Match Details
Arya- It was Nottinghamshire skipper Steven Mullaney who won the toss and put Worcestershire in. It wasn’t the greatest of starts for Worcestershire as they could only manage 9 runs in the first two overs, before Jake Ball dismissed Jake Libby with a good delivery. Colin Munro was the next man in and he announced his arrival in the crease with a bang.
The swashbuckling left-hander provided the much-needed impetus in the powerplay as he blazed his way through to 27 of just 13 deliveries before being castled by Jake Ball in the final delivery of the powerplay. Ball also bagged the wicket of Brett DOliveira early in the over and the hosts were under a bit of pressure. Moeen Ali struck some meaty blows to get the scoreboard moving in the middle overs which Notts needed desperately.
Kashif Ali couldn't quite get going during his 22 balls 23 and was eventually dismissed by Soloman Budinger. It looked like Nottinghamshire will tighten the screws around just when Ed Barnard smashed a quickfire 23 balls 39 which eventually propelled them to a score of 159 runs in their allotted 20 overs.
Arya- Worcestershire needed early wickets to defend this score and it was exactly what happened in the second delivery of the run-chase. Joe Clarke came dancing down the track and ended up carving a back-of-a-length delivery outside off from Mitchell Stanley straight down the throat of the deep third man fielder.
Alex Hales and Soloman Budinger got the run-chase back on track. Hales smashed back-to-back sixes before guiding one straight to the keeper.
Soloman Budinger who was also looking in great touch was dismissed in the earlier over after scoring 24 of just 12 deliveries. With three wickets down, Nottinghamshire was certainly under a lot of pressure. That was when Ben Duckett took the onus on hismelf to take the run-chase deep and then make it look ridiculously easy towards the end.
Dwayne Bravo had a great start to spell bagging the wicket of Mullaney but he went for 14 runs in that over itself which turned the momentum towards Nottinghamshire. Duckett looked in great shape and played some innovative shots to keep the scoreboard ticking and also ensured that the required rate never went up drastically.
He got able support from Tom Moores towards the end of the run-chase. Another left-hander, the duo ensured that the target was achieved without any more blip-ups. Moores remained unbeaten on 26 of 15 deliveries while the match-winning performance came from Ben Duckett who remained undefeated on 62 of 44 deliveries.