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Hampshire soared to the top of the NatWest T20 Blast South Group with a narrow six-run victory over Glamorgan at the SWALEC Stadium.
After being put into bat, Hampshire were indebted to impressive half-centuries from Michael Carberry and Jimmy Adams as they reached 170 for six in their 20 overs.
Despite an impressive sixth-wicket stand of 56 between Darren Sammy, playing his final game for Glamorgan, and Chris Cooke, the hosts were restricted to 164 for six in reply.
The Welsh county needed 14 from the final over, bowled by Kyle Abbott, but it was beyond Cooke and Andrew Salter.
On a livelier than normal Cardiff wicket, Carberry made the most of the opening six-over powerplay, plundering 42 of his side's 53 for one.
The victory also moves Hampshire top of the @NatWestT20Blast South Group! pic.twitter.com/qq5BCIT7UD
— Hampshire Cricket (@hantscricket) June 25, 2014
Glamorgan's cause was not helped that off-spinner Salter was given the final over of the powerplay which accrued 17.
Carberry did lose his captain James Vince, who was caught at mid-on off Michael Hogan, but went on to complete his fifty from 34 balls out of a total of 69 for one.
Hampshire had reached 96 for one at the halfway stage, only to lose Carberry when the left-hander holed out on the long-on boundary to depart for 59.
But there was no let-up in the Hampshire scoring as Adams, who like Carberry, exploited the short boundary at the River Taff end, hitting slow left-armer Dean Cosker for consecutive maximums.
Adams got to his half-century off 26 deliveries but lost Australian Glenn Maxwell to a diving catch by Stewart Walters at long-on. Adams, on 52, went in the next over bowled by Will Owen with a smear across the line.
A decline in the scoring rate saw Hampshire only manage 38 from the final five overs as they lost Sean Ervine, who skied a return catch to Hogan, while Adam Wheater holed out off Sammy.
Our man @darrensammy88 recorded this farewell message to Glamorgan supporters earlier today. http://t.co/qHMro1RyZ0 pic.twitter.com/TeuxwItMZi
— Glamorgan Cricket (@GlamCricket) June 25, 2014
Glamorgan stuttered at the start of their reply with Jacques Rudolph missing a straight one in the fourth over as they made only 32 in the first six.
There were setbacks throughout the innings with in-form Jim Allenby caught behind off Danny Briggs in the seventh. Glamorgan were not helped by the fact that they were 37 runs behind their opponents at the 10-over mark.
There was a brief cameo from Mark Wallace who hit two sixes off Ervine before the bowler had his revenge. With 78 needed from seven overs, Glamorgan lost Walters and Ben Wright in the same set of six as they sank to 96 for five in the 14th.
West Indian Sammy, who earlier produced a number of unusual variations with the ball in hand, did his best to give the Welsh support something to remember him by as he struck Abbott for consecutive sixes over long-on to bring the victory target down to 19 off the final 12 balls.
But Sammy and Glamorgan's demise was confirmed when he was caught on the long-off boundary by Adams for 28, leaving an aggressive Cooke unbeaten on 35.
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