Match Details
Tom Bruce (Central Stags Captain): "That's the nature of T20. It always takes one partnership to take you over the line. We brought it back with the ball in the middle stages but Foxcroft and Lockrose pulled things back for the Volts. To be honest, they were phenomenal today. It's the nature of this competition. We need to win all the matches now."
The left-armer first dismissed skipper Rutherford for 34(22) followed by the breakthrough of his opening companion Gibson 30(20). Following two quick wickets, the Volts looked disoriented and lost 4 more wickets in quick succession. Dean Foxcroft tried to provide resurgence was the right-hander was always short of partners.
Eventually, it was Ben Lockrose, who joined forces with him and the duo took the encounter down the wire by stitching a partnership of 81 runs. Ben Lockrose flashed his pyrotechnics at the backend and brought up his maiden half-century in the Smash. His 58(26)* and Foxcroft’s 46(32)* easily got them over the line. Lennox and Ajaz Patel exploited the surface with regular arm balls. Lennox was the pick of the bowlers for the Stags and completed his stint on 4/28 while Ajaz also claimed a wicket by giving away just 20 runs.
Earlier in the day, after being invited to bat first, Central Stags were off to a decent start despite the departure of Bayley Wiggins 5(3), and Ben Smith 5(10) early on. Will Young and skipper Tom Bruce hurried the innings and stitched a much-needed partnership of 80 runs. Travis Muller ceased the stand between the duo by dismissing Young 53(33). However, Bruce kept marching on from the end and glued up 79(45)* which includes 7 fours and 3 maximums to his credit, and took the scorecard past 180. Stick around for the post-match presentation!