James Fuller’s four wickets help Hampshire to fifth win of campaign

Hampshire 166 (Gubbins 49, James 3-38, Hutton 3-40, Paterson 3-56) and 344 for five dec (Holland 138*, Dawson 82, Fuller 52*) beat Nottinghamshire 100 (Holland 4-19) and 294 (Moores 81, Clarke 67, Fuller 4-59) by 116 runs

Challenged to make 411 in a theoretical most of 202 overs by their late declaration on Thursday, Nottinghamshire began the third day of the Trent Bridge LV= Insurance coverage County Championship match with the neat equation earlier than them of precisely 400 runs required and all ten males standing.

The house demise started within the morning’s second over when Ben Slater, in what has been a season of battle, was unable so as to add to his in a single day eight earlier than a magnificence from Abbas straightened to hit off stump. When Abbott arrived as first change and located the fast raise to take the shoulder of Will Younger’s bat and see the Kiwi lob to the ‘keeper for a similar rating, Nottinghamshire have been 40 for two.

Rain arrived three balls later and, quickly after the afternoon resumption, Clarke was reprieved on one at second slip off the identical bowler earlier than Fuller, the fifth seamer employed, ended Haseeb Hameed’s fluent 30 by having the performing captain held excessive at third slip from a defensive edge. He then disposed of South African Matt Montgomery for a ninth-ball duck.

Born in Cape City however raised in New Zealand, Fuller is considered one of 4 bowlers in Hampshire’s tempo quintet who all realized their cricket overseas nevertheless it was the lone home-grown seamer, Keith Barker, who ought to have ended a fifth-wicket revival then price 50.

A top-edged minimize from Clarke flashed between ‘keeper and slip, the latter solely belatedly reacting, as a fortuitous boundary introduced up Clarke’s fifty. Subsequent over, one other bathe compelled an early tea however no lack of time.

It meant the final session stretched forward for doubtlessly 53.2 overs and ten of them had gone by the point Fuller, in a second spell, minimize one again to take away Clarke’s center stump for 67. Moores then accelerated till spin made its first Hampshire look of the match – and Liam Dawson, aghast, noticed him dropped on the wicket from his twelfth ball.

Refusing runs to farm the strike, Calvin Harrison held out till the brand new ball was accessible – and instantly taken in vibrant sunshine at 6.25 with 13 overs left. However Toby Pettman, left two balls to face from the primary of them, fended to quick leg off the second. Harrison, final to go, was leg-before to Abbas for 39, 27 balls later.