Hampshire Vs. Lancashire LVCC Day Three.

Chapple hauls five wickets as Lancs take charge.

Lancashire captain Glen Chapple acquired figures of 5-55, as the visitors finished the third day of this LV County Championship match with the spoils. Supported by Kyle Hogg (4-76), Lancashire removed seven Hampshire batsmen for 66 runs, as they claimed a healthy and seemingly vital first innings lead of 37 runs.

Despite Lancashire's overall success, the day started and ended with Hampshire having the most enjoyable share of play. Michael Carberry and Liam Dawson continued there unbeaten overnight stand, which was eventually broken two runs short of one hundred. Lancashire's seamers continued to hit a constant line, but failed to break the second wicket stand throughout the morning session.

Instead it was Simon Kerrigan who brought the breakthrough with his first over, Gareth Cross took a sharp catch down leg side to remove Carberry for 43. Hampshire's seamers had no such problem however, reducing their opponents to 27-3 in their second innings.

Patterns began to emerge between the opponents first innings' - firstly the collapse of the middle-order, and secondly the resilience of the tail-Enders. Thanks in large to Australian batsmen George Bailey's score of 84, Hampshire were able to add 94 runs for the final two wickets, but they were unable to match Lancashire's total, as they were all out for 258.

Lancashire managed to recover however, finishing the day on 63-3 with a hundred-run lead, thanks to Karl Brown, and the key player in this match so far, Andrea Agathangelou.