Skipper Shaun Udal paid tribute to Hampshire's spirit after their 18-run C&G Trophy final success at Lord's. "We deserve it, we've played some magnificent cricket all the way through the competition," he said.
"We were behind the eight ball after 15 overs but we clawed it back, this side's got some serious spirit."
Udal saluted club captain Shane Warne: "We've come so far in two years, he's astonishing with never say die spirit, this is for him as much as anybody."
Hampshire were again indebted to their Zimbabwean left-hander Sean Ervine, who has been in prolific form in this competition and gained the man of the match award for his 104 in the final.
"He scored a wonderful hundred in the semi-final and a hundred in the final, it doesn't get any better than that," Udal enthused.
Udal admitted that the late flurry of wickets in his team's innings caused a little unease in the dressing room.
"We were a little concerned that we didn't get 310-315 but we knew that as the ball got softer it would be harder to score and we just kept hanging on in there," said the skipper, who was out first ball.
"Nick Knight played brilliantly but they didn't really support him so we were lucky in that respect."
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