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Kyle Abbott claims hat-trick as last-day victory retains Hampshire in title race


Kyle Abbott took a hat-trick to maintain Hampshire within the title hunt behind LV= County Championship Division One leaders Surrey.

Abbott’s heroics in a six for 76 haul helped second-placed Hampshire to a six-wicket win over Gloucestershire on the Cheltenham Competition.

Backside-of-the-table Gloucestershire have been dismissed for 337 of their second innings,  with Miles Hammond having made a career-best 169.

Veteran South African paceman Abbott made his decisive intervention both facet of the lunch interval by ending Hammond’s marathon close to six-hour stint, after which returning after the break to take away Zafar Gohar and Tom Worth. Keith Barker chipped in with 4 for 65.

Hampshire, needing 82 for victory, reached their goal in 9.3 overs for the lack of 4 wickets.

Surrey are 14 factors clear on the high after finishing a six-wicket win over Essex on the Kia Oval.

Resuming their second innings on 85 for 2, and nonetheless requiring 76 extra runs, Surrey wrapped up victory in 20 overs to clinch a 22-point triumph.

Opener Ryan Patel (38) and nightwatchman Tom Lawes (32 not out) guided Surrey to a sixth win in 10 matches.

Third-placed Lancashire are 31 factors adrift of Surry after beating Northamptonshire by 4 wickets at Wantage Street.

Washington Sundar was the star of the present as he adopted up his five-wicket haul with a match-winning 34 not out.

Lancashire had began the day needing 86 extra runs for victory, and the India worldwide’s unbeaten partnership of 69 with nightwatchman Will Williams (29 not out) assured that they’d attain their goal of 278.

Josh Bohannon, 92 in a single day, had earlier made 103 from 168 balls with 18 fours and a six.

Kent leapfrogged defending champions Warwickshire with a thumping 177-run win at Edgbaston.

Warwickshire, resuming on 28 for 2 in pursuit of a goal of 325, folded earlier than lunch on the ultimate day and have been dismissed for 147.

Matt Milnes led the demolition with a harmful burst of 6.5-1-11-4, whereas Matthew Quinn and Navdeep Saini picked up two wickets apiece.

Kent’s bowlers have been additionally supported by high quality work within the discipline, led by captain and wicketkeeper Sam Billings.

His 12 catches within the match surpassed the earlier Kent report of 10, held collectively by Fred Huish in 1911 and Jack Hubble in 1923.

Rain washed out the ultimate day of the remaining top-flight fixture between Somerset and Yorkshire at Taunton.

Somerset have been as a result of resume their second innings on 225 for six, main by 373, however the match was deserted simply after 3pm.

In Division Two, leaders Nottinghamshire have been annoyed by a combination of rain and decided Derbyshire batting and needed to accept a draw.

Nottinghamshire – 300 forward on first innings – wanted 10 wickets on the ultimate day however managed solely 4 as openers Luis Reece (86) and Harry Got here (70) scored half-centuries for the house facet.

Rain had worn out the morning’s play earlier than Derbyshire battled their method to 249 4 4, with Got here and Reece sharing a stand of 161 – the county’s first century opening partnership of the season.

Second-placed Middlesex have been additionally thwarted as Sussex clung on for a draw at Lord’s.

Debutant tailender Ari Karvelas, a Greece worldwide, made a defiant career-best 57 as Sussex ended on 181 for 9 of their second innings.

Tom Helm was the choose of the Middlesex bowlers with figures of 18-5-37-4, however Sussex recovered from the perilous place of 96 for seven.

Sam Northeast moved to the brink of making Glamorgan historical past at Leicester.

Northeast will begin the ultimate day unbeaten on 308 – only one in need of matching Steve James’ 309 not out in opposition to Sussex in 2000 as the very best first-class rating by a Glamorgan participant.

Glamorgan are 563 for 5 in reply to Leicestershire’s 584 after Northeast shared respective stands of 306 with Colin Ingram (139) and an unbroken 229 with Chris Cooke (71 not out).



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