T20 Blast: Hampshire beat Glamorgan in rain-hit thrash
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James Vince hit 16 as Hampshire took an eighth win of the T20 Blast campaign
Vitality Blast, South Group: Hampshire Hawks v Glamorgan |
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Hampshire 97-2 (9.2 overs): McDermott 54* |
Glamorgan (Target 83 in 6) 54-1 (5.3 overs): Ingram 34 |
Hampshire (2 pts) beat Glamorgan by 21 runs under DLS method |
Hampshire strengthened their claim to a quarter-final place as they beat Glamorgan by 21 runs in a rain-reduced game at the Ageas Bowl.
Glamorgan were set 83 in six overs but could only manage 54-1 in 5.3 when the rain returned.
They had gone just three balls past the minimum for a result.
Hampshire, who remain third in the South Group, had raced to 97-2 in 9.2 overs thanks to 54 not out from Ben McDermott.
With closest rivals Kent and Essex both losing, Hampshire are two points clear in third place with one match apiece left.
Glamorgan were already effectively out of contention for the knock-out stages but are now eliminated.
It looked a good toss for Glamorgan to win with the forecast of rain during the evening, but Hampshire got off to a flyer through McDermott and James Vince.
Jamie McIlroy made the breakthrough when Vince, on 16, skied a ball almost the height of the floodlights for Prem Sisodiya to cling on to the catch.
McDermott opened his shoulders to reach his 50 off 23 balls, including three sixes, but lost another partner in Tom Prest, given lbw to Pete Hatzoglou, for nine.
The light drizzle intensified to drive the players off with Hampshire 97-2 off just 9.2 overs, but stopped just in time to allow a contest, aided by some frantic work from the ground-staff.
Colin Ingram started the response brilliantly, leading the way to 19 off Chris Wood's first over.
But Kiran Carlson could only take two off John Turner's over as the captain swung and missed four times.
That left Glamorgan behind the eight-ball and Ingram's brilliance was not quite enough to rescue them as Carlson could not get the ball away.
Ingram was caught at cover off Nathan Ellis for 34 off 14 balls, following a four-match injury absence.
Another burst of rain took the players off during the final scheduled over, but Hampshire had done enough to take the points.
Hampshire's Ben McDermott told BBC Solent Sport:
"Those (other) results going our way is really nice, and it's nice to be on the good side of Duckworth Lewis. We earned that though, we didn't lose too many wickets and we scored at a good clip when the rain did fall, so it was a good total to defend.
"The ball was sliding onto the bat nicely, I did want to keep going, but it's a fantastic result for the guys.
"We always knew we were a couple of good overs away (from getting on top), or a couple of good balls even, so a great result.
"Surrey need to lose and we need to beat Gloucester quite well (to get a home quarter final), which is very doable."
Glamorgan coach Mark Alleyne told BBC Sport Wales:
"We knew the game would be shortened, but what we didn't get right was the first six overs (bowling), we should have been chasing a smaller total.
"The key was to get 25-27 off the first 11 balls which was the powerplay. We didn't bank on overs two and three being as economical as they were.
"The captain has had a good tournament but a bad day today and he's devastated.
"There are a lot of factors (in the tournament), we are quite a tight squad over the formats and you need a bit of luck with injuries, even the ones playing weren't fully fit.
"It was an opportunity to look at guys I might not have seen in this format, I found it quite exciting. We weren't always at our strongest but we were competitive for the most part and there's a lot to look forward to in the future."