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Hampshire took three wickets on the third day of their County Championship match at the The Ageas Bowl
Director of Cricket Giles White commended Hampshire's positive attitude in the field after a testing day three against Lancashire at the The Ageas Bowl, as the home side's lead was cut to 238 runs in the Specsavers County Championship.
Hampshire’s bowlers took three Lancashire wickets on the third day, and remain determined to take the 16 wickets required for an all-important victory over the visitors.
Will Smith removed Procter with the last ball before lunch and Liam Dawson struck in the final session, denying Alviro Petersen (98) of a century, as three Lancashire half-tons pushed the game towards a draw.
Smith had shown tremendous patience with the bat during almost ten hours compiling a double-ton on the opening two days, but a different kind of patience would be required on day three.
After the Lancashire pair, Haseeb Hameed (65*) and Luke Procter (54), both reached half-tons during a resilient morning session from the visitors, Smith finally found a breakthrough with the final ball before lunch.
The Hampshire captain trapped Procter at lbw to end a 119-run partnership, which had lasted 51 overs exactly, giving Hampshire a foothold going into a crucial afternoon session - their lead 417 runs.
Despite displaying a great appetite in the field, Hampshire were unable to take a third wicket, with Brad Wheal and Mason Crane coming the closest to taking Hameed.
Ryan McLaren was inches away from catching the promising youngster at point, moments before the Bolton-born batsman reached 1,000 first-class runs in his 15th match.
After Hampshire took the new ball in the 83rd over, McLaren immediately looked to have found an edge from Hameed but, despite convincing cries from a four-man slip cordon, umpire Neil Mallender remained unmoved.
Berg took the all-important wicket, clean-bowling Hameed before tea and going into the break with figures of 2-48 to show for 17 well-executed overs.
The spin of Mason Crane and Liam Dawson reduced the flow of runs for the Lancashire batsmen, who were 17 runs shy of a third batting point after 110 overs, and a fourth wicket would fall before the end of play.
Dawson bowled Alviro Petersen (98) two runs shy of his century, producing a wickedly deceptive delivery to supply some encouragement for Hampshire's fielders, who had been denied of clear-cut wicket opportunities throughout day three, finishing with Lancashire on 310-4 after 121 overs.
Hampshire require 16 wickets on the final day of their County Championship encounter with Lancashire in order to secure victory at the The Ageas Bowl - an almighty task which has failed to defeat the spirits of Hants' determined fielders.
