Hampshire keep pressure on leaders Surrey with seven-wicket win at Yorkshire

Hampshire kept the pressure on LV= Insurance County Championship leaders Surrey with an impressive seven-wicket victory away to Yorkshire.

The visitors had to chase 214 on the final day at Scarborough, after resuming on nine without loss, and openers Felix Organ and Ian Holland broke the back of the tricky target with a 135-run stand for the first wicket.

Both would fall short of centuries with Organ out for 72 and Holland dismissed for one run less before captain James Vince completed the job with 43 not out to earn second-placed Hampshire an eighth win in Division One this season.

Surrey earned a third consecutive triumph to stay at the summit with Kemar Roach’s sensational spell sparking a Warwickshire collapse.

Roach’s six-over burst of four for 20 saw the visitors at the Kia Oval go from 270 to four to 310 all out, which left a target of 248.

Hashim Amla led the charge with an unbeaten 80 in a hundred partnership with Ollie Pope, who hit 52 after Rory Burns got the chase off to a fine start with 61 to help Surrey win with six wickets in hand and 21.2 overs left to spare.

Third-place Lancashire also kept the heat on ahead of red-ball cricket taking a break for the next month due to The Hundred and Royal London Cup.

Tom Bailey produced career-best match figures of 11 for 110 to help the hosts at Emirates Old Trafford bowl out Kent for 127 to secure a fine 184-run victory.

Rob Jones’ 65 not out helped Lancashire declare on 436 for nine, which set an unattainable chase of 312 and Bailey’s second five-for of the fixture ensured it remains a three-horse title race.

A frustrating draw for Essex against Somerset at Chelmsford looks to have all but ended their faint hopes of another County Championship.

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