Hampshire defeated Essex by a big margin of 118 runs.
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The South Group Match of the T20 Blast 2023 was played yesterday between Essex vs Hampshire at County Ground, Chelmsford. In Hampshire defeated Essex by a big margin of 118 runs.
Essex won the toss and invited Hampshire to bat first, Hampshire batted first started the inning very strongly althought the first wicket has dismissed just for 17 runs, Ben McDermott and James Vince came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 17 runs in 1.1 over, Ben McDermott dismissed for 1 run in 2 balls, next batsman Toby Albert came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant century partnership of 100 runs with James Vince, the second wicket has dismissed for 118 runs in 11.4 over, Toby Albert dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 38 runs with help 3 sixes and 2 boundaires in just 30 balls, next batsman Joe Weatherley came to bat and played well with James Vince, the third wicket has dismissed for 153 runs in first ball of the 15th over, James Vince dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick century inning of 103 runs with the help of 8 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 48 balls, next batsman Ross Whiteley came to bat and he dismissed just for 1 run in 5 balls as fourth wicket in 15.2 over, the team score was 158 runs, next batsman Aneurin Donald came to bat and he also dismissed very qucikly just for 4 runs in 5 balls as fifth wicket in 17.3 over, the team score was 180 runs, followed by James Fuller came to bat and he also dismissed just for 7 runs in 5 balls as sixth wicket in 18.2 over, the team score was 187 runs, next batsman Liam Dawson came to bat and meanwhile the seventh wicket also dismissed for 188 runs in 18.4 over, Joe Weatherley dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick inning of 29 runs with the help of 3 boundaires in just 16 balls, next batsman Chris Wood came to bat and he good strike rotate with Liam Dawson, the 8th wicket has dismissed just for 212 runs in fifth ball of the final over, Liam Dawson dismissed after playing a quick inning of 19 runs with the help of 3 sixes in just 5 balls, next batsman Scott Currie came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 2 runs in 1 ball with Chris Wood, and Chris Wood also remains unbeaten for 6 runs in just 3 balls. In this way, Hampshire scored 214 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a very strong target of 215 runs for Essex.
Essex bowlers Daniel Sams took 3 wickets just for 28 runs, Simon Harmer 3 wickets for 43 runs, Matthew Critchley 2 wickets for 46 runs, Sam Cook was wicketless for 40 runs, Paul Walter wicketless for 25 runs in 2 overs, and Aron Nijjar wicketless for 43 runs in 2 overs.
Essex chasing 215 runs in the second inning, and the entire team was dismissed in just 96 runs in the first ball of the 15th over. Essex started the inning very poorly, Adam Rossington and Feroze Khushi came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 27 runs in 2.4 over, Adam Rossington dismissed after playing a quick inning of 23 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundary in just 12 balls, next batsman Daniel Lawrence came to bat and played well with Feroze Khushi, the second wicket has dismissed for 50 runs in last ball of the 6th over, Daniel Lawrence dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 14 balls, next batsman Matthew Critchley came to bat and he was dismissed just for 1 run in 3 balls as third wicket in 6.5 over, the team score was 53 runs, followed by Paul Walter came to bat, after a moments the fourth wicket also dismissed for 69 runs in first ball of the 10th over, Feroze Khushi dismissed for 8 runs in 17 balls, next batsman Robin Das came to bat, after a moments the fifth wicket has also dismissed for 74 runs in last bal of the 10th over, Paul Walter dismissed for 13 runs in 11 balls, next batsman Tom Westley came to bat, meanwhile the sixth wicket also dismissed for 78 runs in 10.3 over, Robin Das dismissed for 8 runs in 6 balls, followed by Daniel Sams came to bat, after a moments the seventh wicket also dismissed for 84 runs in 11.3 over, Tom Westley dismissed without scoring, next batsman Simon Harmer came to bat and he dismissed just for 2 runs in 4 balls as 8th wicket in 12.5 over, the team score was 89 runs, next batsman Aron Nijjar came to bat and he dismissed just for 4 runs in 4 balls as 9th wicket in 13.4 over, the team score was 94 runs, next batsman Sam Cook came to bat and he was remians unbeaten for 1 run in 1 ball, and Daniel Sams was dismissed just for 7 runs in 9 balls as 10th and final wicket in first ball of the 15th over, the team score was 96 runs.
In this way, they continuously wicket failed one after another, and end of the result the entire team was all-out just for 96 runs in 14.1 overs, and lost the match by a big margin of 118 runs.
Hampshire bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Liam Dawson took 4 wickets just for 21 runs, Scott Currie 3 wickets just for 21 runs in 3 overs, Nathan Ellis 3 wickets just for 10 runs in 2.1 overs, James Fuller was wicketless for 20 runs in 3 overs, and Chris Wood also wicketless for 18 runs in 2 overs.
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