Fresh Fit Record – Hampshire vs Middlesex South Workforce 2023
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Hampshire Hawks 164 for six (McDermott 47, Hollman 2-12) beat Middlesex 159 for 7 (Holden 53, Higgins 43, Turner 3-30) by way of 5 runs
Hampshire seamer John Turner starred with 3 wickets on his Energy Blast debut because the protecting champions recorded their 3rd directly win, maintaining off rock-bottom Middlesex at Radlett.
The 22-year-old captured the wicket of Middlesex captain Stephen Eskinazi together with his first ball within the event, completing with 3 for 30 because the Hawks effectively defended a modest general of 164 for six.
Max Holden‘s first Blast half-century of the summer season, with 53 from 31 balls, had given the Seaxes hope of after all breaking their duck within the South Workforce as he and Ryan Higgins (43 from 35) added 60 for the fourth wicket.
However Hampshire’s demise bowlers held their nerve to verify the house aspect stay winless within the festival, equalling their longest dropping begin to a marketing campaign of 7 defeats in 2006 and 2009.
Hampshire skipper James Vince, who had smashed a match-winning 88 no longer out within the facets’ first assembly of the event, overlooked out this time after riding Josh de Caires’ 2nd ball tamely to mid-off.
However Ben McDermott used to be quickly into his stride, pummelling Blake Cullen for successive obstacles and dispatching each Tom Helm and de Caires over the fence as he and Toby Albert shared a partnership of 56 from 38.
Luke Hollman‘s tight three-over stint of two for 12 broke the stand, luring Albert right into a mistimed opposite sweep and the leg-spinner additionally prised out the big-hitting McDermott, stuck at long-off simply in need of his half-century.
With Joe Weatherley and Aneurin Donald each holing out as de Caires recorded his highest T20 figures of two for 34, the Hawks had misplaced 3 wickets for simply 11 runs and so they replied by way of transferring Chris Picket up the order to No.7.
With Joe Weatherley and Aneurin Donald each holing out as de Caires recorded his highest T20 figures of two for 34, the Hawks had misplaced 3 wickets for simply 11 runs and so they replied by way of transferring Chris Picket up the order to No.7.
That transfer paid off as the fast hrashed 31 from 21 and he and Ross Whiteley, with an unbeaten 28 from 20, hauled Hampshire above 150 however Higgins, with 4 consecutive dot balls within the penultimate over, ensured they fell in need of par.
Alternatively, their general seemed greater than considerable after two overs of the Middlesex answer, with simply two extras at the board and each openers again within the pavilion with geese towards their identify.
Eskinazi used to be stuck miscuing a pull to midwicket off Turner’s first supply and Joe Cracknell adopted 5 balls later, leg sooner than – however Holden and Pieter Malan kick-started the innings with a stand of 43 from 23.
Malan, having complex to 18 with two tough leg-side blows off Picket, tried to do the similar towards Nathan Ellis simply sooner than the top of the powerplay and used to be stuck within the deep.
Holden displayed a knack of selecting out the gaps, carving Scott Currie to the quilt boundary and clipping his subsequent ball to leg for 4 extra as Middlesex stored tempo with the specified run-rate.
The left-hander introduced up his 50 from 26 balls and Higgins used to be a greater than succesful foil of their partnership, bisecting the leg-side fielders completely to sign in successive fours off Picket.
However Liam Dawson tilted the competition again in Hampshire’s favour, tempting Holden to top-edge a pull to quick effective leg and Turner claimed his 3rd wicket sooner than Vince raced from mid-off and dived to pouch a skier from Higgins.
Regardless of two obstacles by way of Martin Andersson to stay Middlesex in rivalry, a goal of 15 from the general over proved too steep.
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