Clydesdale Bank 40 – Group C: Hampshire achieve 2 run win over Kent
In the Group C clash of the titans of the Clydesdale Bank 40, Hampshire prevailed in a thrilling last ball 2-run victory over Kent at St Lawrence Ground, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canterbury-c775. Kent was 13 runs behind the target off the final over bowled by veteran seamer and Hampshire skipper Dominic Cork, but the cool Cork did not allow the opposition to clinch the winning 13 runs.
Michael Lumb’s half-century, along with the forty-plus of James Vince (49 off 55), Michael Carberry’s 46 off 39 and Neil McKenzie’s 40 off 42 led Hampshire to an imposing total of 238 in the allotted 40 overs (with an overall run-rate of 5.95 runs per over). The run chase of Kent was well restricted by the disciplined bowling of the Hampshire attack, taking the side home in the end with a close 2-run win.
After winning the toss, Martin van Jaarsveld decided to start with the ball. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jimmy-Adams-c1696 setting a strong foundation of 48 runs. Adams departed in the 10th over slashing a James Tredwell delivery to Amjad Khan. His 37-minutes stay at the crease earned him 20 runs from 32 balls.
Adam’s dismissal took http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Vince-c1657 to the crease and in partnership with Adams’ opening partner Michael Lumb, the pair played a series of beautifully-timed shots, adding 54 runs to the total. In the meanwhile, the fluent opener Michael Lumb reached his fifty but failed to capitalize and lost his wicket soon after reaching the half-century, giving an edge to the wicketkeeper Geraint Jones off Tredwell. Lumb’s 50 off 55 balls included six boundaries.
After the dismissal of Michael Lumb, Vince and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-McKenzie-c2094 carried on Lumb’s assault and punished the Kent attack with a flurry of sweet boundaries. Both the partners added 37 runs to the team’s total for the third wicket partnership. Tredwell struck back in the 27th over, when he trapped James Vince lbw, leaving Hampshire 139 for 3 on the board. Vince’s 51 minutes stay at the crease added 40 runs to the scorecard. His 55 balls innings included 3 boundaries and a six as well.
At 139 for 3, Hampshire was desperate for a big partnership, and that’s when McKenzie and Michael Carberry showed some initiative. Both continued the assault of the top order, taking Hampshire 190 for 3 for the fourth wicket stand. The partnership was worth 51 when Matt http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116. McKenzie, with the help of 3 boundaries, scored 40 runs facing 42 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sean-Ervine-c2471 joined the bludgeoning Carberry in the attack, hitting a six and a boundary during his 14 minutes stay at the crease. Ervine went back to the pavilion after adding 13 runs to the board from 9 balls, with Hampshire 222 for 5 on the board. Two Hampshire wickets fell in the last over as Carberry gave an edge to Amjad Khan off Matt Coles, while Hamza Riazuddin was run out by the wicketkeeper Jones.
Hampshire finished its 40-overs innings at 238 for 7. Tredwell and Coles took three wickets each, conceding 40 and 59 runs respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dominic-Cork-c1390 had other plans. Cork handed his side a two run win off the final ball in the end. Denly, however, remained the highest scorer from either side with an unbeaten 102 off 109 balls.
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