Nottinghamshire v Hampshire - Clydesdale Bank 40 - Group B - Nottinghamshire win by 6 wickets - Live Score and Update
Hampshire 230/7 (40/40 ov) v Nottinghamshire 231/4 (37.1/40 ov) - Nottinghamshire won by 6 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham: In yet another sensational match in the ongoing Clydesdale Bank 40 series, hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 beat Hampshire by six wickets after successfully chasing down a total of 231 runs needed to win the match, on July 17.
After winning the toss, the Notts put Hampshire into bat, in order to give their opponents a tough time in the middle by restricting them from playing on their own terms.
Nonetheless, even with the best effort from Nottinghamshire, the team from Hampshire still managed to post a decent total of 230 runs after suffering a terrible start to their innings, however, they had opener JM Vince to thank for this total, who hammered an unbeaten knock of 102 runs off 106 deliveries.
Needing a steady start to their run chase, Notts’ openers MH Wessels and AD Hales gave a stupendous stand of 89 runs to their team to set the tone for the run chase.
After receiving a heavy beating, Hampshire finally managed to get a breakthrough in the 10th over by grabbing the wicket of Wessels, who after scoring a knock of 38 runs, was trapped in front of stumps off the bowling of DR Briggs.
However, this wicket failed to open the window of opportunity for the fielding side, as the next partnership between Hales and JWA Taylor was equally devastating, as the batsmen, smashed the bowlers everywhere, giving the home fans plenty to cheer about.
Finally after conceding 124 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 got their second wicket when Briggs struck for the second time to dismisse Hales, who had smashed 70 runs off 61 deliveries.
Taylor was then joined by SR http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 to maintain the consistent pace in their run chase. The two batsmen batted with zeal, taking the score to 195, before the demise of the latter, who found his way off the field after scoring an innings of 36 runs.
Then with just three runs away from victory, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Katich-c2543 after bolstering an amazing score of 74 runs.
It was just too late for Hampshire to stop the hosts from winning the game by this point as the Notts reached the required tally in 37.1 overs for the loss of four wickets.
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