Jon Lewis endorsed his England credentials with an impressive performance with bat and ball as Gloucestershire took command on the second day at the Rose Bowl.

Lewis, not known for his batting, hit an entertaining knock of 40 in Gloucestershire's first-innings total of 221 then produced two superb deliveries to remove Australian Simon Katich and Derek Kenway in the final session.

Steve Kirby and James Averis also took two wickets as Hampshire closed the day on 111-6 only 87 runs ahead with four wickets remaining in their second innings.

The home side had done well to restrict the visitors to just a 24-run lead earlier with Shane Warne and Billy Taylor taking three wickets each.

Gloucestershire had resumed on 118-2, trailing Hampshire by just 81 runs, but they were quickly in trouble in their reply.

Captain Warne led the way by removing night watchman Averis in the fourth over with just seven further runs on the board.

Gloucestershire captain Chris Taylor and Tim Hancock soon followed before Hampshire's Taylor took over with three quick wickets.

The fast-medium bowler accounted for Alex Gidman, Steve Adshead and Mark Hardinges in rapid succession to leave the visitors precariously placed on 160-8.

Lewis joined Kadeer Ali at the crease and the pair put on 49 for the ninth wicket to take their team into a first-innings lead.

But the innings lost momentum after a 22-over rain break and Hampshire wasted no time in taking the final two wickets when play resumed.

Kadeer's gritty innings of 33 from 144 balls, which failed to feature a single boundary, was finally ended when he was caught behind.

Lewis had entertained the sparse crowd hitting seven fours and a six from only 37 deliveries when he became last man out to become Richard Logan's first victim since joining Hampshire from Nottinghamshire in the close season.

Hampshire began well with openers from James Adams and Michael Brown making untroubled progress as they put on 44 in steady fashion.

Collated scores: Second Test Match: Wellington, Sri Lanka 211 (T T Samaraweera 73, C S Martin 6-54) & 273 (T M Dilshan 73, J E C Franklin 4-71) v New Zealand 522-9 dec (L Vincent 224, S P Fleming 88, W P U J C Vaas 6-108) New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 38 runs. Frizzell County Championship Division One: The Rose Bowl, Hampshire 197 (S M Katich 72 no) & 111-6 v Gloucestershire 221 (W P C Weston 66); The Brit Oval, Sussex 370 (M H Yardy 111, M J Prior 59, R Clarke 4-91) v Surrey 6-1; Edgbaston, Glamorgan 198 (M T G Elliott 84, A F Giles 6-44) v Warwickshire 415-4 (M J Powell 144 no, I R Bell 96, D R Brown 85 no); Division Two: Derby, Worcestershire 350-9 dec (G A Hick 80, S D Peters 55) v Derbyshire 135 & 10-0; Chelmsford, Essex 327-4 (W I Jefferson 149, G W Flower 65) v Yorkshire; Old Trafford, Lancashire 323 (D G Cork 65, S I Mahmood 57, M B Loye 53, A R Caddick 4-78) v Somerset 193-7 (I D Blackwell 74 no) Grace Road Durham 523-8 dec (M E K Hussey 253, G J Muchall 82, J J B Lewis 50) v Leicestershire 123 (L E Plunkett 5-43) & 10-0.