COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE ROUNDUP: The former Hampshire new-ball pair both complete five-wicket hauls on a classic day of four-day cricket
Trent Bridge (day two of four): Nottinghamshire 333 & 171-6, Hampshire 196 - Nottinghamshire lead by 308 runs with four second-innings wickets remaining
Mohammad Abbas took five wickets on his Nottinghamshire debut to put the Division One leaders in a strong position against his former county after 16 wickets fell on day two of their County Championship clash with Hampshire at Trent Bridge.
The 34-year-old Pakistan seamer, who took 180 first-class wickets in four summers at the Utilita Bowl before agreeing to move to Trent Bridge for part of this season, finished with five for 31 as Hampshire were bowled out for 196 in their first innings in reply to Nottinghamshire's 333.
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Nottinghamshire slipped to 59 for five in their second innings but Jack Haynes (60 not out) and Liam Patterson-White (44 not out) helped them recover to 171 for six at the close for a lead of 308, which already looks like a winning advantage on a pitch that has given plenty of assistance to the bowlers.
Earlier, Kyle Abbott - Abbas' former new ball partner on the south coast - hit three sixes in a feisty 67 to rescue Hampshire from 106, going on to add two wickets to his own five-wicket first-innings haul.
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