London, June 30 -- Adam Hose provided retribution to Hampshire for discarding him as a youngster by scoring 266 - the highest ever score by a visiting player at Utilita Bowl.
Top-order batter Hose played for Hampshire at Under-13 to Under-17 levels, having been born
and raised on the Isle of Wight, but never progressed into the professional ranks.
He returned with an epic second County Championship hundred during a mammoth 395-run third-wicket stand with stand-in captain Jake Libby.
Libby knocked up 137 unbeaten runs of his own on a lifeless wicket as Worcestershire ended day one on 456-3.
They came into the match with the fewest batting bonus points, three, had only passed 300 on three previous occasions and only two centuries had bee...