Youngsters send Hampshire to finals day(27-Jul-2010)
James Vince hit an unbeaten 66 on Monday as Hampshire reached their first Friends Provident t20 finals day with a five-wicket win over Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
The youngster's half-century was his second of the season and helped Hampshire chase down the hosts' 153 for five before victory was sealed with just one ball to spare.
Hampshire, who had never before progressed beyond the quarter-finals, will therefore be in familiar surroundings when finals day takes place at the Rose Bowl on August 14.
Defeat, meanwhile, left Warwickshire facing up to their sixth in a t20 quarter-final in seven seasons.
Vince proved the lynchpin of Hampshire's innings after Jimmy Adams had miscued to third man having become the first batsman to score 600 runs in a Twenty20 campaign.
The youngster reached his 50 from just 37 balls and finished with five fours and two sixes from 52 balls.
Hampshire survived a nerve-jangling finish, however, with Michael Carberry first run out by Rikki Clarke before Neil Carter bowled a tight penultimate over that cost just three runs.
But Vince and Daniel Christian managed to scramble the five runs they needed off Keith Barker's last over to snatch victory.
Earlier, another Hampshire youngster, slow left-armer Danny Briggs, had sparked a mid-order collapse by Warwickshire.
The England Under-19 international struck with his first ball when the dangerous Barker was bowled advancing down the pitch and he then held a couple back to have Darren Maddy taken at long on and Ian Westwood at mid-off.
He took three for 29 in his four overs but Warwickshire were indebted to an unbroken sixth wicket stand of 58 from 45 balls between Tim Ambrose and Clarke to revive the innings.
Clarke pulled Christian for six, his only boundary in a 19-ball 27, and Ambrose made 31 from 29 balls.
The youngster's half-century was his second of the season and helped Hampshire chase down the hosts' 153 for five before victory was sealed with just one ball to spare.
Hampshire, who had never before progressed beyond the quarter-finals, will therefore be in familiar surroundings when finals day takes place at the Rose Bowl on August 14.
Defeat, meanwhile, left Warwickshire facing up to their sixth in a t20 quarter-final in seven seasons.
Vince proved the lynchpin of Hampshire's innings after Jimmy Adams had miscued to third man having become the first batsman to score 600 runs in a Twenty20 campaign.
The youngster reached his 50 from just 37 balls and finished with five fours and two sixes from 52 balls.
Hampshire survived a nerve-jangling finish, however, with Michael Carberry first run out by Rikki Clarke before Neil Carter bowled a tight penultimate over that cost just three runs.
But Vince and Daniel Christian managed to scramble the five runs they needed off Keith Barker's last over to snatch victory.
Earlier, another Hampshire youngster, slow left-armer Danny Briggs, had sparked a mid-order collapse by Warwickshire.
The England Under-19 international struck with his first ball when the dangerous Barker was bowled advancing down the pitch and he then held a couple back to have Darren Maddy taken at long on and Ian Westwood at mid-off.
He took three for 29 in his four overs but Warwickshire were indebted to an unbroken sixth wicket stand of 58 from 45 balls between Tim Ambrose and Clarke to revive the innings.
Clarke pulled Christian for six, his only boundary in a 19-ball 27, and Ambrose made 31 from 29 balls.