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Birmingham Bears beat Lancashire by 15 runs

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

Birmingham Bears179/620 ov
Lancashire164/720 ov
Birmingham Bears won by 15 runs
Essex won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Birmingham Bears won the toss and chose to bat. Birmingham Bears made 179 for 6 in 20 overs, Adam Hose 65 from 34 balls and Dominic Sibley 51 from 40 balls. Matt Parkinson took 3 for 23.

Lancashire made 164 for 7 in 20 overs, Glenn Maxwell 79 from 39 balls and Keaton Jennings 35 from 33 balls. Will Rhodes took 2 for 25.

Birmingham Bears won by 15 runs.

Key performers

Birmingham Bears innings

179/6(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Dominic Sibleyc SJ Croft b MW Parkinsonc SJ Croft b MW Parkinson514051127.50
Sam Hainst †DJ Vilas b MW Parkinsonst †DJ Vilas b MW Parkinson211811116.67
Adam Hosest †DJ Vilas b MW Parkinsonst †DJ Vilas b MW Parkinson653417191.18
Will Rhodesc AL Davies b LS Livingstonec AL Davies b LS Livingstone02000.00
Matthew Lambnot outnot out29*2130138.10
Michael Burgess †c RJ Gleeson b LS Livingstonec RJ Gleeson b LS Livingstone230066.67
Chris Greenc KK Jennings b LS Livingstonec KK Jennings b LS Livingstone01000.00
Alex Thomsonnot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(b 1, lb 2, w 7)(b 1, lb 2, w 7)10
Total20 Ov (RR 8.95)20 Ov (RR 8.95)179/6
Fall of wickets: 53-1 (SR Hain, 6.5 ov), 118-2 (DP Sibley, 12.5 ov), 119-3 (WMH Rhodes, 13.1 ov), 168-4 (AJ Hose, 18.1 ov), 173-5 (MGK Burgess, 19.2 ov), 173-6 (CJ Green, 19.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Richard Gleeson302709.0072130
Saqib Mahmood302709.0043000
James Faulkner403909.7572300
Matt Parkinson402335.7570100
Glenn Maxwell2022011.0032110
Liam Livingstone403839.5081320
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stDP Sibley 30(23) & SR Hain 21(18)5341
2ndAJ Hose 38(19) & DP Sibley 21(17)6536
3rdWMH Rhodes 0(2) & AJ Hose 0(0)12
4thAJ Hose 27(15) & MJ Lamb 21(15)4930
5thMGK Burgess 2(3) & MJ Lamb 3(4)57
6thCJ Green 0(1) & MJ Lamb 0(0)01
7thAT Thomson 1(1) & MJ Lamb 5(2)6*3

Lancashire innings

164/7(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Alex Daviesb CJ Greenb CJ Green111120100.00
Liam Livingstonec SR Hain b AT Thomsonc SR Hain b AT Thomson10141071.43
Steven Croftc CJ Green b HJH Brookesc CJ Green b HJH Brookes5510100.00
Keaton Jenningsc CJ Green b WMH Rhodesc CJ Green b WMH Rhodes353311106.06
Glenn Maxwellb WMH Rhodesb WMH Rhodes793984202.56
Dane Vilas †c CJ Green b HJH Brookesc CJ Green b HJH Brookes240050.00
James Faulknerc AJ Hose b JS Patelc AJ Hose b JS Patel130033.33
Josh Bohannonnot outnot out11*1010110.00
Saqib Mahmoodnot outnot out0*1000.00
Extras(b 1, lb 1, w 8)(b 1, lb 1, w 8)10
Total20 Ov (RR 8.20)20 Ov (RR 8.20) · Target 180 from 20 ov164/7
Fall of wickets: 17-1 (LS Livingstone, 3.2 ov), 22-2 (AL Davies, 4.1 ov), 28-3 (SJ Croft, 5.2 ov), 135-4 (GJ Maxwell, 15.4 ov), 140-5 (DJ Vilas, 16.4 ov), 142-6 (JP Faulkner, 17.2 ov), 163-7 (KK Jennings, 19.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Chris Green401914.75132010
Henry Brookes403228.0095000
Oliver Hannon-Dalby3043014.3354310
Alex Thomson2023111.5052110
Will Rhodes302528.3351120
Jeetan Patel402015.0050000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stAL Davies 6(6) & LS Livingstone 10(14)1720
2ndAL Davies 5(5) & SJ Croft 0(0)55
3rdKK Jennings 1(2) & SJ Croft 5(5)67
4thGJ Maxwell 79(39) & KK Jennings 21(23)10762
5thDJ Vilas 2(4) & KK Jennings 2(2)56
6thKK Jennings 1(1) & JP Faulkner 1(3)24
7thKK Jennings 10(5) & JJ Bohannon 10(9)2114
8thJJ Bohannon 1(1) & S Mahmood 0(1)1*2

Commentary

End of innings: LAN 164/7 (20 ov)
End of over 2011 runs, 1 wktLAN 164/716Wd2W10
S Mahmood 0(1)JJ Bohannon 11(10)WMH Rhodes 3-0-25-2
19.60
WMH Rhodes to S Mahmood, no run
19.51
WMH Rhodes to JJ Bohannon, 1 run
19.4W
WMH Rhodes to KK Jennings, OUT
KK Jennings c CJ Green b WMH Rhodes 35(33) [4s-1 6s-1] · FoW 163/7 (19.4 ov)
19.32
WMH Rhodes to KK Jennings, 2 runs
19.3Wd
WMH Rhodes to KK Jennings, wide
19.26
WMH Rhodes to KK Jennings, SIX
19.11
WMH Rhodes to JJ Bohannon, 1 run
End of over 197 runsLAN 153/6400201
JJ Bohannon 9(8)KK Jennings 27(30)HJH Brookes 4-0-32-2
18.61
HJH Brookes to JJ Bohannon, 1 run
18.50
HJH Brookes to JJ Bohannon, no run
18.42
HJH Brookes to JJ Bohannon, 2 runs
18.30
HJH Brookes to JJ Bohannon, no run
18.20
HJH Brookes to JJ Bohannon, no run
18.14
HJH Brookes to JJ Bohannon, FOUR
End of over 184 runs, 1 wktLAN 146/60W1111
JJ Bohannon 2(2)KK Jennings 27(30)JS Patel 4-0-20-1
17.61
JS Patel to JJ Bohannon, 1 run
17.51
JS Patel to KK Jennings, 1 run
17.41
JS Patel to JJ Bohannon, 1 run
17.31
JS Patel to KK Jennings, 1 run
17.2W
JS Patel to JP Faulkner, OUT
JP Faulkner c AJ Hose b JS Patel 1(3) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 142/6 (17.2 ov)
17.10
JS Patel to JP Faulkner, no run
End of over 175 runs, 1 wktLAN 142/511b1W11
JP Faulkner 1(1)KK Jennings 25(28)HJH Brookes 3-0-25-2
16.61
HJH Brookes to JP Faulkner, 1 run
16.51
HJH Brookes to KK Jennings, 1 run
16.4W
HJH Brookes to DJ Vilas, OUT
DJ Vilas c CJ Green b HJH Brookes 2(4) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 140/5 (16.4 ov)
16.31
HJH Brookes to KK Jennings, 1 run
16.21b
HJH Brookes to DJ Vilas, 1 bye
16.11
HJH Brookes to KK Jennings, 1 run