LIVE BLOG: Lancs v Hampshire, Day Two
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6.42pm, CLOSE Day 2
Lancashire 1st inns 193-8 (76 overs) Bell 33 Bailey 6 trail by 196 runs
A poor day for Lancashire comes to a close with Hampshire well in the ascendancy at the halfway stage.
6.20pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 182-8 (72 overs) Bell 28 Bailey 0 trail by 207 runs
Liam Dawson has a fourth wicket as Tom Hartley slogs high and is caught for 2 by James Vince running back from mid-off.
6.05pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 170-7 (66.5 overs) Bell 18 Hartley 0 trail by 219 runs
Venkatesh Iyer has hammered James Fuller over midwicket for six and Bell clipped Dawson to square leg for four in a good, steadying partnership of 48 runs.
But that comes crashing to an end after James Fuller pulls off a sensational one-handed catch at cover off the bowling of Kyle Abbott diving to his right to end Iyer's stay at 27.
There are 9 overs left today.
5.45pm
Lancashire 1st inns 153-6 (63 overs) Bell 14 Iyer 14 trail by 236 runs
George Bell and Venkatesh Iyer are fighting hard to resist the Hampshire attack but Bell this time late cutting Fuller to third man for four more.
5.20pm
Lancashire 1st inns 135-6 (55 overs) Bell 6 Iyer 4 trail by 254 runs
George Bell square cuts Fuller for four to bring a bit of relief after a chastening post tea spell for the Red Rose.
4.58pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 122-6 (49 overs) Bell 1 Iyer 0 trail by 267 runs
Toby Albert takes a cracking diving catch at gully as George Balderson steers a drive off a swinging John Turner delivery behind square.
This is a big collapse by Lancashire who have now lost five wickets for 20 in 11.1 overs either side of tea.
4.43pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 114-5 (46.2 overs) Bell 0 Balderson 0 trail by 275 runs
Two balls later and Josh Bohannon has gone, driving into the hands of Tom Prest at short midwicket off John Turner after a battling 43.
4.41pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 114-4 (46 overs) Bohannon 41 Bell 0 trail by 275 runs
Another wicket in the second over after tea and it's Dawson who has struck again with Fletcha Middleton grabbing a bat/pad at silly mid off to dismiss Matty Hurst for 4.
4.12pm TEA Day 2
Lancashire 1st inns 108-3 (44 overs) Bohannon 41 Hurst 0 trail by 281 runs
Josh Bohannon and Matty Hurst face a rebuilding job after tea following those two wickets just before the break.
Hampshire had kept things tight with not much assistance coming from the pitch this afternoon and it paid dividends. Dawson has 2-16 so far.
4.00pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 104-3 (41.3 overs) Bohannon 39 Hurst 0 trail by 285 runs
Rocky Flintoff plays a huge slog/sweep at Liam Dawson and skies the ball miles into the air caught comfortably by Felix Organ at midwicket who barely had to move.
3.45pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 102-2 (38 overs) Bohannon 37 Flintoff 0 trail by 287 runs
Was that a bit high? The umpire thinks not and Keaton Jennings goes lbw to Liam Dawson for 56.
Dawson has bowled a good spell of 9-2-14-1 so far and Hampshire have their breakthrough as the 2nd wicket partnership of 90 comes to an end.
3.30pm
Lancashire 1st inns 90-1 (34 overs) Jennings 50 Bohannon 32 trail by 299 runs
Fifty to Keaton Jennings off 113 balls including 7 fours.
That's the sixth time the skipper has reached fifty this season and Keaton has now passed the 900 runs mark this season.
3.05pm
Lancashire 1st inns 84-1 (29 overs) Jennings 46 Bohannon 30 trail by 304 runs
Josh Bohannon has now reached 5,000 first-class runs at an average of 45 and both he and Keaton Jennings are going along nicely here having added 76 runs for the second wicket so far.
2.25pm
Lancashire 1st inns 43-1 (18 overs) Jennings 19 Bohannon 18 trail by 346 runs
Hampshire make a double change with Turner and Fuller replacing Abbott and Abbas.
Keaton Jennings and Josh Bohannon are making steady progress, both having hit nicely timed leg side boundaries in the last couple of overs.
2.00pm
Lancashire 1st inns 23-1 (12 overs) Jennings 13 Bohannon 4 trail by 366 runs
Four overs into the afternoon session with ten runs added as Hampshire pair Abbott and Abbas continue in the visitor's attack.
1.02pm, LUNCH Day 2
Lancashire 1st inns 13-1 (8 overs) Jennings 7 Bohannon 0 trail by 376 runs
Hampshire's morning after the visitors last wicket plundered 59 runs more today and then snapped up that bonus of a wicket just before lunch.
Lancashire with a lot of work to do this afternoon.
12.56pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 12-1 (6.4 overs) Jennings 6 Bohannon 0 trail by 377 runs
Lancashire lose a wicket just before lunch as Luke Wells looks to drive Kyle Abbott but gets a big inside edge onto his stumps and is out for 6.
That's a huge bonus for the visitors.
12.32pm
Lancashire 1st inns 4-0 (1 over) Wells 4 Jennings 0 trail by 385 runs
Luke Wells drives the first ball of the innings from Kyle Abbott for four. More of that please.
12.18pm
Hampshire 1st inns 389 all out (110 overs) Dawson 104
Finally Lancashire get that last wicket but what damage has it done?
The partnership between Dawson, 104 not out, and Muhammad Abbas ends when Abbas slices a drive off Luke Wells to George Balderson at gully having made just 1 run in that last wicket partnership of 72.
But that was a great century by Dawson who attacked superbly this morning.
Luke Wells finished with 4 for 94.
12.00pm
Hampshire 1st inns 385-9 (110 overs) Dawson 100 Abbas 1
That is a tremendous century by Liam Dawson who goes to three figures from his 125th ball faced after hitting 5 sixes and 8 eight fours!
He has received great support from Mo Abbas who has contributed 1 run to this partnership of 68 runs.
11.48am
Hampshire 1st inns 351-9 (106 overs) Dawson 82 Abbas 1
Lancashire have turned to spin with Luke Wells and Tom Hartley operating in tandem.
That's the 50 partnership between Dawson and Abbas for the tenth wicket and they have added 35 in 10 overs so far this morning.
11.28am
Hampshire 1st inns 351-9 Dawson 66 Abbas 1
Liam Dawson takes Hampshire to a third batting point in style, hammering a short delivery from George Balderson into the temporary stand at midwicket.
11.05am
Hampshire 1st inns 336-9 Dawson 51 Abbas 1
Two overs completed so far with George Balderson bowling a maiden and Liam Dawson getting the scoreboard moving with a square drive for four off the last ball of Tom Aspinwall's first over to reach his fifty from 74 balls (1 six, 4 fours).
9.30am
Good morning from a sunny Emirates Old Trafford ahead of the second day of our Vitality County Championship match with Hampshire.
Our visitors will resume their first innings on 330 for 9 with Liam Dawson on 46 and Muhammad Abbas 0 not out.
You can read our report on the first day's play by clicking on the red button below.