Hampshire vs Yorkshire, Final at Cardiff, Aug 25 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
Final (N), Cardiff, August 25, 2012, Friends Life t20
(20 ov, T:151) 140/8

Hampshire won by 10 runs

david-miller
Player Of The Match
72* (46)
New
Over20
3 runs, 3 wickets
YOR 140/8CRR: 7.00
David Miller 72 (46b 5x4 5x6)
Chris Wood3/26 (4)

10.05pm: Time for the champagne to be sprayed and the Hampshire players to bounce up and down suggestively for the cameras. They're the 2012 FLt20 champions, a Yellow Peril for allcomers today. Thanks for your comments, I've been Alan Gardner and he's been Andrew McGlashan ... You can read David Hopps' final report here, then join us when we do it all again next year. Hurrah!

9.55pm: Time for the presentations, then. Yorkshire's captain, Andrew Gale: "It's disappointing to fall at the final hurdle. We thought 150 was gettable, we lost wickets sloppily but then Miller got us back into the game and when we got to the final over I was backing us. It was quite a tacky wicket at the end of the day but to take three matches, I thought it provided a lot of entertainment. We've come a long way in Twenty20 cricket, under Jason Gillespie and Martyn Moxon, we're a young side and hopefully we can come back again next year and not fall at the final hurdle."

Man of the Match, David Miller: "Thank you, I really enjoyed it, obviously bitterly disappointed with the result. Hampshire took it right to the end but it's been a really enjoyable campaign, so thanks to everyone. It was turning a bit and it kept a bit low and we just had to get a partnership together, which is what we did. It took me 14 balls to get going but eventually I just thought there's nothing to lose and it paid off."

Dimitri Mascarenhas, Hampshire captain: "We thought it was going to be a similar wicket to the Ageas Bowl but I don't think it favoured us that much. Chris Wood was fantastic today, we've got a lot of experience, we've got a few old guys in there but we make up for that in other areas. The shoulder came through, it might be the end of my season but it was worth it."

9.45pm: I'm sure it will be little consolation for him but David Miller has been named Man of the Match. Those five maximums consolidated his position as the tournament's leading sixy batsman, with 21 - and he was also the second-leading run-scorer, behind Phillip Hughes. Still, credit to Danny Briggs and Chris Wood for not blinking when Miller was on the rampage, looking to deposit anyone and everyone into the River Taff.

9.40pm: Calm down, calm down, it's only a T20! But, phew, that was a tight finish. Hampshire held their nerve despite David Miller threatening to break them single-handedly, his was a fantastic innings but Yorkshire had left themselves too much to do. Hants were the outsider's outsiders today but this is their second FLt20 win in three seasons. The pitch suited them, slow with a little bit of turn, and their batsmen kept cool in settling on a defendable target rather than unbalancing themselves by striving for something bigger. Maybe Yorkshire would have been better off picking Adil Rashid, maybe Tim Bresnan should have bowled the final over, from which 14 came; either way, Hampshire were deserving winners and Yorkshire, in their first T20 final, must content themselves with runners-up medals.

19.6
W
Wood to Azeem Rafiq, OUT

length ball, at the stumps, taking no chances and Rafiq scoops to mid-off! That will certainly do it - Hampshire win by 10 runs!

Azeem Rafiq c Ervine b Wood 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 2m) SR: 0

Azeem Rafiq comes to the wicket. Barring no-balls/wides Hampshire have won this ...

19.5
W
Wood to Pyrah, OUT

length ball, Pyrah backs away and plays on! He had to go for the sixer, freed the arms but bottom-edges on to the stumps - this should be all over

Rich Pyrah b Wood 1 (2b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 50

Miller shakes his head. He thinks the chance has gone

19.4
1
Wood to Miller, 1 run

back round the wicket, full length, on the stump ... and again Miller fails to get it away, can only jam a single out to deep midwicket

19.3
1
Wood to Pyrah, 1 run

full toss outside off, Pyrah flings the bat at it and screws a single to third man

Not what Yorkshire wanted ... Pyrah on strike now

19.2
1
Wood to Miller, 1 run

round the wicket, full bunger now, Miller cannot get under that and he drives to extra-cover

In comes Rich Pyrah. The teams have both lost six wickets now, so, if the scores finish level, it will go down to a comparison of the six-over scores

19.1
W
Wood to Bresnan, OUT

full and Bresnan slogs high in the air, it loops towards point and the catch is taken ... but the batsmen have crossed, Miller has the strike

Tim Bresnan c Ervine b Wood 18 (14b 2x4 0x6 19m) SR: 128.57

So, we're down to the final six balls. Yorkshire need 14 to win - but 13 will do it unless they lose two wickets (their six-over score was better than Hampshire's). Chris Wood to bowl

Over19
7 runs
YOR 137/5CRR: 7.21  RRR: 14.00
David Miller 70 (44b 5x4 5x6)Tim Bresnan 18 (13b 2x4)
Danny Briggs1/27 (4)
18.6
2
Briggs to Miller, 2 runs

leg-stump line, worked off the pads to backward square leg, they take on Ervine's arm for a second and Miller just gets in ... but it means Bresnan will be on strike for the start of the final over

18.5
2
Briggs to Miller, 2 runs

flat, on leg stump, Miller tries to hit down the ground but gets a couple to deep midwicket

18.4
1
Briggs to Bresnan, 1 run

angled in on middle stump, Bresnan advances but can't time it, the ball dribbling to long-on

18.3
1
Briggs to Miller, 1 run

flights this on leg stump and swept through square for one

18.2
Briggs to Miller, no run

Miller tries to advance, drags this short and pushes it through, can't get to the pitch and chips just short of Briggs - dot ball

18.1
1lb
Briggs to Bresnan, 1 leg bye

spears this down the leg side, Bresnan swings and misses but they get a leg bye to short third man

This is quickly unravelling for Hampshire, Miller is hitting their plans out of the park, 21 needed from the last two. Pressure over for Briggs

Over18
15 runs
YOR 130/5CRR: 7.22  RRR: 10.50
David Miller 65 (40b 5x4 5x6)Tim Bresnan 17 (11b 2x4)
Sean Ervine1/42 (4)
17.6
4
Ervine to Miller, FOUR runs

pitched up wide of off and Miller has room to swing his arms, thrashing another four over extra-cover

17.5
4
Ervine to Miller, FOUR runs

full and angled across, Miller swings... and a thick edge flies narrowly wide of the diving Bates for four to third man!

That will bring Miller on strike

17.4
1
Ervine to Bresnan, 1 run

pitched up outside off and driven through the covers

17.3
2
Ervine to Bresnan, 2 runs

short of a length, another big heave to leg from Bresnan, gets a bottom edge and they'll just get one to Carberry at deep square ... only for the throw to bounce in front of Bates, Miller was in his eyeline and it deflects away, they get a second

17.2
4
Ervine to Bresnan, FOUR runs

another short ball, at the man and this time his connects, dumping the ball just short of the square-leg rope

17.1
Ervine to Bresnan, no run

banged in short and fast, Bresnan tries to hook but fails to get any bat on it as it whistles past his nose

Yorkshire need 36 from three. Miller holds the key. Ervine back on

Over17
9 runs
YOR 115/5CRR: 6.76  RRR: 12.00
David Miller 57 (38b 3x4 5x6)Tim Bresnan 10 (7b 1x4)
Danny Briggs1/21 (3)
16.6
4
Briggs to Miller, FOUR runs

full and in the slot, again Millar gives it the treatment back down the ground, the ball dying a few inches short of the rope

The field go back for the final delivery

16.5
1
Briggs to Bresnan, 1 run

tossed up outside off, driven on the front foot through cover