County Championship: Lewis McManus retains Hampshire in rivalry with Somerset

Hampshire all-rounder Keith Barker made 33 in a seventh-wicket partnership of 87 with Lewis McManus

LV= County Championship Group Two, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day two):

Somerset 360: Gregory 107, Van der Merwe 88; Barker 6-72

Hampshire 285-7: McManus 91*, Northeast 67, Barker 33; Davey 3-69

Hampshire (5 pts) trail Somerset (6 pts) by 75 runs

Match scorecard

An unbeaten 91 from wicketkeeper Lewis McManus kept Hampshire in contention against Somerset at Taunton.

The visitors recovered from 31-3 early on in reply to Somerset’s 360 to close on 285-7 thanks to valuable middle and lower-order partnerships.

McManus and Keith Barker (33) added 87 for the seventh wicket while Felix Organ (21 not out) helped add an unbroken 50 for the eighth by stumps.

Josh Davey (3-69) proved the pick of the disciplined Somerset bowlers.

Sam Northeast (67) also made a hard-fought half-century earlier in the innings as he and skipper James Vince put on 66 for the fourth wicket.

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