Nick Gubbins (40) and Tom Prest (38) also contributed as Hampshire reached 238 for five in their pursuit of 310 before rain brought an early end. Ryan Higgins had earlier thrashed a 53-ball 78 but Scott Currie’s three for 54 held Middlesex to 309 for seven. Middlesex were put into bat and cruised through the powerplay risk-free before Mark Stoneman was undone by some extra bounce from Currie to pull to deep square. Gubbins fell when he pulled to long off, but Prest maintained the cantering – with aggressive running a key proponent of Hampshire’s success. But rain soon after saw Hampshire, who topped their group last year, 18 runs ahead on DLS.

Source: Metro August 01, 2023 23:22 UTC