COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Division One, Rose Bowl, day three: Hampshire 236 & 10-8 bt Yorkshire 236 & 107 by 10 wickets Hampshire 18 points, Yorkshire 4
Imran Tahir and James Tomlinson both took four wickets to steer Hampshire to a 10-wicket victory over Yorkshire on day three of their Division One match. Yorkshire were all out for 107 in their second innings after losing 10 wickets for 62 to a combination of smart spin bowling from Tahir and poor batting. Hampshire needed 108 for their second Championship win of the season. Michael Carberry and Michael Brown knocked off the runs inside 26 overs to boost Hampshire's survival hopes. Yorkshire began the day soundly with Andrew Gale and Chris Taylor putting on 45 without alarms for the first wicket. But then Pakistani leg-spinner Tahir dismissed Gale and Anthony McGrath with successive deliveries and Yorkshire never recovered.  | 606: DEBATE |
Jacques Rudolph went with the score on 52, and Adam Lyth was dismissed without a run being added to start the collapse. Tomlinson, extracting swing and movement with his left-arm seamers, finished with 4-31 and Tahir took 4-37 as Yorkshire's challenge died with a whimper. Tahir has now taken 22 wickets in the three matches since he joined Hampshire while Tomlinson became the first player in Division One to take 50 first-class wickets for the season. Carberry (53 not out) and Brown (46 not out) took control as Hampshire collected 18 vital points in their attempt to stave off relegation while Yorkshire are now dragged into difficulty as a result of their heavy defeat.
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