County Championship: Joe Weatherley’s career-best 168 places Hampshire in command

Hampshire’s Joe Weatherley (left) made just his second first-class century

LV= County Championship Division One, The Ageas Bowl, Southampton (day two):

Somerset 180: Hildreth 87; Barker 3-33 & 15-0

Hampshire 428: Weatherley 168, Holland 81, Vince 56; Green 3-31

Hampshire (7 pts) lead Somerset (1 pt) by 233 runs

Scorecard

A career-best 168 from opener Joe Weatherley helped Hampshire increase their control over Somerset.

Hampshire pressed on from an overnight 109-0 in reply to Somerset’s first-innings 180 before eventually being dismissed for 428, a lead of 248.

Half-centuries from Ian Holland (81) and James Vince (56) backed up Weatherley’s second first-class ton.

Somerset closed on 15-0 in their second innings, safely negotiating six overs before stumps to trail by 233 runs.

The visitors have also only collected the one bonus point after Hampshire’s top order kept out their much-depleted bowling attack for most of the day.

It was Weatherley who led the way for Hampshire though, making his first…

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