Hampshire 214 for 8 (Vince 108, Sams 3-28, Harmer 3-43 ) beat Essex 96 (Dawson 4-21, Ellis 3-10, Currie 3-21) by 118 runs

Vince is now solely behind Michael Klinger in Blast a whole lot having overtaken Luke Wright within the run charts on Wednesday, and solely Wayne Madsen has greater than his 280 runs on this 12 months's competitors.

Dawson flowed with reward for his teammate. "It is a huge win. Vince was exceptional and proved how good a player he is. That hundred is the difference in the game.

"I feel he's getting higher. He has been so constant in his run scoring over the past couple of years. T20 is a high-risk recreation and the quantity of occasions he scores runs is as a rule. He is getting higher with age and is sensible to have in our workforce."

Defending champions Hampshire eventually won by 118 runs with 35 balls to spare - the Hawks' highest margin of victory after bowling the hosts out for 96 - to hand Essex their first T20 defeat of the year.

Vince continued from his back-to-back unbeaten 88s, and his record-breaking, by pumping Aron Nijjar for two massive sixes back over his head with his first two balls faced.

Ben McDermott was adjudged caught behind while Toby Albert took nine balls to get off the mark but Vince was terrorising the crowd and local residents - his eventual eight sixes threatened the slate and chimneys of the houses at the Hayes Close End.

He monopolised the run-scoring, together with 60 of the 101 stand with Albert, who improved his hitting to succeed in 38 earlier than he was stumped.Vince was cleanly hanging something that was despatched his manner and introduced up his century with one other pulled most in 45 balls.

He was livid when he slapped a Matt Critchley lengthy hop to the deep midwicket boundary which started the autumn of 5 wickets for 35 runs.Joe Weatherley had made a well-compiled 29 earlier than he was caught at cowl to comply with Ross Whiteley, Aneurin Donald and James Fuller's quick stays.

But a tame finale was prevented when Liam Dawson slog-swept three successive sixes to take 21 off the ultimate over and provides Hampshire 214. Daniel Sams was the one bowler to not go at a double determine run-rate for his three for 28, though Simon Harmer additionally pilfered three wickets.

Essex tried to swing their method to victory however performs and misses dominated. Adam Rossington, who pumped two early sixes, was unlucky to be given caught behind after the ball appeared to clip a stump quite than his bat.

Dan Lawrence was lbw after 22 off 14, Feroze Khushi yorked by Dawson, Paul Walter stumped, Robin Das swatted to lengthy off, Tom Westley drilled to cowl and Nathan Ellis bowled Harmer. It had been a spell of 5 wickets in 23 balls for 20 runs.

Dawson pinned Nijjar earlier than Sams gave Vince his third catch of the evening and Ellis his third wicket to complete off the great away victory.