Hampshire are thrashed for the second week running
A superb all-round display from Craig Overton inspired Somerset to a 10-wicket victory over Hampshire as his side wrapped up a fourth LV= County Championship Group Two win in five matches at The Ageas Bowl.
England paceman Overton, who is the top wicket-taker in the country, took 5-66 from a mammoth 40 overs as Hampshire were dismissed for 258.
Overton was also the top scorer in the match with
74 on Friday and finished with overall figures of
7-82, with Josh Davey also playing a significant role in the triumph by taking
5-30 on the final day. The defeat was Hampshire's second successive heavy loss following last week's innings and 289-run humbling by Surrey.
Although the hosts batted with much more gumption to pass 200 for the first time in four innings, their pitiful day one effort of 79 all out left them with too much do.
The visitors looked set to wrap up the win just after lunch when Lewis McManus departed for 17 only for Keith Barker and Felix Organ to frustrate their hosts with a two-hour stay at the crease.
Organ batted with great discipline to score just seven runs from 108 balls before falling to a diving catch by the irrepressible Overton.
Mohammad Abbas was the last man out, leaving Barker unbeaten on 52 before Eddie Byrom knocked off the two runs needed for the win with rain beginning to fall.
Hampshire started the day trailing by 147 runs after rain washed out all but nine overs on Saturday, and frustrated Somerset for almost an hour with Joe
Weatherley and skipper James Vince scoring just 20 runs in the first 13 overs.
Davey finally got the breakthrough when he found the outside edge of Weatherley's bat and Steve Davies took a sharp catch behind the stumps.
Davey struck again in his next over as Liam Dawson was trapped lbw to record only the second pair of his career.
It was Overton who grabbed the vital wicket of Vince just after lunch when Davies took another fine catch to dismiss him for 42.