Sean Ervine and Imran Tahir each took three wickets as bottom-placed Nottinghamshire crumbled to another Pro40 Division One defeat at the Rose Bowl.

Hampshire had little difficulty in amassing 281 for six from their 40 overs after choosing to bat first on a slow wicket which offered little help to the bowlers, with half-centuries from Michael Lumb, Jimmy Adams and James Vince.

The visitors offered little in reply, collapsing to 139 all out to lose by 142 runs.

Nottinghamshire now have one fixture to redeem a Pro40 season in which their only two points have been gleaned from matches washed out by rain.

Inexperienced Nottinghamshire were without 10 players and captain Chris Read had little firepower at his disposal to cope with rampant Hampshire.

Openers Lumb and Adams put on 100 for the first wicket in 14 overs and the carnage continued after the former Yorkshire batsman had been stumped off Kevin O'Brien for 61.

Adams was joined by Vince in another big stand, this time 98 for the second wicket as both raced to half centuries.

The introduction of Akhil Patel, younger brother of Samit, produced a temporary break in the scoring when Vince (55) swept his first delivery to square leg where Andrew Carter held the catch.

Adams went on to top score with 73 off 83 balls before he was caught on the midwicket boundary attempting his 10th four.

Ervine and Nic Pothas carried on the run spree although Luke Fletcher returned in a final spell to remove the former Zimbabwe player and Liam Dawson.

Nottinghamshire never looked like reaching their target after losing Mark Wagh to Danny Briggs in the fourth over and Matt Wood to Hamza Riazuddin in the seventh.

There was resistance from Samit Patel who was top scorer with 28, but once he had fallen to a catch at midwicket off the bowling of Tahir, Nottinghamshire were doomed.

Ervine dismissed Alex Hales with his second delivery and then removed Read and Fletcher, both bowled on his way to figures of three for 23.

Leg-spinner Tahir, who was struck for a straight six by O'Brien, helped mop up the tail, disposing of Carter and O'Brien in quick succession.

Tahir took three for 30 as Hampshire won with 7.2 overs to spare.