It was not quite Garry Sobers v Malcolm Nash but Hampshire blasted seven sixes at Swansea before beating the Glamorgan Dragons by 137 runs.

West Indies legend Sobers, while playing for Nottinghamshire, famously hit Nash for six sixes in an over at St Helen's in 1968, and Hampshire enjoyed some maximum-hitting of their own in their first visit for eight years.

Kevin Pietersen hit the best of them as Hampshire amassed 283-6 on a poor wicket, against an inexperienced Glamorgan side on a poor wicket,having won the toss.

In his second Hampshire appearance of the season, Pietersen stepped away to leg before carving his England teammate Simon Jones for a huge six over the longest boundary at extra cover.

Sadly, Pietersen (42 from 39 balls) threw away his wicket by charging down the wicket to the first ball from teenage off spinner Michael O'Shea. He was comfortably stumped but had helped Lumb put on 85 in 15 overs forthe third wicket following the dimissals of Michael Carberry and Chris Benham in Alex Wharf's first spell (8-1-24-2).

Michael Lumb batted beautifully for a six-less 66 (81 balls, eight fours). His best knock yet for Hampshire included eight fours before he was caught at the wicket after going back to a ball from O'Shea that skidded on and kept low.

However, Lumb's innings was just the prelude to Dimitri Mascarenhas's display of power-hitting.

Mascarenhas arrived at the crease at 130-5 in the 30th over but he and Nic Pothas (62*) doubled that total with a 130-run sixth wicket partnership in just 18 overs.

Before yesterday, Mascarenhas had not scored a one-day run this season but he hit four of Hampshire's seven sixes, including three in one over to ruin Wharf's figures, as the Hawks smashed 106 off the last ten.

After hitting Grant over long on, Mascarenhas continued to pepper the short straight boundary when Wharf returned at the sea end to bowl the 47th over - which cost 24 runs.

A spectator caught the second of the three maximums while standing on a balcony beyond the long on boundary.

The next six flew flat and straight past long off but Mascarenhas (74 from 56 balls) holed out to in the next over.

Shane Warne, having earlier won the toss, chipped a straight six of his own in his 18 from nine balls.

Pothas, meanwhile, continued another excellent weekend with the bat by adding an unbeaten 62 (65 balls) to his 126 not out at Edgbaston 24 hours earlier.

Torrential rain was forecasted to arrive at 2pm but never appeared.

Glamorgan were well behind the Duckworth-Lewis target after the first ten overs of their innings that were needed to constitute a game, and their agony was prolonged as the rain clouds continued to hide.

Stuart Clark (4-25) and Chris Tremlett (2-29) reduced the Dragons to 38-5 in the 15th over, with all the wickets taken by catches behind or in the slip cordon.

Hampshire's seamers got more out of a two-paced track and Glamorgan were naturally unsettled when Clark struck Jimmy Maher with a ball that flew off a length.

Clark kindly showed his compatriot the errant tuft to prod and after Warne gave his seamers a rest there were some consolation runs for Glamorgan before they were eventually bowled out for 146 in 39.5 overs.

Dean Cosker (39*) lifted Udal for a six over wide long on in putting on 54 for the eighth wicket with Wharf, before Jones (26 from 14 balls) struck three sixes.

Jones hit Pietersen's off spin for maximums over long on and long off and the left hander also deposited Warne over the long-on boundary.

He was out next ball and then Clark completed his best one-day analysis for Hampshire and a comfortable win that keeps alive the Hawks' hopes of a second Lord's final in three years on August 18.