Recent Match Report – Hampshire vs Somerset 2023
Hampshire 308 (Dawson 115, Brook 5-56) and 330 for 3 dec (Gubbins 139*, Vince 63, Middleton 52) beat Somerset 137 (Barker 5-32) and 316 (Kohler-Cadmore 84, Dawson 4-85) by 185 runsTom Kohler-Cadmore scored a well-made 84, but Hampshire's patience was rewarded with their sixth LV=Insurance County Championship victory of the season.Kohler-Cadmore and James Rew's 107-run stand threatened to frustrate odds-on-favourites Hampshire, who had taken two early wickets. But Liam Dawson plugged away with 4 for 85 before the second new ball opened the visitors up as Hampshire won by 185 runs before tea, with 33 overs shy of survival.Hampshire, whose title ambitions were ended by Surrey's victory the previous day, took 21 points to Somerset's three - with both sides only battling for prize money in the...