One-Day Cup final: Worcs beat Hants by three wickets in dramatic final over

Worcestershire beat Hampshire by three wickets with two balls to spare in a rain-affected thriller in the One-Day Cup final at Trent Bridge.

Chasing a Duckworth-Lewis-Stern target of 188 off 27 overs, the Rapids needed 13 off the last, bowled by Brad Wheal.

Matthew Waite scrambled a two, struck a big six, ran a single and then Henry Cullen hooked the only ball he faced for a match-winning boundary as Kyle Abbott lost his bearings on the rope.

It was a first trophy for Worcestershire in seven years since they won the T20 Blast and comes only three days after they were relegated from Division One of the County Championship.

For Hampshire, it was a second lost final in consecutive Saturdays after losing to Somerset in the T20 Blast at Edgbaston seven days ago.

They scored 237-7 in an innings of three stages and reduced to 45 overs with Ali Orr scoring 110 but despite Scott Currie’s brilliant 5-34, big-hitting from Ethan Brookes with 57 and the last over drama saw the Rapids over the line.