Thank you for joining us for the live coverage of the T20 blast between Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, this was Shubham Agarwal alongside Tugral Azmi and our scorer/analyst Zeeshan Naiyer. Stay tuned as we join you with other fixtures across the globe until then take care & stay safe!!
Six to finish off and Derbyshire wins the match by 6 wickets! Northamptonshire bowlers didn't bowl badly but were completely outplayed by the opposition masterclass!
Derbyshire lost Reece in the first over but after that, Masood and Kerr played some aggressive cricket in the powerplay before Kerr(29 off 17) gifted his wicket away to Heldreich. Captain Masood(57 off 43) played a fantastic inning and provided an easy way through to win the game. Wayne Madsen and Masood stitched a 95 runs partnership and took the game away from Northamptonshire. Madsen(73 off 37) stayed till the end, blasted the bowlers all over the park, and played some outstanding shots!
Freddie Heldreich went for 33 in his 4 overs but also took 2 important wickets.
Northamptonshire scored 186/7. Both the openers were dismissed in single-digit scores. Captain Cobb played an entertaining cameo of 17 off 6. The first innings was all about Saif Zaib(93 off 58 balls) who was brilliant throughout as he played some outstanding shots and took his team single-handedly to a great total! Neesham stitched a 64 runs partnership with Zaib and provided some stability to the innings before gifting his wicket away on 28.
Hayden Kerr bowled a good spell until the last over and ended up with 4-29-1. Mark Watt(4-30-1) bowled some tight lines and lengths even though went for a few extra runs.
OVER 19
Derbyshire
192/4
Leus du Plooy
16(14)
Brooke Guest
1(1)
Jimmy Neesham
1-38(4.0)
18.6 J Neesham to Plooy
6 SIXX!!! Plooy FINISHES THE MATCH IN HIS STYLE!!! A yorker delivery from Neesham on that occasion Plooy uses all his bottom hand power and short arm jabs that well over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie. Derbyshire won the match by 6 wickets!!
18.5 J Neesham to Plooy
0 Fuller delivery on the fourth stump line, Plooy throws his hands at it and looks to pushes it towards the off side.
18.4 J Neesham to Plooy
2 In the channel and wide of off. Plooy covers the line and punches it towards the off side, wide of the deep cover fielder, and gets a couple of runs. Scores are level.
18.3 J Neesham to B Guest
1 Yorker delivery on the leg stump line, Guest digs it out well towards the leg side for a single. 3 runs to win.