Round-Up: Taylor-made hat-trick routs Middlesex
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Your support makes all the difference.Who needs Shane Warne when you have got Billy Taylor? Hampshire's Australian captain found his first County Championship appearance of the season overshadowed yesterday by his team-mate Taylor, who took six wickets, including a hat-trick, as Middlesex were skittled out for 98 at the Rose Bowl.
Taylor dismissed Nick Compton before bowling Paul Weekes and Ben Scott with his next two deliveries to claim a hat-trick. Scott was one of six Middlesex batsmen who failed to score, including the England opener Andrew Strauss, who was trapped lbw third ball by James Bruce. Hampshire closed on 262 for 4 in reply, with 55 from John Crawley and unbeaten half-centuries from Dominic Thornely and Nic Pothas.
Marcus Trescothick smashed a superb 154 yesterday for Somerset in his final warm-up game before the first Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's next week.
Trescothick survived two chances to hit 26 fours in his 193-ball knock against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. For the England opener, it was his first century in first-class cricket since England's opening Test against Pakistan in Multan last November.
Since returning early from England's tour of India with a virus and personal problems, Trescothick has hit a one-day century for Somerset but struggled in the longer form of the game.
Northants' left-arm spinner Monty Panesar is also hoping to win a place in the Lord's line-up but he took only one wicket in 20 overs, having Peter Trego caught by Bilal Shafayat for one.
Panesar's fellow spinner Jason Brown, another man who has been tipped for England honours, fared much better, taking 5 for 82.
Trescothick's 154 was the mainstay of Somerset's disappointing 258 all out - the Australian leg-spinning all-rounder Cameron White was the next highest scorer on 26. Northants were 104 for 3 in reply at the close.
Trescothick's opening partner for England, Andrew Strauss, was lbw third ball to Hampshire's James Bruce for a duck in his first outing for Middlesex this season.
Strauss was not the only Middlesex player to struggle, as the visitors were bowled out for just 98 at the Rose Bowl by Hampshire, Billy Taylor taking 6 for 32.
In reply, John Crawley and the Australian batsman Dominic Thornely made half-centuries as Hampshire reached 243-4 to assume control of the match.
At Old Trafford, the Lancashire paceman Sajid Mahmood was hoping for a strong showing for Lancashire to profit from the injuries sustained by James Anderson, Simon Jones and Steve Harmison in the England squad. He was wayward in his opening spell against Kent, but did pick up the wicket of the South African Martin van Jaarsveld for 87.
Kent reached 269 for 7 at the close, the England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones making his first appearance, but he was dismissed for 29 by Kyle Hogg. The spinner Gary Keedy took the plaudits in Lancashire's attack, claiming 4 for 71.
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