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Lancashire beat Birmingham Bears by 37 runs

Old Trafford, Manchester, . Lancashire won the toss and chose to bat.

Lancashire185/520 ov
Birmingham Bears14819.5 ov
Lancashire won by 37 runs
Worcestershire won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Lancashire won the toss and chose to bat. Lancashire made 185 for 5 in 20 overs, Karl Brown 61 from 41 balls and Jordan Clark 41 not out from 25 balls. Alex Thomson took 4 for 35.

Birmingham Bears were bowled out for 148, Adam Hose 45 from 39 balls and Sam Hain 34 from 23 balls. Matt Parkinson took 3 for 23.

Lancashire won by 37 runs.

Key performers

Lancashire innings

185/5(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Alex Daviesc EJ Pollock b AT Thomsonc EJ Pollock b AT Thomson17182194.44
Karl Brownc SR Hain b AT Thomsonc SR Hain b AT Thomson614133148.78
Arron Lilleylbw b AT Thomsonlbw b AT Thomson11711157.14
Dane Vilas †c JS Patel b AT Thomsonc JS Patel b AT Thomson251621156.25
Jordan Clarknot outnot out41*2521164.00
Steven Croftc SR Hain b AD Thomasonc SR Hain b AD Thomason560083.33
James Faulknernot outnot out19*821237.50
Extras(lb 1, w 3, nb 2)(lb 1, w 3, nb 2)6
Total20 Ov (RR 9.25)20 Ov (RR 9.25)185/5
Fall of wickets: 34-1 (AL Davies, 4.5 ov), 55-2 (AM Lilley, 6.3 ov), 113-3 (DJ Vilas, 12.3 ov), 128-4 (KR Brown, 14.3 ov), 140-5 (SJ Croft, 16.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Jeetan Patel403609.00112300
Josh Poysden403208.0093100
Alex Thomson403548.7573100
Aaron Thomason4046111.5043210
Grant Elliott403508.7531121
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stAL Davies 17(18) & KR Brown 17(11)3429
2ndAM Lilley 11(7) & KR Brown 8(3)2110
3rdDJ Vilas 25(16) & KR Brown 31(21)5836
4thJ Clark 10(6) & KR Brown 5(6)1512
5thJ Clark 6(4) & SJ Croft 5(6)1210
6thJ Clark 25(15) & JP Faulkner 19(8)45*23

Birmingham Bears innings

148(19.5 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Ian Bellb JP Faulknerb JP Faulkner260033.33
Ed Pollockrun outrun out151020150.00
Aaron Thomasonb SJ Croftb SJ Croft470057.14
Adam Hosec MRJ Watt b DJ Lambc MRJ Watt b DJ Lamb453940115.38
Sam Hainst †DJ Vilas b MW Parkinsonst †DJ Vilas b MW Parkinson342340147.83
Colin de Grandhommeb MW Parkinsonb MW Parkinson01000.00
Grant Elliottst †DJ Vilas b MW Parkinsonst †DJ Vilas b MW Parkinson260033.33
Tim Ambrose †b JP Faulknerb JP Faulkner191610118.75
Alex Thomsonrun outrun out14701200.00
Jeetan Patelnot outnot out6*410150.00
Josh Poysdenc AL Davies b JP Faulknerc AL Davies b JP Faulkner01000.00
Extras(lb 3, w 2, nb 2)(lb 3, w 2, nb 2)7
Total19.5 Ov (RR 7.46)19.5 Ov (RR 7.46) · Target 186 from 20 ov148
Fall of wickets: 11-1 (IR Bell, 1.5 ov), 17-2 (AD Thomason, 3.2 ov), 26-3 (EJ Pollock, 4.2 ov), 71-4 (SR Hain, 9.5 ov), 71-5 (C de Grandhomme, 10 ov), 75-6 (GD Elliott, 11.2 ov), 113-7 (TR Ambrose, 16.4 ov), 131-8 (AJ Hose, 18.2 ov), 148-9 (AT Thomson, 19.4 ov), 148-10 (JE Poysden, 19.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Steven Croft201417.0052000
James Faulkner3.502837.3092020
Danny Lamb302919.6741101
Mark Watt302107.0042000
Zahir Khan403007.50103000
Matt Parkinson402335.75102000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stIR Bell 2(6) & EJ Pollock 8(5)1111
2ndAD Thomason 4(7) & EJ Pollock 2(2)69
3rdAJ Hose 3(3) & EJ Pollock 5(3)96
4thSR Hain 34(23) & AJ Hose 11(10)4533
5thC de Grandhomme 0(1) & AJ Hose 0(0)01
6thAJ Hose 2(2) & GD Elliott 2(6)48
7thTR Ambrose 19(16) & AJ Hose 17(16)3832
8thAT Thomson 3(3) & AJ Hose 12(8)1810
9thJS Patel 6(4) & AT Thomson 11(4)178
10thJE Poysden 0(1) & JS Patel 0(0)01

Commentary

End of innings: BB 148 (19.5 ov)
19.5W
JP Faulkner to JE Poysden, OUT
JE Poysden c AL Davies b JP Faulkner 0(1) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 148/10 (19.5 ov)
19.4W
JP Faulkner to AT Thomson, OUT
AT Thomson run out 14(7) [4s-0 6s-1] · FoW 148/9 (19.4 ov)
19.32
JP Faulkner to AT Thomson, 2 runs
19.21
JP Faulkner to JS Patel, 1 run
19.14
JP Faulkner to JS Patel, FOUR
End of over 1917 runs, 1 wktBB 140/86Nb2W0162
AT Thomson 11(5)JS Patel 1(2)DJ Lamb 3-0-29-1
18.62
DJ Lamb to AT Thomson, 2 runs
18.56
DJ Lamb to AT Thomson, SIX
18.41
DJ Lamb to JS Patel, 1 run
18.30
DJ Lamb to JS Patel, no run
18.2W
DJ Lamb to AJ Hose, OUT
AJ Hose c MRJ Watt b DJ Lamb 45(39) [4s-4 6s-0] · FoW 131/8 (18.2 ov)
18.12
DJ Lamb to AJ Hose, 2 runsFree hit
18.16Nb
DJ Lamb to AJ Hose, FOUR
End of over 187 runsBB 123/7220120
AT Thomson 3(3)AJ Hose 39(36)Zahir Khan 4-0-30-0
17.60
Zahir Khan to AT Thomson, no run
17.52
Zahir Khan to AT Thomson, 2 runs
17.41
Zahir Khan to AJ Hose, 1 run
17.30
Zahir Khan to AJ Hose, no run
17.22
Zahir Khan to AJ Hose, 2 runs
17.12
Zahir Khan to AJ Hose, 2 runs
End of over 1710 runs, 1 wktBB 116/7Wd411WWd11
AJ Hose 34(32)AT Thomson 1(1)JP Faulkner 3-0-20-2
16.61
JP Faulkner to AJ Hose, 1 run
16.51
JP Faulkner to AT Thomson, 1 run
16.5Wd
JP Faulkner to AT Thomson, wide
16.4W
JP Faulkner to TR Ambrose, OUT
TR Ambrose b JP Faulkner 19(16) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 113/7 (16.4 ov)
16.31
JP Faulkner to AJ Hose, 1 run
16.21
JP Faulkner to TR Ambrose, 1 run
16.14
JP Faulkner to TR Ambrose, 4 runs
16.1Wd
JP Faulkner to TR Ambrose, wide