Magnus Mackay from Fortrose Academy, Ross-shire, Scotland, Alexander Mills from Newport Free Grammar in Newport, Essex, Jenny Norris, Little Heath School, Reading, Berkshire, Jonathan Perrin, Southlands School, Lymington, Hants.

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More rain cut the target to 175 off 29 overs but Pietersen's chanceless knock saw Hants home with four balls left.

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Hants resumed needing another 155 from 17.3 overs, adding 16 before losing remaining frontline batsmen Nic Pothas and Dimi Mascarenhas in seven balls.

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