Hampshire complete victory after jitters

Hampshire duly completed their much vaunted Frizzell Championship victory, shortly after lunch to take them out of the relegation zone, and push Somereset deeper into trouble.

They had much work to do in the morning following on the excellent start given to them the evening before by the opening pair of Neil Johnson and Jason Laney.

Will Kendall and Robin Smith set up a 50 run partnership, but both were dismissed by Andy Caddick who bowled throughout the morning session, bar one over. That over belonged to the former Hampshire seamer Simon Francis, who seemed especially pleased to dismiss his brother John, just before the break.

20 runs were required after lunch with four wickets remaining, so the sparse crowd and probably the players must have had some jitters as they tucked into their food.

Mascarenhas was joined by Adi Aymes, who was batting with a runner after aggravating a knee injury, but he played a silent partner as Mascarenhas took charge to sew up the victory.