Patel’s numbers of 3 for 4 from four overs with a maiden – since Worcestershire was limited to a paltry 86 for 8 in their 20 overs – were the most economical four-over bowler figures in English T20 cricket history
Trent Bridge: Worcestershire 86-8, Nottinghamshire 89-0 – Nottinghamshire to win with 10 wickets
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Alex Hales smashed 60 of 24 balls when Nottinghamshire beat Worcestershire for 10 wickets to top the north group in a night of records at the Vitality Blast at Trent Bridge.
Veteran all-rounder Samit Patel, the first English player to double the 250 wickets and 5,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket when he won 2 for 14 last week when the Outlaws beat Derbyshire, became the first bowler to do 100 wickets at Trent Bridge in Bridge won the format and only the second to take 100 wickets on a single floor in the world.
And his numbers of 3 for 4 from four overs with a virgin – since Worcestershire was limited to a paltry 86 for 8 in their 20 overs – were the most economical four-over bowler figures in T20 English cricket history.
The Outlaws’ margin of victory also set an English T20 record. Hales saw them home with his eleventh four balls, beating the previous biggest win when Hampshire beat Gloucestershire by seven wickets in Bristol in 2010 with 75 balls remaining.
Hales reached his half-century with just 18 balls after hitting two sixes when Nottinghamshire, which had limited their opponents to just 20 for four in the six power play overs, reached the end of their power play and only needed two more runs to complete with 85 without winning loss.
The powerful opener won 24 in a single over against former Nottinghamshire weirdo Ish Sodhi and went four-four-six-four-six as a little over 3,500 viewers showed their appreciation.
Alex Hales smashed half a century for Nottinghamshire
Joe Clarke ended up with 26 of 14 balls on the other end, the players leaving the field in time to see England (or Scotland) in action at the European Championships.
When asked to hit first, the Rapids lost Brett D’Oliveira to his first ball, slipping Patel with a careful push and lying three for six after four balls of the left spinner’s second ball after Tom Fell was at a loss and sent Riki Wessels a leading edge in the hands of back tip. Ben Cox hit Jake Ball halfway to leave her 11 for 4.
Jake Libby and Ross Whiteley added 46 for the fifth wicket, but Whiteley’s Drive down through Calvin Harrison’s leg twist was the only limit between them and were both over on the 13th as Steven Mullaney had long caught Whiteley and Libby on point.
Ben Dwarshuis picked up the only other four of the innings as he cut Jake Ball on the rope, but Ball hit back by firing, catching Ed Barnard and then bowling Dwarshuis next ball in the next over, none of the outlaw bowlers giving way in double digits Area in each of the 20 overs, the grand total of rapids is the lowest value for a full 20 overs in the history of the format.
Bangladesh’s Shakib al Hasan is the only other bowler in the world of T20 cricket to land 100 wickets on a single floor after winning 135 at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
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