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Birmingham Bears beat Lancashire by 7 wickets

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

Lancashire9814.5 ov
Birmingham Bears99/314.2 ov
Birmingham Bears won by 7 wickets
Somerset won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Lancashire won the toss and chose to bat. Lancashire were bowled out for 98. Danny Briggs took 4 for 15.

Birmingham Bears reached 99 for 3 in 14.2 overs, Alex Davies 51 not out from 39 balls and Rob Yates 30 from 24 balls.

Birmingham Bears won by 7 wickets.

Key performers

Lancashire innings

98(14.5 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Luke Wellsc & b DR Mousleyc & b DR Mousley9111081.82
Josh Bohannonb GJ Maxwellb GJ Maxwell340075.00
Steven Croftc HJH Brookes b DR Mousleyc HJH Brookes b DR Mousley221331169.23
Daryl Mitchellc DR Mousley b JB Lintottc DR Mousley b JB Lintott181102163.64
Liam Livingstoneb DR Mousleyb DR Mousley12160075.00
Colin de Grandhommec CG Benjamin b JB Lintottc CG Benjamin b JB Lintott150020.00
George Bell †not outnot out10*110090.91
Tom Hartleyc HJH Brookes b DR Briggsc HJH Brookes b DR Briggs181111163.64
Luke Woodc RM Yates b DR Briggsc RM Yates b DR Briggs340075.00
Saqib Mahmoodb DR Briggsb DR Briggs02000.00
Matt Parkinsonlbw b DR Briggslbw b DR Briggs01000.00
Extras(lb 1, w 1)(lb 1, w 1)2
Total14.5 Ov (RR 6.61)14.5 Ov (RR 6.61)98
Fall of wickets: 10-1 (JJ Bohannon, 1.4 ov), 14-2 (LWP Wells, 3 ov), 42-3 (SJ Croft, 5.1 ov), 62-4 (DJ Mitchell, 8 ov), 66-5 (C de Grandhomme, 9.3 ov), 68-6 (LS Livingstone, 10.1 ov), 90-7 (TW Hartley, 12.4 ov), 98-8 (L Wood, 14.2 ov), 98-9 (S Mahmood, 14.4 ov), 98-10 (MW Parkinson, 14.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Henry Brookes2026013.0044100
Glenn Maxwell301916.3340100
Dan Mousley301334.3391010
Danny Briggs3.501543.9190000
Jacob Lintott302428.0050200
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stLWP Wells 7(6) & JJ Bohannon 3(4)1010
2ndSJ Croft 1(3) & LWP Wells 2(5)48
3rdSJ Croft 21(10) & DJ Mitchell 7(3)2813
4thLS Livingstone 8(9) & DJ Mitchell 11(8)2017
5thLS Livingstone 3(4) & C de Grandhomme 1(5)49
6thGJ Bell 1(1) & LS Livingstone 1(3)24
7thTW Hartley 18(11) & GJ Bell 4(4)2215
8thL Wood 3(4) & GJ Bell 5(6)810
9thS Mahmood 0(2) & GJ Bell 0(0)02
10thMW Parkinson 0(1) & GJ Bell 0(0)01

Birmingham Bears innings

99/3(14.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Rob Yatesc C de Grandhomme b MW Parkinsonc C de Grandhomme b MW Parkinson302422125.00
Alex Davies †not outnot out51*3961130.77
Glenn Maxwellb TW Hartleyb TW Hartley230066.67
Sam Hainb LWP Wellsb LWP Wells8110072.73
Dan Mousleynot outnot out5*90055.56
Extras(w 3)(w 3)3
Total14.2 Ov (RR 6.91)14.2 Ov (RR 6.91) · Target 99 from 20 ov99/3
Fall of wickets: 50-1 (RM Yates, 6.4 ov), 62-2 (GJ Maxwell, 7.4 ov), 86-3 (SR Hain, 11.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Luke Wood302709.0073120
Saqib Mahmood201206.0051000
Liam Livingstone201306.5050100
Matt Parkinson3.201815.4071010
Tom Hartley2020110.0032100
Luke Wells20914.5071000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stRM Yates 30(24) & AL Davies 18(16)5040
2ndGJ Maxwell 2(3) & AL Davies 9(3)126
3rdSR Hain 8(11) & AL Davies 16(12)2423
4thDR Mousley 5(9) & AL Davies 8(8)13*17

Commentary

End of innings: BB 99/3 (14.2 ov)
14.21
MW Parkinson to AL Davies, 1 run
14.10
MW Parkinson to AL Davies, no run
End of over 142 runsBB 98/3000200
DR Mousley 5(9)AL Davies 50(37)LWP Wells 2-0-9-1
13.60
LWP Wells to DR Mousley, no run
13.50
LWP Wells to DR Mousley, no run
13.42
LWP Wells to DR Mousley, 2 runs
13.30
LWP Wells to DR Mousley, no run
13.20
LWP Wells to DR Mousley, no run
13.10
LWP Wells to DR Mousley, no run
End of over 135 runsBB 96/3102110
AL Davies 50(37)DR Mousley 3(3)LS Livingstone 2-0-13-0
12.60
LS Livingstone to AL Davies, no run
12.51
LS Livingstone to DR Mousley, 1 run
12.41
LS Livingstone to AL Davies, 1 run
FIFTY for AL Davies (50 off 36)
12.32
LS Livingstone to AL Davies, 2 runs
12.20
LS Livingstone to AL Davies, no run
12.11
LS Livingstone to DR Mousley, 1 run
End of over 127 runs, 1 wktBB 91/311W140
AL Davies 47(33)DR Mousley 1(1)LWP Wells 1-0-7-1
11.60
LWP Wells to AL Davies, no run
11.54
LWP Wells to AL Davies, FOUR
11.41
LWP Wells to DR Mousley, 1 run
11.3W
LWP Wells to SR Hain, OUT
SR Hain b LWP Wells 8(11) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 86/3 (11.3 ov)
11.21
LWP Wells to AL Davies, 1 run
11.11
LWP Wells to SR Hain, 1 run
End of over 115 runsBB 84/2110120
AL Davies 42(30)SR Hain 7(9)MW Parkinson 3-0-17-1
10.60
MW Parkinson to AL Davies, no run
10.52
MW Parkinson to AL Davies, 2 runs
10.41
MW Parkinson to SR Hain, 1 run
10.30
MW Parkinson to SR Hain, no run
10.21
MW Parkinson to AL Davies, 1 run