49
NatWest t20 Blast 2015 (North Division)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Birmingham Bears
at Northampton, 29th May 2015
Umpires:
R. Evans & M. Saggers
Toss won by:
Northants who chose to bat
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
BIRMINGHAM
INNINGS
INNINGS
R. Levi
c Patel
b Hannon-Dalby
58
V. Chopra *
c Rossington† b Kleinweldt
16
D. Willey
c Lewis
b Gordon
13
W. Porterfield
not out
55
J. Cobb
st Ambrose †
b Patel
20
T. Lewis
b Azharullah
20
A. Wakely *
c Clarke
b Rankin
1
L. Evans
c Keogh b Azharullah
10
A. Rossington†
lbw b Javid
14
R. Clarke
c Willey b Azharullah
27
Shahid Afridi
c Evans b Gordon
16
A. Javid
run out (Rossington)
6
S. Crook
c Clarke
b Hannon-Dalby
2
J. Patel
not out
0
R. Keogh
not out
9
T. Ambrose †
R. Kleinweldt
not out
10
R. Gordon
G. White
O.Hannon-Dalby
Azharullah
B. Rankin
Extras
(1 lb 2 w)
3
Extras
(4 b 4 lb 3 w)
11
Total
(7 wkts, 20 overs)
146
Total
(5 wkts, 20 overs)
150
Wkts:
1-38, 2-62, 3-63, 4-98, 5-124, 6-124, 7-126
Wkts:
1-39, 2-79, 3-98, 4-133, 5-146
O
M
R
W
O
M
R
W
Hannon-Dalby
4
0
35
2
Willey
4
0
26
0
Clarke
2
0
11
0
Kleinveldt
4
0
29
1
Gordon
4
0
33
2
Crook
2
0
16
0
Javid
2
0
12
1
Cobb
2
0
11
0
Patel
4
0
28
1
Afridi
4
0
29
0
Rankin
4
0
26
1
Azharhullah
4
0
31
3
Match Result: Birmingham won by 5 wickets Points: Birmingham 2, Northamptonshire 0.
Birmingham claimed their second NatWest t20 Blast
victory of the season but had to wait until the final ball
to complete a five-wicket win over Northamptonshire at
Wantage Road.
Porterfield got to 50 off 48 balls, but the visitors still
needed nine off the final over in which two wides from
Azharullah did not help the home side, but there was a
late wicket and with three runs needed off two balls, the
batsmen sprinted for two but Javid was run out, looking
for the winning run.
With the scores tied and Northants looking to rescue
a point, Porterfield missed the final ball, but so too did
wicketkeeper Rossington standing up to the stumps
and byes ensured Birmingham sneaked home in tighter
circumstances than they might have wanted.
Northamptonshire opted to bat first and in Hannon-
Dalby’s second over Levi bludgeoned two of three sixes
in the over through mid-wicket then, over square leg,
while Willey followed suit over long-off.
The home side had a promising 47 on the board at
the end of the Power play. But two wickets inside three
deliveries left them on 63 for three after nine overs.
Levi battled through to reach 50 before he was one
of three to fall inside five balls, two of them to Hannon-
Dalby.
Northants were 146 for seven after twenty overs a
total that seemed just short of par.
Chopra and Porterfield kept nudging the Birmingham
reply along with boundaries at regular intervals, until
Chopra’s edge in the sixth over gave the home side
hope.
When Azharullah bowled Lewis off the final ball of the
12th over, Birmingham still needed 68 off the last eight
overs.
A superb running catch from Keogh on the deep
cover removed Evans and the boundaries dried up
completely after Clarke fell for 27 in the 18th over.
Clarke joins in run chase
Porterfield top score with 55
