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Sol Budinger: "We started well in the right ball (competition). It is about try and stay level. Derbyshire have had our number over the last few years. Look at the crowd here. So obviously, exciting stuff. Happy that we got the win."
01:50 AM IST and 09:20PM Local Time | Leicestershire cruise to victory in their opening encounter as they beat Derbyshire comfortably by 5 wickets remaining and 14 balls to spare.
Here’s a review of what happened in the match.
Earlier, Derbyshire were 51-5 at one stage after being put into bat. But on the back of Martin Andersson (70* off 46 balls) and Ross Whiteley (37 off 27 balls) they managed to post a score of 170/6 on the board.
Logan van Beek starred with the ball in his hand as he bagged 3 wickets in his quota of 4 overs.
Chasing 171, Leicestershire’s opening pair came out all guns blazing. Sol Budinger smashed a quickfire 15- ball half century to give his team an upper hand. They ended the powerplay with a score of 86/1.
Leicestershire then lost back to back wickets in the middle overs as they crumbled from 91-1 to 103-4.
However, Shan Masood held forte at one end as he played a sensible knock of 45* runs off 35 balls and helped his team to get over the line by 5 wickets.
OVER 19
Leicestershire
171/5
Logan van Beek
8(12)
Shan Masood
45(35)
Patrick Brown
0-47(2.4)
18.5 P Brown to Beek
WD WIDE! That will do it for the Foxes. After a stellar 7-match run in the County Championship, they have started the T20 leg of the season in imperious fashion too. They trounce a side against whom they had lost each of their last five T20 matches. This one was an attempted yorker that finished down the leg side. Van Beek wanted to clip it away, but could not lay bat on ball. It did not matter.
18.4 P Brown to Beek
0 Pace-off delivery on a drivable length, outside off. Van Beek presses forward and ends up mistiming it to cover.
SCORES ARE LEVEL!
18.3 P Brown to S Masood
1 Further fuller, but down the leg side. Nudged away neatly towards square leg for an effortless single.
18.2 P Brown to S Masood
0 Fuller side of good length, pace-off, at the middle. Dinked back to the bowler.