Hampshire will resume in a perilous position on day four, still 42 runs adrift of Sussex's first innings total.

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The Warriors are in a perilous position at the bottom of the table, with just three league wins so far this season.

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However, further instalments of tax payments, accrued since the presentation of the petition, have kept the club in a perilous financial position, demonstrated by the delay in paying players.

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Years of narrow gross margins and perhaps a bloated overhead structure had placed MusclePharm in a perilous working capital position.

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The south coast club have been through a torrid time with their perilous financial position and have been forced into considering offloading their best players.

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