Vitality Blast
Sat 3 June, 18:30

Edgbaston

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Report: Bears v Outlaws, Vitality Blast

Sam Hain continued his rich vein of form with an unbeaten 97, but it wasn’t enough as the Bears fell just short to fall to a 11-run win defeat against Notts Outlaws at run-soaked Edgbaston.

Notts were put in by the top-of-the-table Bears but piled up an imposing 214 for 3. When two batters in the same innings reach half-centuries with their fifth six, things have not gone well for the opposition – so it was with Joe Clarke, 89 not out off 53 balls, and Colin Munro (87 off 43) as they pummelled the bowlers in a partnership of 122 from 68 balls.

The remarkable Hain then took his Blast run-tally this season to 303 with a superb unbeaten 97 off 52, but the Bears fell short on 203 for 9.

Notts will hope their third win in six games will be the start of a consistent run towards the quarter-finals. The Bears meanwhile, have faltered after a flying start. It has not been the homecoming Birmingham had in mind for Moeen Ali. They won four out of four before his return, since when they have lost two out of two – evidence, perhaps, for the case of ‘never change a winning team’.

After choosing to bowl, the Bears soon removed Alex Hales, bowled by Henry Brookes with the ninth ball, but the brisk breakthrough simply opened the door to the onslaught. After a watchful start (Dan Mousley’s first two overs cost just five runs), Munro launched an offensive which silenced the big home crowd.

He bashed Glenn Maxwell straight out of the attack with two sixes and two more sailed into the stands from what proved to be Danny Briggs’ only over. Maxwell, Briggs and Ed Barnard together bowled three overs for 49.

It was thrilling hitting from Munro who was within sight of his sixth T20 century when he lifted Moeen to long-off in pursuit of his tenth six. That was the signal for Clarke, hitherto content to be the quiet partner, to attack. The former Rapids batter smote a Brookes full toss into the crowd to raise the Outlaws’ 200 and the innings closed on 214 with 13 fours and 16 sixes.

Under intense scoreboard pressure, the Bears had to go hard from the off and they lost captain and vice-captain in the fourth over. Moeen and Alex Davies flailed off-side catches off Shaheen Afridi and then Maxwell skied a top-edged slog at Jake Ball.

From a parlous 40 for 3, Hain and Mousley added 52 in six overs before the latter fell to a brilliant catch by Matt Montgomery, racing in and diving forward from deep point. That was from Calvin Harrison’s third ball. When the spinner’s 12th delivery bowled Chris Benjamin, the Bears’ hopes lay squarely with Hain. He batted magnificently but that scoreboard pressure – 59 needed from the last four overs – was too great.

First Team Coach Mark Robinson said: “It was a great wicket and there was some great ball-striking. Munro’s innings was pretty special, he just kept clearing the boundaries, and Clarke was a bit scratchy at the beginning but then blossomed. It was a killer partnership.

“Munro’s innings was a special one and then Sam Hain’s for us was equally as good but he couldn’t quite get us over the line. He needed a bit of help. He kept us alive for a long time when we were out of the contest for a while but he kept us in it and it got quite exciting at the end.

“There was one long boundary and one short boundary and they probably defended the short one a bit better than we did, but we have lost to two special innings over the last couple of games. We weren’t very good at Derby yesterday but it was still a special knock by Wayne Madsen on a difficult wicket and tonight Munro’s ball-striking was exceptional. I kept thinking ‘we’ve done him in the flight’ but then the ball was sailing over people’s heads.

“There’s been a good crowd in tonight and they’ve been treated to a great innings by Munro and then another one by Hainy so hopefully they’ll feel they’ve had a good night’s entertainment.”

£15 tickets for home quarter-final

Bears have secured a home Vitality Blast quarter-final which will be on Thursday 6 July, with adult tickets only £15.

Tickets ware available online at tickets.edgbaston.com or on the day via the Ticket Office. Members and Season Pass holders can attend for free by scanning their card at the gate.

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Preview: Bears v Outlaws, Vitality Blast

Bears have a chance to quickly return to winning ways when they take on Notts Outlaws at Edgbaston on Saturday (6.30pm) less than 24 hours after their 100 per cent Vitality Blast record was ended at Derby.

Mark Robinson’s side – captained by the returning Moeen Ali – fell to a 17-run defeat to the Falcons as for once the Bears’ feared batting line-up failed to fire when chasing a strong 174 target set by the hosts on a tough batting wicket.

Ali smashed two early boundaries, including one six into a stand that led the umpires to call for a replacement ball, but on his Bears’ Blast debut was out for 16, while Glenn Maxwell (29 off 22 balls) also showed flashes of brilliance before departing.

A 49-run partnership between Dan Mousley and Ed Barnard threatened a surprise comeback but it wasn’t the Bears’ night.

Notts also come into the game on the back of defeat yesterday – by 56 runs to new North Division leaders Worcestershire – and sit seventh in the North Division table after three defeats from five.

First Team Coach Mark Robinson said: “We’ve had four great games and you can’t expect to progress through such a competitive competition, with games coming thick and fast, without losing one or two along the way. We didn’t get it right at Derby but we move on and have an opportunity to quickly get back on track.

“It wasn’t an easy wicket to bat on, it was probably a 150 wicket, anything in that region would take some chasing so they were 25 runs over par. And when you are four down in the powerplay, you don’t win many games. 

“We had three bad overs where it really got away from us, we then lost early wickets and couldn’t get partnership going. But we’ve been brilliant for four games and I will be looking for that wake-up call to be a catalyst for a strong response against Notts.

“It’s a Saturday evening game – a double-header following the Central Sparks – the weather looks good and we’ll have another great Edgbaston crowd. Hopefully we’ll give them plenty to cheer about.”

Squad

Moeen Ali (c)
Ed Barnard
Chris Benjamin
Jacob Bethell
Danny Briggs
Henry Brookes
Alex Davies
Sam Hain
Olly Hannon-Dalby
Jake Lintott
Glenn Maxwell
Craig Miles
Dan Mousley
Rob Yates

How to follow

Members and supporters can watch the match live with our Bears Den TV live stream which will be available in our Match Centre at edgbaston.com.

The stream will be hosted by comedian and TMS commentator Aatif Nawaz, while commentary will once again be led by Adam Bridge, who will be joined by guests throughout the competition.

Supporters can get involved by sending their match day comments and thoughts on Twitter via @WarwickshireCCC and we’ll publish the best ones on our live text commentary in the Match Centre.

Supporters can also watch the Live Stream and get instant push notifications of all wickets, innings and match results via the Edgbaston app, which is free to download on iOS and Android.

Match updates will also be available across the Club’s social media accounts, simply search for @WarwickshireCCC.

£15 tickets for home quarter-final

Bears have secured a home Vitality Blast quarter-final which will be on Thursday 6 July, with adult tickets only £15.

Tickets ware available online at tickets.edgbaston.com or on the day via the Ticket Office. Members and Season Pass holders can attend for free by scanning their card at the gate.

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