Gloucestershire undergo first defeat as Hannon-Dalby, Barnard lead rout
Warwickshire 123 for two (Rhodes 36*) beat Gloucestershire 120 (J Taylor 55, Hannon-Dalby 3-14) by eight wickets
Gloucestershire’s flying begin within the Metro Bank One-Day Cup got here to a crashing halt with an eight-wicket defeat to Warwickshire at Edgbaston. The west nation males had gained their first two video games however surrendered their 100% file to a Warwickshire facet which retained theirs after a ruthless show of bowling supported by sensible catching.
Gloucestershire had been skittled for 120 with solely Jack Taylor (55 off 65 balls) in a position to withstand an assault led by the superb Olly Hannon-Dalby whose 3 for 14 included the wickets of three of the highest 5 batters.
Warwickshire then eased to 123 for 2 from 25.5 overs as Ed Barnard added a fluent 36 from 39 balls to his two wickets, Will Rhodes struck an unbeaten 36 and Michael Burgess an unbeaten 33.
After selecting to bowl, Warwickshire made lavish use of the brand new ball. Gloucestershire had been 10 for 4 after Barnard took wickets together with his second and eleventh deliveries and Hannon-Dalby struck together with his seventh and ninth. All had been caught behind the wicket as Barnard induced deadly edges from the Price brothers and Hannon-Dalby had Chris Dent and Graeme van Buuren taken within the cordon.
When Danny Briggs began with a wicket-maiden, James Bracey chipping again a return catch from the sixth ball, the guests had been 35 for five. Taylor and Ben Wells added 29 however the edges continued to return. Wells nicked a perfectly-shaped outswinger from Craig Miles and Zafar Gohar left in excessive dudgeon after being adjudged caught behind off Hannon-Dalby.
Taylor and Anwar Ali constructed the most effective stand of the innings – 38 from 42 balls – however then fell to sensible catches. Anwar tickled Miles down the leg facet and wicketkeeper Burgess dived low to take his fourth catch of the innings. Taylor handed 50 for the 18th time in List A cricket however continues to be to show a type of fifties into 100 after he thrashed Jake Lintott to further cowl and fell to a stinging catch from Ethan Brookes.
When Lintott spun one on to Ajeet Singh Dale’s stumps, Gloucestershire had been 120 all out and their sturdy begin to the marketing campaign appeared a distant reminiscence.
It grew more and more distant as Warwickshire openers Barnard and Rob Yates added 46 in 12 overs. Barnard batted attractively earlier than falling lbw when he missed a reverse sweep at Ollie Price.
Captain Will Rhodes arrived in no temper to hold about, transferring from 1 to fifteen with two fours and a six in 4 balls from Ollie Price and lifting Gohar into the Hollies Stand. Tom Price rattled Yates’ off stump with a jaffa however Gloucestershire’s batting implosion meant that jaffas needed to arrive on a conveyor belt to rescue them and Rhodes and Burgess steered the Bears to probably the most simple of victories with 145 balls to spare.