Hampshire (515) lead Warwickshire (49-6) by 466 runs

Sean Ervine collected a double century before Hampshire’s bowling attack decimated Warwickshire on day two of the Specsavers County Championship Division One clash at the Ageas Bowl.

Ervine moved from 140 overnight to sublime 200 to hand his side a first innings total of 515.

But Hampshire's domination didn’t stop there as they left Warwickshire floundering on 49 for six – still 316 behind the follow on.

With blue skies overhead and the same undisturbed dry track as the first day, Warwickshire toiled in their reply.

Ian Westwood summed up their frustrating game so far with a running mix-up as he was well short of his ground after good work from Michael Carberry.

Matt Salisbury began his Hampshire debut with a pearler to get rid of Sam Hain, as the ball came in and then nicked away to catch his edge behind.

Ian Bell followed two balls later when he was lbw to a huge in swinger.

Tim Ambrose handed Ian Holland his maiden Championship wicket with a brilliant in-ducker which fooled the wicket keeper.

Mason Crane took a five-for against Somerset last week and followed up with two late evening scalps.

First he had Rikki Clarke leg before with a big turner, before with the last ball of the day a beauty saw Andrew Umeed edge behind.

Earlier, Ervine and Adams continued exactly how they left day one as their record fourth wicket stand looked unstoppable.

The pair batted through the morning session in serene style only playing shots when they had to with no mandate to score runs quickly.

Their records included the highest fourth wicket stand for Hampshire of all time and the top stand of any wicket in Division One this season.

The afternoon session saw the game progress at a decent pace as the epic stand was finally broken and Singh started to chip away with his left arm spin.

Adams was the first to depart for a scrappy yet completely chanceless 166 having batted for 502 minutes and 386 balls.

A rare attacking shot from Adams was flicked off his legs to mid-wicket – the colossal stand ending on 367.

Ervine completed his stunning double century, his second for Hampshire and the third of his career, but was out just three runs later.

The Zimbabwean attempting a reverse paddle but missed Singh’s low slow bounce.

The light for Warwickshire was quickly dimmed again as debutant Ian Holland added 61 for the seventh wicket with Lewis McManus, with the hosts still yet to accelerate.

McManus did club a massive six over square leg before Holland was lbw and he was caught at first slip while attempting to slog.

Mason Crane was yorked first ball handing Singh his maiden professional five wicket haul.

Singh picked up a sixth when Gareth Berg clubbed to the long on boundary, before Andrew Usmeed grabbed his first career scalp to wrap up the innings.

But after their evening heroics, Hampshire look in a great position to win back-to-back for the first time this seasons.

Ervine said: “I am really pleased, I am more pleased with the partnership after being 31 for three for myself and Jimmy to dig in.

“To top it off the boys came out and performed with the ball.

“We could hear on the tanoy all the milestone we got to but I am just pleased for Jimmy as he needed the runs just as much as I did.

“It wasn’t easy to bat out there. There was a little bit of invariable bounce and a couple kept low.

“As the ball got older and soft it was harder to pierce the field.

“For me to get double hundred and the team to get 500 and go as far as we could was the plan.

“It took a special piece of fielder from Carbs to get the ball rolling and then the two debutants were magical.

“Mason towards the end got some purchases.

“We aimed for four down and got two bonus wickets and tomorrow is a big day.

Warwickshire captain Ian Bell: “It has been a tough day and a tough season for us in red ball cricket.

“We have shown glimpses of some fight in previous Championship matches but today was again massively disappointing and not up to standard.

“We shouldn’t have let them get 500 but we also shouldn’t be six down for 50.

“Momentum in this sort of cricket is huge. They’ve had 30 overs there while we were in the field for 160 overs.

“Their first 20 overs there we have to give them credit, they bowled straighter than we did and attacked the stumps.

“We can’t give wickets away on a pitch like this. Westy has been batting well for us so his run out was disappointing and gave them a little more momentum.

“We have to believe that this is savable. I have played in a lot of games for England where we have batted out and got a draw on pitches similar to this.

“I we don’t believe it then it won’t happen but I believe someone can go out there and score a hundred.”

Jonathan Trott did not play today due to "a family emergency".  

“Everything seems to be happening to us at one time but he will be back tomorrow,” added Bell.