Northants beat Worcs, Northants won by 9 wickets (with 29 balls remaining)

Richard Levi and Paul Stirling's 107-run partnership is NOR's highest for the 1st wicket in T20s, breaking the record of 103 between Niall O'Brien and Rob White

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29-Aug-2020•ECB Reporters Network

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Scorecard summary

Worcestershire1 Inn

124/7(20 overs)

41 (27)

2/26 (4)

24 (22)

1/17 (4)

Northamptonshire2 Inn

128/1(15.1 overs)

*80 (48)

1/32 (4)

33 (34)

0/18 (3)

Cricinfo's Most Valuable Players of the Match

Player	Team	TI	B. Impact	Bowl
Paul Stirling	NOR	112.29	76.38	2/26
Jack Haynes	WOR	64.82	64.82	-
Josh Cobb	NOR	39.65	6.46	1/17
Ben Sanderson	NOR	32.49	-	1/11
Richard Levi	NOR	20.63	20.63	-

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15.1

Morris to Cobb, FOUR runs

Over15

3 runs

NOR 124/1CRR: 8.26 RRR: 0.20

JJ Cobb 6 (8b)PR Stirling 80 (48b 9x4 4x6)

BL D'Oliveira0/18 (3)

14.6

D'Oliveira to Cobb, 1 run

14.5

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D'Oliveira to Cobb, no run

14.4

D'Oliveira to Stirling, 1 run

14.3

•

D'Oliveira to Stirling, no run

14.2

D'Oliveira to Cobb, 1 run

14.1

•

D'Oliveira to Cobb, no run

Over14

11 runs

NOR 121/1CRR: 8.64 RRR: 0.66

JJ Cobb 4 (4b)PR Stirling 79 (46b 9x4 4x6)

DKH Mitchell0/27 (3)

13.6

Mitchell to Cobb, 1 run

13.5

Mitchell to Stirling, 1 run

13.4

Mitchell to Cobb, 1 run

13.3

Mitchell to Stirling, 1 run

13.2

Mitchell to Stirling, SIX runs

13.1

Mitchell to Cobb, 1 run

Over13

5 runs, 1 wicket

NOR 110/1CRR: 8.46 RRR: 2.14

PR Stirling 71 (43b 9x4 3x6)JJ Cobb 1 (1b)

DY Pennington1/32 (4)

12.6

Pennington to Stirling, 2 runs

12.5

Pennington to Cobb, 1 run

12.4

Pennington to Levi, OUT

Richard Levi c Whiteley b Pennington 33 (34b 2x4 1x6 49m) SR: 97.05

12.3

Pennington to Stirling, 1 run

12.2

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Pennington to Stirling, no run

12.1

Pennington to Levi, 1 run

Over12

5 runs

NOR 105/0CRR: 8.75 RRR: 2.50

RE Levi 32 (32b 2x4 1x6)PR Stirling 68 (40b 9x4 3x6)

EG Barnard0/16 (2)

11.6

Barnard to Levi, 1 run

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Match details

GroundCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester

TossNorthamptonshire, elected to field first

Series

Vitality Blast

Season2020

Player Of The Match

Paul Stirling

Match days29 August 2020 - day (20-over match)

T20 debut

Umpires

Match Referee

PointsNorthamptonshire 2, Worcestershire 0

Win Probability

WORNOR

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