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Vitality BlastGroup stage, Central · Match · T20

Birmingham Bears beat Glamorgan by 6 wickets

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, . Glamorgan won the toss and chose to bat.

Glamorgan140/920 ov
Birmingham Bears141/418.5 ov
Birmingham Bears won by 6 wickets
Nottinghamshire won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Glamorgan won the toss and chose to bat. Glamorgan made 140 for 9 in 20 overs, Chris Cooke 72 from 56 balls. Tim Bresnan took 3 for 33.

Birmingham Bears reached 141 for 4 in 18.5 overs, Adam Hose 38 from 22 balls and Sam Hain 35 not out from 33 balls.

Birmingham Bears won by 6 wickets.

Key performers

Glamorgan innings

140/9(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Billy Rootc †MGK Burgess b OP Stonec †MGK Burgess b OP Stone140025.00
Daniel Douthwaitec JB Lintott b TT Bresnanc JB Lintott b TT Bresnan151111136.36
Andrew Balbirniec AJ Hose b TT Bresnanc AJ Hose b TT Bresnan5510100.00
Chris Cooke †c JS Patel b HJH Brookesc JS Patel b HJH Brookes725643128.57
Kiran Carlsonb JS Patelb JS Patel7710100.00
Marchant de Langec AJ Hose b JB Lintottc AJ Hose b JB Lintott9901100.00
Callum Taylorc TT Bresnan b OP Stonec TT Bresnan b OP Stone7110063.64
Graham Waggc JS Patel b TT Bresnanc JS Patel b TT Bresnan680075.00
Andrew Salternot outnot out6*70085.71
Timm van der Gugtenrun outrun out1100100.00
Prem Sisodiyanot outnot out4*110400.00
Extras(lb 5, w 2)(lb 5, w 2)7
Total20 Ov (RR 7.00)20 Ov (RR 7.00)140/9
Fall of wickets: 3-1 (WT Root, 1.1 ov), 12-2 (A Balbirnie, 2.2 ov), 45-3 (DA Douthwaite, 5.4 ov), 61-4 (KS Carlson, 8.4 ov), 83-5 (M de Lange, 11.5 ov), 96-6 (Callum Taylor, 14.4 ov), 120-7 (GG Wagg, 17.4 ov), 132-8 (CB Cooke, 19.1 ov), 135-9 (T van der Gugten, 19.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Tim Bresnan403338.2592200
Oli Stone402626.50112110
Henry Brookes402716.7552000
Jeetan Patel403619.0062210
Jacob Lintott401313.25120000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stWT Root 1(4) & DA Douthwaite 1(3)37
2ndA Balbirnie 5(5) & DA Douthwaite 4(2)97
3rdCB Cooke 20(14) & DA Douthwaite 10(6)3320
4thCB Cooke 8(11) & KS Carlson 7(7)1618
5thM de Lange 9(9) & CB Cooke 12(10)2219
6thCallum Taylor 7(11) & CB Cooke 6(6)1317
7thCB Cooke 17(10) & GG Wagg 6(8)2418
8thCB Cooke 9(5) & AG Salter 3(4)129
9thAG Salter 2(2) & T van der Gugten 1(1)33
10thAG Salter 1(1) & P Sisodiya 4(1)5*2

Birmingham Bears innings

141/4(18.5 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Ed Pollocklbw b P Sisodiyalbw b P Sisodiya02000.00
Ian Bellc WT Root b AG Salterc WT Root b AG Salter28292096.55
Adam Hoseb M de Langeb M de Lange382242172.73
Sam Hainnot outnot out35*3321106.06
Will Rhodesb DA Douthwaiteb DA Douthwaite161501106.67
Michael Burgess †not outnot out17*1311130.77
Extras(b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 2)(b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 2)7
Total18.5 Ov (RR 7.49)18.5 Ov (RR 7.49) · Target 141 from 20 ov141/4
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (EJ Pollock, 0.2 ov), 64-2 (AJ Hose, 8.2 ov), 71-3 (IR Bell, 9.5 ov), 100-4 (WMH Rhodes, 14.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Prem Sisodiya402315.75111100
Andrew Salter402917.2570200
Timm van der Gugten3.5039010.1765101
Daniel Douthwaite402917.2573000
Marchant de Lange301916.3390130
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stEJ Pollock 0(2) & IR Bell 0(0)02
2ndAJ Hose 38(22) & IR Bell 26(26)6448
3rdSR Hain 2(6) & IR Bell 2(3)79
4thWMH Rhodes 16(15) & SR Hain 11(14)2929
5thMGK Burgess 17(13) & SR Hain 22(13)41*25

Commentary

End of innings: BB 141/4 (18.5 ov)
18.62Nb
T van der Gugten to SR Hain, no ball
18.54
T van der Gugten to SR Hain, FOUR
18.44
T van der Gugten to SR Hain, FOUR
18.31
T van der Gugten to MGK Burgess, 1 run
18.26
T van der Gugten to MGK Burgess, SIX
18.11
T van der Gugten to SR Hain, 1 run
End of over 187 runsBB 123/4610000
MGK Burgess 10(11)SR Hain 26(29)M de Lange 3-0-19-1
17.60
M de Lange to MGK Burgess, no run
17.50
M de Lange to MGK Burgess, no run
17.40
M de Lange to MGK Burgess, no run
17.30
M de Lange to MGK Burgess, no run
17.21
M de Lange to SR Hain, 1 run
17.16
M de Lange to SR Hain, SIX
End of over 175 runsBB 116/4011111
SR Hain 19(27)MGK Burgess 10(7)T van der Gugten 3-0-21-0
16.61
T van der Gugten to SR Hain, 1 run
16.51
T van der Gugten to MGK Burgess, 1 run
16.41
T van der Gugten to SR Hain, 1 run
16.31
T van der Gugten to MGK Burgess, 1 run
16.21
T van der Gugten to SR Hain, 1 run
16.10
T van der Gugten to SR Hain, no run
End of over 166 runsBB 111/4111111
SR Hain 16(23)MGK Burgess 8(5)P Sisodiya 4-0-23-1
15.61
P Sisodiya to SR Hain, 1 run
15.51
P Sisodiya to MGK Burgess, 1 run
15.41
P Sisodiya to SR Hain, 1 run
15.31
P Sisodiya to MGK Burgess, 1 run
15.21
P Sisodiya to SR Hain, 1 run
15.11
P Sisodiya to MGK Burgess, 1 run
End of over 158 runs, 1 wktBB 105/4111W41
MGK Burgess 5(2)SR Hain 13(20)DA Douthwaite 4-0-29-1
14.61
DA Douthwaite to MGK Burgess, 1 run