Prithvi Shaw backs up double hundred with unbeaten 125
Northamptonshire 204 for 4 (Shaw 125*) beat Durham 198 (Procter 4-34) by six wickets
Prithvi Shaw adopted up his good innings of 244 with one other excellent knock of 125 not out to guide Northamptonshire Steelbacks to a dominant six-wicket win over Durham of their Metro Bank One-Day Cup conflict at Seat Unique Riverside.
Shaw unleashed an onslaught of hitting on Durham’s bowlers within the Steelbacks’ chase of 199, hitting15 fours and 7 sixes in 76 deliveries. The 23-year-old was given a life on 21, and duly capitalised to energy Northants to their goal with 24.2 overs remaining. He scored a luxurious 68-ball century, the tenth of his List A profession.
Earlier within the day, Luke Procter tormented Durham with the ball taking a List A career-best of 4 for 34, tearing by the center order. Liam Trevaskis labored a determined 37 to propel the hosts in the direction of the 200-run mark, however their eventual whole at all times appeared quick after failing to bat out their fifty overs.
After Durham received the toss, the Steelbacks bowlers prevented the openers from making a quick begin. Graham Clark scored two early boundaries, however his try and discover a third resulted in an edge to Shaw at first slip. At the tip of the powerplay, the hosts had mustered solely 36 runs, highlighting the slowness of a used wicket and correct bowling from the Northamptonshire assault.
David Bedingham struggled together with his timing however appeared to search out his vary from Procter’s second over, scoring two boundaries. However, the South African then missed a swipe throughout the road to fall for 14 earlier than Michael Jones handed Procter his second strike choosing out Justin Broad on the leg-side boundary.
The Steelbacks continued their stranglehold of the innings when James Sales discovered Lees’ inside edge to bowl the Durham skipper for 34. Jonathan Bushnell supplied resistance with a stable knock of 32, however he and Scott Borthwick had been undone by spin as Simon Kerrigan and Rob Keogh made additional inroads into the Durham line-up.
Trevaskis top-scored with 37 to push the hosts in the direction of the 200-run mark, however Procter returned to bowl the left-hander earlier than Keogh eliminated George Drissell to finish the innings with 40 balls remaining.
Shaw made a lightning begin to the Steelbacks’ chase, dispatching three boundaries from the primary over. The hosts had an opportunity to take away the previous India worldwide for 21, however Drissell put down a troublesome diving catch within the covers off Pretorius’ bowling. Shaw made probably the most of his second probability, ushering the guests to fifty within the eighth over.
Drissell hit again for Durham with two wickets in his second over, eradicating Emilio Gay and Sam Whiteman. But, Shaw responded with back-to-back sixes in opposition to Trevaskis to carry up his fifty in 41 balls. The opener and Keogh stabilised proceedings and upped the ante to blast the Durham assault to all elements of the bottom.
Shaw allowed the hosts to shut inside their victory goal, producing an excellent show of hitting off Borthwick’s first over, scoring 24 with five-straight boundaries. Keough introduced up the century stand from 63 balls however fell wanting his fifty as Drissell claimed his third wicket, ending together with his greatest List A figures.
Shaw completed the sport at a canter smashing Drissell for three-straight boundaries, sealing the victory with 24.2 overs to spare.