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Derbyshire beat Birmingham Bears by 6 wickets

Edgbaston, Birmingham, . Birmingham Bears won the toss and chose to bat.

Birmingham Bears203/720 ov
Derbyshire207/419.3 ov
Derbyshire won by 6 wickets
Somerset won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Birmingham Bears won the toss and chose to bat. Birmingham Bears made 203 for 7 in 20 overs, Sam Hain 79 not out from 36 balls and Alex Davies 26 from 25 balls. Matt McKiernan took 3 for 39.

Derbyshire reached 207 for 4 in 19.3 overs, Leus du Plooy 66 not out from 25 balls and Luis Reece 57 from 38 balls.

Derbyshire won by 6 wickets.

Key performers

Birmingham Bears innings

203/7(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Alex Davies †b MH McKiernanb MH McKiernan262530104.00
Rob Yatesc WL Madsen b GLS Scrimshawc WL Madsen b GLS Scrimshaw211530140.00
Moeen Alib MH McKiernanb MH McKiernan10111090.91
Sam Hainnot outnot out79*3693219.44
Glenn Maxwellb MH McKiernanb MH McKiernan120050.00
Dan Mousleyb ZJ Chappellb ZJ Chappell261721152.94
Chris Benjaminc ZJ Chappell b GLS Scrimshawc ZJ Chappell b GLS Scrimshaw240050.00
Chris Woakesb Zaman Khanb Zaman Khan231112209.09
Henry Brookesnot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(lb 2, w 8, nb 4)(lb 2, w 8, nb 4)14
Total20 Ov (RR 10.15)20 Ov (RR 10.15)203/7
Fall of wickets: 34-1 (RM Yates, 4.1 ov), 61-2 (MM Ali, 7.4 ov), 70-3 (AL Davies, 9.1 ov), 72-4 (GJ Maxwell, 9.4 ov), 135-5 (DR Mousley, 15.1 ov), 140-6 (CG Benjamin, 16.2 ov), 188-7 (CR Woakes, 19.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Mark Watt402606.5052000
Zaman Khan4044111.0063221
Zak Chappell4047111.75116220
George Scrimshaw302729.0022100
Matt McKiernan403939.7545010
Luis Reece1018018.0011121
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stAL Davies 9(11) & RM Yates 21(15)3425
2ndMM Ali 10(11) & AL Davies 15(10)2721
3rdSR Hain 7(5) & AL Davies 2(4)99
4thGJ Maxwell 1(2) & SR Hain 1(1)23
5thDR Mousley 26(17) & SR Hain 31(17)6333
6thCG Benjamin 2(4) & SR Hain 2(3)57
7thCR Woakes 23(11) & SR Hain 24(7)4818
8thHJH Brookes 1(1) & SR Hain 14(3)15*4

Derbyshire innings

207/4(19.3 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Luis Reeceb MM Alib MM Ali573872150.00
Haider Alist †AL Davies b DR Briggsst †AL Davies b DR Briggs483442141.18
Wayne Madsenc GJ Maxwell b DR Mousleyc GJ Maxwell b DR Mousley13901144.44
Leus du Plooynot outnot out66*2545264.00
Tom Woodb CN Milesb CN Miles460066.67
Brooke Guest †not outnot out11*601183.33
Extras(lb 3, w 3, nb 2)(lb 3, w 3, nb 2)8
Total19.3 Ov (RR 10.62)19.3 Ov (RR 10.62) · Target 204 from 20 ov207/4
Fall of wickets: 95-1 (Haider Ali, 10.2 ov), 123-2 (LM Reece, 13.1 ov), 127-3 (WL Madsen, 14.1 ov), 162-4 (TA Wood, 17.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Chris Woakes4051012.7544310
Henry Brookes2025012.5054110
Dan Mousley403218.0082200
Danny Briggs3031110.3351210
Craig Miles2.3035114.0032201
Moeen Ali403017.5072100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stLM Reece 42(28) & Haider Ali 48(34)9562
2ndWL Madsen 12(7) & LM Reece 15(10)2817
3rdJL du Plooy 3(4) & WL Madsen 1(2)46
4thTA Wood 4(6) & JL du Plooy 31(12)3518
5thBD Guest 11(6) & JL du Plooy 32(9)45*14

Commentary

End of innings: DER 207/4 (19.3 ov)
19.48Nb
CN Miles to JL du Plooy, SIX
19.32
CN Miles to JL du Plooy, 2 runs
19.21
CN Miles to BD Guest, 1 run
19.16
CN Miles to BD Guest, SIX
End of over 1920 runsDER 190/4116426
JL du Plooy 58(23)BD Guest 4(4)CR Woakes 4-0-51-0
18.66
CR Woakes to JL du Plooy, SIX
18.52
CR Woakes to JL du Plooy, 2 runs
18.44
CR Woakes to JL du Plooy, FOUR
FIFTY for JL du Plooy (50 off 21)
18.36
CR Woakes to JL du Plooy, SIX
18.21
CR Woakes to BD Guest, 1 run
18.11
CR Woakes to JL du Plooy, 1 run
End of over 188 runs, 1 wktDER 170/4W02141
JL du Plooy 39(18)BD Guest 3(3)CN Miles 2-0-18-1
17.61
CN Miles to JL du Plooy, 1 run
17.54
CN Miles to JL du Plooy, FOUR
17.41
CN Miles to BD Guest, 1 run
17.32
CN Miles to BD Guest, 2 runs
17.20
CN Miles to BD Guest, no run
17.1W
CN Miles to TA Wood, OUT
TA Wood b CN Miles 4(6) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 162/4 (17.1 ov)
End of over 1716 runsDER 162/3116242
JL du Plooy 34(16)TA Wood 4(5)CR Woakes 3-0-31-0
16.62
CR Woakes to JL du Plooy, 2 runs
16.54
CR Woakes to JL du Plooy, FOUR
16.42
CR Woakes to JL du Plooy, 2 runs
16.36
CR Woakes to JL du Plooy, SIX
16.21
CR Woakes to TA Wood, 1 run
16.11
CR Woakes to JL du Plooy, 1 run
End of over 1615 runsDER 146/3211461
JL du Plooy 19(11)TA Wood 3(4)MM Ali 4-0-30-1
15.61
MM Ali to JL du Plooy, 1 run
15.56
MM Ali to JL du Plooy, SIX
15.44
MM Ali to JL du Plooy, FOUR