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title: "County Championship Division 1 Review: Round 3 Day 2"
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author: "Ron Alderman"
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published: "2026-04-19T08:00:00Z"
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# County Championship Division 1 Review: Round 3 Day 2

- **Somerset on the back foot**
- **Rain again hinders Essex**
- **Both games looking tight**

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The weather has had a say in this round of the County Championship with Warwickshire’s game with Essex has suffered again. But there is an interesting game developing at the Utilita Bowl in Southampton.

> 🏁 STUMPS | Hampshire: 146/1 (44) lead by 96.\
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> Gubbins and Prest added 92 to the scoreboard, followed closely by the first half-century of the season for Gubbo. Shaping up to be a solid Day 3 😎\
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> 🔢 Match Centre 👉 [https://t.co/3SUwOZbsAl](https://t.co/3SUwOZbsAl) [pic.twitter.com/feuZcuN9mJ](https://t.co/feuZcuN9mJ)
>
> — Hampshire Cricket (@hantscricket) [April 18, 2026](https://twitter.com/hantscricket/status/2045555231778304144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

## **Hampshire v Somerset**

Somerset started day two in the driving seat at 154-3, looking to get a huge lead and put Hampshire under pressure. However, Hampshire had other ideas. Somerset got to 175-3 when James Rew was out for 86. That bought a flurry of wickets and Somerset ended up being all out for 288, a lead of only 50 runs.

Codi Yusuf was the pick of the bowling for Hampshire with 3-67, and Liam Dawson (2-66) and Kyle Abbott (2-67) chipped in as well.

Hampshire then set about getting back to parity first then set Somerset a huge total in the last innings. They managed to get to 114-1 when Tom Prest was out for 43, after Toby Albert retired hurt on 17. Hampshire ended the day on 146-1, a lead of 96, with Nick Gubbins on 70\* and Jake Lehmann on 16\*. Jake Ball took the only wicket so far with figures of 1-16 from 4 overs.

You can read the full scorecard **[here](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-division-one-2026-1513323/hampshire-vs-somerset-11th-match-1513336/live-cricket-score)**

> Curtains are draw on Day 2 at Edgbaston. ⏸️\
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> We head into tomorrow in a commanding position! 🙌\
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> 🦅 [#FlyLikeAnEagle](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FlyLikeAnEagle?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/UFxv2ArSwd](https://t.co/UFxv2ArSwd)
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> — Essex Cricket (@EssexCricket) [April 18, 2026](https://twitter.com/EssexCricket/status/2045562531272380812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

## **Warwickshire v Essex.**

Warwickshire started day two in a little bit of trouble after rain brought play to a premature end with them on 113-7. However, Sam Hain (88\*), helped out with the tail, got Warwickshire upto 190 ao. Jamie Porter didn’t add to his tally of four wickets, but Sam Cook (2-38), Shane Snater (2-34) and Zaman Akhter (2-47) all added a wicket each.

Essex only batted for 39 overs in the day, but they trail by 80 runs. as they reached 110-3, despite being 19-2. Paul Walter scored 46 before falling, and Charlie Allison starts off tomorrow morning with 40\* and nightwatchman Sam Cook is on 5\*.

Essex will be hoping the rain stays away so they can pile on the runs and cause some trouble for Warwickshire.

You can read the full scorecard **[here](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-division-one-2026-1513323/warwickshire-vs-essex-12th-match-1513337/live-cricket-score)**

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