Twenty20 Cup, Hove: Sussex 205-5 (20 overs) bt Hampshire 132-8 (20 overs) by 73 runs
Luke Wright hammered 98 from just 48 balls to help Sussex beat Hampshire by 73 runs and book a home tie in the quarter-finals of the Twenty20 Cup.
Wright hit nine fours and six sixes in a stand of 107 in nine overs for the second wicket with Murray Goodwin (45).
Sussex's total of 205-5 never looked in danger once James Kirtley (4-22), Mushtaq Ahmed (2-24) and Saqlain Mushtaq (2-22) reduced Hants to 78-5.
The visitors ended on 132-8 and defeat left them bottom of the South group.
Wright, the competition's highest run-scorer with 298, helped the Sharks post their highest score in the competition, and his biggest blow came when he hoisted pace bowler David Griffiths over
mid-wicket.
He also put on 43 in three overs with Carl Hopkinson (26no) and looked poised to record his second century in the competition when he drove James Bruce to long-on in the 17th over.
Hampshire openers Michael Brown and Voges got their side off to a decent start by putting on 47 in six overs but once Voges was pinned in front by Kirtley the innings faded away.
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