Hampshire Hawks 164 for six (McDermott 47, Hollman 2-12) beat Middlesex 159 for 7 (Holden 53, Higgins 43, Turner 3-30) by 5 runs

The 22-year-old captured the wicket of Middlesex captain Stephen Eskinazi along with his first ball within the match, ending with 3 for 30 because the Hawks efficiently defended a modest whole of 164 for six.

But Hampshire's dying bowlers held their nerve to make sure the house aspect stay winless within the competitors, equalling their longest shedding begin to a marketing campaign of seven defeats in 2006 and 2009.

Hampshire skipper James Vince, who had smashed a match-winning 88 not out within the sides' first assembly of the match, missed out this time after driving Josh de Caires' second ball tamely to mid-off.

That transfer paid off as the short hrashed 31 from 21 and he and Ross Whiteley, with an unbeaten 28 from 20, hauled Hampshire above 150 however Higgins, with 4 consecutive dot balls within the penultimate over, ensured they fell wanting par.

However, their whole regarded greater than substantial after two overs of the Middlesex reply, with simply two extras on the board and each openers again within the pavilion with geese in opposition to their title.

Eskinazi was caught miscuing a pull to midwicket off Turner's first supply and Joe Cracknell adopted 5 balls later, leg earlier than - however Holden and Pieter Malan kick-started the innings with a stand of 43 from 23.

Malan, having superior to 18 with two highly effective leg-side blows off Wood, tried to do the identical in opposition to Nathan Ellis simply earlier than the tip of the powerplay and was caught within the deep.

Holden displayed a knack of selecting out the gaps, carving Scott Currie to the quilt boundary and clipping his subsequent ball to leg for 4 extra as Middlesex saved tempo with the required run-rate.

The left-hander introduced up his 50 from 26 balls and Higgins was a greater than succesful foil of their partnership, bisecting the leg-side fielders completely to register successive fours off Wood.

But Liam Dawson tilted the competition again in Hampshire's favour, tempting Holden to top-edge a pull to brief fantastic leg and Turner claimed his third wicket earlier than Vince raced from mid-off and dived to pouch a skier from Higgins.

Despite two boundaries by Martin Andersson to maintain Middlesex in competition, a goal of 15 from the ultimate over proved too steep.