Hawks paceman Hamza Riazuddin celebrates the wicket of Luke Wright
James Adams and Sean Ervine shared an unbroken stand of 110 as Hampshire cruised to a nine-wicket Twenty20 Cup win over Sussex at The Rose Bowl.
Chasing Sussex's 133-8, Michael Lumb got Hampshire's reply off to a flying start with 21 off 13 balls.
Adams (68 off 49 balls) and Ervine (42) then eased their side to victory on 137-1 with 23 balls to spare.
Only Dwayne Smith (63) impressed for Sussex as Dominic Cork and Hamza Riazuddin both took three wickets.
In front of a crowd of around 6,000, Riazuddin soon put Hampshire in charge.
He removed Chris Nash, Murray Goodwin and Luke Wright, for a first-ball duck, to leave Sussex reeling on 27-3.
Ed Joyce (26) threatened to help Smith rebuild the innings. But, after he was dismissed by Imran Tahir, Cork then struck three times in quick succession.
After hitting five boundaries in his 21, Lumb then had his stumps rearranged. But that left the stage for Adams, who hit seven fours and two sixes (one a reverse sweep off Will Beer) in his 49-ball innings, to help Ervine blitz their side to victory.
Hampshire skipper Nic Pothas told BBC Solent:
"We're getting better at this. I asked a lot of the boys, to step up, so I couldn't be happier.
"We're now deadly in this competition. You have to keep taking wickets. That's what kills sides off.
"If you go about it all wishy-washy then you get into trouble and the way the guys set about it was awesome.
"Jimmy Adams, Chris Benham and I all spent time working with the same batting coach this winter and Jimmy's changed his game."
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