Derbyshire in rare National League win

Three wickets in the last over for Matthew Cassar ensured a rare National League victory for Derbyshire.

Choosing to bat first Derbyshire lost early wickets, three to Dimitri Mascarenhas, whose seam bowling troubled the top order batsmen. Cassar edged a ball behind, Di Venuto struck two big fours before falling LBW to Hartley, Rob Bailey hit the ball so high that it took an eternity for the ball to land into young Chris Tremlett's large hands.

Stubbings and Sutton rallied the innings before the former became the first of Shane Warne's four victims. In the space of four balls, Warne dismissed Pyemont, Lacey and Aldred in the course of which he took his 100th wicket in all competitions for Hampshire this season.

Hampshire in turn started poorly, Shane Warne LBW to the evergreen Tim Munton with the fifth ball of the innings and Robin Smith edged a ball from Dean to Sutton.

Kenway batted steadily and pushed along the run rate in partnership with Jason Laney. Laney fell to a stunning catch near the square leg boundary by James Pyemont and Will Kendall, who was the leading run scorer for Hampshire this year, was needlessly run out for one.

Prittipaul then joined Kenway as Hampshire seemed to be coasting towards their target and on Prittipaul's departure, Mascarenhas joined in the fun, hitting a huge six off Lacey, but with Kenway, who had hit eight fours in reaching 50, then failed to reach the boundary in his next forty runs got behind the run rate.

Cassar was brought in to bowl the last over, with Hampshire needing only nine to win with five wickets in hand.

Kenway took three runs from the first two balls, then with an unusually slower ball, he bowled Aymes middle stump. Udal took a single, to leave Kenway facing but Cassar bowled him off the penultimate ball and then followed this with the same feat to see off Chris Tremlett and give Derbyshire their second National League win of the season.