Ingram, Cooke star in stunning chase
James Vince masterfully scored Hampshire’s highest ever oneday score but Glamorgan heroes Colin Ingram and Chris Cooke pulled off a stunning run chase to steal victory at the Ageas Bowl.
Captain Vince beat Gordon Greenidge’s previous best of 177 in 1975 – as he struck an outrageous 178 – which also marked his best career score. But Ingram crashed a brutal century before Cooke got the hosts over the line with a match winning unbeaten 59 from 27 balls – with the visitors chasing 332 with a three wicket victory.
After losing 30 minutes, with the match dropping to 49 overs a side, to rain, Glamorgan won the toss and inserted their hosts on a lovely looking batting track.
But after a rapid start for Hants, with Rilee Rossouw scoring 35 in 27 balls, Hampshire faltered from 41 without loss to 54 for three.
Marchant de Lange had Tom Alsop caught behind, Rossouw bowled with a beautiful ball which clipped the top of off-stump before George Bailey jabbed to point two balls later.
That saw home-grown stars Vince and Dawson aligned in the middle and they rebuilt the innings in text book style as the hosts amassed 332.
It all pointed towards a Hampshire win, but Kiran Carlson and Ingram put on 73 for the fourth wicket before the former was tempted down the tack by Crane to be stumped.
South African big hitter Ingram clattered six sixes on his way to a 70-ball century – which saw him pass 7000 List A runs - and set up a thrilling finale.
Chris Cooke smashed 21 from the 47th over to set up a nail biting final three overs with 39 still needed.
But Glamorgan got there with a ball to spare.