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Match Details
LEIC vs NOR 36th Match, T20 Blast 2023
NOR
168-218.5
Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets 🏆
LEIC
20.0164-8
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That's it from our coverage of another high octane T20 Blast fixture. Ninaad Dixit here taking your leave on behalf of the scorers Shubhro and Chandan. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world.
1:45 AM IST: The Chris Lynn show was on display as the Northamptonshire cruise towards a home victory winning by 8 wickets against the Leicestershire Foxes in a T20 Blast encounter. Lynn scored an unbeaten 110 in 68 balls with the help of 13 fours and 5 huge sixes opening the batting and also scoring the winning runs with 7 balls to spare.
The openers Emilio Gay and Lynn added 39 runs for the first wicket in no time but Naseem Shah put the party to end sending Gay back in the hut in the 5th over. Lynn then ambled around with skipper David Willey (20) to add 81 runs for the 2nd wicket.
The partnership stabilized the Steelbacks innings and put the Foxes under pressure as they did not have enough runs on the board. The only good sign was Naveen-ul-Haq as the Afghan prodigy performed both with bat and ball.
After scoring a quickfire unbeaten 25 in the first innings, Naveen bowled a good spell of 1/26 comprising of 12 dot balls, second most in the innings after Naseem's effort of 14 who finished with 1/20. All the other bowlers were taken to the cleaners as it was a Lynn masterclass hammering the bowlers to all parts of the ground.
Leicestershire are yet to win a game and are placed at the bottom of the North Group points table. Leicestershire's quarter final dreams are almost broken. Northamptonshire still have a chance to qualify as they won their 2nd game of the season moving up in the table.
The Steelbacks will play their next fixture against Worcestershire and the Foxes will look to open their account against Durham in the next fixture.
The openers Emilio Gay and Lynn added 39 runs for the first wicket in no time but Naseem Shah put the party to end sending Gay back in the hut in the 5th over. Lynn then ambled around with skipper David Willey (20) to add 81 runs for the 2nd wicket.
The partnership stabilized the Steelbacks innings and put the Foxes under pressure as they did not have enough runs on the board. The only good sign was Naveen-ul-Haq as the Afghan prodigy performed both with bat and ball.
After scoring a quickfire unbeaten 25 in the first innings, Naveen bowled a good spell of 1/26 comprising of 12 dot balls, second most in the innings after Naseem's effort of 14 who finished with 1/20. All the other bowlers were taken to the cleaners as it was a Lynn masterclass hammering the bowlers to all parts of the ground.
Leicestershire are yet to win a game and are placed at the bottom of the North Group points table. Leicestershire's quarter final dreams are almost broken. Northamptonshire still have a chance to qualify as they won their 2nd game of the season moving up in the table.
The Steelbacks will play their next fixture against Worcestershire and the Foxes will look to open their account against Durham in the next fixture.
18.5 R Ahmed to C Lynn
4 FOUR MORE! Northamptonshire win this comfortably! Short of length and wide outside off. Lynn cuts this away through backward point and finds the winning runs in form of a boundary!
18.4 R Ahmed to C Lynn
4 FOUR MORE! Just one more run to win now! Short and wide outside the off stump, Lynn reaches for it and dabs this between backward point and third man for four runs!
18.3 R Ahmed to C Lynn
6 SIX!! Century number 3 for Chris Lynn in T20 Blast and his 5th in T20 cricket! Length leg break ball outside the off stump. Lynn goes for the slog sweep and smashes this over midwicket fence for a maximum!
18.2 R Ahmed to S Zaib
1 Round the wicket for Zaib. Full on the off stump, Zaib uses his feet to club this but gets an inside edge for a single to short fine leg.
18.1 R Ahmed to C Lynn
1 Over the wicket for his final over. Full and outside off, Lynn pushes to long on for a single.
OVER 18
Northamptonshire
152/2
Saif Zaib
14(18)
Chris Lynn
95(64)
Naveen ul Haq
1-26(4.0)
17.6 N ul to C Lynn
1 Length ball on the leg stump, turned towards deep square leg for a single.
17.5 N ul to C Lynn
0 Good length on the off stump, defended off the backfoot to extra cover.
17.4 N ul to S Zaib
1 Length ball outside off, Zaib plays with soft hands in the backward point region for one.
17.3 N ul to C Lynn
1 Short and outside the off stump, Lynn pulls in the backward square region for a single.
17.2 N ul to S Zaib
1 Round the wicket to Zaib. Short of length on the pads, goes for a big hoick in the leg side and gloves this in the square leg region for one.
17.1 N ul to C Lynn
1 Over the wicket. Short of length on the off stump, Lynn pulls round the corner as deep backward square runs in to field.
OVER 17
Northamptonshire
147/2
Saif Zaib
12(16)
Chris Lynn
92(60)
Callum Parkinson
0-41(4.0)
16.6 C Parkinson to C Lynn
1 Length ball outside the off stump. Driven towards deep cover for a single.
16.5 C Parkinson to C Lynn
4 FOUR!! Length ball on the off stump, Lynn lofts this straight over the bowler's head and finds the long off boundary! Excellent from the opener.
16.4 C Parkinson to C Lynn
0 Yorker on the off stump, Lynn digs out to the bowler.
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