Ian Holland claims six-wicket haul before rain intervenes at Arundel

Ian Holland secured his maiden first-class five-wicket haul but Hampshire's dominance was thwarted by the rain at Arundel in the Bob Willis Trophy.

All-rounder Holland, who had taken four wickets on the first day, added Laurie Evans and Gus Atkinson to his total to take his analysis to 6 for 39.

Sussex loanee Evans had scored his first half-century for Surrey since 2010 but his side remained in trouble on 130 for 8 as rain only allowed 16 overs on day two.

Holland has had a unique cricketing career. He was born in Wisconsin, USA, brought up in Australia, played age-group cricket for Victoria, was released then earned another contract by winning reality TV show Cricket Superstar - where he was judged by Aussie great Allan Border.

He played once for the Victoria state side in the Sheffield Shield before being picked up by Hampshire in 2017 - for whom he has batted throughout the order in 36 matches - and earned an international bow for the USA last year.

Holland had to wait to make the morning breakthrough as Evans and Jamie Smith continued their partnership, with conditions slightly less conducive for movement similar to the opening day.

Evans is back at Surrey on a short-term loan, due to large-scale unavailability, having spent five years as a professional between 2005 and 2010. He had returned with a solid 41 against Essex last week but went on to post his first first-class half-century for the county in a decade on Sunday.

After 11 morning overs, Holland did make a breakthrough when Evans, who needed 64 balls for his adventurous fifty, was lbw for 65. Evans had added 84 with Smith, and was quickly followed back to the boundary edge.

Tom Scriven, on his first-class debut, found lovely movement away from Smith to take the outside edge, through to Lewis McManus - Scriven's maiden professional wicket.

Atkinson was Holland's sixth victim when he was leg before - with the covers coming on four balls later and lunch taken 45 minutes early. The rain continued, however, throughout the early afternoon, forcing umpires Ben Debenham and Billy Taylor to abandon play at 2.20pm.