Bears v Eagles
Edgbaston… Thursday August 13th…
Bears won by 24 runs
The Bears booked their place at T20 Blast Finals Day with victory over the Essex Eagles at a damp Edgbaston…
The weather forecast had suggested that there would be little or no play but with the exception of a ten minute delay at the start, the rain stayed away…
The Bears Bat…
Teams…
Birmingham Bears; *Varun Chopra, Ian Bell, Will Porterfield, Rikki Clarke, Laurie Evans, Ateeq Javid, +Tim Ambrose, Chris Woakes, Jeetan Patel, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Boyd Rankin
Essex Eagles; Mark Pettini, Jesse Ryder, Tom Westley, Ravi Bopara, *Ryan ten Doeschate, Nick Browne, +James Foster, Graham Napier, Reece Topley, David Masters, Shaun Tait
The Bears Bowl…
Stats…
Birmingham Bears; Chopra (18 – c Westley b Bopara), Bell (7 – c Ryan ten Doeschate b Topley), Porterfield (23 c Napier b Tait), Clarke (18 – c Topley b Ryan ten Doeschate), Evans (50 – c Bopara b Topley), Javid (28 – b McKay), Woakes (48 – n.o.), Javid (4 – n.o.)
Did Not Bat; Ambrose, Patel, Hannon-Dalby, Rankin
Extras; 2nb 7w 4b 8lb – 21
189 for 5 (20.0 overs)
Bowling; Topley (4 / 36 / 2), Masters (4 / 24 / 0), Bopara (4 / 28 / 1), Tait (3 / 37 / 1), ten Doeschate (2.5 / 22 / 1) Napier (1.1 / 12 / 0), Westley (1 / 18 / 0)
FOW; 20 – 50 – 60 – 88 – 157
Essex Eagles; Pettini (6 – c Patel b Clarke), Ryder 26 (c Clarke b Rankin), Westley (33 – c Clarke b Woakes), Bopara (32 – b Patel), ten Doeschate (13 – c Clarke b Hannon-Dalby), Browne (13 – r.o. Porterfield), Foster (25 – n.o), Masters (1 – n.o.)
Did Not Bat; Napier, Topley,Tait
Extras; 0nb 9w 0b 7lb – 16
165 for 6 (20 overs)
Bowling; Woakes (4 / 22 / 1), Clarke (4 / 29 / 1), Hannon-Dalby (4 / 38 / 1), Rankin (4 / 30 / 1), Patel (4 / 39 / 1)
FOW; 17 – 47 – 103 – 114 – 130 – 163
As usual, more pictures on flickr…
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