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Swindell sets the tone as fab Foxes clinch it

By Jon Culley

Leicestershire won their first one-day final for 38 years, beating Hampshire by two runs to lift the Metro Bank One-Day Cup in a thrilling finish at Trent Bridge after wicketkeeper Harry Swindells had marked his first appearance in this season’s competition with a magnificent unbeaten 117 – his first century in limited-overs cricket.
Swindells and Sam Evans, both Leicester-born, were the Foxes’ unlikely heroes, sharing a seventh-wicket partnership of 151 with Evans posting a maiden List A half-century in only his third appearance of the campaign.
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