da marjack bet： Nic Pothas and Neil McKenzie guided Hampshire to victoryin the last over in a low-scoring Friends Provident t20 match at the Rose Bowl
da leao： 03-Jun-2010
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Nic Pothas and Neil McKenzie guided Hampshire to victoryin the last over in a low-scoring Friends Provident t20 match at the Rose Bowl. Chasing a modest 115 to beat Kent , Hampshire scraped home by fivewickets with two balls to spare.Hampshire lost their fifth wicket, that of newcomer Abdul Razzaq, at 94 to setup a tense finish. But the Hampshire sixth-wicket pair of Pothas and McKenzie made sure in an unbroken stand of 23 in the final three overs to give their side a winning startto this season’s competition.Kent captain Robert Key must have regretted winning the toss and choosing tobat first, because he was out in the first over without scoring, leg before toHampshire captain Dimitri Mascarenhas. Kent never fully recovered, slumping to 51 for 5 in the 12th over, and then90 for 8 in the 17th.There was only one stand of substance, 23 for the seventh wicket between DarrenStevens and Matt Coles. Stevens was Kent’s top-scorer with a defiant 36, whichincluded a six off Sean Ervine and a four. But Kent managed only nine boundariesin their entire innings, struggling to cope with left-arm pace bowler ChrisWood, who was making his debut.Wood took 2 for 17 and also ran out Stevens with a direct hit to easeHampshire towards victory. But Hampshire suffered a setback when Mascarenhas, who injured an ankle playing in the Indian Premier League and missed the first two months of the season, was able only to bowl three overs before limping off with a recurrence of theinjury.Kent made 114 for 9 but made an immediate breakthrough when Hampshire openerMichael Lumb was caught at backward square leg from the first ball of theinnings.Jimmy Adams, Michael Carberry and Ervine each made useful contributions asHampshire’s innings gained momentum, with Ervine striking four fours in his topscore of 31.But Ervine’s dismissal to a catch in the deep caused Hampshire to falter, andit needed the steady nerve of Pothas and McKenzie to inflict on Kent their firstdefeat of the season.
