Match summary
Vitality Blast
North Group / Birmingham
Birmingham Bears
2194
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
1299
Birmingham Bears win by 90 runs
Birmingham Bears 1st innings
Total
219420 overs
Batting
- Davies (c, wk) c Willey b Sikandar Raza 36 29 3 1 124.14
- Barnard c Sikandar Raza b Bopara 48 29 8 1 165.52
- Mousley c Sikandar Raza b Heldreich 43 26 7 0 165.38
- Hain c & b Bopara 13 12 0 0 108.33
- Benjamin not out 16 10 2 0 160.00
- Bethell not out 56 16 3 7 350.00
Extras
7 1 , 1 , 4 , 1
Yet to bat
- Garton
- Miles
- Gleeson
- Lintott
- Briggs
Fall of Wickets
Bowling
- Sanderson 3 0 36 0 12.00
- Willey 3 0 48 0 16.00
- Zaib 1 0 9 0 9.00
- Weatherall 2 0 32 0 16.00
- Bopara 4 0 21 2 5.25
- Heldreich 3 0 31 1 10.33
- Sikandar Raza 4 0 40 1 10.00
Match details
- Toss: Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat
- Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham
- Umpire: Steve O'Shaughnessy
- Umpire: Paul Pollard
- Match referee: Will Smith