DBS vs HAM 31st Match, Royal ODI 2022

Hampshire has won this match by 2 wickets and this has came to end after a roller coaster of journeys in both innings.

After winning the toss and forcing Derbyshire to bat first, Hampshire would have been quite pleased with their bowling effort by restricting their opponents at the score of 246 runs despite the mid-innings partnership of Guest and Dal of 101 runs and some handy runs by Hughes in the end part of the inning. Hampshire bowlers were quite effective in the first innings barker and Turner took 2 wickets each and was bowling quite economically.

Chasing the target of 247, Hampshire openers got to a steady start of 21 runs but after that, it was all about Ben Aitchison who plucked the top 4 wickets of the opponents at just the score of 36 runs.

At one time half of the Hampshire team were into the pavilion just at the score of 68 runs, but after that, it was the brilliant partnership of Toby Albert and Fletcha Middleton of 104 runs before Middleton got departed on 64 runs. After his departure, Albert along with some quick handy runs by the bats of Keith Barker and Scott Currie in the end took his team home comfortably with 11 balls to spare. Toby Albert remained unbeaten on 84 of 96 balls and took his team home. 

Derbyshire bowlers were quite good in bits and pieces except for Ben Aitchison who was superb throughout the innings, but their effort came short in front of the valiant effort of Middleton and Barker.