Hampshire v Kent - Friends Life T20 - South Group - Live Score and Update
Kent 151/5 (20/20 ov) v Hampshire 148/6 (20/20 ov) - Kent won by 3 runs
With stakes getting higher and higher in the ongoing Friends Life T20 tournament in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802 secured a narrow win against Hampshire just by three runs, successfully defending a total of 151 runs, in a match that was played at The Rose Bowl, Southampton.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789, after winning the toss, chose to field first as they wanted their bowlers to cause early inroads to restrict the batting side from bolstering a big total on the board.
Kent openers, SW Billings and RWT Key gave their side a stand of 32 runs before the partnership fell on the wicket of Key, who lost his wicket on the penultimate delivery of the fifth over after scoring an innings of ten runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Mullaney-c2584 a big innings alongside his partner, Billings, lost his wicket after scoring 20 runs, leaving his team standing on a total of 42 runs.
Just when Hampshire thought they had things in their control, Mahmood and DI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stevens-c91368 took charge and hammered the bowlers, taking the score to 74 runs before Stevens became the third wicket of the day.
Then after the addition of only four runs in the total score, the side lost the services of Mahmood, who was caught by Briggs after scoring a knock of 22 runs.
However, before Kent could sink in the abyss of a batting meltdown, lower-order batsman, SA Northeast smashed a resounding knock of 46 runs, to help his side post a defendable total on the board.
With an intimidating total at hand, Hampshire needed a big start to their innings, which was conveniently made possible by openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MA-Carberry-c1868 and JHK Adams as the duo jabbed a stand of 51 runs, to cause Kent bowlers a sweat.
Adams after scoring 27 runs was the first wicket to fall from his side, while with a total of 79 runs; the side suffered the demise of their second wicket with Carberry perishing after scoring an innings of 28 runs.
However, Kent kept pressure by grabbing wickets at regular intervals with Mahmood and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JC-Tredwell-c1676 as the pick of the bowlers, sharing two wickets each.
From Hampshire, JM Vince was the ace batsman with a knock of 31 runs to his name, but his knock was not enough to earn his side a win as they faltered on a total of 148 runs with six wickets down.
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