Twenty20 v Surrey Brown Caps 31st May

Wickets all round as Hampshire beat Surrey by 18 runs.

Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat. Michael Lumb and Jimmy Adams opened the batting for the Hawks facing off break bowler Matthew Spriegel for the Brown Caps.  Adams hit a six from the last ball of the 1st over to give the Hawks 9, paving the way for the coming onslaught.

Lumb hit four boundaries in the third over taking his score to 19 and Hampshire to 30. Adams duly got in on the act and hit the vibrant Andre Nel for three boundaries as Hampshire made the most of the early power play overs taking 15 from the 4th.

Adams brought Hampshire’s fifty up with a lofted four back over the bowler’s head to take his score to 28. At the end of the power play overs Lumb had made 24 and Adams 41 with Hampshire 68. Lumb survived an lbw shout from Schofield but responded with a maximum six back over the bowler’s head to take the Hawks to 81 at the end of the 8th.

Hawks’ first wicket fell in the 9th when Adams (44) was run out when the two batsmen dithered and he scurried back for the second which wasn’t on. This left Hawks 92 for 1.

The very next over Lumb hit a four to point to bring up his half century and Hampshire’s 100. However Lumb was run out at the bowler’s end when Dernbach’s direct throw from leg slip left Lumb walking on 54 from 31 balls. By the end of the 10th Hampshire had smashed 104 for 2 with new batsmen Carberry and Ervine at the crease.

Ervine found the boundary rope at mid on with a four and a six but Spreigel took his wicket by dislodging his off stump, leaving Hampshire on 129 for 3. Benham opened his account with a four but was caught by Walters on the boundary rope at deep square leg when he skied a ball having made 8. The fifth wicket fell when Carberry (15) was caught at long mid on by Spriegel from the bowling of Schofield as Hampshire lost two wickets in quick succession. There was some controversy surrounding the wicket as Spriegel appeared to be outside the rope taking the catch, but in fact he had tossed the ball in the air first, making the dismissal count.

Dawson hit a single for the Hawk’s 150 finishing the 16th on 155 for 5. Pothas then took the reins hitting a six to deep square leg as they looked to push on taking Hampshire to 170 for 5 with two overs to go. The pumped up Nel put his hands to his ears as the crowd jeered after he threw the ball to the stumps to stop Dawson running; however the composed teenager hit the South African for four the next delivery.

Hampshire’s sixth wicket fell when Dawson (21) found Benning at long on with Hampshire finishing their innings on 191 for 6 with captain Pothas unbeaten on 24. This was the 5th highest score at The Rose Bowl leaving Surrey with a huge task.

James Benning and Scott Newman open the batting for the Surrey Brown Caps. The Hawks set the trend for the rest of the afternoon, Dominic Cork showing their ruthless streak inside the first over with Surrey only gaining 3 runs. He continued his excellent spell as the Hawks got their first wicket in the 3rd over, claiming the scalp of James Benning clean bowled with 16 for 1 on the card.

Hampshire were struggling to cope with the power of Newman and  Mark Ramprakash, with Newman hitting Billy Taylor for six in the 5th over, but Carberry with a brilliantly executed run out got Newman (26) before he really bedded himself in.

Hampshire began to chop and change their bowlers to find an answer to the impressive Ramprakash and Surrey captain Usman Afzaal, and nearly had their answer when Afzaal skied a shot but Cork failed to capitalise with the ball dropping just in front of him.

Sean Ervine made the breakthrough in the 8th when he superbly bowled and caught Afzaal (11) to leave Surrey on a perilous 58 for 3 but new batsman Stuart Walters came in and straight away hit Ervine for four as Surrey began to show some resistance. Hampshire’s impressive fielding display kept Surrey at bay, with Benham, Riazuddin and Dawson in particular excelling. The 13th over proved to be an unlucky one for Walters, who was stumped by Nic Pothas off Imran Tahir for 21, which meant Surrey were on 99 for 4.

The match turned into a nail biter for Hampshire with Elliot hitting Riazuddin for 16 in an over to leave Surrey chasing 62 to win with only 5 overs to go. The main threat was the continued brilliance of thirty-nine year old star Mark Ramprakash who waltzed his way to a 50 with a single off Billy Taylor.

Hampshire quickly brought the effective Imran Tahir back into the attack and it had the desired effect as Elliot (26) tried a reverse sweep shot and was caught by the waiting Carberry leaving Surrey with 145 for 5. Tahir ended with figures of 2 for 32.

The Hawks finally got the cherished wicket of Ramprakash (73) after he was caught off Taylor by Tahir, but Taylor wasn’t finished as the incoming Schofield was bowled for a duck as he ended his spell in style with figures of 2 for 38 and leaving Surrey on 168 for 7. Dominic Cork bowled Hampshire to victory as he took his second wicket of the contest with Spriegel being caught by Liam Dawson after lofting a ball towards deep mid off.

Hampshire Hawks won by 18 runs.

Match report by Ally Fisher and Scott Harris.

 

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