James Vince acknowledges his Hampshire side will need to be wary of the threat of James Anderson at NatWest T20 Blast Finals Day.
Hampshire face Lancashire Lightning in the second semi-final at Edgbaston tomorrow, with Anderson likely to be leading the attack following his starring role in England's Investec Test Series win against India.
And Hampshire captain Vince, whose team will be appearing in the 20-over showpiece for the fifth year running, knows England spearhead Anderson is a major threat to his side's ambitions of getting beyond the last four.
“I guess [Jos] Buttler and Anderson will play for them,” Vince told ecb.co.uk.
“We know they're a strong side, but were also a very good side and we've beat them the last couple of times we've played them so fingers crossed on the day a couple of our guys step up and can get us over the line.
“I haven't faced James Anderson. He's obviously a very skilful bowler and he might get it to swing a bit, so we'll watch out and try not to lose too many early wickets.
“We'll make some plans on Friday to deal with their individual batters and bowlers.”
With Finals Day a regular feature on Hampshire’s calendar, Vince believes their previous memories will stand them in good stead tomorrow.
The England Lion said: “We're fairly relaxed at the minute. It's our fifth in a row, so most of the guys have played in those Finals Days with us.
“There's a couple of new faces but I'm sure they will be looking forward to the day – it's a cracking day to be involved in."
On making his Finals Day debut as skipper, Vince added: “This is my first year as captain at Finals Day so I'm looking forward to it.
“I'll try not to do anything different to what we've done in the competition so far. What we've done this year has got us to Finals Day so we wont be changing our routine.”
Vince played a starring role in leading Hampshire to Edgbaston, blasting an unbeaten 93 in the quarter-final victory over Notts Outlaws at Trent Bridge.
However, he insists that will count for nothing tomorrow against Anderson and Co.
“It's nice to have that quarter-final knock in the bank, but when it comes to Saturday it will be a case of starting again,” Vince said.
“Chasing 200 you've got no choice but to set off at a high tempo, luckily we got through the first five or six overs without losing a wicket but to carry it on for 20 overs with the new batsmen coming in up with the rate it was a great chase.”