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County Championship: Jamie Overton stars as Somerset skittle Hampshire

Jamie Overton was the star for Somerset, taking 5-42
Image: Jamie Overton was the star for Somerset, taking 5-42

Jamie Overton took 5-42 as Somerset skittled Hampshire for 219 on day one of their Specsavers County Championship clash at The Ageas Bowl.

His twin brother, Craig, also pitched in with 3-52, removing Hampshire openers Jimmy Adams (61) and Will Smith (32) after they'd put on 89 together for the opening wicket.

Jim Allenby (2-38) took the next two wickets to fall, before the Overtons ran through the rest of the order - Hampshire collapsing and losing their final seven wickets for 35 runs.

Somerset reached 66-1 after 16 overs of their reply, skipper Chris Rogers the only wicket to fall - out for a duck to Ryan McLaren.

Alviro Petersen hit an unbeaten 105 for Lancashire as the Division One table-toppers had the better of the first day against Middlesex at Lord's, closing on 298-3.

Alviro Petersen hit an unbeaten 105 for Division One leaders Lancashire
Image: Alviro Petersen hit an unbeaten 105 for Division One leaders Lancashire

Haseeb Hameed (89) - who scored his maiden first-class hundred in the draw with Warwickshire last week - was also in the runs, but fell 11 short of a century this time.

He and Petersen put on 97 for the third wicket, before the latter was then part of an unbroken century stand with Steven Croft (34no), taking the visitors safely through to stumps.

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Nottinghamshire had reduced Warwickshire to 125-6 on the opening day at Edgbaston before rain ended play early.

Boyd Rankin took 3-28 for the hosts, the final wicket of which removed opener Jake Libby (59), the only Notts batsman who managed to score more than 16.

In Division Two, Sam Northeast starred for Kent, smashing 173 not out against Derbyshire on day one in Canterbury as the hosts closed on 354-7

Sam Northeast was unbeaten on 173 at the close for Kent
Image: Sam Northeast was unbeaten on 173 at the close for Kent

Tony Palladino took 3-69 and Will Miller 3-81 to help Derbyshire reduce Kent to 90-4 soon after lunch, but Northeast led a sensational recovery.

The Kent captain put on 71 for the fifth wicket with Darren Stevens (30), before later smashing a deflated Derbyshire attack for 150 runs in a seventh-wicket stand with Adam Ball (66).

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