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NatWest t20 Blast 2015 (North Division)
Birmingham Bears v Worcestershire Rapids
at Edgbaston, 22nd May 2015
Umpires:
M Bodenham & A Wharf
Toss won by:
Worcestershire who chose to field
BIRMINGHAM
WORCESTERSHIRE
INNINGS
INNINGS
W. Porterfield
b Leach
27
R. Oliver
c Evans
b Clarke
0
V. Chopra *
c Whiteley
b D’Oliveira
22
D. Mitchell *
c Evans
b Patel
34
T. Lewis
st Cox † b Senanayake
27
R. Kohler-Cadmore c Clarke
b Gordon
21
L. Evans
c Mitchell
b Shantry
20
A. Gidman
c Ambrose †
b Gordon
0
R. Clarke
b D’Oliveira
3
E. Barnard
run out (Porterfield)
5
A. Javid
not out
18
R. Whiteley
c Patel
b Javid
33
J. Patel
not out
23
B. Cox †
run out (Javid)
1
T. Ambrose †
B. D’Oliveira
c Evans
b Clarke
3
R. Gordon
J. Leach
b Clarke
10
C. Wright
S. Senanayake
not out
14
B. Rankin
J. Shantry
b Gordon
1
Extras
(1 b 1 lb 2 w)
4
Extras
(1 lb 3 w)
4
Total
(5 wkts, 29 overs)
144
Total
(10 wkts, 19.3 overs)
126
Wkts:
1-31, 2-76, 3-82, 4-87, 5-104
Wkts:
1-0, 2-34, 3-35, 4-47, 5-82, 6-85, 7-88, 8-99, 9-117, 10-126
O
M
R
W
O
M
R
W
Shantry
4
0
27
1
Clarke
4
0
26
3
Leach
4
0
35
1
Weyght
2
0
28
0
Barnard
4
0
29
0
Javid
4
0
22
1
D’Oliveira
4
0
21
2
Gordon
3.3
0
18
3
Senanayake
4
0
30
1
Rankin
2
0
14
0
Patel
4
0
17
1
Match Result: Birmingham won by 18 runs Points: Birmingham 2, Worcestershire 0.
Reigning NatWest t20 Blast champions Birmingham
recorded their first win in this year’s competition with a
18-run derby triumph over Worcestershire at Edgbaston.
Put in on a slow pitch, the Bears made 144 for 5, a
modest total but one they defended comfortably as the
Rapids, playing their first game in this year’s tournament,
replied with only 126. The win continued Birmingham’s
happy home trend against their arch-rivals. It was their
sixth win in seven t20 tussles between the teams at
Edgbaston.
Porterfield hit three sixes before missing with a big
hit at Leach. Patel went in with his side struggling and
hit cleanly for an unbeaten 23 from ten balls. Patel’s
unbroken partnership of 40 from 29 balls with Javid lifted
the Bears to 144-5.
Kohler-Cadmore gave the Rapids’ reply early
momentum until Gordon came on for the fifth over and
took wickets with his second and fourth balls.
Kohler-Cadmore swatted a full toss to deep midwicket
and Gidman edged his first ball to Ambrose.
Barnard’s debut innings ended in a slapstick run
out when he and captain Mitchell met at the same end.
Mitchell added 35 in six overs with Whiteley but then he
perished to Patel for 34, lifting a catch to deep midwicket.
Cox departed after a run out mix-up with Whiteley
after having lifted Clarke for six and hitting four fours on
his way to 33 from 29 balls but when he sought to repeat
the blow off Clarke but found only Patel on the deep
midwicket boundary, it was 99 for 8 and his team’s hopes
went with him.
Game over as Shantry bowled by Gordon for 1
One of three sixes for Porterfield
Leach bowled by Clarke for 10
