Nottinghamshire wins over Derbyshire by 3 wickets.
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The North Group Match of the T20 Blast 2023 was played yesterday between Derbyshire vs Nottinghamshire at County Ground, Derby. In which Nottinghamshire wins over Derbyshire by 3 wickets.
Nottinghamshire won the toss and invited Derbyshire to bat first, Derbyshire batted first started the inning very brilliantly, Luis Reece and Haider Ali came to start the inning and gave a good start with a partnership of 44 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 44 runs in 5.4 over, Luis Reece dismissed for 16 runs in 15 balls, next batsman Leus du Plooy came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs in 2 balls as second wicket in last ball of the 6th over, the team score was 46 runs, next batsman Wayne Madsen came to bat and played well with Haider Ali, the third wicket has dismissed for 77 runs in 11.3 over, Haider Ali dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 42 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaries in just 37 balls, next batsman Brooke Guest came to bat and played well with Wayne Madsen, the fourth wicket dismissed for 99 runs in 14.5 over, Wayne Madsen dismissed after scoring 26 runs with the help of 2 boundaires in 26 balls, followed by Thomas Wood came to bat and he was dismissed just for 4 runs in 6 balls as fifth wicket in last ball of the 17th over, the team score was 113 runs, next batsman Mattie McKiernan came to bat and played well with Brooke Guest, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 138 runs in last ball of the 19 over, Brooke Guest dismissed after scoring 25 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in just 20 balls, next batsman Zak Chappell came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 1 run in 1 ball with Mattie McKiernan, and Mattie McKiernan played a brilliant unbeaten quick inning of 23 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundary in just 13 balls. In this way, Derbyshire scored 142 runs after losing 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 143 runs in front of Nottinghamshire.
Nottinghamshire bowlers Jake Ball took 2 wickets just for 23 runs in his spell, Shaheen Afridi 2 wickets for 37 runs in his spell, Steven Mullaney 1 wicket just for 15 runs in his spell, Samit Patel 1 wicket for 28 runs, Calvin Harrison was wicketless for 16 runs in 2 overs, and Matthew Carter also wicketless for 21 runs in 2 overs.
Nottinghamshire chasing 143 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily by losing 7 wickets in the fourth ball of the 19th over. Nottinghamshire also started the inning very well, Joe Clarke and Alex Hales came to start the inning and gave a good start with a partnership of 41 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 41 runs in 4.2 over, Joe Clarke dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 29 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 15 balls, next batsman Colin Munro came to bat and he was dismissed just for 1 run in 4 balls as second wicket in first ball of the 6th over, the team score was 42 runs, next batsman Matthew Montgomery came to bat and also dismissed very quickly just for 3 runs in 5 balls as third wicket in 6.3 over, the team score was 49 runs, followed by Samit Patel came to bat and handled the inning with Alex Hales, the fourth wicket dismissed for 87 runs in 11.4 over, Alex Hales dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 35 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaries in just 30 balls, next batsman Tom Moores came to bat and played well with Samit Patel, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 103 runs in 14.3 over, Samit Patel dismissed after scoring 28 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in just 25 balls, next batsman Steven Mullaney came to bat and played well for a while with Tom Moores, the sixth wicket dismissed for 123 runs in last ball of the 17th over, Steven Mullaney dismissed for 12 runs in 10 balls, followed by Shaheen Afridi came to bat and he dismissed after playing a quick inning of 14 runs with the help of 2 sixes in just 7 balls as seventh wicket in 18.4 over, the team score was 141 runs, next batsman Calvin Harrison came to bat and he was remains unbeaten without scoring in 1 ball with Tom Moores, and Tom Moores played an unbeaten inning of 17 runs in 16 balls. In this way, Nottinghamshire chased the target very easily by losing just 7 wickets in 18.4 overs and won the match by 3 wickets.
Derbyshire bowlers George Scrimshaw took 3 wickets just for 16 runs in his spell, Zaman Khan 2 wickets for 34 runs in 3.4 overs, Mark Watt 1 wicket for 37 runs in his spell, Zak Chappell 1 wicket for 21 runs in 3 overs, and Mattie McKiernan wicketless for 34 runs in his spell.
Nottinghamshire all-rounder Samit Patel was selected as the best player of the match, he took 1 wicket just for 28 runs and also scored 28 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in just 25 balls.
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