Nottinghamshire out of T20
A fine display by Samit Patel couldn't prevent Nottinghamshire going out of the t20 competition to Hampshire in the quarter-final at Trent Bridge. They lost by 4 wickets.
Hampshire will now face Somerset, Sussex or Yorkshire in the semi-final on 25th August in Cardiff.
In a tense game, Patel scored 60 and took 3 wickets for Notts but a commanding innings of 79 from Hampshire's Neil McKenzie saw the visitors past Notts total of 178-7.
Hampshire won the toss and put Notts in to bat. England star Alex Hales fell in the first over, spooning the ball to cover off Liam Dawson. Riki Wessels hit back with 3 fours and a 6 off the second over from Dimitri Mascarenhas before hitting the ball high in the air. It was caught by Danny Briggs. Notts were 25-2.
Michael Lumb and James Tayor kept the scoreboard ticking before the former survived a run out chance with the score on 41-2.
In between a tight couple of overs from Danny Briggs, Taylor continued to find the boundary, including a huge 6 off Chris Wood that was dropped in the crowd. But he was gone 2 overs later, caught at backward point.
A reverse sweep from new-man Voges just brought him a single to take the home side to 80-3 at the half way stage.
Opener Lumb went with the score still on 80, again to backward point off Mascarenhas, to bring home favourite Samit Patel to the crease to a loud ovation.
He repaid his welcome with 2 consecutive boundaries followed by 2 more from Voges to bring the hundred up with 4 wickets down.
Their partnership continued to flourish.
Hampshire's Glenn Maxwell dropped Aussie Voges on 23 and he responded with a powerful swipe through deep-midwicket for 4.
Notts were in a good position with 4 overs to go at 129-4 but despite a few boundaries they never achieved the acceleration they would have liked.
Danny Briggs continued to impress by having Voges caught at long-off for 34.
Samit Patel was Notts' main threat and received a standing ovation as he reached his 50 with 7 balls left before pinching the strike for the final over.
A full toss from Maxwell was given the treatment from Patel to take the score to 170-5 but he was caught 2 balls later. Steven Mullaney hit his first ball for 6 and was then bowled off the final delivery of the innings.
Notts finished on 178-7.
In reply Hampshire got off to the perfect start, England hopeful James Vince sweeping Patel for 4 first ball before his opening partner Jimmy Adams did the same 3 balls later.
He couldn't add many more though, Harry Gurney finding his outside edge with his first ball. The second was flicked to the square leg boundary by the new batsman Simon Katich.
Andy Carter continued Gurney's good work with a good over, but he was punished with a poor final ball. Notts had an early advantage.
James Taylor nearly held on to an outstanding catch at backward point but Vince survived to watch Katich hit bowler Gurney for 2 consecutive 4s. However, he couldn't gain any inspiration from his partner. He chipped the ball straight to mid on to take the score to 38-2.
Youngster Jake Ball was taken for three 4s from his first over but Notts battled back. Mullaney had Katich tamely caught at point and followed that success with 2 more heap overs.
At the other end Patel was equally as economical and was rewarded with the wickets of Sean Ervine and Glenn Maxwell in the tenth over. He received his second standing ovation of the game at the end of the over. Notts were favourites.
Neil McKenzie was the standout batsman for the visitors and he and Liam Dawson displayed some clean hitting to keep Hampshire almost up with the rate of nearly 9 an over.
They continued to dominate until midway through the 16th over when Patel struck again. This time Liam Dawson was the victim.
Every dot ball was cheered like a wicket in the final stages but a towering 6 from McKenzie with 10 balls to go was met with silence from the home crowd.
With 12 needed from the final over Neil Carter started with a dot ball then a single. That made it 11 needed from 4 balls and Notts were favourites again. McKenzie hit the 3rd ball for 4 to tip the balance again and treated the next delivery the same way. With just 3 needed from the final 2 balls McKenzie hit 2 and then stroked the final ball for 4.