Under 19s face anxious wait

Hampshire YCs face an anxious wait before they find out if a dramatic one-wicket win over Kent has been enough to clinch a place in the quarter-finals of the ECB Under-19 County Championship.

"At this stage, we are top of the group table, but our destiny is no longer in our own hands," explained U19 manager Raj Maru.

"It all depends on how Essex get on in their remaining zonal match this week."

Calmore's Matt Metcalf and Naqeeb Ali Mohamed were Hampshire's last gasp heroes after Kent had recovered from 133-7 to reach 265-all out.

David Wheeler (3-61) and Eugene Burzler (3-53) were Hampshire's most successful bowlers. Martin Bushell (64) held the top order together as Hampshire sagged to 140-6 before a near-century stand between Tom Burrows (53) and Ben Thane (44) righted the ship.

Even then, Hampshire plunged to 236-9 before last pair Metcalf and Ali Mohamed came together to add 36 precious runs and give Maru's boys a dramatic one-wicket first innings win.

Hampshire were dismissed one run ahead at 266 all out before Liphook's Chris Wright (4-34) took all four wickets in Kent's second innings score of 104-4.