Hampshire 95 for 1 (Middleton 54*) beat Warwickshire 93 (Dawson 7-15, Barker 3-28) by 9 wickets

Left-arm spinner Dawson registered his greatest bowling efficiency in any format and despatched an already faltering innings into freefall with three wickets in 4 balls as Warwickshire folded all out for 93.

Put in, the Bears have been quickly in bother as former Edgbaston favorite Keith Barker took 3 for 28 in his opening burst. Sam Hain, who top-scored with 33 not out, might then solely watch helplessly from the opposite finish as his colleagues capitulated. Dawson bowled effectively however was assisted by some sieve-headed shot choice.

Hampshire eased to 95 for 1 in 19 overs - Fletcha Middleto making 54 not out from 65 balls - to guide a spot within the closing on September 16 in opposition to Gloucestershire or Leicestershire at Trent Bridge. The guests celebrated a job finished virtually to perfection whereas the massive residence crowd was left to digest Warwickshire's newest knockout implosion after commanding the group stage.

It was a great toss for Hampshire to win, in gray, bowler-friendly circumstances, however they exploited them brilliantly. Barker set the tone with a menacing maiden to start out with after which eliminated Rob Yates, caught at mid-off, together with his eighth ball.

Barker had Will Rhodes caught behind off a textbook outswinger earlier than Ed Barnard, having once more regarded in chic kind, tickled a leg-side catch to wicketkeeper Ben Brown.

Dawson tore by means of the remainder. He turned a ball on to Michael Burgess' off stump and bowled Jake Bethell by means of an reckless cost. At 91 for five, Warwickshire desperately wanted somebody to stick with Hain however within the blink of an eye fixed it was 91 for 8 after Ethan Brookes chipped to cowl, Jake Lintott top-edged a sweep and Danny Briggs, having survived the hat-trick ball, fell lbw on the again foot to the subsequent.

Henry Brookes edged behind and Olly Hannon-Dalby performed down the mistaken line and misplaced his off stump to depart Dawson with the very best ever figures by a Hampshire bowler in one-day cricket.

Hannon-Dalby has bowled brilliantly all through this match (24 wickets at 12.2 going into this recreation) however defending a feeble whole of 93 was even past him. Hampshire openers Middleton and Nick Gubbins added 45 in ten overs earlier than the latter fell lbw, though effectively ahead, to Lintott.

Middleton superior easily to his fifth List A half-century, from 56 balls with seven fours, and added a stress-free unbroken 50 in ten overs with Tom Prest, who struck the match-winning six to seal essentially the most simple of victories in entrance of a barely surprised residence crowd.