NatWest Pro40 D2, Canterbury: Hampshire 200-8 beat Kent 182 by 18 runs
Hampshire captain Shane Warne took 4-14 including three wickets in five balls to spin Kent to defeat in their NatWest Pro40 Division Two match at Canterbury.
The visitors could only muster 200-8 in their 40 overs, with wicket-keeper Nic Pothas top-scoring with 55.
But Sean Ervine (44) and Dimitri Mascarenhas (47no) ensured a defendable total, and Kent duly wilted.
Martin van Jaarsveld hit 42 and Matt Walker 44 but Warne and Ervine (3-27) sent them crashing from 174-6 to 182.
Discarded England wicket-keeper Geraint Jones, who put on 73 in 15 overs with Walker, was left stranded on 28 as the tail folded.
Home captain Rob Key said Kent should have struggled with such a strong batting line-up.
"We're making it too tough for the guys coming in later on by losing wickets carelessly," he told BBC Radio Kent.
"It wasn't ideal playing on that wicket but we should have done better. It's disappointing, to be honest.
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