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- Updated: July 19, 2016
Northamptonshire 200 for 5 (Rossington 85, Wakely 53*) beat Warwickshire 126 (Bell 62, White 4-20, Prasanna 3-26, Kleinveldt 3-14) by 74 runs Scorecard
Northamptonshire booked their place in the quarter finals of the Natwest t20 Blast after a near perfect batting display saw them beat the Birmingham Bears by 74 runs at Wantage Road, Graeme White taking a hat-trick to seal the win as Birmingham suffered another dramatic collapse
Adam Rossington’s 85 got the Steelbacks off to a flyer, before Alex Wakely hit a 20 ball half century to take his side to 200-5, their second highest total in t20 at Wantage Road.
Ian Bell’s classy 62 led the chase, but was he was fifth man out, the Bears spectacularly collapsing in the face of an ever rising required rate, six wickets falling for seven runs at one stage, including White’s treble, as the visitors were dismissed for 126. For Bell, in his first season as captain after calling time on his England career, the season is at a critical stage.
After Rossington’s career best, his 85 coming from 51 deliveries in a county record opening stand of 103 with Richard Levi, the Northants innings looked to be faltering as four wickets fell in as many overs before Wakely’s 53 from 23 helped take 68 from the final five to reach the magical 200 mark.
Rossington exploding into life with four consecutive boundaries off Oliver Hannon-Dalby from the …
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