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Lancashire beat Birmingham Bears by 8 runs

Old Trafford, Manchester, . Birmingham Bears won the toss and chose to bowl.

Lancashire176/820 ov
Birmingham Bears168/620 ov
Lancashire won by 8 runs
Gloucestershire won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Birmingham Bears won the toss and chose to bowl. Lancashire made 176 for 8 in 20 overs, Luke Wells 66 from 32 balls and Steven Croft 26 from 31 balls. Hasan Ali took 3 for 47.

Birmingham Bears made 168 for 6 in 20 overs, Sam Hain 59 from 44 balls and Jacob Bethell 33 from 22 balls. Luke Wells took 2 for 25.

Lancashire won by 8 runs.

Key performers

Lancashire innings

176/8(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Josh Bohannonb GHS Gartonb GHS Garton15821187.50
Luke Wellsst †AL Davies b JB Lintottst †AL Davies b JB Lintott663255206.25
Keaton Jenningsst †AL Davies b JB Lintottst †AL Davies b JB Lintott181520120.00
Tom Brucec GHS Garton b DR Briggsc GHS Garton b DR Briggs111110100.00
Matthew Hurst †run out (GHS Garton)run out (GHS Garton)7600116.67
Steven Croftc JG Bethell b Hasan Alic JG Bethell b Hasan Ali26310183.87
Chris Greenc JG Bethell b Hasan Alic JG Bethell b Hasan Ali171420121.43
Luke Woodc GHS Garton b Hasan Alic GHS Garton b Hasan Ali7301233.33
Jack Blatherwicknot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(lb 2, w 4, nb 2)(lb 2, w 4, nb 2)8
Total20 Ov (RR 8.80)20 Ov (RR 8.80)176/8
Fall of wickets: 18-1 (JJ Bohannon, 2.4 ov), 98-2 (KK Jennings, 8.3 ov), 113-3 (LWP Wells, 10.3 ov), 117-4 (TC Bruce, 11.2 ov), 128-5 (MF Hurst, 13.3 ov), 168-6 (SJ Croft, 19.1 ov), 175-7 (CJ Green, 19.4 ov), 176-8 (L Wood, 20 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
George Garton201819.0052100
Richard Gleeson402105.25121020
Hasan Ali3047315.6753411
Dan Mousley2031015.5013200
Danny Briggs402416.0072000
Jacob Lintott402927.2571110
Jacob Bethell10404.0020000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJJ Bohannon 15(8) & LWP Wells 3(8)1816
2ndKK Jennings 18(15) & LWP Wells 58(21)8035
3rdTC Bruce 10(9) & LWP Wells 5(3)1512
4thMF Hurst 3(3) & TC Bruce 1(2)45
5thSJ Croft 7(10) & MF Hurst 4(3)1113
6thSJ Croft 19(21) & CJ Green 17(13)4034
7thL Wood 7(2) & CJ Green 0(1)73
8thJM Blatherwick 1(1) & L Wood 0(1)12

Birmingham Bears innings

168/6(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Alex Davies †c JJ Bohannon b MT Stanleyc JJ Bohannon b MT Stanley16921177.78
Rob Yatesc JM Blatherwick b L Woodc JM Blatherwick b L Wood7510140.00
Chris Benjaminb LWP Wellsb LWP Wells151420107.14
Sam Hainc LWP Wells b L Woodc LWP Wells b L Wood594450134.09
Dan Mousleyc LWP Wells b S Mahmoodc LWP Wells b S Mahmood111110100.00
Jacob Bethellc †MF Hurst b LWP Wellsc †MF Hurst b LWP Wells332212150.00
George Gartonnot outnot out8*700114.29
Hasan Alinot outnot out17*802212.50
Extras(lb 1, w 1)(lb 1, w 1)2
Total20 Ov (RR 8.40)20 Ov (RR 8.40) · Target 177 from 20 ov168/6
Fall of wickets: 23-1 (AL Davies, 2 ov), 23-2 (RM Yates, 2.2 ov), 56-3 (CG Benjamin, 6.4 ov), 76-4 (DR Mousley, 10.1 ov), 138-5 (JG Bethell, 16.5 ov), 147-6 (SR Hain, 18.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Luke Wood403428.5093100
Mitchell Stanley1011111.0022000
Chris Green403107.7522000
Saqib Mahmood4044111.0063310
Luke Wells402526.2551000
Jack Blatherwick201407.0030100
Steven Croft10808.0011000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stAL Davies 16(9) & RM Yates 7(3)2312
2ndRM Yates 0(2) & CG Benjamin 0(0)02
3rdSR Hain 18(12) & CG Benjamin 15(14)3326
4thDR Mousley 11(11) & SR Hain 8(10)2021
5thJG Bethell 33(22) & SR Hain 29(18)6240
6thGHS Garton 5(4) & SR Hain 4(4)98
7thHasan Ali 17(8) & GHS Garton 3(3)21*11

Commentary

End of innings: BB 168/6 (20 ov)
End of over 2015 runsBB 168/6Wd100661
Hasan Ali 17(8)GHS Garton 8(7)S Mahmood 4-0-44-1
19.61
S Mahmood to Hasan Ali, 1 run
19.56
S Mahmood to Hasan Ali, SIX
19.46
S Mahmood to Hasan Ali, SIX
19.30
S Mahmood to Hasan Ali, no run
19.20
S Mahmood to Hasan Ali, no run
19.11
S Mahmood to GHS Garton, 1 run
19.1Wd
S Mahmood to GHS Garton, wide
End of over 196 runs, 1 wktBB 153/6W11211
GHS Garton 7(6)Hasan Ali 4(3)L Wood 4-0-34-2
18.61
L Wood to GHS Garton, 1 run
18.51
L Wood to Hasan Ali, 1 run
18.42
L Wood to Hasan Ali, 2 runs
18.31
L Wood to GHS Garton, 1 run
18.21
L Wood to Hasan Ali, 1 run
18.1W
L Wood to SR Hain, OUT
SR Hain c LWP Wells b L Wood 59(44) [4s-5 6s-0] · FoW 147/6 (18.1 ov)
End of over 188 runsBB 147/5310121
SR Hain 59(43)GHS Garton 5(4)CJ Green 4-0-31-0
17.61
CJ Green to SR Hain, 1 run
17.52
CJ Green to SR Hain, 2 runs
17.41
CJ Green to GHS Garton, 1 run
17.30
CJ Green to GHS Garton, no run
17.21
CJ Green to SR Hain, 1 run
17.13
CJ Green to GHS Garton, 3 runs
End of over 176 runs, 1 wktBB 139/52111W1
GHS Garton 1(1)SR Hain 55(40)LWP Wells 4-0-25-2
16.61
LWP Wells to GHS Garton, 1 run
16.5W
LWP Wells to JG Bethell, OUT
JG Bethell c †MF Hurst b LWP Wells 33(22) [4s-1 6s-2] · FoW 138/5 (16.5 ov)
16.41
LWP Wells to SR Hain, 1 run
16.31
LWP Wells to JG Bethell, 1 run
16.21
LWP Wells to SR Hain, 1 run
16.12
LWP Wells to SR Hain, 2 runs