T20 Blast Final– HAM vs LAN– It was final over chaos in the T20 Blast final on Saturday night as all went to waste in the supposed final ball of Hampshire in the Blast final. This came after the Nathan Ellis delivery was deemed as a front foot no ball. As a result it was Hampshire who beat Lancashire in the final by one run. Follow All Cricket LIVE Updates and Scores on InsideSport.IN.
- Nathan Ellis bowled the final over
- Lancashire celebrated the win only for the final ball to be deemed as No ball
T20 Blast Final: ‘No Ball’ Controversy tops the T20 Blast final as Hampshire beat Lancashire in DRAMATIC FINAL – Check Out
A no ball. A no ball.
The utter, utter drama of #Blast22.
What a match.#FinalsDay pic.twitter.com/cRYkesYjYr
— Vitality Blast (@VitalityBlast) July 16, 2022
Chaos in the final over–
The players who had gathered in the embrace of a huddle had to walk back to their positions with a wry smile on their faces, as they prepared to bowl the final ball of the tournament as a free hit. With just three runs needed in the last ball, Nathan Ellis outfoxed England’s Richard Gleeson and with the help of his Hampshire teammates, remembered to take off the stumps to make sure that the batsmen did not steal a minimum of two runs, which could have taken them to the super-over.
What happened in the final over?
The video posted by Blast captured the moment with perfection, when an aware Gleeson can be seen running for two runs after the run-out was affected at the wrong end. If his partner Tom Hartley would have been aware of the circumstances, there might have been a slender chance of Lancashire drawing level against their opponents.
T20 Blast Final: ‘No Ball’ Controversy tops the T20 Blast final as Hampshire beat Lancashire in DRAMATIC FINAL – Check Out
There was a delay until the smoke dispersed and this time Gleeson swung and missed. He and Tom Hartley were able to scamper only a bye and Lancashire really had won this time by one run.
Lancashire thought the ball should still have been alive to allow the chance of a second bye to tie the match. But the umpires ruled the ball dead as Hampshire players were pulling stumps out the ground.
As a result of the chaos it was was Hampshire who earned the bragging rights of this year’s T20 Blast.
T20 Blast Final: ‘No Ball’ Controversy tops the T20 Blast final as Hampshire beat Lancashire in DRAMATIC FINAL – Check Out
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