Hampshire 187 for 4 (Short 69) beat Glamorgan 184 for 4 (Labuschagne 78, Lloyd 52) by six wickets
Hampshire romped to an astonishing six-wicket victory with 42 balls to spare over Glamorgan to keep alive their Vitality Blast quarter-final hopes at the Ageas Bowl.
The Hawks started the day sitting in sixth place on the South Group table, needing to chase down fourth-placed Surrey's run rate to have any chance of progressing or hope Sussex or Gloucestershire lose their matches on Sunday night. But the emphatic fifth straight win moved the 2010 and 2012 champions up to third spot and they will now progress if Sussex lose to Kent or Gloucestershire are defeated by Somerset.
After being set an imposing 185 target for victory by Glamorgan, who were put into bat by James Vince, the home side needed to usurp that total inside 14.1 overs to leapfrog fourth-place Surrey - which they achieved in 13 thanks to a 43 from 13 balls from Joe Weatherley and 69 off 30 from D'Arcy Short.
After being asked to bat, Glamorgan took full advantage of the perfect conditions despite losing opener Kiran Carlson to the third ball of the match, with David Lloyd and Australia Test batsman Marnus Labuschagne building an impressive 92-ball partnership.
Lloyd belted four sixes in his 52 off 33 balls before Labuschagne continued the assault against the home attack, clearing the rope six times in an entertaining 78 from 47 deliveries before falling to Brad Wheal, who finished with 3 for 39. Dan Douthwaite added some extra gloss to the total, smashing 21 from eight balls to help the visitors finish their final innings of a disappointing campaign with a flourish.
However, Vince and Short showed they meant business from the off, with the Australian hitting three successive sixes off Timm van der Gugten's first over that went for 26 runs with the pair than taking 21 off Roman Walker's. Short brought up his 50 off just 18 balls as the Hawks completed the Powerplay at 79 for 0 before Vince departed for 39 when he was caught by Jack Cooke off Andrew Salter.
Colin de Grandhomme came in at No. 3 to try and continue the run bonanza, but he was caught on the boundary by Carlson off Labuschagne for 5 shortly before Short was dismissed by the spin of Salter.
Those departures looked to be a hammer blow for the home side's hopes, but Weatherley stepped up to the plate and sealed a memorable victory with four sixes and three fours.
"We were obviously focusing on us today and just try to forget about other results and just win the game. But it was a massive ask to do it inside 14.1," Weatherley said.
"But we've done our part and will have to see. It will be really disappointing if we don't qualify. To have put ourselves in this position at this stage of the season is unbelievable. We have put so much in over the last five matches and we have found a formula that works. It's a real team effort, lots of guys have put their hands up, everyone is working hard for each other."
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