Hampshire beat Surrey in the Royal London Cup at the Ageas Bowl
Mason Crane and Rilee Rossouw starred as Hampshire continued their 100 per cent record in the Royal London One-Day Cup with a four-wicket Duckworth-Lewis victory over Surrey.
Leg-spinner Crane grabbed three for 45 on his first appearance at the Ageas Bowl since making his England Test debut over the winter.
Rossouw then blasted a memorable 90 off 68 balls as Hampshire successfully chased a revised target of 227 in 34 overs.
Surrey had amassed 262 in 44 rain-affected overs, thanks to Dean Elgar's 91, but slipped to a second consecutive defeat in the competition.
Rossouw and Hashim Amla set about the chase enthusiastically, with the latter creaming a series of cut shots to the boundary.
But the former South Africa Test captain, having helped put on 52 for the first wicket, was leg-before to a Rikki Clarke ball that jagged in.
Rossouw then went on the attack, plunging Sam Curran and Clarke for maximums on the way to a 34-ball fifty.
James Vince scored 14 in a 63-run partnership with Rossouw before he was bowled by Gareth Batty while attempting to give himself space to drive.
Joe Weatherley joined the swashbuckling Rossouw to add the third half-century stand of the innings but Rossouw fell 10 short of what would have been a deserved ton as he was bowled by Clarke.
Jimmy Adams and Brad Taylor both came and went, skying Jade Dernbach and Clarke to Ben Foakes and Stuart Meaker respectively.
Gareth Berg, who had received a reprieve as replays showed an edge behind had not carried, was then bowled by Clarke.
Curran spilled Lewis McManus at third man before the wicketkeeper-batsman, along with Weatherley, who hit 46 not out, edged Hampshire to victory with seven balls to spare.
Earlier, Rory Burns won the toss and elected to bat on a good-looking wicket, which was to offer equal assistance for bat and ball, with both sides deciding to pick unchanged XIs from their opening matches.
England Under-19 international Will Jacks drove to a diving Adams at short-cover in the sixth over to bring Burns and Elgar together to add 93 for the second wicket.
Elgar produced a scrappy innings, full of swings across the line and dabs into gaps, but while it would not win any style points it proved effective.
The South African reached his half-century from 50 balls before spinners Crane and Taylor started the mid-innings squeeze.
Crane struck in three successive overs to have Burns, for a well-made 46, and Ollie Pope lbw before producing a devilish delivery to beat Foakes outside his off-stump, with McManus completing the stumping.
While Crane was making the headlines by taking wickets, Taylor was stopping the runs - their combined statistics a miserly three for 88 from 18 overs.
The fast bowlers returned and Fidel Edwards delivered a rising bouncer which bruised Curran's glove before being caught behind.
And then Berg had Elgar chopping on for 91, before the rain paused the game after 37.1 overs - eventually play resumed with the match cut to 44 overs a side.
From the remaining 6.5 overs, Surrey managed to score 64 runs, with Scott Borthwick and Clarke putting on 56, with the latter lbw to Edwards in the penultimate over, but it was not enough.
Rossouw said: "It was nail-biting stuff at the end but at least the punters got their money's worth!
"It is something we need to work on because we should be winning that game comfortably.
"It was a very good batting wicket and our bowlers did a very good job to restrict them to what they got because it was such a good surface and a fast outfield.
"I am happy with my performance today, but disappointed I didn't get the hundred - I'll be kicking myself for that."
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