Reece’s lone hand not sufficient after Kashif belts 88 off 36
Worcestershire 254 for five (Kashif 88, Libby 73, Jones 53) beat Derbyshire 192 (Reece 96) by 62 runs
An exhilarating exhibition of strokeplay by Kashif Ali powered Worcestershire Rapids to a 62-run win over Derbyshire within the Metro Bank One-Day Cup match at Derby.
Kashif plundered 88 off solely 36 balls and dominated a fourth wicket stand of 119 from 56 with skipper Jake Libby who made 73.
The 25-year-old hit seven sixes and eight fours after Rob Jones made 53 because the Rapids surged to 254 for five in a recreation diminished to 30 overs a aspect by rain.
Luis Reece led Derbyshire’s pursuit with 96 off 64 balls however Pat Brown took 4 for 51 and Josh Baker 3 for 29 to seal victory with 29 balls to spare and preserve the Rapids on target for the knock-out phases.
Derbyshire collapsed to 192 all out however it was nonetheless a memorable day for seamer Harry Moore who at 16 years and 114 days grew to become the youngest participant to characterize the county.
The Rapids initially began slowly after Derbyshire elected to bowl and saved the guests in test with disciplined seam bowling. Sam Conners set the tone by opening with a maiden and the strain accounted for each openers within the first 4 overs.
Ed Pollock was bowled pushing ahead at Conners and when Gareth Roderick got here down the pitch to Suranga Lakmal he edged a drive to slide.
Moore’s first bowl in senior cricket was spectacular because the tall right-arm seamer conceded solely eight from three overs which helped limit the Rapids to 50 from the primary 10.
The scoring fee elevated towards the spinners with Jones driving Alex Thomson over long-off for the primary six of the innings and Libby repeated the shot within the offspinner’s subsequent over which value 17.
Jones reached his 50 from 45 balls however then pulled Luis Reece to long-on which ended a stand of 95 off 80 balls.
But that solely introduced in Kashif who went into overdrive from the beginning, sweeping Mark Watt for six and dispatching Moore for one more two maximums when the teen returned to the assault. Kashif powered to his 50 with three consecutive fours off Conners earlier than driving Watt for 2 extra sixes.
He was closing in on Worcestershire’s fastest-ever one-day hundred when he drove Conners to long-off and Libby adopted within the subsequent over, a skied pull giving Moore his first wicket.
Ben Cox offered some late momentum with an unbeaten 22 off 11 balls to take his aspect previous 250 however Derbyshire responded effectively to a difficult chase.
Reece cleared the ropes twice in Matthew Waite’s second over and with Harry Came additionally timing the ball effectively, Derbyshire motored alongside at eight an over earlier than Pat Brown broke by.
Brown, who will probably be taking part in for Derbyshire subsequent season, had Came caught at deep midwicket however Reece continued to tear into the bowling.
After flicking Brown over backward sq. for six to succeed in 50 from 33 balls, he drove him for over lengthy on for one more most earlier than hoisting Dillon Pennington excessive over the midwicket boundary.
Tom Wood pulled Pennington to mid on however when Waite returned, Reece hit him for 3 fours as 17 got here off the over.
But Waite confirmed character by having Wayne Madsen caught at deep level and the damaging Haider Ali lbw off the primary two balls of his subsequent over.
Reece then fell to Brown as three wickets went down in 5 balls with Derbyshire shedding their final eight wickets for 47 in seven overs.