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Lancashire beat Northamptonshire by 13 runs in the final

Edgbaston, Birmingham, . Northamptonshire won the toss and chose to bowl.

Lancashire166/720 ov
Northamptonshire153/620 ov
Lancashire won by 13 runs
Lancashire won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Northamptonshire won the toss and chose to bowl. Lancashire made 166 for 7 in 20 overs, Alex Davies 47 from 26 balls and Ashwell Prince 43 from 45 balls. Shahid Afridi took 3 for 14.

Northamptonshire made 153 for 6 in 20 overs, Josh Cobb 44 not out from 37 balls and Shahid Afridi 26 from 18 balls. Gavin Griffiths took 2 for 23.

Lancashire won by 13 runs.

Key performers

Lancashire innings

166/7(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Ashwell Princec RE Levi b DJ Willeyc RE Levi b DJ Willey43454095.56
Alex Daviesb JJ Cobbb JJ Cobb472661180.77
Karl Brownc †BM Duckett b Shahid Afridic †BM Duckett b Shahid Afridi03000.00
Jos Buttler †c JJ Cobb b DJ Willeyc JJ Cobb b DJ Willey271512180.00
Steven Croftrun outrun out9100090.00
James Faulknerc RE Levi b Shahid Afridic RE Levi b Shahid Afridi5310166.67
Liam Livingstoneb Shahid Afridib Shahid Afridi01000.00
Arron Lilleynot outnot out22*1711129.41
Stephen Parrynot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(lb 8, w 2, nb 2)(lb 8, w 2, nb 2)12
Total20 Ov (RR 8.30)20 Ov (RR 8.30)166/7
Fall of wickets: 77-1 (AL Davies, 9 ov), 78-2 (KR Brown, 9.4 ov), 123-3 (JC Buttler, 14.1 ov), 125-4 (AG Prince, 14.4 ov), 130-5 (JP Faulkner, 15.1 ov), 130-6 (LS Livingstone, 15.2 ov), 156-7 (SJ Croft, 19.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Rory Kleinveldt302909.6765000
David Willey402125.25102000
Oli Stone2020010.0032021
Azharullah302709.0042100
Graeme White2031015.5011300
Shahid Afridi401433.50110000
Josh Cobb201618.0021000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stAG Prince 25(29) & AL Davies 47(26)7754
2ndAG Prince 1(1) & KR Brown 0(3)14
3rdJC Buttler 27(15) & AG Prince 15(12)4527
4thAG Prince 2(3) & SJ Croft 0(0)23
5thJP Faulkner 5(3) & SJ Croft 0(0)53
6thLS Livingstone 0(1) & SJ Croft 0(0)01
7thAM Lilley 13(14) & SJ Croft 9(10)2624
8thAM Lilley 9(3) & SD Parry 1(1)10*4

Northamptonshire innings

153/6(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Richard Levic AL Davies b JP Faulknerc AL Davies b JP Faulkner161230133.33
David Willeyc AM Lilley b JP Faulknerc AM Lilley b JP Faulkner242131114.29
Josh Cobbnot outnot out44*3721118.92
Ben Duckett †lbw b SD Parrylbw b SD Parry201630125.00
Steven Crookc AM Lilley b SJ Croftc AM Lilley b SJ Croft260033.33
Shahid Afridic LS Livingstone b GT Griffithsc LS Livingstone b GT Griffiths261821144.44
Rory Kleinveldtc SJ Croft b GT Griffithsc SJ Croft b GT Griffiths11820137.50
Alex Wakelynot outnot out4*210200.00
Extras(lb 4, w 2)(lb 4, w 2)6
Total20 Ov (RR 7.65)20 Ov (RR 7.65) · Target 167 from 20 ov153/6
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (RE Levi, 4 ov), 45-2 (DJ Willey, 5.3 ov), 74-3 (BM Duckett, 10.1 ov), 81-4 (SP Crook, 11.5 ov), 133-5 (Shahid Afridi, 17.3 ov), 148-6 (RK Kleinveldt, 19.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Steven Croft302418.0041100
Gavin Griffiths302327.6774000
George Edwards3034011.3344110
James Faulkner402526.25112110
Stephen Parry402315.7572000
Arron Lilley302006.6773000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stRE Levi 16(12) & DJ Willey 15(12)3224
2ndDJ Willey 9(9) & JJ Cobb 0(0)139
3rdJJ Cobb 8(12) & BM Duckett 20(16)2928
4thSP Crook 2(6) & JJ Cobb 5(4)710
5thShahid Afridi 26(18) & JJ Cobb 26(16)5234
6thJJ Cobb 4(4) & RK Kleinveldt 11(8)1512
7thJJ Cobb 1(1) & AG Wakely 4(2)5*3

Commentary

End of innings: NOR 153/6 (20 ov)
End of over 207 runs, 1 wktNOR 153/611W104
AG Wakely 4(2)JJ Cobb 44(37)GT Griffiths 3-0-23-2
19.64
GT Griffiths to AG Wakely, FOUR
19.50
GT Griffiths to AG Wakely, no run
19.41
GT Griffiths to JJ Cobb, 1 run
19.3W
GT Griffiths to RK Kleinveldt, OUT
RK Kleinveldt c SJ Croft b GT Griffiths 11(8) [4s-2 6s-0] · FoW 148/6 (19.3 ov)
19.21
GT Griffiths to JJ Cobb, 1 run
19.11
GT Griffiths to RK Kleinveldt, 1 run
End of over 198 runsNOR 146/5104111
RK Kleinveldt 10(6)JJ Cobb 42(35)JP Faulkner 4-0-25-2
18.61
JP Faulkner to RK Kleinveldt, 1 run
18.51
JP Faulkner to JJ Cobb, 1 run
18.41
JP Faulkner to RK Kleinveldt, 1 run
18.34
JP Faulkner to RK Kleinveldt, FOUR
18.20
JP Faulkner to RK Kleinveldt, no run
18.11
JP Faulkner to JJ Cobb, 1 run
End of over 187 runs, 1 wktNOR 138/511W140
RK Kleinveldt 4(2)JJ Cobb 40(33)GT Griffiths 2-0-16-1
17.60
GT Griffiths to RK Kleinveldt, no run
17.54
GT Griffiths to RK Kleinveldt, FOUR
17.41
GT Griffiths to JJ Cobb, 1 run
17.3W
GT Griffiths to Shahid Afridi, OUT
Shahid Afridi c LS Livingstone b GT Griffiths 26(18) [4s-2 6s-1] · FoW 133/5 (17.3 ov)
17.21
GT Griffiths to JJ Cobb, 1 run
17.11
GT Griffiths to Shahid Afridi, 1 run
End of over 176 runsNOR 131/4101400
JJ Cobb 38(31)Shahid Afridi 25(16)AM Lilley 3-0-20-0
16.60
AM Lilley to JJ Cobb, no run
16.50
AM Lilley to JJ Cobb, no run
16.44
AM Lilley to JJ Cobb, FOUR
16.31
AM Lilley to Shahid Afridi, 1 run
16.20
AM Lilley to Shahid Afridi, no run
16.11
AM Lilley to JJ Cobb, 1 run
End of over 167 runsNOR 125/4111040
Shahid Afridi 24(14)JJ Cobb 33(27)JP Faulkner 3-0-17-2