T20 Blast: Somerset dismiss Lancashire for 159 to reach final; Northants v Hampshire to follow

Hampshire are making a record equalling 11th appearance at Finals Day (a record they share with Somerset) but no one in the Hawks dressing room is banking on past history.

Three times when they have made the final they have won it, but the Hawks have also experienced the agony of seven losing semi-finals.

Despite being the bookies' favourites to progress to a fifth final, bowler Chris Wood conceded the form book can go out of the window in the heat of the Blast finale.

Wood told BBC South Today “Two of those three finals have come down to the last ball. We like to put on a crazy game of cricket, hopefully it isn't as crazy as that at the weekend and we can get to the final.”

Openers Toby Albert, Chris Lynn and Hilton Cartwright were instrumental in getting Hampshire to Edgbaston with half-centuries in the quarter-final against Durham, a match they won by 26 runs.

But plenty of responsibility falls on captain Vince’s shoulders with the now Dubai-based freelance cricketer hoping to add to his 463 runs in the tournament so far.