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167-7 Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlESS
171-8 ESS flag
Overs: 20.0 RR: 8.35 vs spin: 8.13
vs seam: 8.42
 Overs: 19.5 RR: 8.62 vs spin: 9.50
vs seam: 7.32
Thu 06/07/23 Birmingham Bears v Essex, Vitality Blast, Edgbaston, Birmingham
ESSEX WIN Essex won by 2 wickets
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Warwickshire - 1st Inns 167-7 (20.0; RR: 8.35)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RM Yates c Beard b Sams 0 3 0 0 0.00
AL Davies c Rossington b Beard 11 6 2 0 183.33
GJ Maxwell c Sams b Walter 32 23 5 1 139.13
SR Hain c Pepper b Cook 52 36 5 1 144.44
DR Mousley c Sams b Lawrence 16 12 1 1 133.33
JG Bethell b Harmer 4 6 0 0 66.67
CG Benjamin c Pepper b Cook 24 21 1 0 114.29
DC Drakes not out 23 13 1 2 176.92
H Brookes  
JB Lintott  
OJ Hannon-Dalby  
Extras (0b, 1lb, 4w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 167-7 (20.0 overs; RR: 8.35)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (RM Yates 0.3 ov), 26-2 (AL Davies 3.4 ov), 54-3 (GJ Maxwell 6.5 ov), 77-4 (DR Mousley 9.4 ov), 89-5 (JG Bethell 11.4 ov), 133-6 (SR Hain 16.3 ov), 167-7 (CG Benjamin 19.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DR Sams 4.0 1 41 1 10.25 1 0
SJ Cook 4.0 0 24 2 6.00 0 0
AP Beard 1.0 0 11 1 11.00 1 0
PI Walter 2.0 0 15 1 7.50 1 0
SR Harmer 4.0 0 20 1 5.00 0 0
MJJ Critchley 2.0 0 22 0 11.00 0 0
DW Lawrence 2.0 0 23 1 11.50 0 0
S Snater 1.0 0 10 0 10.00 1 0

Essex - 1st Inns 171-8 (19.5; RR: 8.62)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AM Rossington run out 21 11 3 1 190.91
DW Lawrence c Sub b Drakes 62 49 7 0 126.53
MS Pepper c Benjamin b Mousley 15 8 3 0 187.50
FIN Khushi c Bethell b Lintott 0 1 0 0 0.00
PI Walter c Hain b Lintott 27 15 0 3 180.00
MJJ Critchley run out 6 8 0 0 75.00
DR Sams c Benjamin b Drakes 5 4 1 0 125.00
SR Harmer run out 19 15 1 1 126.67
S Snater not out 8 5 0 1 160.00
AP Beard not out 2 3 0 0 66.67
SJ Cook  
Extras (0b, 4lb, 2w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 171-8 (19.5 overs; RR: 8.62)

Fall of wickets

43-1 (AM Rossington 3.6 ov), 77-2 (MS Pepper 6.6 ov), 78-3 (FIN Khushi 7.2 ov), 116-4 (PI Walter 11.2 ov), 129-5 (MJJ Critchley 13.5 ov), 136-6 (DR Sams 14.4 ov), 161-7 (DW Lawrence 18.1 ov), 162-8 (SR Harmer 18.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DC Drakes 4.0 0 26 2 6.50 0 0
OJ Hannon-Dalby 1.5 0 21 0 21.00 0 0
DR Mousley 4.0 0 36 1 9.00 1 0
H Brookes 4.0 0 25 0 6.25 1 0
GJ Maxwell 2.0 0 28 0 14.00 0 0
JB Lintott 4.0 0 31 2 7.75 0 0

Match Info

Match

Birmingham Bears v Essex at Birmingham, Vitality Blast

Date

Thursday July 6, 2023

Toss

Essex won the toss and elected to field

Time

5:35pm UTC

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Umpires

ID Blackwell, SJ O'Shaughnessy

Warwickshire Team

Playing XI

AL Davies, RM Yates, GJ Maxwell, SR Hain, DR Mousley, CG Benjamin, JG Bethell, H Brookes, JB Lintott, DC Drakes, OJ Hannon-Dalby

Essex Team

Playing XI

DW Lawrence, AM Rossington, MS Pepper, FIN Khushi, PI Walter, MJJ Critchley, DR Sams, SR Harmer, S Snater, AP Beard, SJ Cook