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Andrew Neal began the season as a bowler first and batter second - but is now a genuine all-rounder.

Neal Crowns Extraordinary Week of Hampshire Hitting

It was a case of so near, yet so far in the Metro Bank One Day Cup - but Hampshire's hitters signed off with a record-breaking three days of white ball...

12.08.26, 16:11 Updated 12.08.26, 16:11

Rich Edwards

Rich Edwards

The Metro Bank One Day Cup may lack a Lord's final - but the competition has pretty much everything else.

As Toby Albert, Ben Mayes, Ali Orr and, particularly, Andrew Neal have proved over the past three days.

On Sunday, we saw Mayes and Orr put on 225 for the first wicket before Toby Albert went out and smashed succeassive six sixes in an innings of 87 off just 36 balls.

It turns out, though, the efforts of that trio were just the amuse-bouche to one of the most extraordinary innings ever played by a Hampshire batter in white ball cricket.

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Rich Edwards

Rich Edwards is the founder and editor of The Hawk. Rich is a freelance cricket writer and lifelong Hampshire man. He has been published in a host of national publications, including The Times, The Cricketer and The Independent.

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