Six of the best for Clark

Stuart Clark was man of the match for his six wickets

Australia paceman Stuart Clark produced career-best one-day figures of six for 27 to guide Hampshire into the Friends Provident Trophy semi-finals against an out-of-sorts Surrey.

Clark ripped through the Surrey top order with a devastating opening eight-over spell, claiming five wickets at the expense of just 16 runs.

John Crawley's solid 55 then took the Hawks towards a nervy three-wicket victory and set-up a semi-final against Warwickshire at the Rose Bowl next Wednesday.

Clark’s match-winning performance means he will be present for that game as Cricket Australia granted him permission to stay in England before his scheduled flight home.

Surrey’s indifferent day began as early as the second ball when Clark trapped James Benning lbw.

The Brown Caps had won the toss and elected to bat in muddy conditions but stand-in captain Mark Ramprakash must have been regretting that decision when Scott Newman soon followed Benning into the pavilion, caught by Shaun Udal scrambling from mid-off to mid-on to claim the left-hander.

Chris Schofield rescued the Surrey innings with 75 not out

Ramprakash himself was removed first ball as Dimitri Mascarenhas’ delivery nipped back to catch his off-stump.

Alistair Brown, Jon Batty and Azhar Mahmood were soon to follow as Surrey continued to implode, struggling on 36 for six.

Rikki Clarke and Chris Schofield launched a middle-order fightback, putting on 122 for the seventh wicket.

Clarke, in typically flamboyant style, eventually went for 55 galloping down the wicket to Shane Warne leaving Nic Pothas with a regulation stumping.

With the threat of rain apparently drifting in, Hampshire skittled over the wickets of Matthew Nicholson, Nayan Doshi and Mohammad Akram in the final four overs with Schofield ending on a career-best one-day score of 75.

Hampshire openers Crawley and Michael Carberry made steady progress in attempting to reach 182, claiming 41 from the opening 10 overs without any real signs of trouble from the Surrey attack.

A high full toss from Schofield was duly punished by Crawley who despatched it over the boundary to reach his half-century in 66 balls.

The former England batsman though threw his wicket away rather cheaply, attempting to smash Doshi on the on-side only to hit across the line and be clean-bowled.

John Crawley got Hampshire's innings going

At 91 for one the home side looked comfortable but Crawley’s dismissal sparked a major wobble through Hampshire’s top order.

Michael Lumb’s mistimed sweep off Schofield spilled the ball into the air for Mahmood to take a comfortable catch.

Carberry then embarrassingly ran himself out chasing a risky second run as partner Chris Benham was intent on standing his ground for the single.

Sean Ervine and Benham put on 45 as they appeared capable of guiding Hampshire home.

The Zimbabwean all-rounder departed in lacklustre fashion with a loose drive into extra cover comfortably caught by Mahmood.

Benham and Pothas departed in the same over, caught behind by Batty from almost identical deliveries from Clarke.

With just 12 needed from the last four overs, Mascarenhas and Warne took Hampshire within two runs of their total before the all-rounder was caught behind again by Batty, this time off the bowling of Nicholson.

Despite the nervy ending, Hampshire claimed their berth in the last four of the trophy in anti-climactic fashion with Nicholson bowling a no-ball.