Notts' County Championship title hopes took a sizeable hit after a disappointing second day's performance against Hampshire at Trent Bridge.

After bowling well on the first day, the hosts were hoping to dominate with the bat and strengthen their position in a match they need to win seal top spot.

But instead they threw away a strong position with a remarkable batting collapse as Dimitri Mascarenhas' men fought back strongly.

They were dismissed for just 211 in replying to Hampshire's 203 to lead by just eight, but it should have been so much more.

And before the close the visitors strode to 102-1 second time round to put themselves on top for the first time in the match.

After the Hampshire innings was wrapped up early in the morning, as Charlie Shreck dismissed James Tomlinson, the Notts reply initially went well.

Despite Bilal Shafayat falling for a duck without a run on the board, Will Jefferson (26) and Mark Wagh (29) put on 56 for the second wicket.

Both players fell to lbw decisions in quick succession but that brought in Samit Patel and Ashwell Prince, who took charge.

The pair added 116 for the fourth wicket in quick time as the scoreboard ticked over almost constantly.

But on 172 things started to go wrong for Notts as Patel was caught at extra cover by James Tremlett for 70. It was the first of seven wickets for just 39 runs.

Tomlinson played his part with four wickets but it was Imran Tahir's 4-9 in 24 balls that turned the game on its head.

The leg-spinner ousted Graeme Swann, Mark Ealham, Andre Adams and Darren Pattinson with a mixture of leg breaks, top spinners and googlies.

Suddenly, Notts were looking at not even register a batting point but they did thanks to Ashwell Prince, who went on to pass 50 with a six off Tomlinson.

The lead was pushed on to eight before the South African was caught in the deep by Michael Carberry, having made 57.

After tea, Notts hoped for a clutch of wickets to re-establish their authority.

Hampshire, though, had other ideas and opening pair Carberry and Michael Brown put on 52 for the opening wicket.

Neither player looked in any real bother as the Notts seamers struggled to make an impact with the new ball, just as they had done in the first innings.

It was Adams who eventually made the breakthrough as Carberry (24) drove loosely and Chris Read did the rest.

But that was the only success as Brown moved to an unbeaten half century and Hampshire carried their lead to 94 with nine wickets still intact at the close.