Dimi Mascarenhas inspired Hampshire to a 46-run win against Gloucestershire in successive overs - with bat and ball.

Masacrenhas came to the crease with five overs left of Hampshire's innings before scoring a 21-ball 39.

But it was the last over of the innings in which he wreaked havoc.

Nic Pothas began it by bringing up the first fifty of his Hampshire career by lofting Jon Averis for a four to the cover boundary.

Then, with three balls remaining, Mascarenhas square cut Averis for a six before following up with another maximum hit over long-on.

"The wind helped with the first six," he joked afterwards.

A four off the last ball of Hampshire's innings meant that 23 runs had been scored off the last over.

Masacrenhas had scored 16 of them and he put Gloucestershire on the back foot immediately when Kim Barnett was caught by second slip Neil Johnson with the first ball of the visitors' innings.

Chris Taylor followed Barnett into the pavilion five balls later to leave Gloucestershire 5-2 in reply to Hampshire's 219.

Craig Spearman led the Gloucestershire charge with a 76-ball 82. He put on 77 for the fourth wicket with Mark Alleyne before Lawrence Prittipaul had the New Zealander caught in the covers with his fifth delivery.

That was Prittipaul's first wicket in the Sunday League and came the day after taking 6-5 for Southsea in the Hampshire League.

He finished with 3-33 after adding the wickets of Jeremy Snape and Jack Russell to Spearman, but his first four balls consisted of three boundaries and a wide.

He said: "I couldn't believe it when I got hit for three fours straight away, but the ball started swinging and it was great to get three internationals out."

Mascarenhas wrapped up the Gloucestershjire innings and secured his first Sunday League five-for when he came back for his second spell.

The World Cup hopeful was indebted to a sensational catch from James Hamblin for his fourth wicket.

Hamblin had gone for 23 off his three overs but after running from mid-off he made amends when he caught off spinner Martyn Ball within ten yards of the boundary rope. Derek Kenway had taken the catch of the day up until that point, ending Jack Russell's innings after running in from long leg.

But Hamblin's effort surpassed that and capped an excellent fielding performance from a side missing John Crawley and Robin Smith through injury.

Without Crawley and Smith in the middle order Hampshire failed to build on Kenway's 79-ball 50, and , at one point, 13 overs went by without a boundary.

But then Pothas and Mascarenhas cut loose, adding 49 in the last five overs.

When Spearman went in the 22nd over of Gloucesteshire's reply, it only took another 17 for the remaining six wickets to fall for 58 runs.

Alan Mullally took a wicket maiden in removing danger man Ian Harvey and at that point 62 runs were needed off 11 overs.

But Mascarenhas was the architect behind the 46-run win against one of the sides relegated from Division 1 last year.

He said: "It was a great start to the Sunday league for us. This was always going to be a tough game because we were missing players through injury but getting over 200 on our wicket is always good.

"It was good to get a couple of early wickets and it was an unbelievable catch from James Hamblin and I enjoyed bowling with the white ball, it swung around a lot."