Orr Ton Helps Hants Beat Middlesex In Cup Quarters

Metro Bank One-Day Cup quarter-final, Radlett

Hampshire 229-9 (50 overs): Orr 108; Brookes 4-53

Middlesex 187 each retired (45.3 overs): Robson 48; Dawson 4-33

Hampshire won by 42 runs

Ali Orr's 2nd period of nan tourney guided Hampshire into nan One-Day Cup semi-finals arsenic they saw disconnected Middlesex successful their quarter-final astatine Radlett.

The left-hander struck 108, batting done astir of nan innings to underpin Hampshire's betterment from 95-5 arsenic they group their opponents a target of 230 pinch paceman Henry Brookes taking 4-53.

Liam Dawson past stifled Middlesex's reply pinch his spell of 4-33, supported by chap left-arm spinner Andrew Neal (1-30) arsenic nan hosts were bowled retired for 187 successful 45.3 overs.

Sam Robson top-scored pinch 48 and Toby Roland-Jones' precocious unbeaten cameo of 39 prolonged nan contest, but it was not capable to contradict Hampshire a semi-final day connected Sunday, erstwhile they will look Yorkshire astatine Scarborough.

Middlesex made 3 changes to nan broadside that had clinched a tense triumph astatine Lancashire to unafraid their knockout place, including returns for Roland-Jones and Ryan Higgins who some sent down tidy opening spells.

Despite that, Orr and Nick Gubbins built a dependable business of 45 until Brookes struck pinch his 2nd delivery, tempting nan Hampshire skipper into a mistimed propulsion that sailed consecutive to midwicket.

Fletcha Middleton was adjacent to depart, caught down nudging astatine a Brookes outswinger and nan seamer soon grabbed his – and Middlesex's – 3rd wicket erstwhile Ben Brown was pinned limb before.

Orr batted fluently, timing his shots connected some sides of nan wicket and steering Brookes to nan constituent bound to walk 50 for nan 2nd clip successful arsenic galore innings, but Middlesex continued to make inroads.

Dawson, drafted successful for his first quality of nan tournament, fell lbw to Sebastian Morgan, while Zafar Gohar's miserly stint of 1-29 brought him nan wicket of Ben Mayes, caught miscuing a reverse sweep.

However, James Fuller's spirited 42 provided nan cleanable foil for Orr, pinch nan brace adding 96 from 18 overs earlier Higgins had nan all-rounder caught successful nan deep.

Having precocious to 3 figures successful style by hooking Brookes for six, Orr yet holed retired to agelong connected disconnected Higgins, his departure efficaciously ending Hampshire's hopes of clambering supra 250.

Middlesex rejigged their batting order, promoting Nathan Fernandes to unfastened successful nan aftermath of his match-winning 92 astatine Old Trafford and nan left-hander continued successful akin vein pinch 2 sweetly-struck consecutive drives to nan statement disconnected Kyle Abbott.

Although Josh de Caires fell to Fuller's diving drawback astir nan corner, nan batting broadside still looked reasonably comfortable astatine 66-1 earlier they were decisively pegged backmost by nan Hampshire spinners.

Fernandes' innings of 42 came to an extremity erstwhile he was pinned limb earlier by Neal and Dawson past removed Ben Geddes successful nan aforesaid mode earlier having Higgins taken debased astatine slip.

Along pinch seamer Eddie Jack, nan rotation duo smothered their opponents' scoring complaint successful nan mediate overs and it fell to Robson to excavation in, return advantage of uncommon stray deliveries and effort to return nan crippled deep.

Joe Cracknell launched a little counter-attack, clubbing a six and 2 fours from 1 Fuller complete to scope 22 from arsenic galore balls, but nan bowler took his revenge by dismissing some Cracknell and Gohar successful nan abstraction of 3 deliveries.

Brown's neat stumping to region Robson brought Hampshire a 3rd wicket pinch nan people unchanged and that appeared to awesome nan extremity of Middlesex's challenge, but Roland-Jones went connected nan offensive, battering Abbott for a trio of off-side boundaries.

He added 45 for nan ninth wicket pinch Morgan, but Hampshire were not beryllium denied and Dawson sealed triumph by bowling past man Brookes successful nan 46th over.

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