Matt Lamb defies again ache to seal battling victory for Derbyshire
Derbyshire 203 for six (Lamb 63*) beat Northamptonshire 201 (Procter 39, Conners 3-32) by 4 wickets
Matt Lamb hit a brave, unbeaten 63 to assist Derbyshire come from behind to seal a nail-biting four-wicket victory over Northamptonshire Steelbacks on this Metro Bank One-Day Cup conflict at Wantage Road.
Battling an injured again, Lamb confronted 82 balls as Derbyshire struggled to power the tempo on an more and more sluggish pitch with simply 4 boundaries coming within the first 37 overs of the chase.
After three wickets fell in 10 overs, Lamb mixed with Brooke Guest in a stand of 77 in 18.2 overs. For most of that point, the pair regarded snug, however have been unable to find the boundary ropes.
Lamb although started to speed up with the Falcons needing 59 off the final 10 overs and diminished the goal additional to 26 from the final 30 balls. Joined by a proactive Anuj Dal (20) the pair took the guests to inside 21 of their goal.
With Luke Procter conceding only one run off the forty sixth and Dal caught off Ben Sanderson with 20 balls remaining, the momentum shifted barely again in direction of Northamptonshire.
Alex Thomson although hit Taylor down the bottom for 4, leaving Derbyshire needing 10 off the final two overs. Lamb and Thomson made certain the ultimate over was not wanted as each smashed Sanderson for 4.
Defeat ends Northamptonshire’s hopes of qualifying for the knockout levels of this yr’s event.