Hampshire clinched the FP t20 title after beating Somerset in the final at The Rose Bowl by virtue of losing fewer wickets after the scores finished tied.

Craig Kieswetter top scored with 71 as Somerset posted 173-6.

After Jimmy Adams and Abdul Razzaq got Hampshire’s reply off to a flier, Neil McKenzie (52) and Sean Ervine (44 not out) took them to the brink of victory.

But in a tense final over they needed a scrambled leg bye off the last ball to level the scores at 173-5 to win it.

In finally getting over the finish line, Hampshire became the first side to win the domestic Twenty20 title on home soil, while Somerset have now lost the last two finals.