Hampshire booked their spot in next month’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup final after overcoming Yorkshire in a rain-hit semi-final at Scarborough. Liam Dawson was the star of the show, smashing a career-best 142 off 116 balls to lead his side to a strong total. The visitors eventually defended a revised 41-over target of 254, sealing an 18-run win under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.
They will now face Worcestershire in the final at Trent Bridge on September 20, after the Rapids defeated Somerset in the other semi-final.
Dawson and Currie Rescue Hampshire
Hampshire were in early trouble at 78 for 4, but Dawson’s commanding innings turned the tide. He partnered with young Ben Mayes for 89 runs before Scott Currie joined him for a blistering 136-run stand. Dawson’s knock included seven sixes, while Currie contributed his maiden List A fifty with 61* off 40 balls.
“𝑫𝒂𝒘𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒏,” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒔 𝑯𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 300, 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 75 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔.
Imam Fights, But Yorkshire Collapse
In reply, Yorkshire opener Imam-ul-Haq stood tall with a composed 105, keeping the hosts in the contest. Alongside Will Luxton, he added 99 runs for the second wicket, guiding Yorkshire to 171 for 3 in the 31st over. But their hopes unraveled quickly as Currie dismissed two in one over, including a run-out of Imam, shifting the momentum back to Hampshire.
“𝒀𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂 𝑯𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓.
Despite Imam’s fourth ton of the season, Yorkshire fell to 235 for 8, continuing their poor record in List A finals with 19 losses in 22 appearances.
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