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Birmingham Bears beat Nottinghamshire by 6 wickets

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

Nottinghamshire152/820 ov
Birmingham Bears156/416.2 ov
Birmingham Bears won by 6 wickets
Worcestershire won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Birmingham Bears won the toss and chose to bowl. Nottinghamshire made 152 for 8 in 20 overs, Samit Patel 41 from 39 balls. Oliver Hannon-Dalby took 3 for 30.

Birmingham Bears reached 156 for 4 in 16.2 overs, Ian Bell 54 from 37 balls and Colin de Grandhomme 49 not out from 28 balls.

Birmingham Bears won by 6 wickets.

Key performers

Nottinghamshire innings

152/8(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Riki Wesselsc AJ Hose b OJ Hannon-Dalbyc AJ Hose b OJ Hannon-Dalby3300100.00
Alex Halesb JS Patelb JS Patel201431142.86
Tom Moores †c AJ Hose b JS Patelc AJ Hose b JS Patel250040.00
Steven Mullaneyc AD Thomason b OJ Hannon-Dalbyc AD Thomason b OJ Hannon-Dalby241612150.00
Samit Patelc JS Patel b AD Thomasonc JS Patel b AD Thomason413950105.13
Daniel Christianc IR Bell b GD Elliottc IR Bell b GD Elliott10910111.11
Jake Libbynot outnot out21*1620131.25
Billy Rootc JE Poysden b OJ Hannon-Dalbyc JE Poysden b OJ Hannon-Dalby171420121.43
Luke Fletcherc GD Elliott b AD Thomasonc GD Elliott b AD Thomason340075.00
Ish Sodhinot outnot out0*000-
Extras(w 11)(w 11)11
Total20 Ov (RR 7.60)20 Ov (RR 7.60)152/8
Did not bat: Harry Gurney
Fall of wickets: 19-1 (MH Wessels, 2.1 ov), 26-2 (TJ Moores, 3.2 ov), 27-3 (AD Hales, 3.4 ov), 79-4 (SJ Mullaney, 10.4 ov), 102-5 (SR Patel, 13.5 ov), 105-6 (DT Christian, 14.3 ov), 141-7 (WT Root, 18.4 ov), 146-8 (LJ Fletcher, 19.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Aaron Thomason403729.2583040
Jeetan Patel402827.00123120
Oliver Hannon-Dalby403037.50103110
Grant Elliott402616.5072000
Josh Poysden403107.7573100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stMH Wessels 3(3) & AD Hales 15(10)1913
2ndTJ Moores 2(5) & AD Hales 5(2)77
3rdAD Hales 0(2) & SJ Mullaney 0(0)12
4thSR Patel 26(26) & SJ Mullaney 24(16)5242
5thSR Patel 15(13) & DT Christian 8(6)2319
6thDT Christian 2(3) & JD Libby 1(1)34
7thWT Root 17(14) & JD Libby 17(11)3625
8thLJ Fletcher 3(4) & JD Libby 2(3)57
9thJD Libby 1(1) & IS Sodhi 0(0)6*1

Birmingham Bears innings

156/4(16.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Ed Pollockc †TJ Moores b DT Christianc †TJ Moores b DT Christian15902166.67
Ian Bellc AD Hales b LJ Fletcherc AD Hales b LJ Fletcher543732145.95
Adam Hosec DT Christian b HF Gurneyc DT Christian b HF Gurney780087.50
Sam Hainc AD Hales b SJ Mullaneyc AD Hales b SJ Mullaney9130169.23
Colin de Grandhommenot outnot out49*2815175.00
Grant Elliottnot outnot out9*420225.00
Extras(b 1, lb 9, w 1, nb 2)(b 1, lb 9, w 1, nb 2)13
Total16.2 Ov (RR 9.55)16.2 Ov (RR 9.55) · Target 153 from 20 ov156/4
Fall of wickets: 20-1 (EJ Pollock, 2.1 ov), 39-2 (AJ Hose, 4.1 ov), 63-3 (SR Hain, 7.4 ov), 142-4 (IR Bell, 15 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Samit Patel2024012.0030300
Harry Gurney301414.6790100
Daniel Christian10818.0031000
Luke Fletcher3.203219.6072101
Ish Sodhi3035011.6741300
Steven Mullaney302719.0061210
Billy Root10606.0031000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stEJ Pollock 15(9) & IR Bell 3(4)2013
2ndIR Bell 6(5) & AJ Hose 7(8)1912
3rdIR Bell 11(8) & SR Hain 9(13)2421
4thC de Grandhomme 44(24) & IR Bell 34(20)7944
5thC de Grandhomme 5(4) & GD Elliott 9(4)14*8

Commentary

End of innings: BB 156/4 (16.2 ov)
16.24
LJ Fletcher to GD Elliott, FOUR
16.14
LJ Fletcher to GD Elliott, FOUR
End of over 166 runsBB 148/4400101
GD Elliott 1(2)C de Grandhomme 49(28)WT Root 1-0-6-0
15.61
WT Root to GD Elliott, 1 run
15.50
WT Root to GD Elliott, no run
15.41
WT Root to C de Grandhomme, 1 run
15.30
WT Root to C de Grandhomme, no run
15.20
WT Root to C de Grandhomme, no run
15.14
WT Root to C de Grandhomme, FOUR
End of over 158 runs, 1 wktBB 142/422022W
C de Grandhomme 44(24)LJ Fletcher 3-0-24-1
14.6W
LJ Fletcher to IR Bell, OUT
IR Bell c AD Hales b LJ Fletcher 54(37) [4s-3 6s-2] · FoW 142/4 (15 ov)
14.52
LJ Fletcher to IR Bell, 2 runs
14.42
LJ Fletcher to IR Bell, 2 runs
14.30
LJ Fletcher to IR Bell, no run
14.22
LJ Fletcher to IR Bell, 2 runs
FIFTY for IR Bell (50 off 33)
14.12
LJ Fletcher to IR Bell, 2 runs
End of over 147 runsBB 134/3220102
C de Grandhomme 44(24)IR Bell 46(31)IS Sodhi 3-0-35-0
13.62
IS Sodhi to C de Grandhomme, 2 runs
13.50
IS Sodhi to C de Grandhomme, no run
13.41
IS Sodhi to IR Bell, 1 run
13.30
IS Sodhi to IR Bell, no run
13.22
IS Sodhi to IR Bell, 2 runs
13.12
IS Sodhi to IR Bell, 2 runs
End of over 1310 runsBB 127/3061111
IR Bell 41(27)C de Grandhomme 42(22)HF Gurney 3-0-14-1
12.61
HF Gurney to IR Bell, 1 run
12.51
HF Gurney to C de Grandhomme, 1 run
12.41
HF Gurney to IR Bell, 1 run
12.31
HF Gurney to C de Grandhomme, 1 run
12.26
HF Gurney to C de Grandhomme, SIX