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Liam Dawson returned 50 wickets in a County Championship season for the first time after scoring an eighth half-century of the season as Hampshire closed in on victory over Worcestershire. Spinning all-rounder Dawson reached a half-century of scalps by adding Kashif Ali and Adam Hose to his tally – in doing so beating the 49 wickets he claimed last season – with no spinner in the country taking more this year. Along with his bowling exploits, no one has passed 50 more times than Dawson in Division One in 2024 as he moved to 907 runs with a 51 which set Worcestershire 394 runs to win.
The visitors ended the day on 117-5, still 277 runs short of victory, with Jake Libby undefeated on 55. Having elected against enforcing the follow-on the previous evening, Hampshire's second innings lacked fluency but still left them with a healthy lead. The inability to score runs quickly was largely.
.. BBC Sport.
