George Bell, Tom Hartley, Tom Bailey, Jack Blatherwick, Will Williams.
Hampshire: Joe Weatherley, Fletcha Middleton, Nick Gubbins, James Vince (c), Ben Brown (w), Liam Dawson, Kyle Abbott, Keith Barker, Mason Crane, Felix Organ, Mohammad Abbas.
10.00am
Good morning from Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club ahead of today’s LV= Insurance County Championship match against Hampshire.
We have a beautiful, sunny morning at Trafalgar Road with play starting on time at 11am.
TEAM NEWS
Lancashire
Head Coach Glen Chapple has named a 14-man squad for this match with wicketkeeper Phil Salt returning to the red ball squad for the first time this season as the Red Rose go in search of a first red ball victory after drawing the opening five matches.
Luke Wells has been ruled out with a groin injury whilst Club captain Keaton Jennings is continuing with his rehabilitation programme after suffering a hamstring injury whilst batting against Somerset at Taunton in April.
Squad: Dane Vilas (c), Tom Bailey, George Balderson, George Bell, Jack Blatherwick, Josh Bohannon, Steven Croft, Tom Hartley, Rob Jones, Daryl Mitchell, Jack Morley, Matt Parkinson, Phil Salt, Will Williams.
Hampshire
Hampshire have named a 13-player squad for the match.
Kyle Abbott returns after injury, while Felix Organ is the other addition from the squad that was selected for the Northamptonshire match in mid-May.
Squad
James Vince (Captain), Mohammad Abbas, Kyle Abbott, Keith Barker, Ben Brown, Mason Crane, Liam Dawson, James Fuller, Nick Gubbins, Ian Holland, Fletcha Middleton, Felix Organ, Joe Weatherley.