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Lancashire beat Northamptonshire by 8 wickets

County Ground, Northampton, . Lancashire won the toss and chose to bowl.

Northamptonshire157/720 ov
Lancashire160/218.3 ov
Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Essex won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Lancashire won the toss and chose to bowl. Northamptonshire made 157 for 7 in 20 overs, Adam Rossington 40 from 32 balls and Dwaine Pretorius 38 from 22 balls. James Faulkner took 3 for 36.

Lancashire reached 160 for 2 in 18.3 overs, Alex Davies 75 not out from 58 balls and Dane Vilas 31 not out from 17 balls.

Lancashire won by 8 wickets.

Key performers

Northamptonshire innings

157/7(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Richard Levic S Mahmood b JP Faulknerc S Mahmood b JP Faulkner181430128.57
Adam Rossington †c SJ Croft b LS Livingstonec SJ Croft b LS Livingstone403241125.00
Josh Cobbc †AL Davies b S Mahmoodc †AL Davies b S Mahmood06000.00
Alex Wakelyb LS Livingstoneb LS Livingstone22241191.67
Dwaine Pretoriuslbw b MW Parkinsonlbw b MW Parkinson382233172.73
Rob Keoghnot outnot out27*1921142.11
Faheem Ashraflbw b JP Faulknerlbw b JP Faulkner120050.00
Luke Procterc RJ Gleeson b JP Faulknerc RJ Gleeson b JP Faulkner120050.00
Extras(lb 4, w 4, nb 2)(lb 4, w 4, nb 2)10
Total20 Ov (RR 7.85)20 Ov (RR 7.85)157/7
Fall of wickets: 33-1 (RE Levi, 3.4 ov), 40-2 (JJ Cobb, 5.2 ov), 83-3 (AM Rossington, 11.3 ov), 91-4 (AG Wakely, 13.3 ov), 146-5 (D Pretorius, 18.3 ov), 153-6 (Faheem Ashraf, 19.1 ov), 157-7 (LA Procter, 20 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
James Faulkner403639.00103210
Richard Gleeson301304.33111020
Saqib Mahmood302919.6775001
Matt Parkinson403518.7591300
Danny Lamb201608.0042010
Liam Livingstone402426.0081100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stRE Levi 18(14) & AM Rossington 13(9)3322
2ndAM Rossington 6(4) & JJ Cobb 0(6)710
3rdAM Rossington 21(19) & AG Wakely 20(18)4337
4thAG Wakely 2(6) & D Pretorius 3(6)812
5thRI Keogh 18(14) & D Pretorius 35(16)5530
6thFaheem Ashraf 1(2) & RI Keogh 6(2)74
7thLA Procter 1(2) & RI Keogh 3(3)45

Lancashire innings

160/2(18.3 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Alex Davies †not outnot out75*58100129.31
Liam Livingstonec RI Keogh b JJ Cobbc RI Keogh b JJ Cobb221013220.00
Steven Croftb Faheem Ashrafb Faheem Ashraf27282096.43
Dane Vilasnot outnot out31*1740182.35
Extras(lb 1, nb 4)(lb 1, nb 4)5
Total18.3 Ov (RR 8.65)18.3 Ov (RR 8.65) · Target 158 from 20 ov160/2
Fall of wickets: 42-1 (LS Livingstone, 3.4 ov), 104-2 (SJ Croft, 12.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Ben Sanderson2024012.0045000
Nathan Buck1.3016010.6752100
Faheem Ashraf402817.00112102
Josh Cobb302418.0031100
Graeme White403208.0074000
Dwaine Pretorius1010010.0011000
Rob Keogh201507.5011000
Luke Procter1010010.0011000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stAL Davies 18(13) & LS Livingstone 22(10)4222
2ndAL Davies 34(27) & SJ Croft 27(28)6255
3rdDJ Vilas 31(17) & AL Davies 23(18)56*34

Commentary

End of innings: LAN 160/2 (18.3 ov)
18.34
NL Buck to DJ Vilas, FOUR
18.22
NL Buck to DJ Vilas, 2 runs
18.10
NL Buck to DJ Vilas, no run
End of over 1812 runsLAN 154/2142410
AL Davies 75(58)DJ Vilas 25(14)BW Sanderson 2-0-24-0
17.60
BW Sanderson to AL Davies, no run
17.51
BW Sanderson to DJ Vilas, 1 run
17.44
BW Sanderson to DJ Vilas, FOUR
17.32
BW Sanderson to DJ Vilas, 2 runs
17.24
BW Sanderson to DJ Vilas, FOUR
17.11
BW Sanderson to AL Davies, 1 run
End of over 177 runsLAN 142/211112Nb01
AL Davies 74(56)DJ Vilas 14(10)Faheem Ashraf 4-0-28-1
16.61
Faheem Ashraf to AL Davies, 1 run
16.50
Faheem Ashraf to AL Davies, no runFree hit
16.52Nb
Faheem Ashraf to AL Davies, no ball
16.41
Faheem Ashraf to DJ Vilas, 1 run
16.31
Faheem Ashraf to AL Davies, 1 run
16.21
Faheem Ashraf to DJ Vilas, 1 run
16.11
Faheem Ashraf to AL Davies, 1 run
End of over 1611 runsLAN 135/2412121
AL Davies 71(51)DJ Vilas 12(8)GG White 4-0-32-0
15.61
GG White to AL Davies, 1 run
15.52
GG White to AL Davies, 2 runs
15.41
GG White to DJ Vilas, 1 run
15.32
GG White to DJ Vilas, 2 runs
15.21
GG White to AL Davies, 1 run
15.14
GG White to AL Davies, FOUR
End of over 1510 runsLAN 124/2124201
AL Davies 63(47)DJ Vilas 9(6)LA Procter 1-0-10-0
14.61
LA Procter to AL Davies, 1 run
14.50
LA Procter to AL Davies, no run
14.42
LA Procter to AL Davies, 2 runs