Captain Ben Brown’s sensible unbeaten 103 helped Hampshire set Yorkshire 426 to win shortly after tea on day three of the County Championship fixture at Headingley earlier than Kyle Abbott starred with the ball earlier than shut.
Hampshire have dominated right here following final weekend’s innings defeat at dwelling to Essex and can be deserved victors.
Wicketkeeper-batter Brown accelerated after lunch alongside Jake Lehmann – they shared an entertaining 172 for the fifth wicket – to vogue an early-evening declaration at 351-5. Lehmann’s 92 got here off 130 balls, whereas Brown hit 4 leg-side sixes in 109.
South African Abbott, who struck 4 instances within the first innings, matched that haul after tea as Yorkshire slumped and closed on 65-5 from 29 overs.
Former Sussex man Brown has now scored 4 of his 28 profession first-class centuries towards Yorkshire, who this morning needed to utilise the damage substitution rule for the second time in lower than 24 hours following sickness to seamer Jack White.
He has picked up the identical bug as Australian Check fast Jhye Richardson, who was earlier changed by Dutchman Logan van Beek.
Ben Cliff got here in at the beginning of play, and Van Beek was Yorkshire’s stand-out bowler with 4-85 from 20 overs.
Solely 9.1 overs had been bowled throughout a wet morning.
Tom Prest superior from 31 in a single day to 53 earlier than being run out backing up simply after lunch, the deflection coming from Van Beek following Lehmann’s agency drive.
At that stage, Hampshire had been 142-4, main by 216. That was when Lehmann and Brown united.
Van Beek bowled superbly late on day two and at the beginning of day three, and he had a hand in all 5 Hampshire wickets.
However his figures had been later spoilt as Yorkshire turned more and more ragged.
He struck twice late on day one, getting openers Joe Weatherley and Nick Gubbins, earlier than eradicating nightwatchman Sonny Baker this morning – caught off a forefront by a diving Dom Bess as he hared in in the direction of foolish mid-on.
Yorkshire have now utilised the ECB’s new damage, sickness or important life occasions substitution rule on three events in two matches.
Captain Jonny Bairstow fractured his proper thumb while wicketkeeping late on day considered one of final weekend’s draw at Glamorgan.
After regular progress, Lehmann and Brown pressed on with gusto.
When Yorkshire captain Bess launched himself into the assault, his reverse quantity Brown deposited the off-spinner’s first ball over extensive long-on for six.
By then – mid-afternoon – it was 172-4 with a lead of 247.
Lehmann was 21 when Brown got here in, however the latter reached his fifty first off 67 balls. Over the slips to third-man was a productive space early on.
When left-handed Lehmann, who made a first-innings 76, received to the identical milestone an over later off 89 balls, Hampshire had been 232 for 4 and 306 forward virtually 35 minutes earlier than tea.
Upon the resumption – at 267 for 4 – Brown and Lehmann, who hammered a six over midwicket, took 20 runs off van Beek within the first over again.
And there was additional harm, regardless of him denying Lehmann a century as he holed out to deep backward square-leg eight runs brief.
Brown hit three extra sixes, together with one slog-swept off Bess over deep backward square-leg to succeed in his 108-ball century. He declared having confronted yet another ball.
Abbott then confirmed all his class once more.
What can be Yorkshire’s highest-ever profitable first-class run chase appeared miles away when Adam Lyth edged to second slip within the first over, and Sam Whiteman was bowled shouldering arms within the fifth, leaving the rating at 4-2.
James Wharton was later was trapped lbw by Eddie Jack’s tempo with the rating on 51, earlier than sensible Abbott – 4-11 from 9 overs – strengthened Hampshire’s grip with two wickets within the twenty seventh, Matthew Revis bowled and nightwatchman Cliff lbw (62-5).
Report by ECB Reporters’ Community, supported by Rothesay.
