McDermott’s fifty and Turner’s dot balls give Hampshire key victory
Hampshire 97 for two (McDermott 54) beat Glamorgan 54 for 1 by 21 runs (DLS technique)
Ben McDermott smashed his fourth fifty of his Vitality Blast season towards Glamorgan to place defending champions Hampshire Hawks in prime place for a quarter-final spot.
Australian McDermott pinged 54 off 27 as Hampshire scored 97 for two in 9.2 overs earlier than rain descended on the Ageas Bowl and Glamorgan have been set 83 in six overs.
Colin Ingram splattered a quick-fire 34 to present the Welsh facet hope however John Turner’s two-run over and good defensive bowling from Nathan Ellis and James Fuller meant the Hawks restricted them to 54 for 1 and gained by 21 runs.
Hampshire transfer stage with Surrey in second on 16 factors to open up the potential of a house knockout tie, with victory towards Gloucestershire on Sunday confirming their development. Glamorgan’s unlikely path to the quarter-finals, which might have want two wins and an enormous web run price swing, is now ended.
James Vince had initially been the aggressor, having been requested to bat by Glamorgan, with the primary authorized supply of the match carted to the straight boundary.
But he fell to a steepling catch at high-quality leg by Prem Sisodiya within the fourth over to present Jamie McIlroy his nineteenth wicket of a profitable marketing campaign.
On his return from a damaged foot, Tom Prest leaned again and pummelled his third supply for six however was leg earlier than to Peter Hatzoglou quickly after.
McDermott had taken management of that 48-run stand with a pair of maximums to the longest boundary at midwicket and one other over sq. leg.
The Hobart Hurricanes star has been overshadowed by Vince’s scoring exploits however has now pilfered 371 runs at a strike-rate of 144.
He reached his half-century in 23 balls because the Hawks intelligently raced to 97 for two in 9.2 overs earlier than the persistent drizzle stored the gamers off for simply over two hours.
Glamorgan got six overs, with an eight-ball powerplay, to search out their approach to their new goal and despatched abroad Ingram as much as open with Kiran Carlson.
Ingram did what he was requested to do within the first over by hitting a six over lengthy off earlier than a pair of boundaries in a 19-run opening over.
But Turner bounced again with an outstanding second over which solely went for 2 and included 5 dot balls. Ellis and Benny Howell stored the guests below the speed earlier than the previous had the harmful Ingram caught for a 13-ball 34 with 40 wanted off 10 balls.
Ellis solely went for 17 in his two overs earlier than Fuller’s finale was reduce three balls quick as rain returned with an unattainable 29 nonetheless wanted.