http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 wins Friends Provident T20 after thrilling final
Hampshire lifted the trophy of 2010 Friends Provident T20 in front of an adoring home crowd at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rose-c86842 Bowl, Southampton on 14th August. Hampshire won in dramatic fashion by one wicket win when scores finished level at 173. The frenetic final two overs of the match turned an easy chase into a mad scramble.
The final seemed to be over in favour of Hampshire when Ben Phillips started his run for the penultimate over with the hosts just 11 runs behind the winning line. But http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-McKenzie-c2094’s wicket on the first ball followed by Michael Carberry’s duck, brought the visitors back into the final. The final over of the game started with eight required, fluent Ervine and new comer Daniel Christian were on the crease. Christian pulled his hamstring off the penultimate ball while coming back quickly for a second run that brought Jimmy Adams to the crease as Christian’s runner. The nerve jangling final ended with Dan Christian’s leg bye single that levelled the score and Hampshire was declared triumphant owing to their five wickets as compared to Somerset’s six.
39-year old Dominic Cork played a vital role in Hampshire’s title as he claimed two scalps off Somerset’s final over. He conceded only three runs in his last over and sent Pollard to the hospital as a spiky bouncer sneaked through the grills to hit his right eye. Though it was an unhappy, unintended incident, it left the visitors a key bowler and fielder short in the field. Pollard was sorely missed, especially after the hosts started their run chase with a flurry of boundaries. The explosive opening pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Razzaq-c84421 posted 50 runs off just 29 balls, a remarkable achievement on a wicket being used for a third game in nine hours.
The opening stand was worth 60 when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Vince-c1657 as he was brilliantly run out. Vince, after hitting the ball to the third man, had set off for one but the opener Jimmy Adams sent him back, by that time the bails were already off from Hildreth’s throw.
Vince’s dismissal brought Neil McKenzie to the crease. In partnership with Razzaq’s opening partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Adams-c65399, they added 22 runs to the scorecard before the fluent opener Adams was bowled by Suppiah on the first ball of his spell leaving the hosts 84 for 3. Adams earned Hampshire 34 runs after facing 24 balls. During his 40 minute stay at crease, Adams entertained the home crowd with three boundaries and a six.
Hampshire at that time was desperate for a big partnership and Neil McKenzie and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Christian-c1308 kept his nerves under the tense conditions levelling the score on the final ball of the match.
The visitors indebted to Kieswetter’s 71 off 59 amassed a competitive 20-overs total of 173 for 6. Kieswetter’s half century was followed by Trego’s 33 off 24. Two ducks off the final over played a vital role in Somerset’s defeat. Both http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dominic-Cork-c1390 and Abdul Razzaq shared two wickets each.
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