Live: Hampshire v Yorkshire Men, Rothesay CC, Day One

Hampshire trail by 113 runs after a 14-wicket day.

Hampshire made the early running to bowl Yorkshire out for 173, but George Hill has led the response with 3-4 from eight overs.

Might be a touch fortunate here Hill.

Sonny Baker is trapped lbw, and there’s a hint of inside-edge.

Still, Hampshire’s nightwatchman has gone. Tom Prest in now.

Jafer Chohan has bowled his first over, conceding a single.

Hampshire 49-3 after 22 overs.

Hampshire are 48-3 now.

Jake Lehmann has been trapped lbw stuck on the crease, with George Hill striking for a second time.

Hampshire have sent Sonny Baker in as nightwatchman. We have a little over five overs remaining in the day.

George Hill has bowled Toby Albert. 14.

Hampshire are 42-2.

Dom Bess has bowled two overs. Be interesting to see if Jafer Chohan is introduced in the remaining 10 overs of the day.

Ben Coad has removed Ali Orr caught behind by Jonny Bairstow, 12.

Hampshire 26-1 in the 11th over.

Bairstow was stood up to the stumps.

Toby Albert in now.

Hampshire are 20-0 in the eighth over of 26 this evening.

Ali Orr and Nick Gubbins have 10 apiece.

Ben Coad has the new ball, with Ali Orr and Nick Gubbins opening the batting.

We have 26 overs remaining in the day.

Ben Cliff seems to lose sight of a Sonny Baker short ball and fends a catch to mid-wicket, falling for 16.

Dom Bess finishes on an innings-high 40 not out. Those two shared 53 for the 10th wicket, the second highest partnership.

We have 26 overs remaining.

Kyle Abbott finishes with figures of 4-17 from 18 overs. Quite the analysis.

But this pitch is doing a bit, and Yorkshire are far from out of things.

Yorkshire 167-9 in the 60th over.

Dom Bess has 38 and Ben Cliff 16.

Dom Bess 38 and Ben Cliff 16.

These two have put on 47 for the last wicket, the second highest partnership of the innings.

They will continue after tea, with another 31 overs remaining in the day.

Dom Bess 29 and Ben Cliff 10 have added 32 and counting for the 10th wicket.

Yorkshire are 152-9 as we approach the tea break. Just under 15 minutes or so to go unless a wicket falls beforehand.

Dom Bess has 21 and Ben Cliff 8.

Tea has been extended by 30 mins with Yorkshire nine wickets down.

Jafer Chohan lbw to Andrew Neal, 5.

Kept low and scooted through.

Ben Cliff in now.

After a couple of sixes for Ben Coad in 21, he’s been caught behind off Eddie Jack.

Jafer Chohan in on first-class debut.

Ben Coad has just hammered Sonny Baker down the ground for six.

Rare success for Yorkshire, who are 94-7.

Touch unlucky there for George Hill, who is caught and bowled at the second attempt by Andrew Neal. The spinner almost spilt it as he landed.

Ben Coad in now alongside Dom Bess.

Remarkable start to this fixture.

Kyle Abbott has remarkable figures of 4-7 from 15 overs to date.

He has been helped by the fact we’ve been off for rain on a couple of occasions, keeping him fresh.

Yorkshire 80-6 at present.

Andrew Neal has bowled James Wharton for 24, and Yorkshire are 76-6 in the 34th over.

Dom Bess is in now alongside George Hill.

There’s definite signs of turn even 34 overs or so into this fixture.

First ball after the resumption and Kyle Abbott has trapped Jonny Bairstow lbw for 5.

Abbott has four wickets now.

George Hill in alongside James Wharton (24) at 76-5 after 31 overs.

We have lost another six overs from the day’s allocation, which takes us to seven in total.

A short but heavy rain shower has forced the players off. It seems to have stopped now. If not, it’s only very light.

Fingers crossed, we will be up and running again soon.

James Wharton 24, Jonny Bairstow 5.

The South African new-ball seamer has his third wicket, with Matthew Revis lbw for 33.

Jonny Bairstow in now for Yorkshire alongside James Wharton, who has 17.

Andrew Neal, the left-arm spinner, has got us up and running after lunch.

Matthew Revis 32, James Wharton has 17.

Matthew Revis has 32 of them and James Wharton 17.

Yorkshire have recovered from 9-3.

Andrew Neal, the left-arm spinner, is into the attack, with Yorkshire now 44-3 in the 20th over.

Confirmation of two things. We will only bowl 95 overs today and also my hearing’s not too bad!

We are due to restart at 12.40pm, with lunch to be taken at 1.20pm.

Pretty sure they said over the tannoy that one over has been lost. Will confirm that shortly.

Fingers crossed we should be up and running soon.

We’re actually playing through a bit of rain at present as Matthew Revis 15 and James Wharton 5 attempt to rebuild.

And we’re off, midway through the 15th over. The covers are coming on.

Eddie Jack has trapped Adam Lyth lbw for seven.

One of those celeb-appeals from Jack, and Yorkshire have significant work to do here.

Matthew Revis in now alongside James Wharton.

Kyle Abbott gets Sam Whiteman caught behind by Ben Brown without scoring.

Spot of bother early on for Yorkshire as James Wharton comes to the crease.

Will Luxton has been trapped lbw by Kyle Abbott, 2.

Pushing forwards and Luxton is undone by Abbott, who actually a strong appeal for lbw turned down against Adam Lyth first ball of the match.

Sam Whiteman in now.

Yorkshire 5-1 in the fifth over.

Adam Lyth plays out a maiden against Kyle Abbott.

Now Will Luxton must contend with Sonny Baker.

Will Luxton and Adam Lyth to open the batting.

Wes Spearman, who is Hampshire’s media manager and actually used to do streaming commentary for Yorkshire on the Northern Diamonds games, tells me the forecast has improved significantly for the next four days. Good news.

Kyle Abbott has the new ball.

Adam Lyth, Will Luxton, James Wharton, Sam Whiteman, Matthew Revis, Jonny Bairstow c/w, George Hill, Dom Bess, Jafer Chohan, Ben Coad, Ben Cliff.

Team news to follow, but Jafer Chohan makes his red-ball debut.

Jonny Bairstow has just been interviewed at the toss and says that it’s a used pitch, for a one-day game against Derbyshire last week.

From the Utilita Bowl, Southampton, where it’s a dry and bright morning ahead of day one versus Hampshire.

There’s plenty of cloud around, and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see some rain today. As for now, though, we’re all set to go at 11am.

This is the first of six remaining matches in the summer for Yorkshire, who are eighth out of 10 teams in Division One. Hampshire are ninth and in the relegation zone. The gap between the two is 17 points. So that tells you just how important this game is.

A win here, and you’d think Yorkshire would be clear of any relegation danger and can look up at the leading teams in the table with excitement.

This is the first Championship fixture since Yorkshire were beaten inside three days at Leicestershire in June.

We have previewed this fixture with Anthony McGrath, which is linked below.

The stream is embedded at the top of the page.

Enjoy the day.

Preview: Hampshire v Yorkshire Men, Rothesay CC