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Vitality Blast

North Group / Birmingham

Birmingham Bears 219 for 4. Northamptonshire Steelbacks 129 for 9.

Birmingham Bears win by 90 runs.

Match Commentary

  1. Update

    Summary

    Over 20: 5 runs. Bowler: Dan Mousley. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 129/9 (rr 6.45)

  2. 19.6

    Dan Mousley to Raphy Weatherall. Off break length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  3. 19.5

    Dan Mousley to Freddie Heldreich. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick well timed for 1 run

  4. 19.4

    Dan Mousley to Freddie Heldreich. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed for no run

  5. 19.3

    Dan Mousley to Raphy Weatherall. Off break length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  6. 19.2

    Dan Mousley to Freddie Heldreich. Off break length ball, leg stump on the front foot flick well timed for 1 run

  7. 19.1

    Dan Mousley to Raphy Weatherall. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  8. Update

    Summary

    Over 19: 4 runs. Bowler: Danny Briggs. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 124/9 (rr 6.53)

  9. 18.6

    Danny Briggs to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick well timed for 2 runs

  10. 18.5

    Danny Briggs to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm orthodox stock half volley, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Danny Briggs

  11. 18.4

    Danny Briggs to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot sweep for no run

  12. 18.3

    Danny Briggs to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the back foot cut well timed for 1 run

  13. 18.2

    Danny Briggs to Freddie Heldreich. 1 run

  14. 18.1

    Danny Briggs to Freddie Heldreich. No run

  15. Update

    Summary

    Over 18: 5 runs. Bowler: Dan Mousley. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 120/9 (rr 6.67)

  16. 17.6

    Dan Mousley to Raphy Weatherall. Off break full toss, leg stump on the front foot flick well timed for 2 runs

  17. 17.5

    Dan Mousley to Raphy Weatherall. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for no run

  18. 17.4

    Dan Mousley to Freddie Heldreich. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot flick mis-timed for 1 run

  19. 17.3

    Dan Mousley to Freddie Heldreich. Off break length ball, middle stump on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot well timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Dan Mousley

  20. 17.2

    Dan Mousley to Freddie Heldreich. Off break length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 2 runs

  21. 17.1

    Dan Mousley to Freddie Heldreich. Off break length ball, outside off on the back foot late cutted well timed for no run

  22. Update

    Summary

    Over 17: 3 runs. Bowler: Danny Briggs. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 115/9 (rr 6.76)

  23. 16.6

    Danny Briggs to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick for no run

  24. 16.5

    Danny Briggs to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm orthodox stock half volley, leg stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  25. 16.4

    Danny Briggs to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  26. 16.3

    Danny Briggs to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the back foot late cutted mis-timed for no run

  27. 16.2

    Danny Briggs to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick for no run

  28. 16.1

    Danny Briggs to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the back foot pulled well timed for 1 run

  29. Update

    Summary

    Over 16: 6 runs. Bowler: Jake Lintott. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 112/9 (rr 7.0)

  30. 15.6

    Jake Lintott to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm unorthodox stock half volley, off stump on the front foot flick mis-timed for 2 runs

  31. 15.5

    Jake Lintott to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm unorthodox stock back of a length, middle stump on the back foot pulled well timed for 1 run

  32. 15.4

    Jake Lintott to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm unorthodox stock length ball, middle stump no foot movement driving well timed for 2 runs

  33. 15.3

    Jake Lintott to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm unorthodox stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving for no run

  34. 15.2

    Jake Lintott to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm unorthodox stock full toss, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  35. 15.1

    Jake Lintott to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm unorthodox stock half volley, middle stump on the back foot cut for no run

  36. Update

    Summary

    Over 15: 9 runs. Bowler: Jacob Bethell. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 106/9 (rr 7.07)

  37. 14.6

    Jacob Bethell to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm orthodox stock half volley, off stump on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  38. 14.5

    SIX! Jacob Bethell to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the back foot pulled well timed for 6 runs

  39. 14.4

    Jacob Bethell to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  40. 14.3

    Jacob Bethell to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm orthodox stock yorker, outside off on the front foot driving for no run

  41. 14.2

    Jacob Bethell to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, leg stump on the front foot flick well timed for no run

  42. 14.1

    Jacob Bethell to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  43. Update

    Summary

    Over 14: 7 runs. Bowler: Jake Lintott. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 97/9 (rr 6.93)

  44. 13.6

    FOUR! Jake Lintott to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm unorthodox stock half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed for 4 runs

  45. 13.5

    Jake Lintott to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm unorthodox stock half volley, off stump on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot well timed for no run

  46. 13.4

    Jake Lintott to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm unorthodox stock full toss, leg stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  47. 13.3

    Jake Lintott to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm unorthodox stock half volley, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  48. 13.2

    Jake Lintott to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm unorthodox stock length ball, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed for 1 run

  49. 13.1

    Jake Lintott to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm unorthodox stock half volley, leg stump on the front foot slogged for no run

  50. Update

    Summary

    Over 13: 2 runs. Bowler: Jacob Bethell. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 90/9 (rr 6.92)

  51. 12.6

    Jacob Bethell to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot flick well timed for no run

  52. 12.5

    Jacob Bethell to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  53. 12.4

    Jacob Bethell to Raphy Weatherall. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for no run

  54. 12.3

    OUT! Jacob Bethell to Ben Sanderson. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving for no run. Ben Sanderson Stumped for 1.

  55. 12.2

    Jacob Bethell to Ben Sanderson. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot flick well timed for no run

  56. 12.1

    Jacob Bethell to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm orthodox stock half volley, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  57. Update

    Summary

    Over 12: 3 runs. Bowler: Jake Lintott. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 88/8 (rr 7.33)

  58. 11.6

    Jake Lintott to Freddie Heldreich. Left-arm unorthodox stock length ball, off stump on the back foot steered well timed for 1 run

  59. 11.5

    Jake Lintott to Freddie Heldreich. Half volley, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for no run

  60. 11.4

    OUT! Jake Lintott to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm unorthodox stock half volley, off stump on the front foot driving for no run. Ravi Bopara Stumped for 34.

  61. 11.3

    Jake Lintott to Ben Sanderson. Left-arm unorthodox stock length ball, middle stump on the back foot cut well timed for 1 run

  62. 11.2

    Jake Lintott to Ben Sanderson. Left-arm unorthodox stock half volley, middle stump on the back foot late cutted well timed for no run

  63. 11.1

    Jake Lintott to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm unorthodox stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick well timed for 1 run

  64. Update

    Summary

    Over 11: 6 runs. Bowler: Danny Briggs. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 85/7 (rr 7.73)

  65. 10.6

    Danny Briggs to Ben Sanderson. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Danny Briggs

  66. 10.5

    OUT! Danny Briggs to Justin Broad. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to cover for no run, caught by Ed Barnard. Justin Broad Caught for 8.

  67. 10.4

    Danny Briggs to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, leg stump no foot movement sweep well timed for 1 run

  68. 10.3

    Danny Briggs to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot well timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Danny Briggs

  69. 10.2

    Danny Briggs to Justin Broad. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot sweep well timed for 1 run

  70. 10.1

    FOUR! Danny Briggs to Justin Broad. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot reverse sweep well timed for 4 runs

  71. Update

    Summary

    Over 10: 9 runs. Bowler: Dan Mousley. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 79/6 (rr 7.9)

  72. 9.6

    Dan Mousley to Ravi Bopara. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick mis-timed for 2 runs

  73. 9.5

    Dan Mousley to Ravi Bopara. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot flick mis-timed for no run

  74. 9.4

    Dan Mousley to Justin Broad. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot pushed well timed for 1 run

  75. 9.3

    Dan Mousley to Ravi Bopara. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  76. 9.2

    FOUR! Dan Mousley to Ravi Bopara. Off break length ball, outside off on the back foot cut well timed for 4 runs

  77. 9.1

    Dan Mousley to Justin Broad. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot flick well timed for 1 run

  78. Update

    Summary

    Over 9: 7 runs. Bowler: Jacob Bethell. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 70/6 (rr 7.78)

  79. 8.6

    Jacob Bethell to Justin Broad. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot flick well timed for 1 run

  80. 8.5

    OUT! Jacob Bethell to Lewis McManus. Left-arm orthodox stock back of a length, outside off on the back foot pulled mis-timed to deep mid wicket for no run, caught by Craig Miles. Lewis McManus Caught for 9.

  81. 8.4

    Jacob Bethell to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the back foot hook well timed for 1 run

  82. 8.3

    Jacob Bethell to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm orthodox stock back of a length, off stump on the back foot pushed well timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Jacob Bethell

  83. 8.2

    FOUR! Jacob Bethell to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm orthodox stock back of a length, outside off on the back foot pulled well timed for 4 runs

  84. 8.1

    Jacob Bethell to Lewis McManus. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, wide outside off on the back foot cut well timed for 1 run

  85. Update

    Summary

    Over 8: 6 runs. Bowler: Jake Lintott. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 63/5 (rr 7.88)

  86. 7.6

    Jake Lintott to Lewis McManus. Left-arm unorthodox stock half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  87. 7.5

    Jake Lintott to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm unorthodox stock half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  88. 7.4

    Jake Lintott to Lewis McManus. Left-arm unorthodox stock half volley, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  89. 7.3

    Jake Lintott to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm unorthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  90. 7.2

    Jake Lintott to Lewis McManus. Left-arm unorthodox stock back of a length, wide outside off on the back foot pulled mis-timed for 1 run

  91. 7.1

    Jake Lintott to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm unorthodox stock full toss, leg stump on the front foot slog-sweep well timed for 1 run

  92. Update

    Summary

    Over 7: 9 runs. Bowler: Danny Briggs. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 57/5 (rr 8.14)

  93. 6.6

    Danny Briggs to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot flick for 1 leg byes

  94. 6.5

    Danny Briggs to Lewis McManus. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  95. 6.4

    FOUR! Danny Briggs to Lewis McManus. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the back foot cut for 4 runs

  96. 6.3

    Danny Briggs to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot flick for 1 leg byes

  97. 6.2

    Danny Briggs to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed for 2 runs

  98. 6.1

    Danny Briggs to Ravi Bopara. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for no run

  99. Update

    Summary

    Over 6: 10 runs. Bowler: George Garton. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 48/5 (rr 8.0)

  100. 5.6

    OUT! George Garton to Saif Zaib. Seam away back of a length, off stump on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot for no run. Saif Zaib Caught for 0.

  101. 5.5

    OUT! George Garton to Sikandar Raza. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to extra cover for no run, caught by Ed Barnard. Sikandar Raza Caught for 13.

  102. 5.5

    Wide. George Garton to Sikandar Raza. No movement back of a length, leg stump no foot movement no shotted well timed for 1 wides

  103. 5.4

    George Garton to Ravi Bopara. Seam in half volley, off stump on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  104. 5.3

    SIX! George Garton to Ravi Bopara. No movement length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed for 6 runs

  105. 5.2

    George Garton to Ravi Bopara. Seam away half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed for 2 runs

  106. 5.1

    George Garton to Ravi Bopara. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed for no run

  107. Update

    Summary

    Over 5: 6 runs. Bowler: Craig Miles. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 38/3 (rr 7.6)

  108. 4.6

    FOUR! Craig Miles to Sikandar Raza. Seam in length ball, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed for 4 runs

  109. 4.5

    Craig Miles to Sikandar Raza. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut for no run

  110. 4.4

    Craig Miles to Sikandar Raza. Seam in length ball, outside off on the back foot pulled mis-timed for no run

  111. 4.3

    Craig Miles to Ravi Bopara. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run

  112. 4.2

    Craig Miles to Sikandar Raza. Seam in back of a length, outside off on the back foot glancing well timed for 1 run

  113. 4.1

    Craig Miles to Sikandar Raza. Seam in length ball, outside off on the front foot driving for no run

  114. Update

    Summary

    Over 4: 11 runs. Bowler: Ed Barnard. Northamptonshire Steelbacks: 32/3 (rr 8.0)

  115. 3.6

    Ed Barnard to Ravi Bopara. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed for no run

  116. 3.5

    FOUR! Ed Barnard to Ravi Bopara. Seam in half volley, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 4 runs

  117. 3.4

    Ed Barnard to Sikandar Raza. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 1 run