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GLCS vs NOR, 71st T20, T20 Blast 2026 summary
NOR
187-2(17.2)
Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets 🏆
GLCS
(20.0)184-2
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P'ship : 6(3)
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That's it from this match, folks! The Steelbacks look in supreme touch this season, and if they keep playing this way, it will be difficult for any team to beat them. Join us back tomorrow as we continue to bring you the best LIVE action from around the world!
Until then, I am Anirudh Modi, signing off along with my colleagues Mohammad Anab, Abhishek Sharma, and Paras Yadav! See you at the next one.
Until then, I am Anirudh Modi, signing off along with my colleagues Mohammad Anab, Abhishek Sharma, and Paras Yadav! See you at the next one.
2:10 AM IST, 9:40 PM Local Time | A batting blitzkrieg from Northamptonshire to chase down the target and win the top-of-the-table clash against Gloucestershire by 8 wickets! Northamptonshire extend their unbeaten run at the top!
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat first! Dawid Malan's unbeaten 91 runs off 55 balls and twin 33s from Liam Scott and Miles Hammond ensured Gloucestershire established a total of 184/2 at the end of their 20 overs. There was not much in it for the bowlers as Sales and Harrison picked up a wicket each.
Come the chase, on a flat batting track, the Steelbacks came out all guns blazing. Ricardo Vasconcelos and Nathan McSweeney gave their team a flying start with an 82-run opening partnership in just over 8 overs. Ahmed dismissed Vasconcelos for 36 runs, but it would prove to be a minor blip in the chase.
Skipper David Willey walked out to the middle and broke the chase's back with McSweeney with a 99-run partnership for the second wicket, with both batters scoring high-strike-rate half-centuries to blow Gloucestershire out of the water. David Willey was dismissed by Ahmed 4 runs away from the target, but till then Willey had smashed 73 runs off 32 balls!
Nathan McSweeney remained unbeaten at the end with 72 runs off 40 balls to ensure his team crossed the finish line comfortably. Daaryoush Ahmed was the sole wicket-taker for Gloucestershire with the figures of 2/35 from 4 overs.
In the end, the Gloucs may have misread the pitch at the toss, and it played into the hands of the Steelbacks, who ensured that the game was never a contest after the halfway mark!
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat first! Dawid Malan's unbeaten 91 runs off 55 balls and twin 33s from Liam Scott and Miles Hammond ensured Gloucestershire established a total of 184/2 at the end of their 20 overs. There was not much in it for the bowlers as Sales and Harrison picked up a wicket each.
Come the chase, on a flat batting track, the Steelbacks came out all guns blazing. Ricardo Vasconcelos and Nathan McSweeney gave their team a flying start with an 82-run opening partnership in just over 8 overs. Ahmed dismissed Vasconcelos for 36 runs, but it would prove to be a minor blip in the chase.
Skipper David Willey walked out to the middle and broke the chase's back with McSweeney with a 99-run partnership for the second wicket, with both batters scoring high-strike-rate half-centuries to blow Gloucestershire out of the water. David Willey was dismissed by Ahmed 4 runs away from the target, but till then Willey had smashed 73 runs off 32 balls!
Nathan McSweeney remained unbeaten at the end with 72 runs off 40 balls to ensure his team crossed the finish line comfortably. Daaryoush Ahmed was the sole wicket-taker for Gloucestershire with the figures of 2/35 from 4 overs.
In the end, the Gloucs may have misread the pitch at the toss, and it played into the hands of the Steelbacks, who ensured that the game was never a contest after the halfway mark!
OVER 18
Northamptonshire
187/2
Nathan McSweeney
72(40)
Saif Zaib
2(2)
Will Williams
0-43(3.2)
17.2 Will Williams to Nathan McSweeney
4 FOUR!!! That will be it as Steelbacks win the game by eight wickets with more than two overs to spare. They register their 8th win and are still unbeaten this season. Pace-off. Hits it into the surface. Short-pitched, wide outside off. Rocks back and then opens the blade to play the upper cut over the short third man. The ball then runs behind for a four. McSweeney remains unbeaten at 72 off 40 balls. Only four wickets fell across 37.2 overs in this game. A pure batting paradise pitch was prepared for the players at Bristol today.
17.1 Will Williams to Saif Zaib
1 Right arm over. Low full-toss, angling across the batter. Outside off. Takes it on full and then steers it through the off side to the sweeper.
Northamptonshire are 3 runs away from the win.
OVER 17
Northamptonshire
182/2
Nathan McSweeney
68(39)
Saif Zaib
1(1)
Daaryoush Ahmed
2-35(4.0)
16.6 Daaryoush Ahmed to Saif Zaib
1 Ahmed keeps it on a good length targeting the stumps. Saif looks to get the job done on his first ball as he plays the ramp shot with the keeper standing close. The keeper does well to get his body on the line of the ball and the batters sneaks in a single as the ball deflects on the leg side.
Saif Zaib walks out to bat at no. 4!
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