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Lancashire beat Birmingham Bears by 8 runs - Commentary

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
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
End of over 169 runsBB 133/4160110
JG Bethell 32(20)SR Hain 51(37)JM Blatherwick 2-0-14-0
15.60
JM Blatherwick to JG Bethell, no run
15.51
JM Blatherwick to SR Hain, 1 run
15.41
JM Blatherwick to JG Bethell, 1 run
15.30
JM Blatherwick to JG Bethell, no run
15.26
JM Blatherwick to JG Bethell, SIX
15.11
JM Blatherwick to SR Hain, 1 run
FIFTY for SR Hain (50 off 36)
End of over 1513 runsBB 124/4244111
SR Hain 49(35)JG Bethell 25(16)L Wood 3-0-28-1
14.61
L Wood to SR Hain, 1 run
14.51
L Wood to JG Bethell, 1 run
14.41
L Wood to SR Hain, 1 run
14.34
L Wood to SR Hain, FOUR
14.24
L Wood to SR Hain, FOUR
14.12
L Wood to SR Hain, 2 runs
End of over 1415 runsBB 111/4126141
SR Hain 37(30)JG Bethell 24(15)S Mahmood 3-0-29-1
13.61
S Mahmood to SR Hain, 1 run
13.54
S Mahmood to SR Hain, FOUR
13.41
S Mahmood to JG Bethell, 1 run
13.36
S Mahmood to JG Bethell, SIX
13.22
S Mahmood to JG Bethell, 2 runs
13.11
S Mahmood to SR Hain, 1 run
End of over 1310 runsBB 96/4240112
JG Bethell 15(12)SR Hain 31(27)LWP Wells 3-0-19-1
12.62
LWP Wells to JG Bethell, 2 runs
12.51
LWP Wells to SR Hain, 1 run
12.41
LWP Wells to JG Bethell, 1 run
12.30
LWP Wells to JG Bethell, no run
12.24
LWP Wells to JG Bethell, FOUR
12.12
LWP Wells to JG Bethell, 2 runs
End of over 125 runsBB 86/4011111
JG Bethell 6(7)SR Hain 30(26)CJ Green 3-0-23-0
11.61
CJ Green to JG Bethell, 1 run