Ed Barnard haunts Worcestershire as Warwickshire inflict thrashing on rivals

Warwickshire 111 for 1 (Barnard 65*) beat Worcestershire 108 (Hannon-Daly 5-31, Barnard 3-14) by 9 wickets

Hannon-Dalby and former Worcestershire allrounder Barnard bowled fantastically in seam-friendly situations beneath cloudy skies to cut back the house facet to 25 for five in the course of the preliminary Powerplay. Hannon-Dalby later returned to finish the second List A five-for of his profession and he’s the main wicket-taker within the event with 14 scalps.

He ended with figures of 5 for 31 from 10 overs, whereas Barnard ended with 3 for 14 from six overs. Only Matthew Waite (44) provided a lot resistance because the Rapids had been dismissed for 108 in 30.2 overs. Barnard then excelled within the opener’s function in partnership with Rob Yates as Warwickshire made gentle work of their modest goal in simply 16.2 overs.

He accomplished a 35 ball half-century, his third on this yr’s competitors, and solely six runs had been wanted for victory when Yates (34) fell to spinner Josh Baker. It means Warwickshire have gained their opening 4 video games and they’re properly on the right track to succeed in the knockout levels. Despite this setback, the Rapids stay in rivalry to qualify after triumphing in three of their 5 matches so far.

Worcestershire had been put into bat on the identical pitch used for Thursday’s win over Gloucestershire once they amassed 375 for 7. They needed to initially battle in opposition to the brand new ball in seamer-friendly situations on that event and solely misplaced a wicket in the course of the powerplay. It was a distinct story right now as Hannon-Dalby and Barnard bowled fantastically.

Barnard was first to strike when Gareth Roderick, a century-maker in opposition to Gloucestershire, pushed exhausting at a supply and was pouched by Rob Yates at first slip. Ed Pollock collected the primary boundary of the innings with a lofted straight drive at Barnard’s expense however Hannon-Dalby picked up two wickets within the subsequent over.

Rob Jones took a stride ahead however outside-edged one other catch to Yates and captain Jake Libby pushed ahead and nicked via to keeper Michael Burgess. There was no let-up within the strain exerted by the opening pair and Pollock was bowled by a Barnard supply which nipped again in.

Kashif Ali adopted an aggressive method and lofted Hannon-Dalby for six over lengthy on however it was his solely scoring stroke. He tried to place the strain again on the bowlers and got here properly ahead to Barnard however fell to a fantastic legside catch by Burgess away to his left.

Ben Cox and Waite joined forces and greater than doubled the rating in including 33 earlier than the previous tried to chop Michael Booth and offered Yates with one other catch. Waite regarded in good contact, pulling Booth for 4 and on drive Craig Miles to the boundary.

Logan van Beek gave him good assist in a partnership of 28 however there was nothing the Netherland worldwide might do when a supply from Hannon-Dalby popped up off a size and he fended it to gulley. Hannon-Daly then struck with successive deliveries in his ultimate over.

Having battled away for 44 off 60 balls, Waite was bowled by a ball of full size and an analogous supply trapped Baker LBW. Dillon Pennington survived the hat-trick ball however the tempo bowler was neatly stumped off Jake Lintott to wrap up the innings.

Worcestershire wanted early wickets to have any hope of placing their opponents beneath strain and Barnard received off the mark with an inside edge for 4 in opposition to Joe Leach. But there have been few different alarms for the openers and Barnard higher minimize Waite for six to 3rd man and pulled the identical bowler via mid-wicket to finish a 35-ball fifty with seven fours and a six.

Baker ended the partnership by accounting for Yates however Barnard hit the successful boundary within the subsequent over to conclude a one-sided contest. His unbeaten 65 contained one six and 10 fours.