Hampshire’s innings had two distinct sections. A scrappy half where every run had to be fought for, and then the other, where fun was the operative word.
Having been put in, James Vince middled two gorgeous fours before he and opening partner Toby Albert were caught pulling Charlie Bennett, who bowled better than his 2-44 suggested.
Tom Prest also holed out but Weatherley and Stubbs grafted in a 64-run partnership to put Hampshire in the right direction for some death overs destruction.
When Weatherley found long-on, Stubbs and Cartwright pumped out 84 from the final 37 balls.
Stubbs took down Luc Benkenstein with a pair of sixes down the ground to kickstart a final four-over splash of 70 runs.
Wiaan Mulder was next in the firing line as Cartwright took centre stage in a 22-run over before two more to reach 200 – which hadn’t looked likely at 80-3 at the halfway point.
