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Vitality BlastGroup stage, South · Match · T20

Sussex beat Middlesex by 31 runs

County Ground, Hove, . Middlesex won the toss and chose to bowl.

Sussex215/520 ov
Middlesex18419.4 ov
Sussex won by 31 runs
Worcestershire won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Middlesex won the toss and chose to bowl. Sussex made 215 for 5 in 20 overs, Luke Wright 74 from 48 balls and Philip Salt 66 from 25 balls. James Fuller took 3 for 51.

Middlesex were bowled out for 184, John Simpson 62 from 29 balls and Paul Stirling 58 from 29 balls. Danny Briggs took 2 for 22.

Sussex won by 31 runs.

Key performers

Sussex innings

215/5(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Philip Saltc JK Fuller b JAR Harrisc JK Fuller b JAR Harris662584264.00
Luke Wrightc EJG Morgan b JK Fullerc EJG Morgan b JK Fuller744890154.17
Laurie Evansc EJG Morgan b JK Fullerc EJG Morgan b JK Fuller362731133.33
Delray Rawlinsc MK Andersson b JK Fullerc MK Andersson b JK Fuller01000.00
David Wiesec JEC Franklin b PR Stirlingc JEC Franklin b PR Stirling101010100.00
Michael Burgess †not outnot out9*800112.50
Jofra Archernot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(w 19)(w 19)19
Total20 Ov (RR 10.75)20 Ov (RR 10.75)215/5
Fall of wickets: 79-1 (PD Salt, 5.2 ov), 185-2 (LJ Evans, 16.3 ov), 185-3 (DMW Rawlins, 16.4 ov), 186-4 (LJ Wright, 17 ov), 202-5 (D Wiese, 19.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Martin Andersson10707.0031000
Tom Barber2035017.5006100
James Fuller4051312.7554330
James Harris403318.2564020
Nathan Sowter403408.5072130
George Scott3032010.6713010
Paul Stirling2023111.5031020
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stPD Salt 66(25) & LJ Wright 11(7)7932
2ndLJ Evans 36(27) & LJ Wright 63(40)10667
3rdDMW Rawlins 0(1) & LJ Wright 0(0)01
4thD Wiese 1(1) & LJ Wright 0(1)12
5thD Wiese 9(9) & MGK Burgess 7(6)1615
6thMGK Burgess 2(2) & JC Archer 1(1)13*3

Middlesex innings

184(19.4 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Paul Stirlingb WAT Beerb WAT Beer582963200.00
George Scottb DR Briggsb DR Briggs03000.00
John Simpson †c PD Salt b WAT Beerc PD Salt b WAT Beer622946213.79
Eoin Morganrun outrun out161301123.08
James Fullerc DMW Rawlins b TS Millsc DMW Rawlins b TS Mills12180066.67
James Franklinc †MGK Burgess b DR Briggsc †MGK Burgess b DR Briggs120050.00
Stephen Eskinazib TS Millsb TS Mills230066.67
Martin Anderssonb JC Archerb JC Archer130033.33
James Harrisnot outnot out12*131092.31
Nathan Sowterb CJ Jordanb CJ Jordan671085.71
Tom Barberb CJ Jordanb CJ Jordan01000.00
Extras(lb 2, w 6, nb 6)(lb 2, w 6, nb 6)14
Total19.4 Ov (RR 9.36)19.4 Ov (RR 9.36) · Target 216 from 20 ov184
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (GFB Scott, 0.4 ov), 123-2 (PR Stirling, 8.5 ov), 132-3 (JA Simpson, 10.2 ov), 158-4 (EJG Morgan, 14.1 ov), 160-5 (JEC Franklin, 14.4 ov), 164-6 (SS Eskinazi, 15.3 ov), 166-7 (JK Fuller, 15.5 ov), 173-8 (MK Andersson, 17 ov), 184-9 (NA Sowter, 19.3 ov), 184-10 (TE Barber, 19.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Danny Briggs402225.50102010
Tymal Mills3031210.3361211
Jofra Archer4042110.5096101
David Wiese3032010.6740310
Chris Jordan2.402629.7573101
William Beer302929.6780310
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stPR Stirling 1(1) & GFB Scott 0(3)14
2ndJA Simpson 57(23) & PR Stirling 57(28)12249
3rdEJG Morgan 1(4) & JA Simpson 5(6)99
4thJK Fuller 9(14) & EJG Morgan 15(9)2623
5thJEC Franklin 1(2) & JK Fuller 1(1)23
6thJK Fuller 2(2) & SS Eskinazi 2(3)45
7thMK Andersson 1(1) & JK Fuller 0(1)22
8thMK Andersson 0(2) & JAR Harris 7(5)77
9thJAR Harris 5(8) & NA Sowter 6(7)1115
10thTE Barber 0(1) & JAR Harris 0(0)01

Commentary

End of innings: MID 184 (19.4 ov)
19.4W
CJ Jordan to TE Barber, OUT
TE Barber b CJ Jordan 0(1) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 184/10 (19.4 ov)
19.3W
CJ Jordan to NA Sowter, OUT
NA Sowter b CJ Jordan 6(7) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 184/9 (19.3 ov)
19.20
CJ Jordan to NA Sowter, no run
19.11
CJ Jordan to JAR Harris, 1 run
End of over 197 runsMID 183/8014011
JAR Harris 11(12)NA Sowter 6(5)JC Archer 4-0-42-1
18.61
JC Archer to JAR Harris, 1 run
18.51
JC Archer to NA Sowter, 1 run
18.40
JC Archer to NA Sowter, no run
18.34
JC Archer to NA Sowter, FOUR
18.21
JC Archer to JAR Harris, 1 run
18.10
JC Archer to JAR Harris, no run
End of over 183 runsMID 176/8101001
JAR Harris 9(9)NA Sowter 1(2)TS Mills 3-0-31-2
17.61
TS Mills to JAR Harris, 1 run
17.50
TS Mills to JAR Harris, no run
17.40
TS Mills to JAR Harris, no run
17.31
TS Mills to NA Sowter, 1 run
17.20
TS Mills to NA Sowter, no run
17.11
TS Mills to JAR Harris, 1 run
End of over 177 runs, 1 wktMID 173/820401W
JAR Harris 7(5)JC Archer 3-0-35-1
16.6W
JC Archer to MK Andersson, OUT
MK Andersson b JC Archer 1(3) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 173/8 (17 ov)
16.51
JC Archer to JAR Harris, 1 run
16.40
JC Archer to JAR Harris, no run
16.34
JC Archer to JAR Harris, FOUR
16.20
JC Archer to JAR Harris, no run
16.12
JC Archer to JAR Harris, 2 runs
End of over 164 runs, 2 wktsMID 166/711WWd1W0
MK Andersson 1(2)JAR Harris 0(0)TS Mills 2-0-28-2
15.60
TS Mills to MK Andersson, no run
15.5W
TS Mills to JK Fuller, OUT
JK Fuller c DMW Rawlins b TS Mills 12(18) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 166/7 (15.5 ov)
15.41
TS Mills to MK Andersson, 1 run