WORCS vs Essex, Final at Birmingham, Sep 21 2019, Vitality Blast

RESULT
Final (N), Birmingham, September 21, 2019, Vitality Blast
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(20 ov, T:146) 148/6

Essex won by 4 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
18* (7), 3/16 & 2 catches
simon-harmer
Cricinfo's MVP
128.25 ptsImpact List
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WORCS Innings
Essex Innings
Info
Worcestershire  (20 ovs maximum)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
b Lawrence43210133.33
run out (Walter/Nijjar)3134592191.17
c & b Harmer32263132123.07
lbw b Harmer012000.00
b Harmer19191511100.00
c Delport b Lawrence19151630126.66
c Harmer b Delport76901116.66
c Lawrence b Bopara1091410111.11
c Westley b Bopara55700100.00
not out 1240050.00
Extras(b 4, lb 2, w 11)17
TOTAL20 Ov (RR: 7.25)145/9
Did not bat:
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Hamish Rutherford, 0.3 ov), 2-61 (Moeen Ali, 8.2 ov), 3-61 (Ben Cox, 8.3 ov), 4-90 (Wayne Parnell, 12.5 ov), 5-112 (Riki Wessels, 15.3 ov), 6-119 (Daryl Mitchell, 16.5 ov), 7-127 (Ross Whiteley, 17.4 ov), 8-136 (Ed Barnard, 19.2 ov), 9-145 (Brett D'Oliveira, 19.6 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
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0.3 to HD Rutherford, big turner, hits top of off! Lawrence lands the first blow and it's a deliciously flighted delivery, doing just enough off the surface to beat Rutherford's crease-bound grope and judder the woodwork!. 5/1
16.5 to DKH Mitchell, darted outside off, quick and flat and sliced to backward point! Lawrence picks up a second wicket, simple catch for Delport, standing on the edge of the ring. Still a battle to score out there. 119/6
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19.2 to EG Barnard, scooped... but straight to short third man! Barnard trying to get clever but the execution let him down and Westley was left with a simple catch moving to his left, even though he seemed to lose it in the floodlight. 136/8
19.6 to BL D'Oliveira, pace off this time, clattered to leg... and picks out deep midwicket! So Essex end the innings with a wicket, Worcestershire's struggle is over - but do they have enough?. 145/9
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8.2 to MM Ali, chipped back, and Harmer stoops to take a brilliant catch! Captain versus captain, chief spinner versus chief spinner, and Harmer comes out on top! The ball just stopped in the surface, hit high on the bat as Moeen looked to work to leg - and he plucked it just above the turf diving forwards. 61/2
8.3 to OB Cox, full and hit on the pads - given! David Millns was very quick to give it, though Cox isn't best pleased. He was a long way across and looking to sweep, maybe just in line as the ball pitched and turned. In fact, the replays show he has hit it, which is why Cox was upset. 61/3
12.5 to WD Parnell, quicker ball, shatters the stumps! Parnell's interrogation at the hands of Harmer is over... Beaten by the ball skidding on as he went back to cut. He had been all at sea against the Essex offie, who is leading from the front again. 90/4
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17.4 to RA Whiteley, back-of-the-hand delivery, scooped high into the leg side - safely taken at cow corner! Delport's bag of tricks does the job in the end, with Harmer holding on to a straightforward chance running in. 127/7
Essex  (T: 146 runs from 20 ovs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Brown b Parnell36313940116.12
c Wessels b Parnell17100014.28
b Mitchell15152010100.00
c Wessels b Ali23182211127.77
c Mitchell b Ali1450025.00
not out 36223722163.63
b Brown1416231087.50
not out 187830257.14
Extras(lb 3, w 1)4
TOTAL20 Ov (RR: 7.40)148/6
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Cameron Delport, 2.2 ov), 2-47 (Adam Wheater, 7.3 ov), 3-65 (Tom Westley, 10.3 ov), 4-75 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 11.5 ov), 5-82 (Dan Lawrence, 13.1 ov), 6-129 (Paul Walter, 18.4 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
402225.50111100
11.5 to RN ten Doeschate, down the track, attempted smash off a length, and straight to midwicket! Ambitious from Tendo, and he did almost everything right... but Moeen just did him enough in flight to leave him reaching at the crucial point of impact, and that's a very sharp low take!. 75/4
13.1 to DW Lawrence, picks out long-on with a slap down the ground! That's another massive scalp from Moeen! Looked for a moment as though Lawrence had nailed it with a languid followthrough, but a fraction too much elevation allowed Wessels to judge it well, coming over his shoulder, a few feet in from the rope. 82/5
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2.2 to CS Delport, low full toss, and clipped straight to Wessels on the long-on boundary! Moeen pushed the field back specifically for that shot, a bit of a limp clip, as the ball shaped into his pads. A big breakthrough as Essex's strong start fails to materialise... they'll want to be ahead of the game before the Powerplay ends.... 9/1
10.3 to T Westley, round the wicket, banged in short, Westley climbs into the pull but he's top-edged it! Who's out there... Pat Brown is sprinting in, out of the night sky... and clings onto a very fine take, slightly over-running it, but keeping his cool in the clutch moment! Huge breakthrough... 65/3
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18.4 to PI Walter, out come the timbers! Brilliant composure from Brown! It's the knuckleball, from round the wicket, dipping below a wild slog across the line, a feathered under-edge, and a massive breakthrough!. 129/6
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7.3 to AJA Wheater, reverse sweep, and bowled round his legs!. 47/2
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MATCH DETAILS
Edgbaston, Birmingham
TossEssex, elected to field first
Series
Season2019
Player Of The Match
Series resultEssex won the 2019 Vitality Blast
Match days21 September 2019 - night (20-over match)
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Vitality Blast

North Group
TEAMMWLPTNRR
LANCS1482200.755
NOTTS1464160.336
DERBS1475160.022
WORCS1465150.205
YORKS1445130.339
DURH145712-0.049
NHNTS144612-0.543
BEARS144711-0.467
LEICS144711-0.471
South Group
TEAMMWLPTNRR
SUSS1483190.803
GLOUC1473180.242
MIDDX1476150.216
ESSEX145415-0.464
KENT1466140.000
SOM1467130.448
HANTS1456130.021
SURR145712-0.246
GLAM14187-1.381