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Nottinghamshire beat Birmingham Bears by 28 runs

Edgbaston, Birmingham, . Nottinghamshire won the toss and chose to bowl.

Birmingham Bears119/920 ov
Nottinghamshire86/211 ov
Nottinghamshire won by 28 runs (DLS method)
Essex won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Nottinghamshire won the toss and chose to bowl. Birmingham Bears made 119 for 9 in 20 overs, Sam Hain 49 from 47 balls and Dominic Sibley 25 from 23 balls. Luke Wood took 3 for 24.

Nottinghamshire reached 86 for 2 in 11 overs, Joe Clarke 47 not out from 32 balls.

Nottinghamshire won by 28 runs (DLS method).

Key performers

Birmingham Bears innings

119/9(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Dominic Sibleyc M Carter b Imad Wasimc M Carter b Imad Wasim252340108.70
Michael Burgess †c BM Duckett b L Woodc BM Duckett b L Wood01000.00
Sam Hainrun outrun out494730104.26
Will Rhodesc AD Hales b M Carterc AD Hales b M Carter8710114.29
Adam Hoseb M Carterb M Carter460066.67
Chris Greenb Imad Wasimb Imad Wasim6120050.00
Alex Thomsonrun outrun out8700114.29
Henry Brookesc SR Patel b L Woodc SR Patel b L Wood560083.33
Jeetan Patelnot outnot out8*800100.00
Oliver Hannon-Dalbyb L Woodb L Wood120050.00
Fidel Edwardsnot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(lb 3, w 1)(lb 3, w 1)4
Total20 Ov (RR 5.95)20 Ov (RR 5.95)119/9
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (MGK Burgess, 1 ov), 35-2 (DP Sibley, 5.3 ov), 47-3 (WMH Rhodes, 7.5 ov), 56-4 (AJ Hose, 9.4 ov), 73-5 (CJ Green, 13 ov), 90-6 (AT Thomson, 15.4 ov), 102-7 (HJH Brookes, 17.3 ov), 112-8 (SR Hain, 18.5 ov), 118-9 (OJ Hannon-Dalby, 19.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Luke Wood402436.00102000
Matthew Carter402225.5082000
Imad Wasim402325.7592000
Harry Gurney302207.3311010
Samit Patel402005.0071000
Daniel Christian10505.0030000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stDP Sibley 1(5) & MGK Burgess 0(1)16
2ndDP Sibley 24(18) & SR Hain 8(9)3427
3rdWMH Rhodes 8(7) & SR Hain 4(7)1214
4thSR Hain 5(5) & AJ Hose 4(6)911
5thCJ Green 6(12) & SR Hain 11(8)1720
6thSR Hain 8(9) & AT Thomson 8(7)1716
7thSR Hain 6(5) & HJH Brookes 5(6)1211
8thSR Hain 7(4) & JS Patel 3(4)108
9thJS Patel 5(4) & OJ Hannon-Dalby 1(2)66
10thFH Edwards 1(1) & JS Patel 0(0)1*1

Nottinghamshire innings

86/2(11 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Joe Clarkenot outnot out47*3252146.88
Alex Halesc †MGK Burgess b OJ Hannon-Dalbyc †MGK Burgess b OJ Hannon-Dalby11132084.62
Ben Duckettb JS Patelb JS Patel161630100.00
Tom Moores †not outnot out2*60033.33
Extras(lb 1, w 7, nb 2)(lb 1, w 7, nb 2)10
Total11 Ov (RR 7.82)11 Ov (RR 7.82) · Target 59 from 11 ov86/2
Fall of wickets: 48-1 (AD Hales, 4.3 ov), 80-2 (BM Duckett, 9.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Fidel Edwards10707.0031000
Chris Green201005.0061000
Henry Brookes1024024.0013200
Jeetan Patel301715.67101020
Oliver Hannon-Dalby301816.00102011
Alex Thomson10909.0032000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJM Clarke 32(14) & AD Hales 11(13)4827
2ndBM Duckett 16(16) & JM Clarke 13(16)3231
3rdTJ Moores 2(6) & JM Clarke 2(2)6*8

Commentary

End of innings: NOT 86/2 (11 ov)
End of over 114 runsNOT 86/21Lb10011
JM Clarke 47(32)TJ Moores 2(6)CJ Green 2-0-10-0
10.61
CJ Green to JM Clarke, 1 run
10.51
CJ Green to TJ Moores, 1 run
10.40
CJ Green to TJ Moores, no run
10.30
CJ Green to TJ Moores, no run
10.21
CJ Green to JM Clarke, 1 run
10.11Lb
CJ Green to TJ Moores, 1 leg bye
End of over 103 runs, 1 wktNOT 82/2010W0Wd1
TJ Moores 1(2)JM Clarke 45(30)JS Patel 3-0-17-1
9.61
JS Patel to TJ Moores, 1 run
9.6Wd
JS Patel to TJ Moores, wide
9.50
JS Patel to TJ Moores, no run
9.4W
JS Patel to BM Duckett, OUT
BM Duckett b JS Patel 16(16) [4s-3 6s-0] · FoW 80/2 (9.4 ov)
9.30
JS Patel to BM Duckett, no run
9.21
JS Patel to JM Clarke, 1 run
9.10
JS Patel to JM Clarke, no run
End of over 911 runsNOT 79/1011414
BM Duckett 16(14)JM Clarke 44(28)OJ Hannon-Dalby 3-0-18-1
8.64
OJ Hannon-Dalby to BM Duckett, FOUR
8.51
OJ Hannon-Dalby to JM Clarke, 1 run
8.44
OJ Hannon-Dalby to JM Clarke, FOUR
8.31
OJ Hannon-Dalby to BM Duckett, 1 run
8.21
OJ Hannon-Dalby to JM Clarke, 1 run
8.10
OJ Hannon-Dalby to JM Clarke, no run
End of over 84 runsNOT 68/1011101
JM Clarke 38(24)BM Duckett 11(12)JS Patel 2-0-14-0
7.61
JS Patel to JM Clarke, 1 run
7.50
JS Patel to JM Clarke, no run
7.41
JS Patel to BM Duckett, 1 run
7.31
JS Patel to JM Clarke, 1 run
7.21
JS Patel to BM Duckett, 1 run
7.10
JS Patel to BM Duckett, no run