Hampshire Under 19s reach ECB Final
Mike Vimpany - 28 August 2002
Hampshire's Young Cricketers are through to the ECB Under-19 County Championship final after crushing Lancashire by seven wickets at Hinckley.
They bowled Lancashire out for 204 before Martin Bushell carried Hampshire home with an unbeaten century.
Ali Naqeeb Mohamed (3-37) and David Wheeler (3-38) shared six of the Lancashire wickets, with Matt Metcalf and Eugene Bursler taking two each.
Hampshire, 72 without loss at the end of the first day's play, romped to victory with Academy opener Bushell cracking an unbeaten 107.
Wheeler capped a fine performance with an unbeaten 33, with Chris Wright (28) and Kevin Latouf (24) playing the support roles.
Hampshire play Somerset in the two-day final at Bristol, starting on Sunday, 11am.
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