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County Championship: Mason Crane spins Hampshire to victory

Sunday 28 May 2017 21:26, UK

Mason Crane of Hampshire
Image: Hampshire legspinner Mason Crane took 5-40 to spin out Somerset at Taunton

Mason Crane took five-for to spin Hampshire to a 90-run victory over Somerset in the Specsavers County Championship on day three at Taunton.

Chasing 258 to win, Somerset's openers did well enough - Dean Elgar (60) hitting a half century and Marcus Trescothick 38 - but they, and the rest of the order, ultimately succumbed to spin.

Legspinner Crane (5-40) and offspinning allrounder Liam Dawson (4-66) shared nine of the wickets to fall, with a Peter Trego run out the other, as Hampshire skittled Somerset for 168.

Surrey's teenage debutant Amar Virdi enjoyed a memorable day in his side's match against Essex at Chelmsford, taking three wickets.

HOVE, ENGLAND - MARCH 24: Amar Virdi of Surrey in action during a friendly match between Sussex and Surrey at The 1st Central County Ground on March 24, 2
Image: Amar Virdi took three wickets in his first Championship game for Surrey

Eighteen-year-old offspinner Virdi finished with impressive figures of 3-82 from 36 overs as Essex were bowled out for 383 on day three earning a slender 14-run first-innings lead - Dan Lawrence (107) hitting a hundred for the hosts.

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Heavy rain and bad light curtailed play 26 overs early on, with Surrey overhauling that deficit to finish on 55-1, with Mark Stoneman the lone wicket to fall, to Neil Wagner.

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