Hampshire Hawks completed a 29-run win over Sussex Sharks to extend their Vitality Blast winning run.

Joe Weatherly praised Liam Dawson for another brilliant display as Hampshire Hawks continued their impressive start to this season’s Vitality Blast.

The Hawks secured a 29-run win over rivals Sussex Sharks at the Utilita Bowl on Tuesday evening, extending their four game winning streak.

Despite a tricky start with the bat for Hampshire, Dawson followed his 76 against Surrey last-time out with a quick 52 off 36 balls.

South African Tristan Stubbs fired 36 and an unbeaten 24 from Hilton Cartwright took the hosts to 173/6 from their 20 overs.

Although Sussex started strongly in response with Harrison Ward and Daniel Hughes, Paul Farbrace’s side collapsed and were all out for 144 runs from 17.3 overs, despite being 67 without loss.

Dawson followed up his impressive knock with a brilliant spell with the ball taking 3/20 from his four overs.

And the England international’s contributions with both bat and ball were lauded by Weatherley, who also described the Hawks’ triumph as ‘proper home win’

He said: ‘It was a fantastic win to go four wins on the bounce. It was a tricky pitch which we struggled to adapt to but the guys got us to a competitive total.

‘They started well with the bat but we clawed it back and it felt like a proper Hampshire home win.

‘(Liam) Dawson is coming in with a carefree attitude and a bit of a point to prove after not batting so much in the last few years, but also knowing that with Stubbs, Fuller and Cartwright that we have firepower to come. He has played amazingly in the past few games.

‘He's come in three or four down and taken the game on, those are the type of innings that shift momentum in T20s.

‘He is so important to this team. He always seems to contribute one way or another. With the ball he put on the squeeze we have seen so many times in the Hampshire shirt.

‘Russell Domingo is really good at keeping us grounded. We need to stick to our process of being adaptable to whatever conditions we face.

‘It feels odd to win so many games up front - we tend to be terrible at the start of the group stages.

‘Hopefully we will do the leg work in this run before the Championship belt before trying to get a home quarter-final.’