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Northamptonshire beat Birmingham Bears by 4 wickets

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

Birmingham Bears150/620 ov
Northamptonshire153/619.4 ov
Northamptonshire won by 4 wickets
Essex won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Birmingham Bears won the toss and chose to bat. Birmingham Bears made 150 for 6 in 20 overs, Will Rhodes 45 from 31 balls. Rob Keogh took 2 for 23.

Northamptonshire reached 153 for 6 in 19.4 overs, Richard Levi 44 from 27 balls and Josh Cobb 42 from 36 balls. Jeetan Patel took 2 for 21.

Northamptonshire won by 4 wickets.

Key performers

Birmingham Bears innings

150/6(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Dominic Sibleyst †AM Rossington b GG Whitest †AM Rossington b GG White242030120.00
Sam Hainb BW Sandersonb BW Sanderson680075.00
Adam Hosest †AM Rossington b RI Keoghst †AM Rossington b RI Keogh242430100.00
Matthew Lambb RI Keoghb RI Keogh140025.00
Will Rhodesb Faheem Ashrafb Faheem Ashraf453122145.16
Michael Burgess †b Faheem Ashrafb Faheem Ashraf181820100.00
Chris Greennot outnot out23*1330176.92
Alex Thomsonnot outnot out5*210250.00
Extras(b 1, lb 1, w 2)(b 1, lb 1, w 2)4
Total20 Ov (RR 7.50)20 Ov (RR 7.50)150/6
Fall of wickets: 9-1 (SR Hain, 2.1 ov), 52-2 (AJ Hose, 8 ov), 57-3 (DP Sibley, 8.5 ov), 60-4 (MJ Lamb, 10 ov), 109-5 (MGK Burgess, 16.1 ov), 130-6 (WMH Rhodes, 18.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Josh Cobb201407.0021000
Faheem Ashraf403328.2565000
Ben Sanderson302719.0075000
Dwaine Pretorius10707.0021000
Graeme White402917.2542010
Rob Keogh402325.75100110
Tom Sole201507.5040100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stDP Sibley 3(5) & SR Hain 6(8)913
2ndAJ Hose 24(24) & DP Sibley 18(11)4335
3rdDP Sibley 3(4) & MJ Lamb 1(1)55
4thWMH Rhodes 2(4) & MJ Lamb 0(3)37
5thWMH Rhodes 31(19) & MGK Burgess 18(18)4937
6thCJ Green 8(8) & WMH Rhodes 12(8)2116
7thAT Thomson 5(2) & CJ Green 15(5)20*7

Northamptonshire innings

153/6(19.4 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Richard Levic AT Thomson b WMH Rhodesc AT Thomson b WMH Rhodes442770162.96
Adam Rossington †c sub (L Banks) b AT Thomsonc sub (L Banks) b AT Thomson15911166.67
Josh Cobbc SR Hain b JS Patelc SR Hain b JS Patel423632116.67
Dwaine Pretoriusc & b JS Patelc & b JS Patel262420108.33
Alex Wakelyb HJH Brookesb HJH Brookes10121083.33
Rob Keoghb CJ Greenb CJ Green470057.14
Faheem Ashrafnot outnot out6*210300.00
Tom Solenot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(b 4, w 1)(b 4, w 1)5
Total19.4 Ov (RR 7.78)19.4 Ov (RR 7.78) · Target 151 from 20 ov153/6
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (AM Rossington, 3.1 ov), 73-2 (RE Levi, 7.4 ov), 128-3 (JJ Cobb, 14.4 ov), 134-4 (D Pretorius, 16.4 ov), 146-5 (RI Keogh, 19 ov), 146-6 (AG Wakely, 19.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Chris Green402917.2592100
Oliver Hannon-Dalby1014014.0013000
Alex Thomson402115.2592000
Henry Brookes3.4039110.6465110
Jeetan Patel402125.25112000
Will Rhodes201115.5020000
Dominic Sibley1014014.0011100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stRE Levi 17(10) & AM Rossington 15(9)3219
2ndRE Levi 27(17) & JJ Cobb 9(10)4127
3rdJJ Cobb 33(26) & D Pretorius 22(16)5542
4thD Pretorius 4(8) & AG Wakely 2(4)612
5thRI Keogh 4(7) & AG Wakely 8(7)1214
6thAG Wakely 0(1) & Faheem Ashraf 0(0)01
7thTB Sole 1(1) & Faheem Ashraf 6(2)7*3

Commentary

End of innings: NOR 153/6 (19.4 ov)
19.44
HJH Brookes to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR
19.32
HJH Brookes to Faheem Ashraf, 2 runs
19.21
HJH Brookes to TB Sole, 1 run
19.1W
HJH Brookes to AG Wakely, OUT
AG Wakely b HJH Brookes 10(12) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 146/6 (19.1 ov)
End of over 193 runs, 1 wktNOR 146/500111W
AG Wakely 10(11)CJ Green 4-0-29-1
18.6W
CJ Green to RI Keogh, OUT
RI Keogh b CJ Green 4(7) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 146/5 (19 ov)
18.51
CJ Green to AG Wakely, 1 run
18.41
CJ Green to RI Keogh, 1 run
18.31
CJ Green to AG Wakely, 1 run
18.20
CJ Green to AG Wakely, no run
18.10
CJ Green to AG Wakely, no run
End of over 188 runsNOR 143/4141110
RI Keogh 3(5)AG Wakely 8(7)AT Thomson 4-0-21-1
17.60
AT Thomson to RI Keogh, no run
17.51
AT Thomson to AG Wakely, 1 run
17.41
AT Thomson to RI Keogh, 1 run
17.31
AT Thomson to AG Wakely, 1 run
17.24
AT Thomson to AG Wakely, FOUR
17.11
AT Thomson to RI Keogh, 1 run
End of over 173 runs, 1 wktNOR 135/4011W01
RI Keogh 1(2)AG Wakely 2(4)JS Patel 4-0-21-2
16.61
JS Patel to RI Keogh, 1 run
16.50
JS Patel to RI Keogh, no run
16.4W
JS Patel to D Pretorius, OUT
D Pretorius c & b JS Patel 26(24) [4s-2 6s-0] · FoW 134/4 (16.4 ov)
16.31
JS Patel to AG Wakely, 1 run
16.21
JS Patel to D Pretorius, 1 run
16.10
JS Patel to D Pretorius, no run
End of over 163 runsNOR 132/3110100
AG Wakely 1(3)D Pretorius 25(21)AT Thomson 3-0-13-1
15.60
AT Thomson to AG Wakely, no run
15.50
AT Thomson to AG Wakely, no run
15.41
AT Thomson to D Pretorius, 1 run