County Championship: Hants start badly in Trent Bridge run-chase

Hampshire’s opportunity to claim a first County Championship win of the season is in the balance after a fast-moving third day against Nottinghamshire left them with work to do.

Chasing a modest 169 to win, Hampshire ended the day still 85 runs short of their target at 84-5 and probably a man short unless Tom Prest is able to bat with the injured shoulder that has kept him off the field since tea on day one.

Nottinghamshire had been bowled out for 209 in their second innings by tea, with veteran quick Kyle Abbott and off-spinner Felix Organ taking three wickets each after Joe Clarke and Jack Haynes had made half-centuries.

But Hampshire then slumped to 44-5 as Dillon Pennington and Dane Paterson led a determined effort with the ball by the home side before Fletcha Middleton and James Fuller saw out the final overs to calm their nerves.

Resuming on 33-1, Nottinghamshire lost wickets in each of Abbott’s opening three overs.

Will Young edged to wicketkeeper Ben Brown from a ball that lifted and left him, Ben Slater was pinned leg before and Tom Moores saw his off-stump uprooted.

Clarke and Haynes added 96 for the fifth wicket before the former was out for 57, gloving a catch to Brown from Mohammad Abbas.

Organ had Haynes was caught at short leg for 59 via an inside edge on to pad, picking up a second when Lyndon James, trying to help one round the corner, gave an easy catch to short fine leg.

Liam Dawson then had Olly Stone caught before Pennington was trapped leg before.

Organ wrapped things up by having Calvin Harrison stumped, but Notts hit back as Haseeb Hameed caught Ali Orr at mid-on off Pennington before the bowler had Organ caught by Harrison.

James Vince fell leg before to Paterson, Dawson hit James straight into the hands of short cover and Brown lost his off stump to a swinging delivery from Paterson.