Hampshire were tottering at 224 for 6, chasing 318 to win, when the big-hitting allrounder came to the crease. Andrew Neal, with 33 from 24 balls, was almost as equally destructive in an unbroken partnership of 92 in 50 balls. Essex had been pegged back to 317 all out by a fine spell by Hampshire's Indian allrounder Ashutosh Sharma , who returned career-best List A figures of 5 for 52. Thain was unperturbed and reached three figures by thrashing Williams back past the bowler for his 16th four from 84 balls. And after fifty at better than a run-a-ball, Gubbins soon joined him in the pavilion, caught behind off Harmer.