Hampshire in deep trouble
SPIN bowler Imran Tahir took five wickets but the battle between the bottom two sides in LV= County Championship Division One moved firmly in Worcestershire’s direction at the end of the third day.
Tahir finished with 5-29 and left arm pace bowler Chris Wood took 4-35 but Worcestershire still managed to finish with a slender first innings advantage of 29 at The Rose Bowl.
By the close this had begun to look of vital importance because Hampshire ended the day only 59 ahead at a perilous 84-6 in their second innings.
Gareth Andrew, who took three wickets in the Hampshire first innings, took another three in the second to leave second-from-bottom Worcestershire in with a great chance of victory.