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Vitality BlastFinal · T20

Worcestershire beat Sussex by 5 wickets in the final

Edgbaston, Birmingham, . Sussex won the toss and chose to bat.

Sussex157/620 ov
Worcestershire158/518.3 ov
Worcestershire won by 5 wickets
Worcestershire won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Sussex won the toss and chose to bat. Sussex made 157 for 6 in 20 overs, Laurie Evans 52 from 44 balls and Luke Wright 33 from 25 balls. Moeen Ali took 3 for 30.

Worcestershire reached 158 for 5 in 18.3 overs, Ben Cox 46 not out from 27 balls and Moeen Ali 41 from 27 balls. Danny Briggs took 2 for 19.

Worcestershire won by 5 wickets.

Key performers

Sussex innings

157/6(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Philip Saltrun outrun out17812212.50
Luke Wrightb MM Alib MM Ali332532132.00
Laurie Evansb EG Barnardb EG Barnard524442118.18
Delray Rawlinsc PR Brown b MM Alic PR Brown b MM Ali211602131.25
David Wieseb MM Alib MM Ali6610100.00
Michael Burgess †not outnot out14*1401100.00
Jofra Archerc EG Barnard b WD Parnellc EG Barnard b WD Parnell780087.50
Extras(lb 2, w 3, nb 2)(lb 2, w 3, nb 2)7
Total20 Ov (RR 7.85)20 Ov (RR 7.85)157/6
Fall of wickets: 19-1 (PD Salt, 2 ov), 77-2 (LJ Wright, 9.4 ov), 121-3 (DMW Rawlins, 14 ov), 131-4 (D Wiese, 15.3 ov), 138-5 (LJ Evans, 17.2 ov), 157-6 (JC Archer, 20 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Luke Wood402406.00102001
Wayne Parnell3032110.6770400
Patrick Brown401503.75131010
Ed Barnard302819.3362200
Moeen Ali403037.5093100
Brett D'Oliveira1015015.0010200
Daryl Mitchell1011011.0011020
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stPD Salt 17(8) & LJ Wright 2(4)1912
2ndLJ Evans 27(25) & LJ Wright 31(21)5846
3rdDMW Rawlins 21(16) & LJ Evans 18(11)4426
4thLJ Evans 4(3) & D Wiese 6(6)109
5thMGK Burgess 4(6) & LJ Evans 3(5)711
6thJC Archer 7(8) & MGK Burgess 10(8)1916

Worcestershire innings

158/5(18.3 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Joe Clarkec †MGK Burgess b DR Briggsc †MGK Burgess b DR Briggs332740122.22
Moeen Alic PD Salt b WAT Beerc PD Salt b WAT Beer412761151.85
Tom Fellc LJ Wright b WAT Beerc LJ Wright b WAT Beer130033.33
Brett D'Oliveirast †MGK Burgess b DR Briggsst †MGK Burgess b DR Briggs10910111.11
Ben Cox †not outnot out46*2752170.37
Ross Whiteleyc CJ Jordan b JC Archerc CJ Jordan b JC Archer14172082.35
Ed Barnardnot outnot out1*20050.00
Extras(b 5, lb 2, w 3, nb 2)(b 5, lb 2, w 3, nb 2)12
Total18.3 Ov (RR 8.54)18.3 Ov (RR 8.54) · Target 158 from 20 ov158/5
Fall of wickets: 61-1 (JM Clarke, 6.5 ov), 62-2 (TC Fell, 7.2 ov), 80-3 (BL D'Oliveira, 10.1 ov), 90-4 (MM Ali, 11.5 ov), 126-5 (RA Whiteley, 16.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Jofra Archer3.3036110.2954101
Tymal Mills302608.6784010
Chris Jordan302909.6774100
David Wiese10909.0021000
Danny Briggs401924.75131100
William Beer403228.0064010
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJM Clarke 33(27) & MM Ali 26(14)6141
2ndTC Fell 1(3) & MM Ali 0(0)13
3rdBL D'Oliveira 10(9) & MM Ali 7(8)1817
4thOB Cox 2(5) & MM Ali 8(5)1010
5thOB Cox 20(13) & RA Whiteley 14(17)3630
6thOB Cox 24(9) & EG Barnard 1(2)32*10

Commentary

End of innings: WOR 158/5 (18.3 ov)
18.34
JC Archer to OB Cox, FOUR
18.26
JC Archer to OB Cox, SIXFree hit
18.26Nb
JC Archer to OB Cox, no ball, 4 byes
18.11
JC Archer to EG Barnard, 1 run
End of over 1814 runsWOR 141/50411b62
OB Cox 36(24)EG Barnard 0(1)CJ Jordan 3-0-29-0
17.62
CJ Jordan to OB Cox, 2 runs
17.56
CJ Jordan to OB Cox, SIX
17.41b
CJ Jordan to EG Barnard, 1 bye
17.31
CJ Jordan to OB Cox, 1 run
17.24
CJ Jordan to OB Cox, FOUR
17.10
CJ Jordan to OB Cox, no run
End of over 1711 runs, 1 wktWOR 127/51441W1
OB Cox 23(19)EG Barnard 0(0)JC Archer 3-0-23-1
16.61
JC Archer to OB Cox, 1 run
16.5W
JC Archer to RA Whiteley, OUT
RA Whiteley c CJ Jordan b JC Archer 14(17) [4s-2 6s-0] · FoW 126/5 (16.5 ov)
16.41
JC Archer to OB Cox, 1 run
16.34
JC Archer to OB Cox, FOUR
16.24
JC Archer to OB Cox, FOUR
16.11
JC Archer to RA Whiteley, 1 run
End of over 167 runsWOR 116/44001Lb11
RA Whiteley 13(15)OB Cox 13(15)TS Mills 3-0-26-0
15.61
TS Mills to RA Whiteley, 1 run
15.51
TS Mills to OB Cox, 1 run
15.41Lb
TS Mills to RA Whiteley, 1 leg bye
15.30
TS Mills to RA Whiteley, no run
15.20
TS Mills to RA Whiteley, no run
15.14
TS Mills to RA Whiteley, FOUR
End of over 155 runsWOR 109/4111011Lb
RA Whiteley 8(10)OB Cox 12(14)CJ Jordan 2-0-16-0
14.61Lb
CJ Jordan to RA Whiteley, 1 leg bye
14.51
CJ Jordan to OB Cox, 1 run
14.40
CJ Jordan to OB Cox, no run