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Match summary

Vitality Blast

North Group / Worcester

Worcestershire Rapids 132 for 7. Northamptonshire Steelbacks 143 for 6.

Northamptonshire Steelbacks win by 11 runs.

Match Commentary

  1. Update

    Summary

    Over 20: 5 runs. Bowler: Ben Sanderson. Worcestershire Rapids: 132/7 (rr 6.6)

  2. 19.6

    Ben Sanderson to Tom Taylor. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Saif Zaib

  3. 19.5

    Ben Sanderson to Hayden Walsh. No movement back of a length, leg stump on the back foot pulled well timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Saif Zaib

  4. 19.4

    Ben Sanderson to Hayden Walsh. Slower ball back of a length, leg stump down the pitch pulled for no run

  5. 19.3

    Ben Sanderson to Tom Taylor. No movement length ball, off stump down the pitch driving mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by David Willey

  6. 19.2

    Ben Sanderson to Hayden Walsh. No movement back of a length, leg stump no foot movement pulled to square leg for 1 leg byes, fielded by Ravi Bopara

  7. 19.1

    Ben Sanderson to Tom Taylor. No movement back of a length, off stump down the pitch slogged mis-timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  8. Update

    Summary

    Over 19: 12 runs. Bowler: Raphy Weatherall. Worcestershire Rapids: 127/7 (rr 6.68)

  9. 18.6

    SIX! Raphy Weatherall to Hayden Walsh. No movement half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed for 6 runs

  10. 18.5

    Raphy Weatherall to Tom Taylor. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  11. 18.4

    Raphy Weatherall to Tom Taylor. Slower ball back of a length, off stump on the back foot driving mis-timed to long off for 2 runs, fielded by David Willey

  12. 18.3

    Raphy Weatherall to Hayden Walsh. Slower ball back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by David Willey

  13. 18.2

    Raphy Weatherall to Tom Taylor. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by David Willey

  14. 18.1

    Raphy Weatherall to Hayden Walsh. Slower ball back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled to extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Matthew Breetzke

  15. Update

    Summary

    Over 18: 5 runs. Bowler: Ben Sanderson. Worcestershire Rapids: 115/7 (rr 6.39)

  16. 17.6

    Ben Sanderson to Hayden Walsh. Slower ball back of a length, down leg on the back foot pulled mis-timed to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by George Bartlett

  17. 17.5

    Ben Sanderson to Hayden Walsh. No movement length ball, leg stump on the front foot flick to bowler for no run, fielded by Ben Sanderson

  18. 17.4

    Ben Sanderson to Hayden Walsh. Slower ball back of a length, middle stump on the back foot glancing mis-timed to deep square leg for 2 runs, fielded by George Bartlett

  19. 17.3

    OUT! Ben Sanderson to Ed Pollock. Slower ball length ball, middle stump on the front foot slogged mis-timed to long on for no run, caught by Sikandar Raza. Ed Pollock Caught for 1.

  20. 17.2

    Ben Sanderson to Tom Taylor. Slower ball back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Justin Broad

  21. 17.1

    Ben Sanderson to Ed Pollock. Slower ball length ball, middle stump on the front foot slogged mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Saif Zaib

  22. Update

    Summary

    Over 17: 8 runs. Bowler: Raphy Weatherall. Worcestershire Rapids: 110/6 (rr 6.47)

  23. 16.6

    Raphy Weatherall to Tom Taylor. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled to bowler for no run, fielded by Raphy Weatherall

  24. 16.5

    Raphy Weatherall to Tom Taylor. Slower ball half volley, off stump on the front foot driving to deep backward point for 2 runs, fielded by Justin Broad

  25. 16.4

    Raphy Weatherall to Tom Taylor. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to deep extra cover for 2 runs, fielded by Saif Zaib

  26. 16.3

    Raphy Weatherall to Tom Taylor. Slower ball back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled to bowler for no run, fielded by Raphy Weatherall

  27. 16.2

    Raphy Weatherall to Tom Taylor. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot scoopped for no run

  28. 16.1

    FOUR! Raphy Weatherall to Tom Taylor. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed for 4 runs

  29. Update

    Summary

    Over 16: 5 runs. Bowler: Saif Zaib. Worcestershire Rapids: 102/6 (rr 6.38)

  30. 15.6

    OUT! Saif Zaib to Nathan Smith. Left-arm orthodox stock half volley, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to long off for no run, caught by Sikandar Raza. Nathan Smith Caught for 7.

  31. 15.5

    Saif Zaib to Tom Taylor. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump down the pitch driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  32. 15.4

    Saif Zaib to Nathan Smith. Left-arm orthodox stock back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Matthew Breetzke

  33. 15.3

    Saif Zaib to Nathan Smith. Left-arm orthodox stock half volley, middle stump on the front foot sweep well timed to fine leg for 2 runs, fielded by George Bartlett

  34. 15.2

    Saif Zaib to Nathan Smith. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump down the pitch driving mis-timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Saif Zaib

  35. 15.1

    Saif Zaib to Tom Taylor. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Matthew Breetzke

  36. Update

    Summary

    Over 15: 3 runs. Bowler: David Willey. Worcestershire Rapids: 97/5 (rr 6.47)

  37. 14.6

    David Willey to Tom Taylor. No movement length ball, leg stump on the front foot driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Saif Zaib

  38. 14.5

    David Willey to Nathan Smith. No movement full toss, leg stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Saif Zaib

  39. 14.4

    David Willey to Tom Taylor. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  40. 14.3

    David Willey to Tom Taylor. No movement length ball, leg stump on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot well timed to bowler for no run, fielded by David Willey

  41. 14.2

    OUT! David Willey to Ethan Brookes. No movement length ball, leg stump on the front foot flick well timed to deep backward square leg for no run, caught by George Bartlett. Ethan Brookes Caught for 42.

  42. 14.1

    David Willey to Ethan Brookes. No movement length ball, leg stump on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot well timed to bowler for no run, fielded by David Willey

  43. Update

    Summary

    Over 14: 12 runs. Bowler: Sikandar Raza. Worcestershire Rapids: 94/4 (rr 6.71)

  44. 13.6

    Sikandar Raza to Ethan Brookes. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by George Bartlett

  45. 13.5

    Sikandar Raza to Nathan Smith. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Matthew Breetzke

  46. 13.4

    Sikandar Raza to Ethan Brookes. Off break back of a length, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by George Bartlett

  47. 13.3

    SIX! Sikandar Raza to Ethan Brookes. Off break length ball, off stump down the pitch driving well timed for 6 runs

  48. 13.2

    Sikandar Raza to Ethan Brookes. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot sweep well timed to fine leg for 2 runs, fielded by Raphy Weatherall

  49. 13.1

    Sikandar Raza to Nathan Smith. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Matthew Breetzke

  50. Update

    Summary

    Over 13: 7 runs. Bowler: Raphy Weatherall. Worcestershire Rapids: 82/4 (rr 6.31)

  51. 12.6

    Raphy Weatherall to Ethan Brookes. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot late cutted well timed to gully for no run, run saved by Saif Zaib

  52. 12.5

    FOUR! Raphy Weatherall to Ethan Brookes. No movement length ball, off stump down the pitch driving for 4 runs

  53. 12.4

    Raphy Weatherall to Nathan Smith. No movement full toss, leg stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to mid on for 1 run, fielded by David Willey

  54. 12.3

    OUT! Raphy Weatherall to Brett D'Oliveira. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to mid on for no run, caught by Sikandar Raza. Brett D'Oliveira Caught for 34.

  55. 12.2

    Raphy Weatherall to Ethan Brookes. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Matthew Breetzke

  56. 12.1

    Raphy Weatherall to Brett D'Oliveira. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Matthew Breetzke

  57. Update

    Summary

    Over 12: 6 runs. Bowler: Ravi Bopara. Worcestershire Rapids: 75/3 (rr 6.25)

  58. 11.6

    Ravi Bopara to Brett D'Oliveira. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot slogged to short fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Ben Sanderson

  59. 11.5

    Ravi Bopara to Brett D'Oliveira. No movement length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick well timed to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Justin Broad

  60. 11.4

    Ravi Bopara to Brett D'Oliveira. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot driving mis-timed to cover for no run, fielded by David Willey

  61. 11.3

    Ravi Bopara to Brett D'Oliveira. No movement back of a length, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to long on for 2 runs, fielded by Matthew Breetzke

  62. 11.2

    Ravi Bopara to Ethan Brookes. Slower ball length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Matthew Breetzke

  63. 11.1

    Ravi Bopara to Ethan Brookes. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving to gully for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  64. Update

    Summary

    Over 11: 10 runs. Bowler: Freddie Heldreich. Worcestershire Rapids: 69/3 (rr 6.27)

  65. 10.6

    Freddie Heldreich to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm unorthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot reverse sweep mis-timed to first slip for 1 run, fielded by Raphy Weatherall

  66. 10.5

    Freddie Heldreich to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm unorthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Ravi Bopara

  67. 10.4

    Freddie Heldreich to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm unorthodox stock full toss, middle stump on the front foot reverse sweep to short fine leg for no run, fielded by George Bartlett

  68. 10.3

    FOUR! Freddie Heldreich to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm unorthodox stock back of a length, middle stump on the back foot pulled well timed for 4 runs

  69. 10.2

    Freddie Heldreich to Brett D'Oliveira. Left-arm unorthodox stock length ball, middle stump down the pitch driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Justin Broad

  70. 10.1

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

  71. Update

    Summary

    Over 10: 6 runs. Bowler: Ravi Bopara. Worcestershire Rapids: 59/3 (rr 5.9)

  72. 9.6

    Ravi Bopara to Brett D'Oliveira. No movement length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick well timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Justin Broad

  73. 9.5

    Ravi Bopara to Ethan Brookes. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to mid off for 1 run, run out attempt: direct hit but safe by David Willey

  74. 9.4

    Ravi Bopara to Ethan Brookes. No movement half volley, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to cover for no run, fielded by David Willey

  75. 9.3

    Ravi Bopara to Ethan Brookes. No movement back of a length, middle stump on the back foot glancing well timed for 2 runs

  76. 9.2

    Ravi Bopara to Brett D'Oliveira. Slower ball back of a length, middle stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Justin Broad

  77. 9.1

    Ravi Bopara to Ethan Brookes. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot driving well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by George Bartlett

  78. Update

    Summary

    Over 9: 11 runs. Bowler: Saif Zaib. Worcestershire Rapids: 53/3 (rr 5.89)

  79. 8.6

    Saif Zaib to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm orthodox stock half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  80. 8.5

    SIX! Saif Zaib to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm orthodox stock short, off stump on the back foot pulled well timed for 6 runs

  81. 8.4

    Saif Zaib to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  82. 8.3

    Saif Zaib to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving for no run

  83. 8.2

    Saif Zaib to Brett D'Oliveira. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot slog-sweep well timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by George Bartlett

  84. 8.1

    Saif Zaib to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Justin Broad

  85. Update

    Summary

    Over 8: 4 runs. Bowler: Sikandar Raza. Worcestershire Rapids: 42/3 (rr 5.25)

  86. 7.6

    Sikandar Raza to Ethan Brookes. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Justin Broad

  87. 7.5

    Sikandar Raza to Brett D'Oliveira. Off break length ball, leg stump on the front foot sweep well timed to short fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Ben Sanderson

  88. 7.4

    Sikandar Raza to Ethan Brookes. Off break length ball, middle stump down the pitch driving well timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Ben Sanderson

  89. 7.3

    Sikandar Raza to Brett D'Oliveira. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Raphy Weatherall

  90. 7.2

    Sikandar Raza to Brett D'Oliveira. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot flick to square leg for no run, fielded by Lewis McManus

  91. 7.1

    Sikandar Raza to Brett D'Oliveira. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot slog-sweep for no run

  92. Update

    Summary

    Over 7: 6 runs. Bowler: Saif Zaib. Worcestershire Rapids: 38/3 (rr 5.43)

  93. 6.6

    Saif Zaib to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by David Willey

  94. 6.5

    Saif Zaib to Brett D'Oliveira. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  95. 6.4

    Saif Zaib to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm orthodox stock full toss, leg stump on the front foot sweep well timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Raphy Weatherall

  96. 6.3

    Saif Zaib to Brett D'Oliveira. Left-arm orthodox stock half volley, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Justin Broad

  97. 6.2

    Saif Zaib to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot reverse sweep well timed to third man for 3 runs, fielded by Matthew Breetzke

  98. 6.1

    Saif Zaib to Ethan Brookes. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to mid wicket for no run, fielded by Ben Sanderson

  99. Update

    Summary

    Over 6: 5 runs. Bowler: Ben Sanderson. Worcestershire Rapids: 32/3 (rr 5.33)

  100. 5.6

    Ben Sanderson to Ethan Brookes. Seam away length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving to gully for 1 run, fielded by Freddie Heldreich

  101. 5.5

    Ben Sanderson to Ethan Brookes. Seam away length ball, middle stump on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot for no run

  102. 5.4

    OUT! Ben Sanderson to Adam Hose. Seam away length ball, off stump on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot for no run. Adam Hose Bowled for 0.

  103. 5.3

    Ben Sanderson to Adam Hose. No movement yorker, off stump on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot well timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Ben Sanderson

  104. 5.2

    OUT! Ben Sanderson to Gareth Roderick. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed to mid wicket for no run, caught by Justin Broad. Gareth Roderick Caught for 5.

  105. 5.1

    FOUR! Ben Sanderson to Gareth Roderick. No movement half volley, off stump on the front foot driving well timed for 4 runs

  106. Update

    Summary

    Over 5: 8 runs. Bowler: Raphy Weatherall. Worcestershire Rapids: 27/1 (rr 5.4)

  107. 4.6

    SIX! Raphy Weatherall to Brett D'Oliveira. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled well timed for 6 runs

  108. 4.5

    Raphy Weatherall to Gareth Roderick. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot glancing mis-timed to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by George Bartlett

  109. 4.4

    Raphy Weatherall to Gareth Roderick. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot late cutted mis-timed to gully for no run, fielded by Freddie Heldreich

  110. 4.3

    Raphy Weatherall to Gareth Roderick. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to mid off for no run, fielded by David Willey

  111. 4.2

    OUT! Raphy Weatherall to Rob Jones. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot cut for no run. Rob Jones Caught for 8.

  112. 4.2

    Wide. Raphy Weatherall to Rob Jones. No movement length ball, down leg no foot movement leaving left alone through for 1 wides

  113. 4.1

    Raphy Weatherall to Rob Jones. No movement half volley, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to cover for no run, run saved by Justin Broad

  114. Update

    Summary

    Over 4: 7 runs. Bowler: David Willey. Worcestershire Rapids: 19/0 (rr 4.75)

  115. 3.6

    FOUR! David Willey to Brett D'Oliveira. No movement back of a length, leg stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed for 4 runs

  116. 3.5

    David Willey to Brett D'Oliveira. No movement back of a length, middle stump on the back foot flick well timed to deep backward square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Matthew Breetzke

  117. 3.4

    David Willey to Brett D'Oliveira. No movement length ball, middle stump on the back foot cut for no run