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The hosts enjoy impressive day with both the bat and the ball
Lancashire took a firm grip of their Specsavers County Championship clash with Hampshire at Emirates Old Trafford after a commanding display with both ball and bat left them with an ominous first innings lead at the end of day one.
Winning the toss and batting first on a hot and sunny day in Manchester, the visitors struggled to score runs from the get go with James Anderson looking in fine form as he prepared for his England duties with a three wicket haul.
It was Anderson who took the first wicket of Jimmy Adams for just five before Steven Croft produced the moment of the day when he slid to stop a James Vince drive at mid-on and unleashed a low throw which ran out the England hopeful for 0.
As an audition for gaining his first Test cap, it couldn’t have gone worse for Vince in front of the watching England coach Trevor Bayliss and things were soon going just as badly for his side as Michael Carberry and Liam Dawson fell to successive balls from Neil Wagner, the latter the victim of a vicious in-swinging yorker which left Dawson hobbling as he exited the stage.
When Will Smith was strangled down leg side by Luke Procter for 18, Hampshire were left 57-5 at lunch.
Debutant Gareth Andrew followed soon after edging an excellent short-pitched delivery from Kyle Jarvis with Tino Best becoming Anderson’s third victim when he edged to Liam Livingstone for 11.
At the other end, Adam Wheater battled hard to get Hampshire over 100 but when he played on to his wicket off Procter for 32, the game was up for Hampshire as James Tomlinson lasted just five balls before also chopping on from Procter who finished with 3-14.
While there was plenty of bounce and pace in the pitch, Lancashire were soon making a mockery of their opponent’s low score with a confident start which saw openers Karl Brown and Haseeb Hameed reach 53 together before Brown was out lbw for 40 to Andrew’s first delivery for his new county.
For the rest of the afternoon Lancashire asserted their dominance with Hameed and Procter both playing watchful innings as they dealt comfortably with the ineffectual leg spin of teenager Mason Crane.
At the close of play both players were approaching their half-centuries after an unbeaten stand of 104 for the second wicket took Lancashire to 157-1 and a lead of 48 runs.
