LIVE BLOG: Lancashire v Hampshire, Day Three
Latest news from the third day of the LV= County Championship match at Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club.
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6.30pm CLOSE, Day 3 - LANCASHIRE TARGET 140.
Lancashire 2nd inns 48-2, Bohannon 16 Vilas 23
Lancashire need 92 more runs tomorrow to clinch a first Championship victory of the season.
6.30pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 41-2, Bohannon 14 Vilas 11
A let off for Dane Vilas who is dropped by James Vince at first slip diving to his left.
6.10pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 26-2, Bohannon 11 Vilas 7.
Josh Bohannon hammers Keith Barker through the covers for four to bring a bit of relief. It's tense out there!
There are 6 overs left today.
5.47pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 5-2, Bohannon 0 Vilas 0.
George Balderson edges behind off Keith Barker for 2.
5.40pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 3-1, Balderson 0 Bohannon 0.
Phil Salt edges to Mohammad Abbas to James Vince at first slip for 3.
Just the start the visitors wanted.
5.35pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 0-0, Salt 0 Balderson 0.
There are 15 overs left today, but Lancashire could claim a further 8 overs if there is a chance of a result tonight.
5.25pm - LANCASHIRE NEED 140 to WIN
Hampshire 2nd inns 371 all out.
Will Williams takes a stunning diving catch at third man to bring the Hamopshire innings to an end, Kyle Abbott getting a big top edge off Daryl Mitchell that spiralled down to Williams running around the boundary edge. Superb catch!
5.10pm
Hampshire 2nd inns 350-9 lead by 108 runs, Abbott 2 Abbas 0
Lancashire have the key wicket of James Vince!
The Hampshire skipper on 87 pulls Daryl Mitchell to deep square leg where Josh Bohannon does not have to move to take the catch.
4.55pm
Hampshire 2nd inns 348-8 lead by 106 runs, Vince 87 Abbott 0
Jack Blatherwick strikes with Mason Crane edging to Rob Jones at slip for 22.
4.40pm
Hampshire 2nd inns 344-7 lead by 102 runs, Vince 84 Crane 21
James Vince on 80 edges and is missed at slip off George Balderson.
4.00pm, TEA Day 2
Hampshire 2nd inns 320-7 lead by 88 runs, Vince 68 Crane 13
The visitors continue to battle hard as they extend the lead towards three figures. It has been a good contest so far.
3.25pm
Hampshire 2nd inns 294-7 lead by 62 runs, Vince 62 Crane 0
Tom Bailey breaks the developing seventh-wicket partnership as Keith Barker edges a pitched up delivery to Daryl Mitchell at first slip and he's gone for 18.
3.15pm
Hampshire 2nd inns 292-6 lead by 60 runs, Vince 61 Barker 17
James Vince and Keith Barker are battling hard to try and build the Hampshire lead into something they can defend later today/tomorrow. They've added 40 runs for the seventh wicket so far.
There has just been one chance offered by Vince when he hoisted Will Williams high over the bowlers head. Dane Vilas ran yards andmade a great effort to pull off a one-handed diving catch but the ball didn't stick. tough chance.
2.50pm
Hampshire 2nd inns 278-6 lead by 46 runs, Vince 54 Barker 12
James Vince reaches an 83-ball fifty and then drives George Balderson superbly for four.
The Hampshire captain is key now to how this game develops.
2.19pm
Hampshire 2nd inns 252-6 lead by 20 runs, Vince 41 Barker 0
Will Williams returns to the attack and has an immediate impact trapping Felix Organ for 4.
2.00pm
Hampshire 2nd inns 240-5 lead by 8 runs, Vince 35 Organ 0
George Bell is celebrating his maiden first-class wicket!
Liam Dawson reverse sweeps and is given out caught by Phil Salt behind the stumps. The batter doesn't look thrilled at the decision but he has to go.
1.00pm, LUNCH Day 3
Hampshire 2nd inns 201-4 trail by 31 runs, Vince 18 Dawson 4
That was a morning of contrasts after Hampshire had made good progress until George Balderson's burst of 3-6 late in the session.
12.44pm
Hampshire 2nd inns 183-4 trail by 49 runs, Vince 16 Dawson 0
What an over by George Balderson!
It's a double wicket maiden as Ben Brown edges behind third ball for a duck.
What a sudden turn around by Lancashire.
12.40pm
Hampshire 2nd inns 183-3 trail by 49 runs, Vince 16 Brown 0
George Balderson strikes again with a superb delivery to bowl Fletcha Middleton who departs for a career-best 77.
12.15pm
Hampshire 2nd inns 168-2 trail by 64 runs, Middleton 64 Vince 0
After 75 minutes play it's George Balderson who makes the breakthrough, trapping Nick Gubbins lbw for 62 to end 134-run partnership, and goodness Lancashire needed that.
12.00pm
Hampshire 2nd inns 154-1 trail by 78 runs, Middleton 64 Gubbins 60
George Bell bowled four tidy overs for 11 and he's been replaced by Tom Bailey while George Balderson has taken over at the Harrod Drive end.
11.50am
Hampshire 2nd inns 143-1 trail by 89 runs, Middleton 59 Gubbins 56
Dane Vilas springs a bit of a surprise by bringing George Bell into the attack bowling off spin and he nearly gets a breakthrough with a big lbw shout after turning one sharply into Fletcha Middleton's pads.
11.30am
Hampshire 2nd inns 133-1 trail by 99 runs, Middleton 53 Gubbins 50
Nick Gubbins and Fletcha Middleton both reach their fifties off consecutive deliveries and also raise their 100 partnership off 227 balls.
11.10am
Hampshire 2nd inns 120-1 trail by 112 runs, Middleton 45 Gubbins 45
Tom Bailey and Will Williams resume the Lancashire attack as we get under way in sweltering conditions at Birkdale.
9.30am
Wehave another lovely sunny morning at Trafalgar Road, with last night's thunderstorm now a distant memory.
The players are out on the ground going through their preparations ahead of play resuming at 11am.
Hampshire will resume their second innings on 119-1 trailing by 113 runs with Fletcha Middleton on 44 and Nick Gubbins on 45.