By Alex Smith

June 23, Ageas Bowl, Southampton
Essex Eagles 209-7 v Hampshire Hawks 212-6
Hampshire Hawks won by 4 wickets
Toss: Hawks, who elected to field
James Vince proved Essex’s nemesis again as his seventh fifty of the competition underpinned defending champions Hampshire Hawks’ highest-ever T20 Blast chase.
Feroze Khushi and Dan Lawrence – who is Surrey-bound at the end of the season – had blitzed 127 for the first wicket, hitting 61 and 70 respectively, as the Eagles posted 209-7. Vince had struck a century in the reverse fixture at Chelmsford earlier in the season and smash...