Shaun Udal believes that Hampshire can go all the way in the final year of the Benson and Hedges Cup - just like in 1992.
Off-spinner Udal recorded career best B&H Cup figures of 4-36 as Hampshire pulled off their sensational win at Surrey on Wednesday.
Udal's bowling analysis at the Oval bettered the 4-40 he took against Middlesex at the quarter final stage of the 1992 B&H Cup run, when Hampshire went on to beat Kent in the final.
The 33-year-old is in his benefit year but has one eye on a World Cup squad place as well as another Lord's final after taking the wickets of Alec Stewart, Mark Ramprakash, Nadeem Shahid and Ally Brown during his ten overs.
And he reckons that the nail-biting win against Surrey could be the start of something big.
He said: "To take the wickets of four batsmen of that quality was very pleasing and I hope the England selectors were watching. Alec Stewart missed an arm ball and I was indebted to some good catching, especially from Robin.
"It's still a bit early to say if the luck is going our way but we have a side that is as good as what we had in 1992.
"There's more flexibility in this team and we've got two great assets in James Hamblin and Neil Johnson at the top of the order.
James did brilliantly against Kent and Johnno got us off to a flier against Surrey.
"We never lost more than five wickets in the knock-out stages of the 1992 competition but there is absolutely no reason why we can't win the trophy this year as well.
"We have real quality in the middle order and, although we fell 30 runs short of what we should have got against Surrey, we managed to defend 243.
Now Udal, who took 2-32 in the demolition of Sussex in September, is aiming to reproduce his good form against Surrey at Hove.
He added: "We had a very good win at Sussex last year and I did OK. My record there is pretty good. I like the wicket, you get a bit of bounce and hopefully we can make a few inroads early on.
"They've got a useful side and Monty (Richard Montgomerie), Murray Goodwin and Chris Adams are all in form but, hopefully, we can sneak through against them."
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