CCD1 review: Hampshire beat Yorkshire in Headingley thriller

Hampshire edged Yorkshire in an opening week Specsavers County Championship thriller as they chased down 320 to win at Headingley inside three days.

A number of useful contributions, led by Jimmy Adams' dogged 72, saw the visitors recover from conceding a first-innings deficit of 132 to win by four wickets in Division One.

Captain James Vince hit 44, Michael Carberry 41 and South African Rilee Rossouw an important 47 deep into the chase before Lewis McManus and Gareth Berg guided Hampshire home inside the first over of the day's extra half hour.

Two dropped catches early on day three allowed Hampshire to get their chase off to a healthy start, with both openers handed a life. Adams, on 11, edged Tim Bresnan to Adam Lyth, who should have held on at second slip, before Carberry gave Peter Handscomb a much tougher chance in the gully off Ben Coad when on six.

Adams and Carberry went on to share 91 inside 32 overs for the first wicket in improving batting conditions before finding another ally in Vince, with the pair sharing 69 for the second wicket in 21 overs either side of lunch.

Adams reached his half-century off 95 balls late in the morning, but he was the first of three afternoon wickets to fall to give the hosts a much-needed boost.

Off-spinner Azeem Rafiq trapped Adams lbw to leave Hampshire 160 for two and Vince followed nine overs later when he tamely chipped an ankle high return catch to Coad, who had taken six wickets in the first innings and now had eight for the match.

Sean Ervine soon followed, caught behind off Bresnan, leaving Hampshire 125 runs from victory with seven wickets left. They dug in after tea, with Rossouw and Liam Dawson (37) scoring only 20 in the first 10 overs, before the new ball gave them impetus.

The pair hit four fours in a row off Bresnan and Coad at the end of the 81st over and the start of the 82nd, taking the score to 244 for four.

However, their 57-run stand was broken when Bresnan had the South African caught behind, before the former England bowler took a brilliant one-handed return catch to remove Dawson.

But McManus and Berg guided their side home with an unbroken 58 for the seventh wicket, with Berg securing victory with a straight six off Coad.

Alex Davies posted his maiden first-class century as Lancashire left Essex needing to score 478 to win - or bat out four full sessions to save the game, at Chelmsford.

Essex knocked off 89 of the runs in 38 overs before the close but lost both openers in the process as Lancashire closed in on their first Championship win in 12 attempts.

The day, though, belonged to Davies. He had been within one run of a century against Kent at Old Trafford almost two years ago, but batted throughout the 94.3 overs of Lancashire's second innings at Chelmsford to finish unbeaten on 140.

Essex were made to pay dearly for dropping the wicketkeeper twice on the second afternoon when he had just 10 and 26. Neil Wagner floored a third chance on the long-leg boundary off Tom Westley, but by then the 22-year-old had 132 to his name.

A batting masterclass from Jonathan Trott, who scored the 41st first-class century of his career, led Warwickshire's resistance against Surrey at the Kia Oval.

Surrey were on course to wrap up victory inside three days when they took four middle-order wickets in 11 overs after lunch to reduce Warwickshire, who had followed on 363 runs behind, to 181 for six.

But Trott batted for over six hours to compile an unbeaten 141 as Warwickshire closed the third day on 322 for seven, still trailing by 41.

The 35-year-old reached his century in the first over after tea by which time Keith Barker, coming in at number eight but with six first-class hundreds to his name, was giving him valuable support.

Barker had a life just before tea when he was dropped by Rory Burns at slip on 13. Surrey had held their catches in this match and that miss proved expensive as he and Trott negotiated the new ball and then proceeded to give Warwickshire a period of superiority for the first time in the match.

They added 124 in 42 overs for the seventh wicket, with Barker contributing 57 before he missed a straight one from Gareth Batty.