More is less on Finals Day

Will Ingleby Jefferson chose t20 Finals Day to announce his retirement; the competition he won for Leicestershire Foxes last year.

Lone Shark effort

Semi 1

Yorkshire Carnegie  172/6

Jonny Bairstow 68 man of the match
David Miller 47

Sussex Sharks 136/8

Chris Nash 80 not out (opening)
Murray Goodwin 15
Extras third top score, that tells the tale of lack of any help backing Nash's solo attempt) 8

Tykes won by 36 runs. 

Semi 2

Somerset 125/6

Craig Kieswetter 63 not out (opening)
Jos Buttler 16
Arul Suppiah 12 not out

Hampshire Royals 126/4

Sean Ervine 34 not out
Michael Carberry 33
Simon Katich 32 not out

Hampshire won by 6 wickets with 6 balls to spare.

Final

Hampshire Royals 150/6

Jimmy Adams 43

nearly won it
for the Tykes

James Vince 36
Simon Katich 25

Yorkshire Carnegie 140/8

David Miller 72 not out

Chris Wood 3/26

Hampshire won by 10 runs

So the only teams to beat Outlaws this year in the T20 met in the final. Tykes were without their match winning bowler, Mitchell Starc for the day but had bussed-in Bresnan from Lord's. Hampshire used their guile and experience, as they did against an inexperienced Outlaws in the Quarter finals, to just about edge the final. 

In all three games, the player of the match's highest score's team lost the game, interesting, highlighting that sometimes more really is less.