Glenn Maxwell's century helps Hampshire smash records against Lancashire
Glenn Maxwell’s 146 propelled Hampshire to an emphatic win, as they beat Lancashire at Old Trafford in the Royal London One-Day Cup, England’s 50-over domestic competition, by a margin of 148 runs.
Hampshire captain James Adams won the toss and had no hesitation in choosing to bat. Hampshire’s overseas recruit Maxwell, who has had a poor run in the Natwest T20 Blast, strode to the crease at No.3 after the fall of an early wicket in the form of James Vince.
The Australian shared a massive 179-run partnership with Will Smith for the 3rd wicket before Maxwell was finally dismissed for 146 off 96 balls with 22 boundaries and 2 sixes in his innings. Sean Ervine, Hampshire all-rounder, played a nice cameo towards the end of the innings, as he made 64 from 46 balls and helped Hampshire reach a mammoth 360/9 in the allotted 50 overs.
To be fair, Lancashire were severely handicapped as they lost premium bowler Kabir Ali to a shoulder injury after he had bowled just three overs, forcing the captain to resort to the medium-pace of part-time bowler, Karl Brown.
Lancashire, having lost their previous game in the competition to their arch-rivals Yorkshire, never really looked like having a chance of reaching the mammoth target at any stage of their run chase. Paul Horton, the Lancashire captain, was the only batsman to make a meaningful contribution and gave some respectability to their innings, as he made 57 off 50 balls before being clean-bowled by the left-arm spin of Liam Dawson.
The Hampshire bowlers rounded-off a brilliant team effort by bowling Lancashire out for 212, with all the five bowlers employed by the skipper taking a couple of wickets each.
Records created
- Glenn Maxwell’s 146 is his career-best score in all limited-overs cricket, beating his previous highest by a mere one run.
- Hampshire’s 360/9 is their highest ever score in 50-over cricket.
- This is also the highest score that Lancashire have ever conceded.
- Hampshire’s mammoth total is their second highest in all List A cricket in addition to being the highest ever List A score to have been made at Old Trafford, Manchester.