http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 into last four
A towering half-century from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on July 25, 2012.
The victory seemed out of grasp after the home side had posted 178 and reduced Hampshire to 78 for 5, mainly through some excellent all-round contribution from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843.
Put into bat, Notts suffered a major blow when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mascarenhas-c912’ first four deliveries before being caught at third-man.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915, while Lumb’s 39-run effort was cut short by Mascarenhas as Notts found themselves in trouble at 80 for 4.
However, they soon found their momentum back after Samit http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Voges-c925 (33), to power his team to a more than competitive total of 178.
The reply was swift as the first six overs saw Hampshire score at almost 10 runs per over. However, the PowerPlay stage also brought Notts three crucial wickets including that of openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Katich-c2543, who has raced to 25.
Patel then inflicted further damage, this time with the ball, taking out the dangerous http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sean-Ervine-c2471 and Maxwell in one over. Mckenzie and Liam Dawson kept their side in the hunt with a 50-run stand for the sixth-wicket, after which Patel picked this third, removing the latter for 30.
With 46 still needed of the last four overs, Notts looked in command but McKenzie and Mascarenhas had other ideas. With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harry-Frederick-Gurney-c61806 conceded 23 off his last 12 balls – 17th and 19th, while Ball went for 11 in the 18th as the equation was drastically reduced to 12 from 6.
The overseas South African, who had to call a runner for the final over, then smashed two consecutive boundaries off the third and fourth ball, before taking two on the penultimate delivery to level the proceedings. With one required to win, he then inflicted a third boundary to young http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andy-Carter-c1046 to book his side’s passage into the last four.
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