Somerset romped to a nine-wicket County Championship win over Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl

Somerset’s revival continued as they wrapped up a nine-wicket LV= County Championship Division One victory over Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl.

Having made their hosts follow on, Somerset bowled them out for 262 and then reached the victory target of 64 for the loss of just captain Marcus Trescothick (35).

Trailing by 199 on first innings, Hampshire resumed on 41-2, and an innings defeat looked on the cards when they slumped to 69-5, as Peter Trego (3-49) made early inroads.

However, Will Smith (37) and Adam Wheater (49) fought hard, adding 75 for the sixth wicket, and Gareth Berg then played superbly before he was last man out for 86.

He eventually fell to Craig Overton, who finished with 4-57, and that was one of four catches in the innings for wicket-keeper Michael Bates.

But the visitors then made light work of their small target, Trescothick and Tom Abell (21 not out) putting on for the first wicket before the skipper fell lbw to Danny Briggs, leaving it to Johann Myburgh (6 not out) and Abell to see them to victory.

A superb career-best 143 by Tom Fell put Worcestershire on top at Uxbridge, but Middlesex still finished the third day 64 runs in front at 140-3 in their second innings.

The 21-year-old Fell's second championship hundred of the season had led the way as Worcestershire fought hard to reach 385 all out and a useful first innings lead of 76.

He hit a six and 22 fours in his 228 balls, after resuming on 75 with Worcestershire on 195 for three overnight, before being caught on the deep midwicket boundary aiming for what would have been a second six in three balls.

Jack Shantry added a jaunty 41 not out from 48 balls.

Middlesex then lost Sam Robson (0), Nick Gubbins (23) and Nick Compton (47) before they had knocked off the arrears but, from a wobbly 73-3, Joe Burns and Paul Stirling put together an unbroken partnership of 67 to see their team through to stumps.

Fell said after the close: "I have felt like I've had quite a few starts this season without really going on to get a big score, so it was nice to do it today.

"It would have been good if we could have got one or two more wickets tonight, but there is still a chance for us if we take wickets in the first session tomorrow."

Centurions Andrew Gale (144) and Jack Leaning (107) played Yorkshire into a strong position against Nottinghamshire with an unbroken record fourth-wicket stand against their opponents of 251 at Headingley.

The reigning LV= County Champions looked to be on shaky ground when a couple of wickets for England fast bowler Stuart Broad helped reduce them to 51-3 off 21 overs but by the close Yorkshire had recovered to 302-3 and a first innings lead of 78.

At the start of day two, Nottinghamshire resumed on 169-8 overnight and were grateful for some spirited batting from Ben Hilfenhaus (28 not out) and Luke Wood (38) before Jack Brooks (4-56) bowled Wood and last man Jake Ball in the space of four deliveries, leaving them with a 224 total.

Broad then struck in the third ball of Yorkshire’s reply, pinning England colleague Adam Lyth lbw before he had scored a run.

Fellow test batsman Gary Balance followed for 14 and Alex Lees struggled to 15 before Broad (2-55) sent his middle stump spinning.

But as the pitch eased and the weather brightened, Gale and Leaning began to enjoy themselves with barely a false stroke between them.

Their double-century stand beat Yorkshire's previous best for the fourth wicket against Nottinghamshire of 210, set by Ted Lester and Willie Watson at Trent Bridge in 1952.