Liam Dawson plays a leading role in leading Hampshire to the Metro Bank One-Day Cup Final | cricket news

Liam Dawson swept Warwickshire seven for 15 as Hampshire progressed to the Metro Bank One-Day Cup final with a nine-wicket victory at Edgbaston.

Left-arm spinner Dawson posted his best bowling performance in any format and sent an already faltering tackle free-falling with three wickets in four balls as Warwickshire retired completely for 93 in 26 overs.

That said, the Bears soon found themselves in trouble as former Edgbaston favorite Keith Barker went 3-for-28 in his opening flurry.

Sam Hain (33 not out) could only watch helplessly from the other end as his colleagues capitulated, with starter Ed Barnard (26) being the only other home player to reach double figures.

Hampshire went down to 95 in one from 19 overs with Fletcha Middleton scoring an unbeaten 54 to book a place in the final on 16 September against Leicestershire at Trent Bridge.

The visitors celebrated a job done almost to perfection, while the large home crowd had to digest Warwickshire’s latest knockout implosion after dominating the group stage.

It was a fine bowling for Hampshire to win, in dreary, bowler-friendly conditions, but they exploited them brilliantly.

Barker set the tone with a menacing maiden to start and then bowled out Rob Yates for a duck, caught in the middle, with his eighth ball.

Barker then caught Will Rhodes behind a textbook outswinger before Barnard, again looking sublimely in shape, tickled a catch on the side of the leg on goalie Ben Brown.

Dawson passed the test. He turned a ball into Michael Burgess’s stump and blasted Jake Bethell through a reckless charge.

At 91 for five, Warwickshire desperately needed someone to stay with Hain, but in no time at all they were 91 for eight thanks to Dawson after Ethan Brookes came on to cover, Jake Lintott pulled off a sweep and Danny Briggs, having outlived the hat. -trick ball, he fell lbw on his back foot the next.

Henry Brookes fell behind and Olly Hannon-Dalby played down the wrong line and lost his stump to leave Dawson with the best figures ever achieved by a Hampshire bowler in one-day cricket.

Hannon-Dalby has bowled brilliantly throughout this tournament, taking 24 wickets at 12.2 going into this game, but defending a weak total of 93 was even beyond her capabilities.

Hampshire openers Middleton and Nick Gubbins added 45 in 10 overs before the latter fell to Lintott.

Middleton moved smoothly to his fifth List A half-century, from 56 balls with seven fours, and added an uninterrupted, stress-free 50 in 10 overs with Tom Prest, who scored the match-winning six to seal the easiest win.

Hampshire take on Leicestershire at Trent Bridge on September 16, after the Foxes reached their first one-day final in 22 years by beating Gloucestershire by six wickets with over 21 overs to spare.

In favorable conditions for the bowlers, Wiaan Mulder (three for 38) and Tom Scriven (three for 19) set the tone with the ball as the visitors were bowled out for 125 inside 33 overs, their second-lowest total in the competition. , after losing the shake.

Graeme van Buuren tried to keep the innings together of 23 for three, making 44 for 68 balls, but no other batsman went past 22 as many gave away their wickets.

In response, Leicestershire found themselves 13 for three in the fourth over and 33 for four in the 12th, but Mulder (55th) and fellow foreign star Peter Handscomb (49th) brought them home, the South African recording his fifth half-century in the competition. in an unbroken standing of 93 in 16.3 overs.

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