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Vitality BlastGroup stage, North · Match · T20

Leicestershire beat Birmingham Bears by 100 runs

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

Leicestershire229/520 ov
Birmingham Bears12915.2 ov
Leicestershire won by 100 runs
Worcestershire won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Birmingham Bears won the toss and chose to bowl. Leicestershire made 229 for 5 in 20 overs, Ben Raine 113 from 46 balls and Mark Cosgrove 42 from 31 balls. Oliver Hannon-Dalby took 2 for 48.

Birmingham Bears were bowled out for 129, Ed Pollock 25 from 14 balls. Callum Parkinson took 4 for 20.

Leicestershire won by 100 runs.

Key performers

Leicestershire innings

229/5(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Cameron Delportc SR Hain b OJ Hannon-Dalbyc SR Hain b OJ Hannon-Dalby271441192.86
Neil Dexterc DP Sibley b HJH Brookesc DP Sibley b HJH Brookes141120127.27
Mark Cosgrovec AJ Hose b GD Elliottc AJ Hose b GD Elliott423131135.48
Ben Rainec & b C de Grandhommec & b C de Grandhomme11346810245.65
Colin Ackermannc DP Sibley b OJ Hannon-Dalbyc DP Sibley b OJ Hannon-Dalby230066.67
Mohammad Nabinot outnot out11*1000110.00
Ned Eckersley †not outnot out10*610166.67
Extras(b 1, lb 1, w 6, nb 2)(b 1, lb 1, w 6, nb 2)10
Total20 Ov (RR 11.45)20 Ov (RR 11.45)229/5
Fall of wickets: 42-1 (CS Delport, 4 ov), 43-2 (NJ Dexter, 4.4 ov), 185-3 (MJ Cosgrove, 15.3 ov), 207-4 (BA Raine, 17 ov), 210-5 (CN Ackermann, 17.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Henry Brookes4040110.0076020
Jeetan Patel403308.2542100
Oliver Hannon-Dalby4048212.0064310
Colin de Grandhomme4053113.2553421
Dominic Sibley2031015.5022300
Grant Elliott2022111.0021110
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stCS Delport 27(14) & NJ Dexter 14(10)4224
2ndMJ Cosgrove 1(3) & NJ Dexter 0(1)14
3rdBA Raine 93(38) & MJ Cosgrove 41(28)14265
4thBA Raine 20(8) & CN Ackermann 1(1)229
5thMohammad Nabi 2(2) & CN Ackermann 1(2)34
6thMohammad Nabi 9(8) & EJH Eckersley 10(6)19*14

Birmingham Bears innings

129(15.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Ed Pollockb CN Ackermannb CN Ackermann251422178.57
Ian Bellc Mohammad Abbas b BA Rainec Mohammad Abbas b BA Raine5410125.00
Sam Hainc ZJ Chappell b BA Rainec ZJ Chappell b BA Raine260033.33
Adam Hosec CN Ackermann b Mohammad Abbasc CN Ackermann b Mohammad Abbas10520200.00
Colin de Grandhommec BA Raine b Mohammad Nabic BA Raine b Mohammad Nabi201421142.86
Grant Elliottst †EJH Eckersley b CF Parkinsonst †EJH Eckersley b CF Parkinson6100060.00
Dominic Sibleyst †EJH Eckersley b CF Parkinsonst †EJH Eckersley b CF Parkinson8800100.00
Tim Ambrose †c Mohammad Nabi b CF Parkinsonc Mohammad Nabi b CF Parkinson191601118.75
Jeetan Patelc NJ Dexter b CF Parkinsonc NJ Dexter b CF Parkinson11701157.14
Henry Brookesb Mohammad Nabib Mohammad Nabi9510180.00
Oliver Hannon-Dalbynot outnot out2*30066.67
Extras(b 4, lb 5, w 3)(b 4, lb 5, w 3)12
Total15.2 Ov (RR 8.41)15.2 Ov (RR 8.41) · Target 230 from 20 ov129
Fall of wickets: 30-1 (EJ Pollock, 2.3 ov), 36-2 (IR Bell, 3.4 ov), 36-3 (SR Hain, 4 ov), 60-4 (AJ Hose, 6.2 ov), 68-5 (C de Grandhomme, 7.4 ov), 80-6 (GD Elliott, 9.2 ov), 96-7 (DP Sibley, 11.5 ov), 111-8 (TR Ambrose, 13.4 ov), 117-9 (JS Patel, 14 ov), 129-10 (HJH Brookes, 15.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Mohammad Abbas3031110.3352200
Mohammad Nabi2.201325.5761000
Colin Ackermann10717.0040100
Ben Raine302829.3375000
Zak Chappell302107.0070120
Callum Parkinson302046.6750100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stEJ Pollock 25(14) & IR Bell 1(1)3015
2ndSR Hain 2(4) & IR Bell 4(3)67
3rdSR Hain 0(2) & AJ Hose 0(0)02
4thAJ Hose 10(5) & C de Grandhomme 13(9)2414
5thGD Elliott 1(3) & C de Grandhomme 7(5)88
6thDP Sibley 3(3) & GD Elliott 5(7)1210
7thTR Ambrose 9(10) & DP Sibley 5(5)1615
8thJS Patel 5(5) & TR Ambrose 10(6)1511
9thJS Patel 6(2) & HJH Brookes 0(0)62
10thOJ Hannon-Dalby 2(3) & HJH Brookes 9(5)128

Commentary

End of innings: BB 129 (15.2 ov)
15.2W
Mohammad Nabi to HJH Brookes, OUT
HJH Brookes b Mohammad Nabi 9(5) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 129/10 (15.2 ov)
15.12
Mohammad Nabi to HJH Brookes, 2 runs
End of over 1510 runsBB 127/91Lb24102
OJ Hannon-Dalby 2(3)HJH Brookes 7(3)BA Raine 3-0-28-2
14.62
BA Raine to OJ Hannon-Dalby, 2 runs
14.50
BA Raine to OJ Hannon-Dalby, no run
14.41
BA Raine to HJH Brookes, 1 run
14.34
BA Raine to HJH Brookes, FOUR
14.22
BA Raine to HJH Brookes, 2 runs
14.11Lb
BA Raine to OJ Hannon-Dalby, 1 leg bye
End of over 149 runs, 2 wktsBB 117/9111W6W
HJH Brookes 0(0)CF Parkinson 3-0-20-4
13.6W
CF Parkinson to JS Patel, OUT
JS Patel c NJ Dexter b CF Parkinson 11(7) [4s-0 6s-1] · FoW 117/9 (14 ov)
13.56
CF Parkinson to JS Patel, SIX
13.4W
CF Parkinson to TR Ambrose, OUT
TR Ambrose c Mohammad Nabi b CF Parkinson 19(16) [4s-0 6s-1] · FoW 111/8 (13.4 ov)
13.31
CF Parkinson to JS Patel, 1 run
13.21
CF Parkinson to TR Ambrose, 1 run
13.11
CF Parkinson to JS Patel, 1 run
End of over 1311 runsBB 108/7111062
TR Ambrose 18(14)JS Patel 3(3)Mohammad Abbas 3-0-31-1
12.62
Mohammad Abbas to TR Ambrose, 2 runs
12.56
Mohammad Abbas to TR Ambrose, SIX
12.40
Mohammad Abbas to TR Ambrose, no run
12.31
Mohammad Abbas to JS Patel, 1 run
12.21
Mohammad Abbas to TR Ambrose, 1 run
12.11
Mohammad Abbas to JS Patel, 1 run
End of over 126 runs, 1 wktBB 97/71121W1
JS Patel 1(1)TR Ambrose 9(10)CF Parkinson 2-0-11-2
11.61
CF Parkinson to JS Patel, 1 run
11.5W
CF Parkinson to DP Sibley, OUT
DP Sibley st †EJH Eckersley b CF Parkinson 8(8) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 96/7 (11.5 ov)
11.41
CF Parkinson to TR Ambrose, 1 run
11.32
CF Parkinson to TR Ambrose, 2 runs
11.21
CF Parkinson to DP Sibley, 1 run