Hampshire 234 (Gubbins 66, Middleton 58, Williams 3-30, Morley 3-40) beat Lancashire 223 (Lavelle 57, Wheal 5-47) by 11 runs

Opting to make use of the identical pitch on which they misplaced to Leicestershire Foxes final Friday, Lancashire had restricted the guests to a modest whole, riches that appeared inconceivable when Hampshire had been 131 with out loss within the twenty fourth over,

Gubbins departed for 66 when his back-foot drive off George Balderson went straight to Keaton Jennings at cowl however the Hampshire innings actually misplaced its momentum when Morley took two wickets in his subsequent over.

Middleton was dismissed for 58 when he lofted the sluggish left-armer straight to Josh Bohannon at long-on and Tom Prest was deceived by a faster arm-ball and bowled for 3. Ben Brown and Aneurin Donald wanted to rebuild their facet's innings however none of Hampshire's remaining batters might dominate the bowling in the way in which the openers had finished.

Both Brown and Donald had been bowled by Williams, the latter for 25, Felix Organ was leg earlier than wicket to Tom Aspinwall for 3 and Joe Eckland additionally didn't learn Morley's arm-ball and was bowled for 17.

Hampshire's lower-order subsided with out fuss to the seamers, Blatherwick taking his first wicket of the sport, Balderson his second and Williams ending the innings when he had Wheal caught at mid-off by Jennings for 3. Having been nicely positioned when Gubbins and Middleton had been going robust, Hampshire misplaced all their wickets for an extra 103 runs in 24.3 overs. Morley completed with a career-best 3 for 40.

Even as these wickets had been falling, Bohannon was batting positively however when he was caught down the leg facet by Brown off Eddie Jack for 28, Lancashire had been 64 for 4 within the 14th over and nonetheless 171 runs of their goal.

George Lavelle and Balderson then sought to restore the injury though persistence was the primary theme of the early phases of their fifth-wicket stand. The pair introduced up their 50 partnership in 80 balls and 110 runs had been nonetheless required off the ultimate 20 overs, by which period Hampshire skipper Gubbins was relying primarily on his spinners to stem the circulation of runs.

Lavelle and Balderson had taken Lancashire to 157 for 4 and the sport was evenly poised when the house facet misplaced three wickets in as many overs. Having made 44, Balderson punched Currie to Gubbins at cowl to finish his 93-run stand with Lavelle, Matty Hurst was run out for a single by Kelly's sharp throw and Lavelle was dismissed for 57 when he pulled Currie to Donald at midwicket.

Lancashire's tail sought to seize an unlikely victory however Wheal had the final phrase by taking three wickets in 13 balls.